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'An important milestone in the history of classical music in Ireland': Irish Baroque Orchestra to Make Debut at BBC Proms
The Journal Of Music
The orchestra will perform the 1742 Dublin version of Handel's ‘Alexander’s Feast’ on 30 August; Irish conductor Karen Ní Bhroin will also make her Proms debut on 26 July.
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'An important milestone in the history of classical music in Ireland': Irish Baroque Orchestra to Make Debut at BBC Proms
The orchestra will perform the 1742 Dublin version of Handel's ‘Alexander’s Feast’ on 30 August; Irish conductor Karen Ní Bhroin will also make her Proms debut on 26 July.
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