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Ulster Orchestra
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The Ulster Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Belfast, the only full-time professional orchestra in Northern Ireland. The orchestra plays the majority of its concerts in Belfast's Ulster Hall and Waterfront Hall. It gives concerts across Northern Ireland, including performances at the Belfast Festival, the Wexford Opera Festival, the Kilkenny Arts Festival, and the National Concert Hall, Dublin. Since 1985, the Orchestra has been a regular visitor to The Proms. The orchestra currently employs 63 full-time musicians and 17 administrative support staff. The orchestra was founded in 1966 by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, with Maurice Miles as its first principal conductor and with János Fürst as its first concertmaster/leader. Fürst later became the orchestra's assistant conductor. The Orchestra has existed in its present form since 1981, when the BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra (BBC NIO) was disbanded. The Ulster Orchestra Society Ltd was then established (a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity) with funding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, the BBC, Belfast City Council and Gallaher Ltd., and the size of the Orchestra was increased with players from the disbanded BBC NIO. Past Principal Conductors have included Bryden Thomson, Vernon Handley, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Thierry Fischer, and Kenneth Montgomery. Handley also held the title of Conductor Laureate from 2003 until his death in 2008. Since the 2009-2010 season,
top songs
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Philip Glass: Violin Concerto/Prelude And Dance From Akhnaten/Company
GLASS, P.: Violin Concerto / Company / Prelude from Akhnaten
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PART: Tabula Rasa / Symphony No. 3
Macdowell: Suites Nos. 1 And 2 / Hamlet And Ophelia
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Anton Webern: Passacaglia / Symphony / Five Pieces
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PART: Arvo Part - A Portrait (KIMBERLEY)
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Glass: Violin Concerto
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Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht / Chamber Symphony No. 2
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Tavener: Protecting Veil / In Alium
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Moeran: Cello Concerto - Serenade
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Arvo Pärt Collection
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Pärt: Tabula Rasa & Symphony No. 3