“Period performance specialist Mr McGegan has worked with the Gateshead-based Royal Northern Sinfonia for more than a decade. Mr McGegan – two of whose ancestors were organists at Beverley Minster in the 18th and 19th centuries – said: “It’s the first Prom outside London in 123 years – it has taken a while. “It’s the UK City of Culture and it’s great that the Proms come to Hull rather than the other way round. “It will be the first one forever – and cities will be lining up to do one next year.”

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