Details
Dorchester Abbey
High Street
Dorchester on Thames
Oxfordshire
OX10 7HH
England
Tickets
Prices: General Admission £25 (+ booking fee) Under18s £15 (+ booking fee)
Booking line: thamesvalleyfestivalorchestra@gmail.com
Book Tickets
Programme
Dee Palmer – A Classic Case 'Classic Jethro Tull': excerpts (arr.)
Dee Palmer – We Know What We Like - The Music of Genesis: excerpts (arr.)
Dee Palmer – Orchestral Maneuvers - The Music of Pink Floyd: excerpts (arr.)
~ Interval ~
Dee Palmer – Symphonic Music of Yes: excerpts (arr.)
Dee Palmer – Passing Open Windows - A Symphonic Tribute to Queen: excerpts (arr.)
Performers
Stephen Ellery – Conductor
Thames Valley Festival Orchestra
Programme Note
An Evening of Symphonic Prog Rock:
The Thames Valley Festival Orchestra returns to Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire on September 20, 2025 for a performance of ‘An Evening of Symphonic Prog Rock’. This follows their sell-out performance of ‘A Symphonic Tribute to Queen’ in April 2024. The 65 piece symphony orchestra with rhythm section will fill the Abbey with the music of the most iconic British prog rock bands of the 70s and 80s. The concert will feature symphonic arrangements by the legendary Dee Palmer of the music of Jethro Tull, Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd and Queen. Perennial favourites will be performed such as ‘Follow You, Follow Me’ (Genesis), ‘Owner of a Lonely Heart’ and ‘Roundabout’ (Yes), ‘Another Brick in the Wall’ and ‘Wish You were Here’ (Pink Floyd), ‘Elegy’ and ‘Aqualung’ (Jethro Tull), ‘Tie Your Mother Down’, ‘Somebody to Love’ and ‘We are the Champions’ (Queen) and many more.
