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North Staffs Symphony Orchestra Concert
Stoke-on-Trent Centenary Celebration Concert
Part of the North Staffs Symphony Orchestra 2024-2025 Season
Add to my Calendar 28-06-2025 19:30 28-06-2025 21:30 36 North Staffs Symphony Orchestra Concert The North Staffs Symphony Orchestra is proud to present this Centenary Concert as one of the events to celebrate Stoke-on-Trent being awarded city status in 1925. The works being performed all have a connection with the city. For example, the composer Havergal Brian was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Reginald Mitchell, the designer of the famous WW2 Spitfire aeroplane was also from Stoke and is celebrated by William Walton. Vaughan Williams is a direct descendant of the reknowned potter, Josiah Wedgwood. King's Hall, Stoke-on-Trent DD/MM/YYYYDetails
King's Hall
Kingsway
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
ST4 1JH
England
Tickets
Prices: Adults £15 |Under 16s (accompanied) Free available on the door or online at www.nssoorchestra.co.uk
Programme
Bohuslav Martinů – Memorial to Lidice
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Tuba Concerto
Havergal Brian – English Suite No.1
~ Interval ~
Edward Elgar – Enigma Variations, Op.36
William Walton – Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
Performers
James Doherty – tuba
Nick Degg – Poet
Joe Hearson – Conductor
North Staffordshire Symphony Orchestra
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Programme Note
The North Staffs Symphony Orchestra is proud to present this Centenary Concert as one of the events to celebrate Stoke-on-Trent being awarded city status in 1925. The works being performed all have a connection with the city. For example, the composer Havergal Brian was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Reginald Mitchell, the designer of the famous WW2 Spitfire aeroplane was also from Stoke and is celebrated by William Walton. Vaughan Williams is a direct descendant of the reknowned potter, Josiah Wedgwood.
