The King’s Birthday Prom

The King’s Birthday Prom

Presented in partnership with Magic Classical

In celebration of the King’s Official Birthday and Trooping the Colour on the same day, Opera North and Nevill Holt Festival present a one-off lunchtime concert: The King’s Birthday Prom. This unique event promises an unforgettable selection of much-loved British compositions, performed by the acclaimed Orchestra of Opera North and hosted by Magic Classical’s Charles Nove.

We are delighted to be joined by four school choirs from the David Ross Education Trust’s network of state primary and secondary schools. From Loughborough, we welcome the choir of Charnwood College; from Northampton, we welcome the choirs of Cedar Road Primary School, Malcolm Arnold Academy and Malcolm Arnold Preparatory School.

Concert Programme

Howard Ferguson – Overture for an Occasion
Judith Weir – Brighter Visions Shine Afar
George Butterworth – The Banks of Green Willow
Morfydd Llwyn Owen – “Suo Gân”
Angela Morley – A Canadian in Mayfair
John Rutter – “Look at the World” (with Cedar Road Primary School and Malcolm Arnold Preparatory School)
Antonio Vivaldi – Gloria and Cum Sancto Spiritu (with Malcolm Arnold Academy Northampton)
John Rutter – “A Clare Benediction” (with Charnwood College Choir)
Edward Elgar – Pomp and Circumstance March No.1
Edward Elgar – The Enigma Variations – “Nimrod”
Henry Wood – Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Thomas Arne – “Rule, Britannia!”
Hubert Parry – “Jerusalem”
The National Anthem

Conductor: Oliver Rundell

A previous performance from the Opera North Orchestra