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The Hannells Darley Park Concert
Sun 3 Sep 2017
Location: Darley Park
Gates open at 2pm
Running Time: 4 hours - approximate, including any interval(s).
About the event
An evening of classical music and fireworks – don’t forget your picnic!
Derby's much-loved concert returns to Darley Park after a year’s break.
Tickets are now only available to purchase from Darley Park. There are two Box Offices- One at the Darley Abbey Village end (next to Darley Barn), the other at the Rowing Club end of the park.
Come along and be part of one of the UK’s biggest outdoor classical concerts, in the stunning natural amphitheatre that is Darley Park. This year's programme has links to Derby's 40th year as a City with performances of famous cricket theme Soul Limbo and Youth of Britain March. The City’s industrial heritage will also be celebrated with Funiculi Funicula, Runaway Train and Come Fly with Me, whilst Derby County Football Club is also acknowledged with a performance of Steve Bloomer’s Watching.
This year’s show also features popular pieces from past concerts that will send a shiver up your spine such as Thunderbirds, music from Star Wars and the fantastic Bohemian Rhapsody. The programme also features three selections made by a public vote: Goodwin: 633 Squadron (2006), Prokofiev: Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet (2015) and Steiner: Lara’s Theme - Gone with the Wind (2008).
Tim Lihoreau, presenter of Classic FM’s More Music Breakfast, will host the event and will also broadcast his breakfast show from Classic FM’s East Midlands studio the following morning. Tim presents the biggest breakfast show on UK commercial radio, with 1.7 million people tuning in every week.
Sinfonia Viva have confirmed the concert Conductor will be James Holmes along with baritone, Grant Doyle as Soloist, both of whom are regulars at the concert.
Programme
Viva Carers Choir from 6.20pm
Sinfonia Viva from 7pm
Fanfare for Common Man, Copland
Nimrod, Elgar
Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet, Prokofiev
Soul Limbo (TV cricket theme), Booker T & the M.G.'s
Funiculi Funicula, Denza
Run Away Train, Warren
Youth of Britain March, Yates
Lara’s theme, Jarre
Steve Bloomer’s Watchin’, arr.Hall
Thunderbirds theme, Gray
Ride of the Valkyries, Wagner
Interval music from the Dalesmen Male Voice Choir
Sinfonia Viva from approx. 8.30pm
2001 Fanfare from Also Sprach Zarathustra, Strauss
633 Squadron, Goodwin
Come Fly with Me, Van Heusen
By the Beautiful Blue Danube, Strauss
La Mer, Trenet
Bohemian Rhapsody, Mercury
Music from Star Wars, Williams
Supported by
Hannells, Flint Bishop, HUUB, Mortgage Advice Bureau, PKF Cooper Parry, Specsavers, Stratstone BMW Derby and Classic FM.
Advance ticket offer
Tickets bought up to the day before the event are half price - just £2.50. The ticket price will discount to £2.50 when added to basket.
Ticket collection
The option for postage is no longer available, we strongly advise you to collect your order from the Sales and Information Centre prior to the day of the event. Ticket collection will be available on the day at the park, however we do anticipate long queues.
Metro travel ticket offer
A ticket to this event gets you £1 off unlimited day travel across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire with a trentbarton and Kinchbus metro ticket. Find out more.
Customer information and FAQs
For all sorts of useful information about access, parking, road closures, what you can and can't bring to the event and so on, be sure to check out the event information and FAQs page before you head down to the park!
Special offers
Your ticket to The Hannells Darley Park Concert gets you access to a range of partner offers. Just show your ticket, offers available until 3 Sep 2017. Other Ts&Cs may apply.
- A £10 eye test at any Specsavers opticians – redeemable at any branch in Derby.
- Buy-one-get-one-free coffee at the Derby Museum & Art Gallery café, The Strand, Derby.
- Buy-one-get-one-free Sunday lunch at Seven Restaurant on Wheelwright Way in Derby – but you MUST pre-book a table. Telephone 01332 332277.
Prices & Offers
£5
Concessions: £0
Click Buy Tickets to see what concessions are available for this event, and for more price information and availability. Children 12 months and over require a ticket, unless otherwise stated. Proof of entitlement to concession may be required on collection of tickets or on entry to the event.
Under 16s are free, but require a ticket.
Please note there are no other concessions available on this event
Tickets bought up to the day before the event are half price - just £2.50. The ticket price will discount to £2.50 when added to basket.
Tickets are now only available to purchase from Darley Park. There are two Box Offices- One at the Darley Abbey Village end (next to Darley Barn), the other at the Rowing Club end of the park.