Floratorio

Tuesday 22nd June 2010
Assembly Rooms, Derby

1.00pm Schools' Performance: Tickets - £1.50 per child with accompanying adults free of charge
Contact sinfonia ViVA on 01332 207602

7.00pm Public Concert: Tickets - £3.00
Contact the Assembly Rooms Box Office 01332 255800

Floratorio celebrates the life of Florence Nightingale in the 100th anniversary year of her death. Nationally acclaimed composer James Redwood leads a team of sinfonia ViVA musicians in four local schools to create a series of new songs inspired by the life of the famous 'Lady with the Lamp'. 180 young people will perform this major new oratorio incorporating their own compositions.

Peter Roberts and James Redwood have been commissioned to write Floratorio following great success with More Glass Than Wall. The work will be premiered by the massed choir, vocal soloists and sinfonia ViVA in the culmination performance.

Floratorio has been generously supported by Rolls-Royce plc, Derby City Council, Derby LIVE, Heritage Lottery Fund, Orchestras Live, Derbyshire Community Foundation, Tom Carey Fund, sinfonia ViVA and Arts Council England. Floratorio is in association with the Florence Nightingale Derbyshire Association and is part of the Illuminate Festival.

See also Floratorio at Buxton Festival.