New Year's Eve Gala Concert - Land of the Midnight Sun

Friday 31st December 2010 at 7.30pm
Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
Box Office: 0115 989 5555
ON SALE NOW!
Online booking available

"Enjoyed the varied programme; the sense of fun - the concert works well as an ambassador for classical music."
- Cathy Hay, NYE 2009 audience member

"A most civilised way to usher in the New Year! Lovely music played by ViVA and with some fun as well. PERFECT."
- name supplied, NYE 2009 audience member

• Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
• Nielsen: Maskarade Overture
• Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16

INTERVAL

• Sibelius: Finlandia, Op 26
• Grieg: In The Hall of The Mountain King
• J Strauss II: Wine, Women and Song
• J Strauss II: Tales from the Vienna Woods
• J Strauss II: Champagne Polka
• Lumbye: Champagne Galop

Land of the Midnight Sun... this year the breathtaking landscapes, dramatic legends and Nordic heritage of Scandinavia provide the inspiration for our glittering New Year's Eve concert bringing you some of the most beautiful and inspiring classics ever composed.

Join us for the sensuousness and rousingly patriotic melodies of Finlandia by Jean Sibelius... Wagner's fantasy journey to Valhalla by the fallen warriors in the soaring Ride of the Valkyries... Grieg's moving and passionate Piano Concerto (with virtuoso Ian Buckle returning after his sell-out performance of Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.2 in 2007) and the lush grandeur of In The Hall of The Mountain King... the poetic and compelling Maskarade Overture from Nielsen's magical love story... soak up some seasonal waltzing joie de vivre from Johann Strauss II in the glitteringly energetic Wine, Women and Song and Tales from the Vienna Woods... plus not one but two glasses of musical 'fizz' in the sparkling Champagne Polka by Strauss, and the energetic Champagne Galop from Danish dance music master Hans Christian Lumbye to add that extra zing to round off the evening!

Music to move you – and music to raise the spirits! Join sinfonia ViVA with Timothy Redmond conducting for the ideal way to round off your old year and welcome in the new!

Book a Premium Seat and you will receive a *programme booklet and a **£4 bar voucher! (vouchers redeemable at concert - conditions apply: see details below).

Tickets:

Premium Seating:
Area A - £31.00 (includes, for each Premium Seat booked, a *programme booklet and a **bar voucher up to the value of £4.00)

General Seating
Area A - £23.00, Area B - £20.00, Area C - £18.00, Area D - £15.00

Choir Stalls - all seats £9.00

Registered Disabled plus one accompanying adult - £15.00 per person, all areas

Please note that programme booklets will be on general sale from House staff.

*One free programme per Premium Seat booked. Programmes to be collected from the ViVA desk on the evening of the concert. Vouchers sent out with tickets.
**Bar Voucher to the value of £4 per Premium Seat booked, redeemable at the Royal Centre bar on the evening of the concert only. Vouchers sent out with tickets.

Supported by Arts Council England.