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Saturday January 28th 2012, 7.00pm
Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
Annual Family Concert: Best of British
Conductor: Mark Heron, Presenter: Hazel Irvine

Photo courtesy of the BBC

 Coates - Dambusters' March
Various arr Dunk - Classic Bond
Goodwin - 633 Squadron
Grainer - Theme from Dr Who
Mercury arr Townend - Bohemian Rhapsody
Elgar - Nimrod from Enigma Variations
Elgar - Pomp & Circumstance March No 1
Loerner & Lowe - My Fair Lady Suite
Walton - Crown Imperial
Prokofiev - Montagues & Capulets from Romeo & Juliet
Plus many more

In this, the year of the Queen's diamond jubilee and of the London Olympics, both once in a lifetime events, we thought we should celebrate the strength and joy of British music.  And it's not a jingoistic celebration, but a wide ranging view of music both calm and joyful, celebratory and comforting.