Journey through the Galaxy
7:00pm, Sat, 27 Feb 2027
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Production: Journey through the Galaxy Type of event: Performance Start time: 7:00pm End time: 8:45pm Venue: Albert Hall Conference Centre
North Circus Street
Nottingham
NG1 5AASee map below Ticket pricing/options: Adults/OAPs - £21 for any seats
Children/students - £7 for any seatsTickets: 
Tickets available from NPO members or on the doorDescription: Our musical journey through space simply has to include these two iconic works. John Williams drew inspiration from Holst's Mars for Darth Vader's Imperial March, so it is only right that the two works be performed together!
John Williams - Star Wars Suite
John Williams - Theme from "Schindler's List"
Violin: Nicola Chotrani (Nottingham Young Musician of the Year 2026)
Gustav Holst - The Planets Suite
With the Mirabile choir
John Williams – Star Wars Suite
Fresh from an Oscar-win for Jaws (1975), John Williams proceeded to compose another Academy Award-winning score for the 1977 film Star Wars. The music, created in what was an old-fashioned Hollywood mould for full symphony orchestra, elevated the film to an almost operatic level. His beguiling theme for the brave and strong-willed Princess Leia is one of his very best and reappears in the concert version of the Main Theme, which showcases Luke Skywalker’s triumphant theme - one of the most famous melodies yet composed.
John Williams - Theme from Schindler's List
The exquisite musical score for Schindler's List won an unprecedented fifth Oscar for composer John Williams. Famed violinist Itzhak Perlman performed the solos for the soundtrack.
Nicola Chotrani - Violin
We are delighted to be joined by Nicola Chotrani as our soloist. Nicola is a 17-year-old Singaporean violinist currently studying the International Baccalaureate (IB) at Oakham School where she is a music scholar. She studies the violin under Tamaki Higashi. Since beginning her musical training with the piano with her mother from a young age, music has surrounded her entire life.
In 2026, Nicola was awarded the title of Nottingham Young Musician of the Year 2026 and was also a finalist in the Rotary Young Musician Competition.
Gustav Holst – The Planets Suite
In his preface to The Planets, Holst advised that there is no program in the pieces and that the subtitles should be sufficient to guide the imagination of the listener. Holst’s own imagination had been stimulated by many things, not the least of which was the great literature of English folk songs, introduced to him by his life-long friend, Ralph Vaughan Williams. Another influence was that of Stravinsky, whose music had greatly impressed Holst before he took on the universe, the effects of which in The Planets can be seen in the very large Firebird and Petrushka kind of orchestration, in insistent rhythms, and also in striding rhythmic shifts. Mars and Jupiter will require no introduction, but there are 5 further planets to explore through Holst's music, which are just as much fun both for players and audience!
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