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Tickets are available on walk-up at the Victoria Hall Box Office on the day or before, for £11(Concessions £9.50, and seats are unreserved: the price includes Tea or Coffee and a programme. The Victoria Hall is located in Bagnall Street Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3AD.
There is a good car park opposite, pay on entry. Easy links to the M6, M1, A50, A52 & A34, A 53 Stoke-on-Trent railway station has frequent connections from London, Birmingham, Derby, Nottingham, Crewe, Liverpool, Manchester & Hereford. It is a 10 minute bus ride to the Victoria Hall
Organ Proms last for approximately 75 minutes unless otherwise stated Email contact: organ.proms@ntlworld.com Telephone contact 07967 806 409
VICTORIA HALL ORGAN PROMS Played on the Grand 4 Manual Conacher-Willis Organ A full specification of the organ is available free of charge before or after each Prom
Tickets are available on the day (unreserved) from the Victoria Hall Box Office
£11(concessions £9.50)- includes Tea/Coffee & Programme. There is plenty of room. The best seats for organ sound are in the Upper Circle-The Circle is also open - The stalls are closed Programme run time c 75 minutes - no interval
“The Joy of the Organ Proms -Music for Everyone” ........ (Staffordshire Sentinel)
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Tickets (unreserved) are available at the box office on the day Box office open 90 minutes before the performance Please try to come early to avoid queues Card payments at Box Office only or book in in advance:- Box Office Tel 0844 871 7615 (fees apply) On line https://www.atgtickets.com/stoke |
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Hotels near to the Victoria Hall Hanley |
Premier Inn - Etruria Road, Hanley, ST1 5NH Tel 0333 321 9337 0.5 mile from Victoria Hall Website www.premierinn.com
Best Western Hanley Centre Hotel 66 Trinity St, Hanley,Stoke-on-Trent ST1 5NB Tel 01782 202361 Restaurant Website www.bestwestern.co.uk 0.3 mile from Victoria Hall
Hilton Garden Inn Hanley Stoke-on-Trent - Potteries Way, Hanley, Stoke-Trent ST1 4QA Tel 01782 486960 www.hilton.com O.2 mile from Victoria Hall
Double Tree by Hilton Stoke-on-Trent –Etruria Hall Festival Way, Stoke-on-Trent ST1 5BQ Tel 01782 609988 Website www.stokeontrent.doubletreebyhilton.com Located 1.3 miles from Victoria Hall |
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David Lloyd & Philip Adams
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Saturday May 28 2022 12 noon
Minuet. S Prokofiev Symphonia J C Bach Abdelazer H Purcell Grand March from Aida. G Verdi Prelude 1 C V Stanford War March of the Priests F Mendelsohn Salut d’Amour E Elgar Festive March H Smart Cantilena J Rheinberger Dance of the knights (Romeo and Juliet) S Prokofiev Chanson de matin E Elgar Concert Variations J Bonnet |
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Organist Ian Tracey & Liverpool Cathedral Choir Directed by Stephen Mannings
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Saturday June 18 2022 12 noon
CHORAL & ORGAN PROM IN HONOUR OF THE PLATINUM JUBILEE Zadok the Priest George Frederick Handel Coronation of King George II (1727) (1685-1759) O Lord, make Thy Servant Elizabeth our Queen William Byrd Used at the Coronation of Elizabeth II (1953) (1543-1623) I Was Glad When They Said unto Me Charles Hubert Hastings Parry Coronation of Edward VII & Alexandra (1902) (1848-1914) *Coronation March "Crown Imperial" William Walton Coronation of George VI (1937) (1902-1983) We Wait for thy loving Kindness O God William McKie Wedding of Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip (1947) (1901-1984) *Elizabethan Serenade Ronald Binge Dedicated to the new Elizabethan Age (1952) (1910-1979) Let the People Praise Thee, O God William Mathias Wedding of Prince Charles & Lady Dianna (1981) (1934-1992) This is the Day the Lord Hath Made John Rutter Wedding of Prince William & Kate Middleton (2011) (b.1945) The Call of Wisdom Bob Chilcott Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II (2012) (b.1955) A Life Lived with Grace Vincent Chinemelu Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II (2022) (b.1984) *Platinum Jubilee Celebration Piece Clive Grey Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II (2022) (b. 1956) Blest Pair of Sirens Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)
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Dr Philip Smith & John Pryer
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Saturday July 30 2022 12 noon Tuba Tune - Reginald Porter Brown Prelude & Fugue in C minor “The Great” - J S Bach Impromptu in D -Sir Sidney Nicholson Salut d'Amour - Sir Edward Elgar Prelude on an Irish Song “My loves an arbutus” -W R Pasfield Imperial Echoes - Arnold Safroni -arr John Pryer A Merry Heart ( Longton High School Song) Dr Sidney Wéalé (Sung by Philip Cartwright) Variations Sur un Noël Op 20 -Marcel Dupré Improvisation on ‘A Merry Heart’ -John Pryer |
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Donald Mackenzie Odeon Leicester Sq
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Friday August 19 2022 12 noon
Willis goes Wurlitzer A programme of lighter organ favourites Overture ‘Morning, Noon & Night in Vienna’ - F Suppe Maus Polka - Josef Ivanovici, Seven Seas March - Eric Coates, Shadow Waltz - Paul Dubois, Tico Tico - Zequinha de Abreu, Selection of music from ‘Evil Under the Sun’ - Cole Porter, Georgian Miniature - Ernest Tomlinson, Cachucha Castellana - Ernst Rübel, Selection from “My Fair Lady” - Alan J Lerner My Love is Like a Red Red Rose - (Improvisation) The Roaring Twenties - Celebrating Jazz Tunes - arr. MacKenzie
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Gert van Hoef The Netherlands
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Saturday August 20 2022 12 noon Improvisation on St. Gertrude (Athur Sullivan) Gert van Hoef Vater unser im himmelreich G. Böhm Preludium en Fuga in G BWV 541 J.S. Bach Hope (arr. Gert van Hoef) Yiruma Allegro Symphonie 6 C.M. Widor Aria C. Callahan Pastorale en Fantasie Gert van Hoef Psalm 73 vers 7 F. Asma Symphonie 9 Op 95 (New World) Mov IV A. Dvořák |
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Daniel Greenway Organ Scholar Keble College Oxford
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Saturday September 10 2022 12 noon
Prelude and Fugue in E flat BWV 552- J S Bach Menuetto Impromptu – John Ireland Impromptu in C – Samuel Coleridge Taylor Venus – Gustav Holst Liebestraum – Franz Liszt Romance To the Evening Star (Tannhauser) – Richard Wagner Fantasy Choral No 1 – Percy Whitlock Toccata – Maurice Duruflé
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Callum Alger Director of Music St Peter’s Wolverhampton
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Saturday October 15 2022 12 noon
Allegro maestoso (Sonata No.1 in G major, Op. 28) - Edward Elgar Passacaglia in C minor (BWV 582) - J.S. Bach Song of Sunshine - Alfred Hollins Choral No.3 in A minor - César Franck Pavane, Op. 50 - Gabriel Fauré Crown Imperial - William Walton
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Victoria Hall Organ console
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Organ Proms in 2022 Tickets available on the day ( unreserved) at the Victoria Hall Box Office £11 (concessions £9.50) includes Tea/Coffee & Programme
PLEASE TRY TO COME EARLY TO MINIMISE QUEUES
Advance booking can be made via the Box Office 0844 871 7615 (fees apply) Or at https://www.atgtickets.com/stoke
Join the ‘Patrons of the Victoria Hall Organ’ mailing list ( £5 p.a.) and receive mailing of the Organ Prom programmes and support the continuance of the Proms Tel 07967 806 409 or mike52@ntlworld.com for further details.
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Programmes could be subject to change. The Victoria Hall Organ Proms are promoted by Stoke-on-Trent Theatres Ltd and the Victoria Hall Consultant Organist (07967 806 409 or mike 52@ntlworld.com), with the support from the Harding & Dronsfield Trusts, MR Organ Promotions, the Victoria Hall Organ Prom Patrons & the NSDOS Queries to- organ.proms@ntlworld.com or 07967 806 409 Victoria Hall Organ Proms linked with thanks to the UK’s greatest organ recital excellent website - www.organrecitals.com Local Organ Events for organists are organised by the North Staffs & District Organ Society. For the NSDOS details and contact - go to the website www.iao.org.uk/nsdos
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Full specification of the organ is available from
the VH Organist at the Organ Proms, or email mike52@ntlworld.com 
