Photo opportunity: 7.15pm, Saturday 8 November, Caird Hall, Dundee City Square, Dundee.
The Northern Scottish Philharmonic Orchestra (NSPO), the Dundee Choral Union and the National Youth Choir of Scotland - Dundee Children’s Choir, will perform a musical spectacular tomorrow (Saturday 8 November) at the Caird Hall, Dundee, in aid of the University of Dundee’s Ninewells Cancer Campaign.
Over 200 accomplished musicians will fill the hall with the Scottish premiere of The Queen Symphony, a six-movement work by British composer Tolga Kashif, inspired by the music of legendary rock band Queen.
The EMI-commissioned symphony features many of Queen's best-loved hits and is certain to enchant classical music lovers and Queen devotees alike.
The performance of The Queen Symphony follows the NSPO's stunningly successful inaugural concert in the Caird Hall in February 2003 which raised over £10,000 for the University of Dundee’s TICR Campaign.
NSPO conductor and musical director David Grant, formerly a professional bassoonist and now a surgeon Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, is particularly keen to raise money for medical causes.
Over the past decade, £12 million has been raised for a range of facilities thereby ensuring that the University of Dundee and Ninewells remain at the forefront of research into and treatment of cancer.
Campaign Chair Dr Jacqui Wood said, "This is going to be a superb night of entertainment. I’d like to thank the NSPO, the Dundee Choral Union and the National Youth Choir of Scotland - Dundee Children’s Choir for all their hard work.
Every penny of the proceeds from this event - expected to be several thousand pounds - will go directly to vital research into cancer."
The NSPO was founded in June 2002 to promote excellency in music-making by bringing together musicians from the east and west of Scotland, and to raise money for charitable causes through staging public concerts.
The orchestra will also perform Overture to Candide and a suite from Swan Lake, and there will be a raffle held on the night to raise further funds.
The concert will start at 7.30 pm. Tickets are available from the Dundee City box office on 01382 434940 and are priced £15 (£10 concessions, accompanied under 16s free).
Editor's notes
Dundee Choral Union’s musical director is Neil Mantle The Dundee branch of NYCoS’s musical director is Fiona McIntosh
By Esther Black, Press Officer 01382 344768 e.z.black@dundee.ac.uk