Tickets are available on walk-up at the Victoria Hall Box Office on the day for £12 Concessions £10.50-transactions are by card only) 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 from Stoke-on-Trent Train Station to the Victoria Hall
Organ Proms last for approximately 75 minutes unless otherwise stated
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
£12(concessions £10.50)– 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 Hanley Organ Proms -Music for Everyone” ........ (Staffordshire Sentinel)
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
Victoria Hall Organ Proms 2023
Tickets at the Box Office £12 – concession £10.50
Saturday January 20 2024 12 noon Peter Dyke
Hereford Cathedral
(First appearance at the Proms)
Fiat Lux – Theodore Dubois
Prelude, Fugus and Chaconne in C – D. Buxtehude
Prelude and Fugue in C – J.S.Bach
The Skaters’ Waltz – E. Waldteufal arr P. Dyke
Vars on ‘King Jesus hatha Garden’ – F. Peeters
Noel: on a subject by Hector Berlioz – A. Guilmant
Allegro molto e ritmico – C.V. Stanford
Prelude in C sharp minor – S. Rachmaninoff arr G.R. Sinclair
Music from the film ‘Muder on the Orient Express’ – R.R. Bennett arr A. Lenthal
Final (Symphony No 1) – L. Vierne
Saturday February 17 12 noon
Callum Alger
Wolverhampton, St Peter’s
Concert Overture NO. 2 in C minor – Alfred Hollins
The Swan – Camille Saint-Saens
Scherzetto – Percy Whitlock
Jesu, joy of man’s desiring, BWV 147 – J.S. Bach
Organ Symphony No. 5 in F minor – C-M Widor
Saturday April 13 12 noon
Thomas Keogh
Holy Cross Priory, Leicester
Grand Choeur alla Handel – A. Guilmant
Adagio in G minor – Albinoni/Giazotto
Three Pieces – E. MacDowell
Passacaglia in D minor – D. Buxtehude
Exultate – S. Campbell
Tune in E – G. Thalben-Ball
An Elizabethan Idyll – T.T. Noble
The Sunset Hour – H. Blair
Serenade – D. Bourgois
Suite Gothique – L. Boellmann
Saturday May 18 12 noon
Alexander Binns
Derby Cathedral
(First appearance at the Proms)
Concert Overture No. 2 in C Minor – A Hollins
Sonata in D – C.P.E. Bach
i. allegro di molto ii. Adagio e mesto iii. Allegro
Elegy – H. Oxley
A Clarinet Tune – H. Oxley
In Memorial — Titanic – J. Bonnet
Chanson de Nuit – E. Elgar
Chanson de Matin – E. Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5 – E. Elgar Arr. Iain Farrington
Saturday June 15 12 noon Tim Sagar
St Mary’s, Stafford
Marche aux Flambeaux – A. Guilmant
Prelude and Fugue in E Minor – D. Buxtehude
Toccata de la Liberation – L. de St Martin
Sea Interlude: Dawn form Peter Grimes – B. Britten Arr. Lapwood
A Little Suite for Organ – A. Baldwin
Sarabande; Cantilena; Gigue de Trompette
Concerto in G BWV 592 – J.S. Bach/Ernst
allegro; grave; presto
Plymouth Suite – P. Whitlock
Allegro Risoluto; Lantana; Chanty; Salix; Toccata
Saturday July 20 12 noon
Lee Ward
Leeds
(First appearance at the Proms
Sonata de primo tono – J. Lidon
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D – G. Handel
i. Overture; ii. Alla Hornpipe; iii. Minuet; iv. Lentement; v. Bouree
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue – J.S. Bach
Spring Song – A. Hollins
Triumphal March – Lemmens
Andantino in D Flat – E.H. Lemare
Fantasia and Fugue in G Major – C.H.H. Parry
Barcarolle – Offenbach Arr. LW
Radetzky March – J. Strauss Arr. LW
Saturday August 17 12 noon Paul Hale
Organist Emeritus, Southwell Minster
War March of the Priests – F. Mendelssohn
Fanfare – J. Cook
Suite for Organ – D. Machell
Vocalise – S. Rachmaninoff Arr. I. Miles
Variations on ‘Amazing Grace’ – D. Bedard
Prelude on ‘The Londonderry Air’ – N. Rawsthorne
Knightsbridge March – E. Coates Arr. J. Catling
Saturday September 14 12 noon Philip Rushforth
Chester Cathedral
Symphony No. 4 in F – C-M. Widor
Fountain Reverie – JP. Fletcher
Prelude and Fugue in C Major BWV 547 – J.S. Bach
Bach goes to Town – A. Templeton
Lyric Melody – C. Armstrong Gibbs
Concertstuck in the form of a Polonaise – E.H. Lemare
Saturday November 23 12 noon Nantwich Singers
Director Ian Crawford
Organist Tim Sagar
Organ
Choral-Fantasia on Wachet Auf, op 65 no 33 – Karg Elert
Choir with organ
Noel Nouvelet – Arr. Stephen Jackson
Choir a capella
Lully, Lulla, Lullay – Stopford
Choir with organ
God is With Us – John Tavener
Organ
Le Carillon – William Wolstenholme
Choir with organ
Seek Him Who Maketh the Seven Stars – Dove
The Shepherds’ Farewell – Hector Berlioz
Choir a capella
Lux Aurumque – Eric Whitacre
Choir with organ
Shepherd’s Pipe Carol – John Rutter
Organ
Three Variations on Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland – Denis Bedard
Choir a capella
Illuminare, Jerusalem – Judith Weir
Choir with organ
Torches – John Joubert
Joy to the World – Lowell Mason after Handel Arr. Crawford
Organ
Toccata-Prelude on Wachet Auf – Francis Jackson
Choir with organ
Ding Dong! Merrily on High – Arr. Mark Willberg
Saturday December 14 12 noon Donald MacKenzie (organ)
with Phillida Bannister (alto)
Organ
Noel XII – Noel Suisse – Louis Claude Daquin
Sinfonia from The Christmas Oratorio – J.S. Bach/Karg-Elert
Les Patineurs (The Skaters’ Waltz) – Emile Waldteufel
Movements from ‘The Nutcraker’ ballet – Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky
Vocal
Zion hear the watchmen sing, from Cantata BWV 140 – J.S. Bach/Karg-Elert
The Little Road to Bethlehem – Michael Head
In the bleak midwinter – Donald MacKenzie
O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion – George F. Handel
Organ
Jesu Bambino – Pietro Yon
Dance of the icicles – Kennedy Russell
Walking in the air (from The Snowman) – Howard Blake
Under the Christmas Mistletoe – Richard Leibert
Vocal
O Holy Night – Adolf Adam
Bethlehem Down – Peter Warlock
Have yourself a merry little Christmas – Hugh Martin/Ralph Lane
The Holy City – Stephen Adams
Organ
Under the Christmas Tree, A grand improvised selection of Christmas Music
Victoria Hall Organ Console
A full specification of the organ is available from the VH Organist at the Organ Proms, or email cwmachin@btinternet.com
Organ Proms 2024
Tickets are available on the day of the Prom from the Victoria Hall Box Office situated in the Atrium. Seats are unreserved and are in the Circle & Upper Circle (the best for organ sound) at £12 (concessions £10.50) which includes a hot drink and a programme. Transactions are by CARD only.
PLEASE TRY TO COME EARLY TO MINIMISE QUEUES
Advance booking can be made via the Box Office on 0844 871 7615 ( fees apply) or at https://atgtickets.com/stoke (fees apply)
The Victoria Hall Organ Prom supporters club is “VIctoria Hall Organ Proms”.
Join the mailing list for £5 p.a. and receive regular Organ Prom information, and priority season ticket booking, supporting the long-term continuance of the organ and concerts.
Tel. 07783 764 313 or email cwmachin@btinternet.com
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Hotels in or around Hanley Stoke-on-Trent
Premier Inn – Etruria Road, Hanley, ST1 5NH Tel 0333 321 9337 0.5 mile from Victoria Hall, Website www.premierinn.com
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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