The Scarborough Spa Orchestra plays its New Year's Day concert, 'A Viennese Whirl', of light music from Vienna's Golden Age in the Spa's Grand Hall.
The Scarborough Spa Orchestra are back at the Scarborough Spa Grand Hall on Friday 1 January, with their New Year's Day concert A Viennese Whirl. It's a proper afternoon outing to start the year, with the orchestra taking the stage in the Grand Hall.
The programme is built around the music of Vienna's Golden Age, when Johann Strauss reigned as the 'Waltz King' and a whole host of light music composers found their fame and fortune in the city. It's that particular era of Viennese music that gives the concert its title, so you can expect the waltzes and light orchestral pieces that the city became famous for.
The orchestra themselves are billed as legendary, and this is one of their regular New Year's Day appearances. If you're not familiar with them, they're a local fixture of the Spa's musical life, and this concert is part of that long-running tradition of starting the year with a live orchestral performance in the Grand Hall.
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One thing that makes this a bit more than just a concert is the timing. It's a matinee, so it's a daytime thing rather than a night out. Doors open at 2:15pm and the music starts at 3pm, which means you're out well before dark. If you're arriving early or want to make a proper afternoon of it, Farrer's Bar and Restaurant at the Spa is open for a light snack, breakfast, a pre-show meal or a drink before the music begins. It's at the Grand Hall, Scarborough Spa, South Bay, Scarborough, North Yorkshire YO11 2HD, doors at 2:15pm, show start at 3pm.
