Hastings Sinfonia promises “most exciting concert yet" to celebrate ten-year anniversary

Hastings Sinfonia's Queen Piano Concerto Concert will be at 4pm on Saturday, July 16 at White Rock Theatre, Hastings.

Chairman Sandra Goodsell said: “The programme will feature The Queen Piano Concerto with Queen’s greatest hits arranged by Simon Proctor and performed by international pianist Oliver Poole.

“The Queen Piano Concerto is an exhilarating ride through 12 of Queen's greatest hits, such as Bohemian Rhapsody, Don't Stop Me Now, We Will Rock You etc all seamlessly joined together into a mouth-watering, edge-of-the-seat display piece for piano and orchestra.

“Oliver Poole is an incredibly talented and charismatic British pianist and composer.

"He gave his first solo performance with the National Youth Orchestra at the age of eight and has since performed all over the world in many prestigious venues with many renowned orchestras and many leading artists. His mantra is to make the world a better place through music.

“Simon Proctor is a British composer and pianist who graduated from The Royal Academy of Music with several prizes for composition, orchestration and piano.

“He is known for his works for unusual instruments, probably the best-known being Concerto for Serpent and Orchestra and arranging works from Queen to Andrew Lloyd Weber. He has played principal keyboard for shows such as Les Miserables.”