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With an amazing firework finale, come along and be part of the 30,000 strong crowd at the UK's biggest free outdoor classical concert, in the stunning natural amphitheatre of Darley Park. Join Sinfonia ViVA and regular Darley Park concert conductor James Holmes in the wonderful setting of Darley Park for a spectacular programme of music celebrating the famous people of Derby and joined by guest singer Philip O’Brien. Expect tributes to the likes of Joseph Wright, Florence Nightingale, Samuel Plimsoll, Steve Bloomer and Samuel Johnson. See if you can work out the musical connections! Derby LIVE Youth Theatre will entertain the crowds from 6.20pm as they invite you to share in a musical journey exploring the life and times of Florence Nightingale. Visit an upper class ball in the nineteenth century, the sites of antiquity of Rome and the battlefields of the Crimea before sinfonia ViVA take to the stage at 7pm. The Darley Park concert will be hosted by Ram FM's Andy Miller.