There’s a musical celebration in Liskeard this weekend to mark the Queen’s 90th birthday.

On Sunday (November 20) at the Public Hall at 5.30pm a gala concert by the Plymouth Symphony Orchestra celebrates some of the most popular British music.

The opening work, Walton’s immediately recognisable Crown Imperial march, was first performed at the coronation of King George VI in 1937. The work was then revised and performed at Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation in 1953 and at other significant royal events since.

Clive Jenkins was born in Plymouth and his West Country roots are evident in many of his compositions. Clive’s ’Majesty’ was composed for a concert at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London given by Peter Fisher and the Chamber Ensemble of London to complement an exhibition of photographs of the Royal Family.

Violinist Benjamin Baker joins the orchestra for The Lark Ascending which has become a quintessentially English romance for violin and orchestra and one of the most popular pieces of British classical music.

The Battle of Agincourt from the Henry V suite is Walton’s second appearance in the programme followed by the very recognisable and rousing ‘bringer of war’; Jupiter from Holst’s The Planets suite.

Edward Elgar’s popular Enigma Variations were composed between 1898 and 1899 as an orchestral piece with 14 variations. After the premiere of the work in London in 1899 the variations were immediately popular and helped to establish Elgar’s international reputation.

The Plymouth Symphony Orchestra is one of the longest-established orchestras in the country and the present conductor, Anne Kimber, is only the sixth conductor to have taken up the baton in 140 years.

For ticket information visit www.plymouthsymphony.co.uk.