Leading Norfolk law firm Hansells Solicitors and Financial Advisers is continuing its sponsorship for the fourth consecutive year, of Norwich Philharmonic Society, which is marking its 175^th season. 

Norwich Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus is presenting a special 175^th Birthday Concert at St Andrews Hall, Norwich on Saturday 19 March, at 7.30pm, with a night of orchestral and popular classics. The concert features work by 10 composers including Elgar, Handel and Tchaikovsky.

Roger Holden, Managing Partner at Hansells Solicitors and Financial Advisers, said he was proud to be the sponsor of the Norwich Phil Society, underlining the firm’s commitment to supporting music and the arts in the region.

He said: “It is marvellous that the Norwich Phil is celebrating its 175^th season with a magnificent series of concerts. The programme for the Birthday Concert is superb. Sir Edward Elgar, one of the featured composers, was an important client for Hansells.

“The Norwich Phil is a highly-professional orchestra and choir; it stages wonderful concerts and is a very important element of the cultural heritage of the city with such deep roots in Norwich and Norfolk, and we see our sponsorship as helping sustain that.

“The orchestra, like Hansells, has been part of Norfolk for a long time – we were founded in 1827, the Philharmonic Society in 1839 – so between us there is longevity and continuity.”

The sponsorship photoshoot took place at The Assembly House Norwich where the Norwich Philharmonic gave their first performance in 1841

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Norwich Philharmonic Society chairman Caroline Dixey said: “The sponsorship from Hansells is very important to us, particularly now that the support has been continuing over several years.

“That continuity helps us with programme planning which means that we can be more ambitious and put on a varied programme. The sponsorship helps underpin that.”

Michael Nutt, chairman of the Orchestra sub-committee, said: “We are grateful to our fantastic audiences who support us but without the sponsorship from Hansells we would not be able to perform such ambitious pieces.

“Our exciting programme of concerts involves top soloists, big pieces for orchestra and leading musicians and it is the input from our sponsors which enables us to do that.”

Full details of the Norwich Phil 175^th Birthday Concert are at

www.norwichphil.org.uk

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About Hansells

Hansells Solicitors and Financial Advisers is one of the top 10 legal firms in East Anglia.

Founded in 1827 in Norwich, today it employs around 117 staff and has regional centres in Norwich, Aylsham Cromer, North Walsham, Reepham and Sheringham

Hansells has an extensive UK-wide portfolio of business and private clients and has one of the largest financial services departments within a law firm in the country.

www.hansells.co.uk