The popular Proms night at Shugborough Estate is set to return this summer with the evening commencing with an aerial display by a Spitfire that saw action in WWII.

The Spitfire Proms will commence with the Mark IX ‘Grace’ Spitfire flying overhead as the National Symphony Orchestra perform a selection of appropriate music including Edward Elgar’s’ ‘Nimrod’.

The plane, which has performed at numerous airshows and re-enactments since 1990, is flown by the world’s only female Spitfire pilot, Carolyn Grace. Her exciting displays have won many fans with some travelling great distances to see the rare two-seater Spitfire in flight.

Following her 10-minute display The National Symphony Orchestra will present a two hour concert of favourites from many including Handel, Bizet, Vivaldi, and Strauss, film music from ‘Bridge Over The River Kwai’, ‘The Mission’ and ‘Dambusters’, ending with the much-loved style of ‘Last Night of the Proms’ before a spectacular firework finale.

The NSO will also be joined by tenor Mark Luther and soprano Abigail Iveson who will perform two solos with the orchestra in the first half and lead the flag-waving finale.