24th, 25th & 26th April 2008
Village Underground, Shoreditch, London

Russian Tales

Stravinsky / Renard
Walton / The Bear

Fully-staged double-bill with Mahogany Opera
Directed by Frederic Wake-Walker


18th & 19th April 2008
Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh

Russian Tales

Stravinsky / Renard
Walton / The Bear

Fully-staged double-bill with Mahogany Opera
Directed by Frederic Wake-Walker


Tuesday 25th March 2008 / 7.30pm
Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music

Natural Expressions

Debussy (arr. Sachs) / Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
James Williamson / Chamber Concerto
Mahler (arr. Schoenberg) / Das Lied von der Erde *

* Mezzo Soprano / Jane Irwin
* Tenor / Rob Murray


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Sunday 23rd March 2008 / 7.00pm
Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh

Aldeburgh Easter Festival

Mahler (arr. Schoenberg) / Das Lied von der Erde

Mezzo Soprano / Jane Irwin
Tenor / Rob Murray



Thursday 6th March 2008 / 1.30pm
Chingford Assembly Hall, Waltham Forest

Listen Up! Education Project in collaboration with the Da Capo Foundation

Aurora Orchestra and year 5 children from Chapel End and Handsworth Primary Schools present the premiere of 'Boom Town - a musical spectacular for children' by Chris Willis.


Wednesday 20th February 2008 / 7.30pm
Emile Bustani Auditorium, Beirut, Lebanon

Al Bustan Festival

Wagner / Siegfried Idyll
Delius (arr. Ross) / The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Brahms / Serenade No. 1 in D major Op.11

 

Monday 7th January 2008 / 7.30pm
Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music

Playing with Sparks

Byrd (arr. Muhly) / Miserere Mei & Bow Thine Ear
Nico Muhly / Concerto for Electric Violin *
Ives / The Unanswered Question
Debussy (arr. Bowen) / La Boîte à Joujoux **

* Electric violin / Thomas Gould
** Narrator-magician/ Neil Henry

Free pre-concert presentation: ‘Looking inside Debussy’s Toybox’ with the Little Angel Puppet Theatre - 6.15pm Concert Room (Supported by Guinness Asset Management and the Hattori Foundation)

Click here to read the recent New Yorker article about Nico, featuring Aurora, and here to visit Nico's website to listen a live recording of Aurora in the world premiere performance.

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Thursday 13th December 2007 / 7.00pm
Shoreditch Church, Shoreditch High Street

Spitalfields Winter Festival

Wagner / Siegfried Idyll *
Schubert / Mass No.6 in Eflat

With the Choir and Soloists of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Conducted by Geoffrey Webber
(* Wagner conducted by Nicholas Collon)


Saturday 20th October 2007 / 7.00pm & Sunday 21st October / 3.00pm
Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh

Hans Krasa / Brundibar

Aurora perform Hans Krasa’s children’s opera ‘Brundibar,’ first performed in the concentration camp, Theresienstadt, in 1943. Frederic Wake-Walker directs the cast of Jubilee Opera.



Sunday 23 September 2007 / 7.00pm
Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music

A Recovered Clarity

Schreker / Chamber Symphony
Wagner / Siegfried Idyll
Hindemith / Kammermusik No. 3 *
Stravinsky / Dumbarton Oaks

* Cello / Alexander Baillie

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Saturday 1 September 2007 / 7.30pm
St Mary's Church, Rye

Rye Arts Festival

Brahms / Serenade No.1
Wagner / Siegfried Idyll
Elgar / Chanson de matin & Chanson du nuit
Stravinsky / Dumbarton Oaks


Saturday 4 August 2007 / 7.30pm
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge

Cambridge Summer Music Festival

Elgar / Serenade for Strings
Chris Willis (and the Bristol School of Animation) / Life in the Key of Aaaargh!
Britten / Young Apollo *
Tippett / Divertimento on Sellinger's Round
Mozart / Piano Concerto No. 21 * ('Elvira Madigan')

* Piano / Benjamin Grosvenor

Sunday 17 June 2007 / 7.00pm
Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music

Projecting the Dream

Christopher Willis (and the Bristol School of Animation) / New Work
Copland / Appalachian Spring
Michael Torke / Adjustable Wrench
John Adams / Chamber Symphony

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Friday 9 March 2007 / 7.30pm
Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music

Raising the Curtain

Takemitsu / Rain Coming
John Adams / Gnarly Buttons *
Bach (arr. Webern) / Fuga a 6 voci
(from The Musical Offering)
Birtwistle / Secret Theatre

* Clarinet / Timothy Orpen

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