Live events

Carnival – UK Tour

Sat 3 May 2025 – Fri 23 May 2025

Various times, Various venues

Roll up, roll up! Aurora Orchestra welcomes you to its latest Orchestral Theatre adventure, a reimagining of The Carnival of the Animals that asks: what happens when the carnival is over?

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Carnival – International Tour

Sun 25 May 2025 – Thu 11 September 2025

Various times, Various venues

Welcome to our carnival: an Orchestral Theatre staging of Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals, narrated by Birgit Minichmayr.

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Aldeburgh Festival Opera: A Visit To Friends

Fri 13 June 2025 – Sat 14 June 2025

7:30 pm, Snape Maltings Concert Hall

Colin Matthews and William Boyd's first opera, based on an intriguing Chekhov short story.

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Lawrence Power & Aurora: In Italy

Sun 29 June 2025

6:00 pm, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre

We join celebrated violist Lawrence Power for a magnificent Italian-themed finale to his year-long Southbank Centre residency.

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Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony

Thu 14 August 2025

7:30 pm, Saffron Hall

Aurora returns to Saffron Hall with a signature memorised and dramatised performance. This year, they unwrap Shostakovich’s gripping Fifth Symphony.

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Shostakovich 5 – BBC Proms 2025

Sat 16 August 2025 – Sun 17 August 2025

Various times, Royal Albert Hall

Aurora returns to the BBC Proms with our signature memorised and dramatised performance. This year, we unwrap Shostakovich's gripping Fifth Symphony.

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Edinburgh International Festival

Mon 18 August 2025

2pm & 7.30pm, Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Aurora Orchestra travels to the Edinburgh International Festival for the first time, performing Dmitri Shostakovich's defiant Fifth Symphony from memory.

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Shostakovich 5 – Germany Tour

Sat 30 August 2025

7:30 pm, Various venues

Aurora travels to Germany for memorised performances of Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony.

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Meet the Instruments

Sun 28 September 2025

2:00 pm, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre

Dear families, you are invited to come and meet the instruments of Aurora Orchestra!

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In the Alps

Sat 4 October 2025

7:30 pm, Hall One, Kings Place

Welcome to the Alps! Join Aurora and soprano Mary Bevan on a mountain journey in the third concert of Aurora’s year-long exploration of Mahler’s music.

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