Live events
Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja found an impetus in the Gregorian Dies irae (Day of Wrath) and the fear of the last judgement it depicts.
Two of the leading Mahler singers of our time, Alice Coote and Andrew Staples, sing Das Lied von der Erde, an incomparable musical homage to the natural world, and humanity’s place within it.
Schools are invited to enjoy Aurora Orchestra and Frantic Assembly’s vibrant introduction to orchestral instruments, brought to life with movement and words.
Celebrate 20 years of Aurora with a weekend of festivities at Snape Maltings.
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?
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.
We join celebrated violist Lawrence Power for a magnificent Italian-themed finale to his year-long Southbank Centre residency.
Welcome to our carnival: an Orchestral Theatre staging of Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals, narrated by Birgit Minichmayr.
Aurora Orchestra travels to the Edinburgh International Festival for the first time, performing Dmitri Shostakovich's defiant Fifth Symphony from memory.
Aurora travels to Germany for memorised performances of Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony.