Live events
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?
Welcome to our carnival: an Orchestral Theatre staging of Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals, narrated by Birgit Minichmayr.
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.
Aurora returns to Saffron Hall with a signature memorised and dramatised performance. This year, they unwrap Shostakovich’s gripping Fifth Symphony.
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.
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.
Dear families, you are invited to come and meet the instruments of Aurora Orchestra!
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.