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Carnival: Schools Performance

22 January 2025

Schools are invited to enjoy Aurora Orchestra and Frantic Assembly’s vibrant introduction to orchestral instruments, brought to life with movement and words.

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In Italy with Lawrence Power & Charlotte Ritchie

15 October 2024

Aurora Orchestra ventures through Berlioz’s vivid evocation of a journey across Italy, brought to life in a dramatisation by actor Charlotte Ritchie and violist Lawrence Power.

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Inside the Orchestra at Drumsheds: schools’ performance

20 September 2024

Students can experience an orchestra from the inside in a special show for schools by Aurora Orchestra at the spectacular Drumsheds venue.

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The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse: schools’ performance

11 September 2024

Aurora offers a specific performance for school children of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen’s much-loved children’s story, The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse.

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Far, Far Away Schools’ shows

3 January 2024

Sound your car horn, rise above the world in a hot air balloon, build a train and much more in Aurora Orchestra’s new immersive performance for EYFS and KS1 classes.

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Eroica at Snape Maltings

2 November 2023

Annemarie Federle is soloist in Strauss’ Horn Concerto, before a memorised performance of Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’.

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Norfolk and Norwich Festival

2 November 2023

Get under the skin of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, as we return to the Norwich Festival for the first time in seven years for a memorised performance of Eroica.

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Eroica By Heart

24 October 2023

Hear the sounds of a revolution as Aurora performs Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony from memory.

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Allan Clayton: Winterreise

24 October 2023

Allan Clayton joins Aurora for Zender’s extraordinary reimagining of Schubert’s Winterreise.

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Scottish Symphony

22 June 2023

Get to the heart of Scotland with Aurora Orchestra in the symphony most closely associated with the country: Felix Mendelssohn’s Third.

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