NEWS: Aurora Orchestra announces 2020 dates for live concerts to audiences in London and Cambridgeshire
The orchestra famed for playing from memory is one of the UK orchestras playing to socially distanced audience members in the UK
Last updated 25th Aug 2020
Aurora Orchestra whose Deutsche Grammophon release ‘Music of the Spheres’ featured as Scala Radio’s Album of the Week back in June, has released exciting plans today for a return to live concerts at its Kings Place home for the first time since the start of the UK lockdown in March.
The season begins with three performances of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 under the baton of Principal Conductor Nicholas Collon, delivered from memory by the Aurora players. On 7 September, the orchestra stages a special outdoor concert under the West Handyside Canopy in King's Cross in partnership with Kings Place. This will be Aurora’s first public performance since lockdown and one of the first opportunities to book for an orchestral concert anywhere in the UK since March.
They’ll repeat their performance when they return to Saffron Hall in Cambridgeshire for a performance of the Beethoven symphony for the venue's members on 9 September.
Chief Executive John Harte said: “After the enormous challenges of the past six months we are so excited to be returning to live concerts. Performance is the lifeblood of any orchestra, and we can’t wait to welcome back both players and audiences – whether watching with us in person or digitally at home – for what promises to be a very special series of events.”
Aurora Orchestra’s Music of the Spheres is available to stream now and will be released physically on 28 August. All Aurora Play broadcasts (including the Mozart Piano Concerto series later this year) can be viewed on demand on the Aurora website.
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