24/25 Calendar
Calendars
March 1: Grand Theatre, Swansea
April 12: Millennium Centre, Cardiff
May 3: Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
June 8: Royal Theatre Plymouth
All shows at 3pm
Play Opera LIVE
Featuring magnificent music from stage and screen, this interactive and educational family show is the perfect introduction to the wonderful world of opera and classical music.
Brought to life by the acclaimed WNO Orchestra and WNO Chorus, our wonderful presenter Tom Redmond will introduce you to the Orchestra and its many instruments, our talented performers, and of course, the music you’ll be hearing during the afternoon – some of which are our absolute favourites to perform.
The show will include the musical adaptation by Ian Stephens of the family favourite book, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt and 'O sole mio’, most famously performed by Pavarotti, and which became a household tune after featuring in a series of Cornetto ads. The relaxed setting of the show will allow you to fully lose yourself in the music and the drama – we’ll have you clapping, singing, and dancing in the aisles.
LSO Secondary Schools Concerts
24 March: LSO KS1
Rachel Leach animateur,
Karen Ni Bhrion conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Extracts from:
Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon Overture
Leach Heave Ho!
Wallen Mighty River
Leach The Pirates are Coming!
Kabalevsky The Comedians
Wood arr’d Lawson Fantasy on British Sea Songs
Khachaturian Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
Elgar Wand of Youth Suite
Anderson The Syncopated Clock
Clyne Night Ferry
Khachaturian Sabre Ferry
Walton Music for Children
Britten Four Sea Interludes – Storm
LSO Secondary Schools Concerts
25th March 2025
Key Stage 3:
Bernstein,
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Tuesday 25th March 2025 11am & 12.10pm
Barbican Hall
Rachel Leach animateur,
Karen Ni Bhrion conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
June 14th, 2025
10:30am & 1:45pm
Hackney Empire, London
CBeebies Wildlife Jamboree
Prowl with the tigers, stamp in the snow, and hear the desert wind, as well as going on an adventure to find one of the tiniest creatures in the world. Duggee, Bluey, the Octonauts and lots more CBeebies friends invite you, and the most unusual animal guests, to join in with music, songs and lots of wildlife fun.
Karen Ní Bhroin conductor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Walters Hello, from 'River of Freedom' (Opening)
Coleridge-Taylor Dance, from 'Othello'
Ginastera Malabo, from 'Estancia'
Vivaldi The Four Seasons – Winter
Withers Lovely Day Arr. Iain Farrington
de Falla Danza del Fuego, from 'El Amor Brujo'
Freestone Medley of CBeebies Theme Tunes
Class When the Rains Come
Walters Hello, from 'River of Freedom' (Finale)
18th June 2025
Wednesday 18 June 2025 11am & 12.10pm
Barbican Hall
LSO Schools Concerts
Key Stage 1: Wish You Were Here ! Musical Postcards
Lucy Hollins animateur,
Karen Ni Bhrion conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
21 June 2025
2:30pm
Barbican Hall, London
Family Concert – The Planets
A fun opportunity for families to learn more about music and the instruments of the orchestra, with music based on a theme and free workshops before the concert.
Join presenter Rachel Leach and the LSO on a musical adventure around the solar system as they explore Gustav Holst’s celestial masterpiece The Planets. From ‘Mars’ – the piece that inspired countless film soundtracks – to the swelling majesty of ‘Jupiter’ and the mysterious atmosphere of ‘Neptune’, this is music on a truly cosmic scale.
Rachel Leach presenter
Karen Ní Bhroin conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
June 26th, 2025
7:30pm
Barbican, London
LSO Discovery Showcase
Curated by an animateur, this showcase brings together the Orchestra with participants from all across LSO Discovery’s work.
8th July, 2025
1:05pm
National Concert Hall, Dublin
NSO Summer Lunchtime
Karen Ní Bhroin, conductor
Aidan Chan, piano
Presented by Liz Nolan, RTÉ lyric fm
Glinka Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2
Augusta Holmès La nuit et l’amour
Khachaturian Waltz, Mazurka and Galop from Masquerade Suite
Love is in the lunchtime air as ‘young Irish musician with a rising reputation’ (The Guardian) Karen Ní Bhroin leads the National Symphony Orchestra through the excitable delirium of Glinka’s Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture, Augusta Holmès’ lush, exquisitely intimate La nuit et l’amour, and three dances accelerating in fervour and forceful feeling from Khachaturian’s Masquerade Suite.
Shostakovich’s passionate and playful Second Piano Concerto features 2023 RDS Music Bursary winner Aidan Chan as soloist.
11th July, 2025
7:00pm
Cheltenhem Town Hall
Friday Night is Music Night: 80 Years of Spying in Cheltenham
Secret missions, international espionage and dubious disguises: the sound of spying comes to Cheltenham for a special broadcast from the Town Hall. Featuring the full might of the BBC Concert Orchestra, the Festival hosts the world’s longest-running orchestral show for an evening of hits from great spy soundtracks of the last 80 years. There will be something for everyone, from classic James Bond bangers to scores that are hot off the press. Get a cocktail, don some sunglasses, and try not to draw any attention to yourself.
Clare Teal host
Karen Ní Bhroin conductor
BBC Concert Orchestra
26th July, 2025
3pm & 7:30pm
Royal Albert Hall, London
The Traitors
By order of the Traitors, you’re invited to a spine-tingling celebration of musical treachery! Claudia Winkleman is our host as we explore this worldwide television phenomenon, with its tense and haunting sound-world. From epic classical orchestral favourites to opera excerpts with betrayal at their heart, this unique Prom also features melodramatic chart tracks heard on The Traitors – with a gothic, symphonic twist.
Conjuring the misty intrigue worthy of a Highlands castle are the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers, as well as special-guest vocalists. There’s a new take on that famous theme tune, a selection of music from the show and some familiar figures and faces from the challenges and Round Tables. A musical invitation into the world of The Traitors for all fans – whether you’re a Faithful or a Traitor. Don a cloak, fingerless gloves and eyeliner to lose yourself in a concert like no other.