Aurora Orchestra
@auroraorchestra.bsky.social
Playing all the notes since 2005. Proud creators of Aurora Classroom, helping teachers teach music with confidence.
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From the bar to the mountain peak – and back down for a Star Wars medley 🏔️
February 17, 2026 at 4:47 PM
From the bar to the mountain peak – and back down for a Star Wars medley 🏔️
Want to experience a performance full of celebration and community?
Our collaboration with Abel Selaocoe is streaming on YouTube once again. Featuring an enthralling programme celebrating ancestral wisdom and the collective power of human connection.
Our collaboration with Abel Selaocoe is streaming on YouTube once again. Featuring an enthralling programme celebrating ancestral wisdom and the collective power of human connection.
February 13, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Want to experience a performance full of celebration and community?
Our collaboration with Abel Selaocoe is streaming on YouTube once again. Featuring an enthralling programme celebrating ancestral wisdom and the collective power of human connection.
Our collaboration with Abel Selaocoe is streaming on YouTube once again. Featuring an enthralling programme celebrating ancestral wisdom and the collective power of human connection.
Our Creative Director, Jane Mitchell, joins Jess Gillam on BBC Radio 3 to swap and explore the tracks that have shaped their lives, ranging from Shostakovich and Mozart to Tori Amos and The Beatles.
Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - This Classical Life, Jess Gillam with... Jane Mitchell
Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with the flautist Jane Mitchell.
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February 4, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Our Creative Director, Jane Mitchell, joins Jess Gillam on BBC Radio 3 to swap and explore the tracks that have shaped their lives, ranging from Shostakovich and Mozart to Tori Amos and The Beatles.
Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Brett Dean and Lotte Betts-Dean unlock musical memories with @auroraorchestra.bsky.social at @kingsplacelondon.bsky.social
✍️ Eleanor Knights
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✍️ Eleanor Knights
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January 19, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Brett Dean and Lotte Betts-Dean unlock musical memories with @auroraorchestra.bsky.social at @kingsplacelondon.bsky.social
✍️ Eleanor Knights
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✍️ Eleanor Knights
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'Most innovative and heartwarming collaboration.'
4* review from @eleanorknight.bsky.social at @bachtrack.com for Saturday's fantastic concert with Brett Dean, @lottebettsdean.bsky.social and the @auroraorchestra.bsky.social
4* review from @eleanorknight.bsky.social at @bachtrack.com for Saturday's fantastic concert with Brett Dean, @lottebettsdean.bsky.social and the @auroraorchestra.bsky.social
Brett Dean and Lotte Betts-Dean unlock musical memories with @auroraorchestra.bsky.social at @kingsplacelondon.bsky.social
✍️ Eleanor Knights
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✍️ Eleanor Knights
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January 20, 2026 at 8:20 AM
'Most innovative and heartwarming collaboration.'
4* review from @eleanorknight.bsky.social at @bachtrack.com for Saturday's fantastic concert with Brett Dean, @lottebettsdean.bsky.social and the @auroraorchestra.bsky.social
4* review from @eleanorknight.bsky.social at @bachtrack.com for Saturday's fantastic concert with Brett Dean, @lottebettsdean.bsky.social and the @auroraorchestra.bsky.social
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REVIEW: 4 stars to Aurora Orchestra with Brett Dean & Lotte Betts-Dean Kings Place
'A night of music that was philosophical, lyrical, and highly palatable.'
#review #music #london
'A night of music that was philosophical, lyrical, and highly palatable.'
#review #music #london
REVIEW: Aurora Orchestra with Brett Dean & Lotte Betts-Dean
Memory, the experience of the past being retrieved, reconstructed, and relished by the mind, is always about echoes and reverberations across time. It is the mind’s continual rewriting of the past: two points separated in time, yet intersecting and overlapping, reunited by the device of memory.
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January 20, 2026 at 9:00 AM
REVIEW: 4 stars to Aurora Orchestra with Brett Dean & Lotte Betts-Dean Kings Place
'A night of music that was philosophical, lyrical, and highly palatable.'
#review #music #london
'A night of music that was philosophical, lyrical, and highly palatable.'
#review #music #london
Tenor Allan Clayton recounts the chilling story behind our latest album: Schubert’s Winterreise. Listen as the protagonist journeys through a landscape of fractured memories shaped by the work’s haunting score.
January 21, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Tenor Allan Clayton recounts the chilling story behind our latest album: Schubert’s Winterreise. Listen as the protagonist journeys through a landscape of fractured memories shaped by the work’s haunting score.
'Winterreise', our new album with Allan Clayton is out today, and we're Presto Classical's Recording of the Week!
We recommend pouring yourself a glass of something, drawing the curtains and absorbing the misery of January for this one.
Listen now orcd.co/zenderwinter...
📸 Julian Guidera
We recommend pouring yourself a glass of something, drawing the curtains and absorbing the misery of January for this one.
Listen now orcd.co/zenderwinter...
📸 Julian Guidera
Hans Zender: Schubert's Winterreise
Pre-save or pre-order
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January 16, 2026 at 4:53 PM
'Winterreise', our new album with Allan Clayton is out today, and we're Presto Classical's Recording of the Week!
We recommend pouring yourself a glass of something, drawing the curtains and absorbing the misery of January for this one.
Listen now orcd.co/zenderwinter...
📸 Julian Guidera
We recommend pouring yourself a glass of something, drawing the curtains and absorbing the misery of January for this one.
Listen now orcd.co/zenderwinter...
📸 Julian Guidera
We took a short trip over to the BBC Studios yesterday to record an interview with the lovely Tom Service.
Catch Lotte Betts-Dean and Brett Dean in conversation with Tom this Saturday morning on BBC Radio 3 , ahead of our evening concert ‘Memory’ at Kings Place.
Catch Lotte Betts-Dean and Brett Dean in conversation with Tom this Saturday morning on BBC Radio 3 , ahead of our evening concert ‘Memory’ at Kings Place.
January 14, 2026 at 3:57 PM
We took a short trip over to the BBC Studios yesterday to record an interview with the lovely Tom Service.
Catch Lotte Betts-Dean and Brett Dean in conversation with Tom this Saturday morning on BBC Radio 3 , ahead of our evening concert ‘Memory’ at Kings Place.
Catch Lotte Betts-Dean and Brett Dean in conversation with Tom this Saturday morning on BBC Radio 3 , ahead of our evening concert ‘Memory’ at Kings Place.
Ahead of our new Winterreise release this Friday, Allan Clayton joins Tom Service on BBC Radio 3 to talk Schubert, storytelling, and Hans Zender’s orchestration in our latest recording together.
Listen now: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
Listen now: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
January 14, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Ahead of our new Winterreise release this Friday, Allan Clayton joins Tom Service on BBC Radio 3 to talk Schubert, storytelling, and Hans Zender’s orchestration in our latest recording together.
Listen now: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
Listen now: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
The new school term is well underway which means it must be time for a trip to the Carnival! Explore music, composition, and notation with our latest unit, Carnival, on Aurora Classroom. 🎪
January 12, 2026 at 5:44 PM
The new school term is well underway which means it must be time for a trip to the Carnival! Explore music, composition, and notation with our latest unit, Carnival, on Aurora Classroom. 🎪
Calling all violinists!
If you are a talented violinist looking for unique performing opportunities that span a broad repertoire and engage with unconventional approaches, ranging from playing entire symphonies by memory to intimate chamber concerts, then this could be the opportunity for you.
If you are a talented violinist looking for unique performing opportunities that span a broad repertoire and engage with unconventional approaches, ranging from playing entire symphonies by memory to intimate chamber concerts, then this could be the opportunity for you.
January 8, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Calling all violinists!
If you are a talented violinist looking for unique performing opportunities that span a broad repertoire and engage with unconventional approaches, ranging from playing entire symphonies by memory to intimate chamber concerts, then this could be the opportunity for you.
If you are a talented violinist looking for unique performing opportunities that span a broad repertoire and engage with unconventional approaches, ranging from playing entire symphonies by memory to intimate chamber concerts, then this could be the opportunity for you.
Recently featured in The Observer’s best of classical in 2026 list, we collaborate with Brett Dean and @lottebettsdean.bsky.social in a one-off concert where “father and daughter explore the overlapping musical inspirations that have shaped their careers”.
Read here: observer.co.uk/music/classi...
Read here: observer.co.uk/music/classi...
The best of classical in 2026 | The Observer
A supernatural oratorio, a Hokusai-inspired opera and a world premiere by Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood are among the year’s highlights
observer.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Recently featured in The Observer’s best of classical in 2026 list, we collaborate with Brett Dean and @lottebettsdean.bsky.social in a one-off concert where “father and daughter explore the overlapping musical inspirations that have shaped their careers”.
Read here: observer.co.uk/music/classi...
Read here: observer.co.uk/music/classi...
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"I will chuck myself physically and psychologically at a role..."
Listen back to Allan Clayton on BBC Radio 3's Saturday Morning with Tom Service discussing his album with @auroraorchestra.bsky.social out on Signum Classics on 16 January 🎶
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Listen back to Allan Clayton on BBC Radio 3's Saturday Morning with Tom Service discussing his album with @auroraorchestra.bsky.social out on Signum Classics on 16 January 🎶
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
orcd.co/zenderwinter...
Saturday Morning - Superstar tenor Allan Clayton and cellist Adrian Brendel - BBC Sounds
Tom Service with guests, stories and the perfect classical soundtrack for the weekend!
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January 5, 2026 at 12:09 PM
"I will chuck myself physically and psychologically at a role..."
Listen back to Allan Clayton on BBC Radio 3's Saturday Morning with Tom Service discussing his album with @auroraorchestra.bsky.social out on Signum Classics on 16 January 🎶
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
orcd.co/zenderwinter...
Listen back to Allan Clayton on BBC Radio 3's Saturday Morning with Tom Service discussing his album with @auroraorchestra.bsky.social out on Signum Classics on 16 January 🎶
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
orcd.co/zenderwinter...
Last weekend, families paddled in the streams and climbed every mountain during our performances of Mahler and the Mountain Adventure. Led by the marvellous Jessie Maryon Davies, we reimagined the music of Gustav and Alma Mahler in an immersive hour full of singing, dancing, and storytelling.
December 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Last weekend, families paddled in the streams and climbed every mountain during our performances of Mahler and the Mountain Adventure. Led by the marvellous Jessie Maryon Davies, we reimagined the music of Gustav and Alma Mahler in an immersive hour full of singing, dancing, and storytelling.
We're halfway there! 🎉
An enormous THANK YOU from all of us here at Aurora to everyone who's donated to our Life-Changing Music Campaign this week. We're now over halfway to our target – but the campaign doesn't stop there!
An enormous THANK YOU from all of us here at Aurora to everyone who's donated to our Life-Changing Music Campaign this week. We're now over halfway to our target – but the campaign doesn't stop there!
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We're halfway there! 🎉
An enormous THANK YOU from all of us here at Aurora to everyone who's donated to our Life-Changing Music Campaign this week. We're now over halfway to our target – but the campaign doesn't stop there!
An enormous THANK YOU from all of us here at Aurora to everyone who's donated to our Life-Changing Music Campaign this week. We're now over halfway to our target – but the campaign doesn't stop there!
Meet Sonia! As a primary school teacher using Aurora Classroom’s free digital resources, she has seen firsthand how music education can spark a lifelong love of music and creativity in children.
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Meet Sonia! As a primary school teacher using Aurora Classroom’s free digital resources, she has seen firsthand how music education can spark a lifelong love of music and creativity in children.
[1/2] Six months ago, we launched the year-long Life-Changing Music Campaign to raise £250,000 for our trailblazing programme. Today, we need just under £20,000 to reach the halfway mark.
Hear from our team about what goes into our landmark productions, and why we need your help.
Hear from our team about what goes into our landmark productions, and why we need your help.
Aurora Orchestra's Life-Changing Music Campaign // Orchestral Theatre
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November 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
[1/2] Six months ago, we launched the year-long Life-Changing Music Campaign to raise £250,000 for our trailblazing programme. Today, we need just under £20,000 to reach the halfway mark.
Hear from our team about what goes into our landmark productions, and why we need your help.
Hear from our team about what goes into our landmark productions, and why we need your help.
As part of our UK tour, we are returning to The Apex in Bury St Edmunds. We're joined by the pianist Benjamin Grosvenor to bring Beethoven’s first piano concerto piece to life, before we bring our quintessential Aurora flair with a memorised performance of Mozart’s mighty Jupiter Symphony.
November 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
As part of our UK tour, we are returning to The Apex in Bury St Edmunds. We're joined by the pianist Benjamin Grosvenor to bring Beethoven’s first piano concerto piece to life, before we bring our quintessential Aurora flair with a memorised performance of Mozart’s mighty Jupiter Symphony.
We’re heading back to the Southbank Centre’s Imagine Festival on 19 & 20 February 2026.
Our latest adventure for 0-5 year olds, ‘Mahler and the Mountain Adventure’ goes on general sale 10am Thursday 20 November.
Find out more at www.auroraorchestra.com/event/far-fa...
📸 Monika S. Jakubowska
Our latest adventure for 0-5 year olds, ‘Mahler and the Mountain Adventure’ goes on general sale 10am Thursday 20 November.
Find out more at www.auroraorchestra.com/event/far-fa...
📸 Monika S. Jakubowska
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
We’re heading back to the Southbank Centre’s Imagine Festival on 19 & 20 February 2026.
Our latest adventure for 0-5 year olds, ‘Mahler and the Mountain Adventure’ goes on general sale 10am Thursday 20 November.
Find out more at www.auroraorchestra.com/event/far-fa...
📸 Monika S. Jakubowska
Our latest adventure for 0-5 year olds, ‘Mahler and the Mountain Adventure’ goes on general sale 10am Thursday 20 November.
Find out more at www.auroraorchestra.com/event/far-fa...
📸 Monika S. Jakubowska
Chatting to Mark Taylor on the Education on Fire podcast, our Creative Director Jane Mitchell discusses the importance of breaking down barriers to classical music and fostering creativity and confidence in children and teachers alike.
Listen now: www.educationonfire.com/education-on...
Listen now: www.educationonfire.com/education-on...
November 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Chatting to Mark Taylor on the Education on Fire podcast, our Creative Director Jane Mitchell discusses the importance of breaking down barriers to classical music and fostering creativity and confidence in children and teachers alike.
Listen now: www.educationonfire.com/education-on...
Listen now: www.educationonfire.com/education-on...
We're returning to Britten Pears Arts for a weekend residency in 2026!
📅 Fri 10 April, Light and Motion
A programme ablaze with colour and life with music by Fauré, Ravel and John Adams, in a collaboration with Nicholas McCarthy, the BBC Singers and the Britten Pears Chamber Choir
📸 Andrew Staples
📅 Fri 10 April, Light and Motion
A programme ablaze with colour and life with music by Fauré, Ravel and John Adams, in a collaboration with Nicholas McCarthy, the BBC Singers and the Britten Pears Chamber Choir
📸 Andrew Staples
October 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
We're returning to Britten Pears Arts for a weekend residency in 2026!
📅 Fri 10 April, Light and Motion
A programme ablaze with colour and life with music by Fauré, Ravel and John Adams, in a collaboration with Nicholas McCarthy, the BBC Singers and the Britten Pears Chamber Choir
📸 Andrew Staples
📅 Fri 10 April, Light and Motion
A programme ablaze with colour and life with music by Fauré, Ravel and John Adams, in a collaboration with Nicholas McCarthy, the BBC Singers and the Britten Pears Chamber Choir
📸 Andrew Staples
Tickets are now on sale for our two intimate and immersive performances of Mozart’s Jupiter symphony on Sunday 28 June 2026. Join us as we invite you into Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall to experience Mozart's groundbreaking symphony at the very heart of the orchestra.
📸 Mark Allan
📸 Mark Allan
October 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Tickets are now on sale for our two intimate and immersive performances of Mozart’s Jupiter symphony on Sunday 28 June 2026. Join us as we invite you into Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall to experience Mozart's groundbreaking symphony at the very heart of the orchestra.
📸 Mark Allan
📸 Mark Allan
Just announced: we take our trademark memorised performances to the next level, inviting you up onto and around the stage to experience Mozart’s Jupiter symphony at the very heart of the orchestra. Turning the concert hall on its head for two intimate concerts on the Sunday 28 June 2026.
October 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Just announced: we take our trademark memorised performances to the next level, inviting you up onto and around the stage to experience Mozart’s Jupiter symphony at the very heart of the orchestra. Turning the concert hall on its head for two intimate concerts on the Sunday 28 June 2026.
We're overjoyed that Aurora Classroom has been shortlisted in the 'Outstanding Musical Initiative' category at the 2026 Music & Drama Education Awards! We'll find out whether we're winners in February.
Check out our free music resources for schools at auroraclassroom.co.uk 🎶
📸 Stanton Media
Check out our free music resources for schools at auroraclassroom.co.uk 🎶
📸 Stanton Media
October 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
We're overjoyed that Aurora Classroom has been shortlisted in the 'Outstanding Musical Initiative' category at the 2026 Music & Drama Education Awards! We'll find out whether we're winners in February.
Check out our free music resources for schools at auroraclassroom.co.uk 🎶
📸 Stanton Media
Check out our free music resources for schools at auroraclassroom.co.uk 🎶
📸 Stanton Media