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From our UK regional touring to our work here with the students of Acland Burghley School, we’re always striving to keep music alive and accessible for all. We are redefining what it means to be an orchestra in the 2020s – and can’t do it without your support. Find out the ways that you can support and become a part of this story below.

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London, Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall

The Girl from Arles

Fri 9 – Sat 10 Oct 2026

Unrequited love and melodrama collide to make L’Arlésienne a must watch season opener. Propelled by Bizet’s intensely passionate music, conducted by Sir Mark Elder, with all the on stage action in a new translation by Jeremy Sams.
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A photo of the The Orrery, an 18th Century astronomical instrument

London, King's Place

Bach, the Universe & Everything: Astronomical Instruments

Sun 4 Oct 2026

Wonder meets reason in our season opener. A Bach cantata that bridges worlds, alongside scientific artefacts that reveal how looking beyond our home planet has helped humanity to find its place in the Universe.
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King's Cross. The Water Rats

The Night Shift at The Water Rats

Mon 28 Sep 2026

It’s not NOT Opera. The Night Shift returns with an evening of duos, trios and quartets for strings by Mozart. Oh, and some arrangements of some of his most famous opera arias.
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