Concerts

Inside the Orchestra event at the PTB Cedars Academy
Inside the Orchestra event at the Cedars Academy
On Sunday the 16th Feb 2025 from 2.15 – 3.00 p.m. you are invited to join the LSO for one of our rehearsal sessions at the Cedars Academy (in the Palmer Tomkinson Building (PTB)) to give you a real experience of being part of an orchestra.
We have 80 FREE tickets for Parents and Children to join us.
[Cedars Academy Upper Hall is called the Palmer Tomkinson Building (PTB) – access is via Wanlip Lane LE4 4GH. This is the new building on the right as you enter the Academy.]
Tickets available now – Inside the Orchestra event at the Cedars Academy

Braimah Kanneh-Mason Plays Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto
Leicester Symphony Orchestra – 103rd concert season at De Montfort Hall.
Sunday 23rd February 2025, 3:00pm • De Montfort Hall.
BRAIMAH KANNEH-MASON PLAYS MENDELSSOHN’S VIOLIN CONCERTO.
Conductor – Dexter Drown
Soloist – Braimah Kanneh-Mason
Leader – Catherine Cole
Programme includes:
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto
Mozart – Marriage of Figaro Overture
Schumann – Symphony No. 4
Photo credit John Davis
Tickets on sale now – Braimah Kanneh-Mason Plays Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto
Workshop with Braimah Kanneh-Mason
Sunday 23rd February 2025, 2:00 – 2:30pm • De Montfort Hall
Free with LSO Concert Ticket
Pre-concert – Violin Workshop available
Christmas Concert 2024
Christmas Concert by candlelight
Saturday 7th December 2024, 6.30pm at Leicester Cathedral
Join Leicester Symphony Orchestra and the Leicester Cathedral Choir for a magical evening of Christmas music including excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker suite, sleigh rides and audience carols!
Saturday 7th December 2024, 6.30pm • Leicester Cathedral
Tickets:
Adults £10.00
Children £6 (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult with a valid ticket)
Seats are unreserved and available through the LSO website.
Tickets on sale now – Christmas Concert 2024

Christmas concert

Classical Heroes
Rediscover your classical heroes at Leicester Symphony Orchestra’s Autumn 2024 concert in November at De Montfort Hall.
Saturday 16 November 2024, 7:30pm • De Montfort Hall
Classical Favourites
Conductor: Dexter Drown
Leader: Catherine Cole
Programme includes:
Strauss – Don Juan
Dvorak – A Hero’s Song
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 ‘Erioca’
Tickets on sale now – Classical Heroes

Witches & Wizards Concert
Saturday 4 May 2024, 7:30pm • De Montfort Hall
A family concert where witches, wizards and sorcerers of all kinds are featured, including Night on a Bare Mountain by Mussorgsky, The Wizard of Oz Medley by Stothart and Arlen, Harry Potter by John Williams, Mozart’s the Magic Flute, and many other scary favourites.
Classical Favourites
Rediscover your classical favourites at Leicester Symphony Orchestra’s Spring 2024 concert in March at De Montfort Hall.
Sunday 3 March 2024, 3:00pm • De Montfort Hall
Classical Favourites
Conductors: John Andrews & Dexter Drown
Soloist: Jude Richardson
Programme includes:
Smyth – The Wreckers Overture
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 ‘Emperor’
Rachmaninov – Symphony No. 2
Elgar – Salut D’Amour
Tickets on sale now – Classical Favourites.
Tickets on sale now – Witches – Wizards – Sorcerers.