Leicester Symphony Orchestra – 104th Concert Season
Leicester Symphony Orchestra - 104th concert season. Dates for your Diary Saturday 25th Oct 2025 • with Leicester Philharmonic Choir VERDI REQUIEM CONCERT. Venue - Leicester Grammar School, Great Glen Sunday 23rd Nov 2025 • 3.00pm - De Montfort Hall PRE-CONCERT TALK...
LSO on Tour – Krefeld
We are excited to announce that we will be going on Tour later this month of May 25 to Krefeld. Leicester City is twinned with Krefeld, and the tour and May concert is supported by cleta City of Leicester twinning association. We will provide an update and photos on...
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Leicester Symphony Orchestra mourns the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and sends condolences to the Royal Family. We hope that our concert of popular classical music will provide listeners with the opportunity to both celebrate and reflect on the life of...
Ticket Discount Scheme
Ticket Discount Scheme Never been to De Montfort Hall before? Never seen a symphony orchestra live before? Is the ticket price a barrier? We can provide a special offer for families: £5 for the whole family (max: 3 children and 2 adults). Please download and complete...
Antonina Suhanova looks forward to making her debut at De Montfort Hall!
Latvian pianist Antonina Suhanova is looking forward to making her first visit to Leicester for a performance at De Montfort Hall with the Leicester Symphony Orchestra. Antonina will be playing Shostakovich’s second piano concerto with the orchestra at its first...
Heroic take on Richard III
Leicester Symphony Orchestra will perform a piece by local composer Ruth Martin that celebrates the heroic legacy of Richard III during its next concert. The LSO will play its first concert for over 18 months at De Montfort Hall, Leicester on Saturday 23 October at...
University of Leicester supports the LSO in its centenary year
Leicester Symphony Orchestra is delighted to announce the support of the University of Leicester for the start of its 100th season this autumn. The University of Leicester is also celebrating its centenary this year. The LSO, which was founded by Sir Malcolm Sargent...
Celebrating our centenary!
Both Malcolm Sargent and the Leicester University's music department are featured in the University of Leicester's 100 project, which celebrates 100 years of change, and the beginnings of a university in Leicester. Thanks to research by Sam Dobson, Leicester Symphony...
LSO update
Although Leicester Symphony Orchestra hasn't been able to play any concerts since February 2020, we did manage to fit in two socially-distanced rehearsals for small groups of wind and strings back in October, just before the second lockdown. We hope very much that we...
Easter Hymn
The LSO was delighted to provide orchestral accompaniment for the Easter Hymn at Leicester Cathedral's Easter Day Eucharist service (digitally and remotely, of course!) You can find a recording of the service on YouTube.
Top cellist plays with LSO
Leicester Symphony Orchestra is offering music lovers a musical and culinary feast for its summer concert. Sunday 9 June 2019, 3.00pm • De Montfort Hall MUSIC FOR A SUMMER AFTERNOON Conductor: John Andrews Cellist: Guy Johnston Mendelssohn – Elgar – Dvořák ...
Playing The Planets
Leicester Symphony Orchestra is celebrating the city's long-standing contribution to space exploration with a programme of appropriate music, the highlight of which is The Planets Suite, by Gustav Holst. Saturday 9 March 2019, 7.30pm • De Montfort Hall MUSIC OF THE...
The Contra-Bassoon
THE CONTRA-BASSOON ... AND ITS CASE In the 1960’s the LSO was given a valuable and very old contra-bassoon for use by local musicians. It was manufactured by the Heckel company of Germany and has the serial number 89 which dates it to around 1878. The instrument was...
Come & Play Day
Leicester Symphony Orchestra invitation to Come & Play Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances on Sunday 27 January 2019 10.30am to 4.30pm at Hodson Hall Loughborough Grammar School This is an exciting opportunity to join with LSO and enjoy playing through a piece that we...
Tour to Paris 2018
At the end of May the Orchestra made its tenth overseas tour. The destination was Paris. There we met up with the Festival Chorus from Hackney, London, the Chœur Résonances de Suresnes and players from the Sinfonia Pop Orchestra to play two concerts. The pieces in...