Past Concerts & Reviews
Beethoven – A legacy
Leicester Symphony Orchestra returns to De Montfort Hall this autumn with a celebration of the work of Beethoven. Sunday 15 November 2020, 3.00pm • De Montfort Hall BEETHOVEN – A LEGACY Conductor: John Andrews Wagner: Overture, Die Meistersinger Beethoven: ...
LSO Play Day
Join us for our LSO Play Day! Calling all musicians and players in other orchestras! The LSO welcomes musicians new to the orchestra to join us for our Play Day, when we will be rehearsing Elgar Falstaff: Symphonic Study in C minor op 68. Date: Sunday 1 March 2020...
Rainer Hersch meets the LSO
Rainer Hersch meets the LSO...! Sunday 23 February 2020, 3.00pm • De Montfort Hall ALL CLASSICAL MUSIC EXPLAINED Conductor: Rainer Hersch Expect the 1812 Overture, Bizet Carmen Overture, Ravel Bolero plus more fun and tricks than a conductor can wave a...
98th CONCERT SEASON
Sunday 22 September 2019 – POPULAR CLASSICS
Sunday 23rd February 2020 – RAINER HERSCH MEETS THE LSO
Sunday 7 June 2020 – SUMMER ROMANTICS
LSO Christmas Concert
SOLD OUT Leicester Symphony Orchestra is celebrating Christmas in style, with a concert at Leicester Cathedral. Saturday 14 December 2019, 7.30pm • Leicester Cathedral CHRISTMAS CONCERT With choristers and audience carols Conductor: John Andrews Whibley:...
Johnston makes welcome return
Former BBC Young Musician of the Year Guy Johnston makes a welcome return to Leicester on Sunday 9th June when he performs Elgar’s Cello Concerto with Leicester Symphony Orchestra. Guy won Young Musician of the Year in 2000 and performed the Elgar Cello...
97th CONCERT SEASON
Saturday 9 March 2019 – Music of the Planets
Sunday 9 June 2019 – Music for a Summer Afternoon
96th CONCERT SEASON
2017/2018 - De Montfort Hall, Leicester - Programmes subject to change Saturday 25th November 2017, 7.30pm LEGACY OF A MAESTRO A programme of pieces to commemorate 50 years since the death of Sir Malcolm Sargent, founder of the Leicester Symphony Orchestra. Conductor:...
95th CONCERT SEASON
2016/2017 - De Montfort Hall, Leicester (except 1 October 2016) Saturday 1 October 2016, 7.30pm Leicester Cathedral THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME Conductor: John Andrews Music by Laura Rossi After being commissioned by the Imperial War Museum to write a score for the...
94th CONCERT SEASON
2015/2016 - De Montfort Hall, Leicester (except 26 September 2015) Saturday 26 September 2015, 7.30pm English Martyrs School, Anstey Lane, Leicester CHAMBER SERENADE Conductor: John Andrews Elgar Serenade for Strings Dvořák Wind Serenade Bernstein Dance Suite for...