Sat 8 March 2025 7:00pm

Aurora Orchestra, Abel Selaocoe

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Let’s dance! Join Aurora Orchestra and Selaocoe in a joyful celebration of culture, faith and life.

High energy and enthralling: a party is always guaranteed when Selaocoe is on stage. His Cello Concerto, Four Spirits, is a jubilant celebration of his cultural roots and an ardent homage to his homeland, South Africa.

Equally at home showcasing his extraordinary vocal techniques as he is on his cello, Selaocoe’s talents as a multi-faceted performer are undeniable.

He joins Aurora for the first time in the UK, alongside percussionist Bernhard Schimpelsberger.

And in a perfect complement, Aurora Orchestra performs Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony from memory, music which the composer himself hailed as ‘a sheer expression of joy, happiness and the affirmation of life’.

As he battled ongoing health problems, Beethoven’s Symphony No.7 found light in the darkest of places: an energetic masterpiece, full of optimism.

Aurora Orchestra

Aurora Orchestra aims to inspire, challenge and astonish new audiences with great music, brilliantly performed. It seeks to be the UK's most versatile orchestra, combining world-class performance with eclectic and innovative programming, a commitment to adventurous collaboration across perceived frontiers of musical genre and artistic form, and a refusal to be bound by convention. 'In a city suffocating with musical activity, Nicholas Collon's Aurora Orchestra lets in more fresh air than most. The aim is to make an audience hear anew, not by sugaring any pills, not by didactic explanation, not by light-shows, but by context' (The Times) 'It is hard to imagine performances more assured and expressive than these by Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra' (BBC Music Magazine).

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Abel Selaocoe

South African cellist. Witnessing Abel Selaocoe perform is a truly awe-inspiring experience - his performances seem to fill the air with a fizzing energy, and invariably raise goosebumps on the arms of his audiences.

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