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2025 / 26 Season

Live Performances

Ravel and Poulenc
A new production of the Ravel-Colette opera L'Enfant et les Sortileges, conducted by Leo Geyer, with a new Poulenc orchestration

Thu 2 – Sat 4 Jul 2026
Blackheath Halls, Great Hall

Ravel - L'enfant et les sortilèges
Poulenc (orch. Geyer) - La courte paille

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BBC Radio 3: The Lost Ukrainian film score

First broadcast March 2026

Leo appears on BBC Radio 3's The Essay to discuss his work restoring Vertov's music for Man With A Movie Camera.

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Man With A Movie Camera

First streamed – February 2026

Silent Film with Newly Restored Score

Dziga Vertov's influential 1929 film, with a restored score by Leo Geyer and Richard Bossons based on the original organised by Vertov, is now available to stream via the Eye Film Player.

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Orchestras of Auschwitz

First broadcast – 18th March 2025

BBC Radio 4

In 2025, Leo and his company Constella will perform an 80-minute Opera-Ballet in tribute to the murdered musicians of Auschwitz. By telling the story of Leo Geyer's engagement with the history and the manuscripts, this programme asks what more we can learn and understand about the experience and legacy of the Holocaust by listening to the music.

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Lost Music of Auschwitz
Featuring and presented by Constella Music
Sky Arts Television Documentary-film

British composer Leo Geyer discovered 200 forgotten scores in the Auschwitz archives, as he and his orchestra bring this music to life once more.

“extraordinary” - The Independent
“groundbreaking” The Daily Express
“profoundly moving” Financial Times

Nominated Digital Broadcast Award 2025

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Hitler's Jazz Band
Featuring Constella's Artistic Director
Sky Arts Television Documentary

Despite the ban on jazz throughout the Third Reich, the Nazis created Germany's premier swing band. Featuring Leo Geyer, this documentary charts the fascinating story of Karl Schweidler and his band.

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Recent Performances

Connecting Stars: Summer Lovin'
Soprano Caroline Kennedy sings a programme of love songs
26th May 2026, 11am
Virtual performance

Constella Philharmonic
Conducted by Leo Geyer and Jonathan Gibson

18th April 2026, 7.30pm
St Giles Cripplegate, London, EC2Y 8DA

Gomes - Il Guarany Overture
Chabrier - España
Marquez - Danzon No. 2
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5

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PROGRAMME NOTES

The Lost Music of Auschwitz
Conducted / presented by Leo Geyer

3rd April 2026, 7pm
Dorchester Abbey

Leo conducts restorations from Auschwitz featuring the Orchestra of St John's and cellist Raphael Wallfisch.

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Music from Auschwitz
Conducted / presented by Leo Geyer

5th February 2026, 7.30pm
St. James' United Reformed Church, Newcastle

Leo conducts restorations from Auschwitz in a lecture concert with members of the Royal Northern Sinfonia as part of the Brundibar Arts Festival

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Constella Philharmonic
Conducted by Jonathan Gibson & Leo Geyer
24th January 2026, 7.30 pm
St Giles Cripplegate Church, London

Borodin - On The Steppes of Central Asia

Dvořák - Slavonic Dance Op. 46 No. 8
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade

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Vortex

Published by Constella
Performed by RNCM Wind Orchestra
15th January 2026, 1.15pm
Royal Northern College of Music

The RNCM Wind Orchestra performs Leo's Vortex alongside other works.

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Guarea
Published by Constella
Performed by Philippa Mo
30th November 2025, 3.30pm
Calstock Arts, Cornwall

Constella violinist Philippa Mo performs Leo's Guarea, alongside other works.

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The Clements Prize
for Composers

2nd November 2025, 6.30pm
Conway Hall, London

Leo's new work for piano duet, Lovers' Longing, has been selected for the final of the Clements Prize for Composers and will be performed live for the very first time

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Unfurling
Published by Constella
Performed by Elmore Quartet

27th October 2025, 7.30pm St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield
28th October 2025, 7.30pm La Collina, Manchester

The award-winning Elmore Quartet performs Leo's Unfurling, alongside other works.

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2025 / 26 Season

Live Performances

Ravel and Poulenc A new production of the Ravel-Colette opera L'Enfant et les Sortileges, conducted by Leo Geyer, with a new Poulenc orchestration Thu 2 – Sat 4 Jul 2026 Blackheath Halls, Great Hall Ravel - L'enfant et les sortilèges Poulenc (orch. Geyer) - La courte paille

Watch and Listen Online

BBC Radio 3: The Lost Ukrainian film score

First broadcast March 2026

Man With A Movie Camera

First streamed – February 2026

Orchestras of Auschwitz

First broadcast – 18th March 2025

Hitler's Jazz Band Featuring Constella's Artistic Director Sky Arts Television Documentary Despite the ban on jazz throughout the Third Reich, the Nazis created Germany's premier swing band. Featuring Leo Geyer, this documentary charts the fascinating story of Karl Schweidler and his band.

Recent Performances

Connecting Stars: Summer Lovin' Soprano Caroline Kennedy sings a programme of love songs 26th May 2026, 11am Virtual performance

Constella Philharmonic Conducted by Leo Geyer and Jonathan Gibson 18th April 2026, 7.30pm St Giles Cripplegate, London, EC2Y 8DA Gomes - Il Guarany Overture Chabrier - España Marquez - Danzon No. 2 Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5

The Lost Music of Auschwitz Conducted / presented by Leo Geyer 3rd April 2026, 7pm Dorchester Abbey Leo conducts restorations from Auschwitz featuring the Orchestra of St John's and cellist Raphael Wallfisch.

Music from Auschwitz Conducted / presented by Leo Geyer 5th February 2026, 7.30pm St. James' United Reformed Church, Newcastle Leo conducts restorations from Auschwitz in a lecture concert with members of the Royal Northern Sinfonia as part of the Brundibar Arts Festival

Constella Philharmonic Conducted by Jonathan Gibson & Leo Geyer 24th January 2026, 7.30 pm St Giles Cripplegate Church, London Borodin - On The Steppes of Central Asia

Dvořák - Slavonic Dance Op. 46 No. 8 Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade

Vortex

Published by Constella Performed by RNCM Wind Orchestra 15th January 2026, 1.15pm Royal Northern College of Music The RNCM Wind Orchestra performs Leo's Vortex alongside other works.

Guarea Published by Constella Performed by Philippa Mo 30th November 2025, 3.30pm Calstock Arts, Cornwall Constella violinist Philippa Mo performs Leo's Guarea, alongside other works.

The Clements Prize for Composers 2nd November 2025, 6.30pm Conway Hall, London Leo's new work for piano duet, Lovers' Longing, has been selected for the final of the Clements Prize for Composers and will be performed live for the very first time

Unfurling Published by Constella Performed by Elmore Quartet 27th October 2025, 7.30pm St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield 28th October 2025, 7.30pm La Collina, Manchester The award-winning Elmore Quartet performs Leo's Unfurling, alongside other works.

Ravel and Poulenc
A new production of the Ravel-Colette opera L'Enfant et les Sortileges, conducted by Leo Geyer, with a new Poulenc orchestration

Thu 2 – Sat 4 Jul 2026
Blackheath Halls, Great Hall

Ravel - L'enfant et les sortilèges
Poulenc (orch. Geyer) - La courte paille

Hitler's Jazz Band
Featuring Constella's Artistic Director
Sky Arts Television Documentary

Despite the ban on jazz throughout the Third Reich, the Nazis created Germany's premier swing band. Featuring Leo Geyer, this documentary charts the fascinating story of Karl Schweidler and his band.

Connecting Stars: Summer Lovin'
Soprano Caroline Kennedy sings a programme of love songs
26th May 2026, 11am
Virtual performance

Constella Philharmonic
Conducted by Leo Geyer and Jonathan Gibson

18th April 2026, 7.30pm
St Giles Cripplegate, London, EC2Y 8DA

Gomes - Il Guarany Overture
Chabrier - España
Marquez - Danzon No. 2
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5

The Lost Music of Auschwitz
Conducted / presented by Leo Geyer

3rd April 2026, 7pm
Dorchester Abbey

Leo conducts restorations from Auschwitz featuring the Orchestra of St John's and cellist Raphael Wallfisch.

Music from Auschwitz
Conducted / presented by Leo Geyer

5th February 2026, 7.30pm
St. James' United Reformed Church, Newcastle

Leo conducts restorations from Auschwitz in a lecture concert with members of the Royal Northern Sinfonia as part of the Brundibar Arts Festival

Constella Philharmonic
Conducted by Jonathan Gibson & Leo Geyer
24th January 2026, 7.30 pm
St Giles Cripplegate Church, London

Borodin - On The Steppes of Central Asia

Dvořák - Slavonic Dance Op. 46 No. 8
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade

Published by Constella
Performed by RNCM Wind Orchestra
15th January 2026, 1.15pm
Royal Northern College of Music

The RNCM Wind Orchestra performs Leo's Vortex alongside other works.

Guarea
Published by Constella
Performed by Philippa Mo
30th November 2025, 3.30pm
Calstock Arts, Cornwall

Constella violinist Philippa Mo performs Leo's Guarea, alongside other works.

The Clements Prize
for Composers

2nd November 2025, 6.30pm
Conway Hall, London

Leo's new work for piano duet, Lovers' Longing, has been selected for the final of the Clements Prize for Composers and will be performed live for the very first time

Unfurling
Published by Constella
Performed by Elmore Quartet

27th October 2025, 7.30pm St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield
28th October 2025, 7.30pm La Collina, Manchester

The award-winning Elmore Quartet performs Leo's Unfurling, alongside other works.