A fascinating programme of musical exploration, for an audience of all ages.

Sink into the sublime as 19 BSO musicians serenade you with Tchaikovsky’s string masterpiece. A poised and sedate piece that lies at the heart of this musical tapestry.

Take a musical tour beginning along the Mediterranean coastline with Jenkins’ beloved Palladio, inspired by the 16th century Italian architect from whom the piece get its name.  Then journey east with Bartok’s Romanian Folk Dances and Skyork’s beguiling Ukrainian Melody, before Holst pays homage to British folk song with his charming St. Paul’s Suite.

Across the continent and through time, we travel further still. Into a galaxy of rapidly changing musical colours, exploding gestures and fleeting melodies that create the wondrous soundscape of Jessie Montgomery’s Starburst. A kind and inquisitive composition, Gershwin’s ethereal Lullaby continues our journey further and further away in a concert designed for all ages.

Works and Composers

Jenkins - Palladio

Tchaikovksy - Serenade for Strings

Montgomery - Starburst

Bartok - Romanian Folk Dances

Gershwin - Lullaby

Holst - St Paul's Suite

Skyork - Ukrainian Melody

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Beyond the Barricade, the UK’s longest running Musical Theatre Concert Tour, is back for 2025. Join the cast for two hours of the best of Broadway and the West End, featuring the songs that have made audiences return over and over again for more than 25 years. Enjoy numbers from The Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, West Side Story, The Lion King, Blood Brothers, Miss Saigon, Hamilton

and many others, climaxing with a spectacular finale from, of course, Les Misérables!

The concert tour will feature Andy Reiss, David Fawcett, Katie Leeming and Sarah Ryan who have all played principal roles in both the West End and UK Tours of Les Misérables, together with a live band who capture the feel of the original orchestrations of the chosen musicals.  

To this day every musical note is still played and sung live – very rare indeed. Beyond the Barricade gives musical theatre songs a bold concert format treatment – but with the conviction and intention to deliver the material as if the audience are watching the original performance.