Building on the success of its inaugural season, Chromatica Orchestra launches its autumn 2025 programme with three bold and imaginative concerts.

Led by returning Emerging Conductor Fellows Tess Jackson and Charlotte Politi, alongside Founding Artistic Director Peter Manning, these events showcase the creativity and artistic ambition at the heart of Chromatica’s mission: to support early-career conductors, celebrate exceptional young orchestral musicians, and bring fresh, inclusive programming to audiences.

Chromatica also returns to Battersea Arts Centre this autumn, consolidating its relationship with the venue which continues with further collaborative projects to be announced later in the season.

Autumn Concerts at a Glance

10th September – Kings Place, London
Tess Jackson, conductor; Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux and Leo Appel, violins
A radiant season opener featuring Bach’s Double Violin Concerto, Purcell’s Fantasies for Strings, and the European premiere of Peter Manning’s arrangement of Tippett’s Time Past, Time Present and Time Future, following its world premiere in New Zealand in June 2025.

22nd October – Battersea Arts Centre, London
Charlotte Politi, conductor
Britten’s playful Soirées Musicales contrasts with Schoenberg’s sumptuous Verklärte Nacht in a programme exploring light and shadow.

1st November – Dorking Halls, Surrey
Peter Manning, conductor
A vibrant mix of Mozart’s Haffner Symphony and Bartók’s Concerto for Percussion, Celesta and Strings.

Chromatica also continues its educational outreach through Orchestrate, an initiative connecting professional musicians with secondary schools. Building on its ongoing relationship with students at Bobby Moore Academy and participants in the MiSST programme, young players will be involved throughout the season in a variety of creative and performance-based opportunities.