# Guildhall Symphony Orchestra: Hannah Kendall, Shostakovich & Sibelius

Guildhall Symphony Orchestra: Hannah Kendall, Shostakovich & Sibelius at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Saturday 31 October 2026.

- Price: £14–25
- Venue: Guildhall School of Music & Drama
- With: Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Antoine Veillerette
- Go to page: https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/guildhall-symphony-orchestra-hannah-kendall-shostakovich-sibelius

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The Guildhall Symphony Orchestra performs a programme spanning three centuries of works at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Guest conductor Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Artistic and General Director of Bergen National Opera and Chief Conductor of the Noord Nederlands Orkest, leads Shostakovich's tender Piano Concerto No 2 and Sibelius' brooding First Symphony. Before he takes to the podium, Guildhall conductor Antoine Veillerette leads Hannah Kendall's The Spark Catchers, inspired by a poem about the 1888 Bow Matchgirls' Strike. Tickets are from £14 and should be reserved in advance.

## Dates

- Saturday 31 October — Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Written by a model, sources: [onecitylondon.com](https://onecitylondon.com/event/guildhall-symphony-orchestra-hannah-kendall-shostakovich-sibelius/)

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