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After Dark: 200 Years of ZSL
The music
- Walton Roaring Fanfare
The performers
- London Philharmonic Orchestra brass and percussion players
Celebrate ZSL’s 200th anniversary with a special After Dark performance by the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s brass and percussion players.
Following the Orchestra’s performance of Saint-Saëns’s The Carnival of the Animals earlier in the evening, the post-concert performance opens with a stately fanfare by William Walton, written 50 years ago for ZSL’s 150th anniversary. The players then embark on a lively sonic safari through Chris Hazell’s The Cats Suite, before raising a festive final toast with Goff Richards’s Homage to the Noble Grape.
In collaboration with ZSL.
Tickets
This event is free to ticket holders of Carnival of the Animals. Tickets for the After Dark performance alone go on sale Thursday 12 February at 10am.
Book for the evening’s concert
Wed 15 Apr 2026, 7.30pm
Carnival of the Animals
London, Queen Elizabeth Hall
- Dvořák Symphony No. 7 (37')
- Ryan Carter Piano Concerto (world premiere) (18’) *
- Saint-Saëns The Carnival of the Animals (with film animation) (22’)
- Lidiya Yankovskaya conductor
- Tomoko Mukaiyama piano
- Bizjak Piano Duo