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7.30PMFriday 03 July
FRIDAY NIGHT CLASSICS: BERNSTEIN ON BROADWAY
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Davis, Carewe, Eyden, Bickley
Bernstein on Broadway
Showman, maestro, composer and party animal, Leonard Bernstein was the ultimate musical all-rounder - and he just happened to write some of the best tunes of the 20th century. Carl...
7.30PMFriday 24 July
NELSONS CONDUCTS THE FIREBIRD
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Nelsons, Kelly, Gallois, Cookhorn
Woolrich, Strauss, Berio, Stravinsky
Stravinsky's The Firebird is one of the best-loved works in all music, conjuring a sumptuous fairytale world of glittering colours, enchanted melodies and blood-curdling thrills. Andris Nelsons' first journey through...
7.00PMSunday 26 July
CBSO YOUTH ORCHESTRA ACADEMY
Town Hall, Birmingham. 0121 780 3333
Seal, Hanslip
Andreson, Prokofiev, Ibert, Rameau
After its triumphant Town Hall debut last season, the CBSO Youth Orchestra¹s acclaimed chamber orchestra returns with a riotously entertaining programme spanning three centuries. From Julian Anderson's ravishing dream...
7.30PMWednesday 09 September
THE PERFECT FIFTH
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Nelsons, Volodos
Wagner, Brahms, Beethoven
Andris Nelsons launches the season in grand style! Beginning with the majestic prelude to Wagner's sunniest opera, and finishing with the most famous symphony ever written, this is a concert...
2.15PMThursday 10 September
THE PERFECT FIFTH
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Nelsons, Volodos
Wagner, Brahms, Beethoven
Andris Nelsons launches the season in grand style! Beginning with the majestic prelude to Wagner's sunniest opera, and finishing with the most famous symphony ever written, this is a concert...
7.30PMFriday 18 September
CBSO BENEVOLENT FUND CONCERT: THE ORGAN SYMPHONY
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Seal, Dutch, Trotter
Elgar, Mozart, Saint-Saëns
When the mighty Symphony Organ joins forces with the full CBSO, you're pretty much guaranteed to get a shiver down the spine. So it's no surprise that the Organ Symphony...
7.30PMThursday 24 September
SYMPHONIC DANCES: I
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Nelsons, Hellekant
Ravel, Berlioz, Rachmaninov
It may be his last work, but Rachmaninov's orchestral showpiece is bursting with energy and great melodies, a tribute to the glamour of Ormandy's Philadelphia Orchestra. Ravel was also fascinated...
7.00PMSaturday 26 September
SEASCAPES
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Nelsons, Hardenberger
Britten, Turnage, Haydn, Debussy
Few composers have captured the power and everchanging mystery of the oceans better than Debussy and Britten: the former in his swirling orchestral masterpiece, the latter in the interludes from...
7.30PMWednesday 30 September
ELGAR'S FALSTAFF
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Knussen, Josefowicz
Britten, Matthews, Elgar
Larger than life, both philosopher and philanderer, Falstaff is one of Shakespeare's most lovable rogues, and Elgar's affectionate portrait also tells us a great deal about the composer's own private...
7.30PMFriday 02 October
Saregama presents, in association with the CBSO, Remembering Nusrat - A Tribute to Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Seal, Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
A Tribute to Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
One of the greatest vocalists of the 20th century, Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was the undisputed champion of sufi and qawwali music. His virtuosic talent mesmerised audiences from concert...
7.30PMFriday 09 October
FRIDAY NIGHT CLASSICS: THE BEST OF THE WEST END
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Yates, Barrell, Scott, Bowman
The Best of the West End
Including hits from: • Les Misérables • The Lion King • Cats • Phantom of the Opera • Guys and Dolls • Oklahoma! • Miss Saigon • South Pacific • Oliver! • Carousel • Sunset Boulevard and more! Roll out the red...
11.00AMSaturday 10 October
NOTELETS: FACE THE MUSIC
CBSO Centre, Birmingham. +44 (0)121 767 4050
CBSO Players
Face the Music - a mini concert for 3-5 year olds and their families
Get up close to all the instruments and musicians - you may find out some of our secrets! ...
2.00PMSaturday 10 October
NOTELETS: FACE THE MUSIC
CBSO Centre, Birmingham. +44 (0)121 767 4050
CBSO Players
Face the Music - a mini concert for 3-5 year olds and their families
Get up close to all the instruments and musicians - you may find out some of our secrets! ...
7.00PMSaturday 10 October
THE FORCE OF DESTINY
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Slobodeniouk, Opolais
Verdi, Tchaikovsky
With its grand emotions and tempestuous drama, there's no symphony more operatic than Tchaikovsky's Fourth. So it's the perfect finish to this night of passion - after Latvian soprano Kristine...
7.30PMWednesday 14 October
GERGIEV, MARIINSKY AND THE CBSO
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Gergiev, Semishkur. Mariinsky Theatre, CBSC
Prokofiev, Berlioz
A giant name - and a giant concert. Valery Gergiev is an artist whose sheer force of personality electrifies everything he conducts. So we're thrilled that he's bringing his legendary...
7.30PMThursday 15 October
GERGIEV, MARIINSKY AND THE CBSO
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Gergiev, Semishkur, Mariinsky Theatre, CBSC
Prokofiev, Berlioz
A giant name - and a giant concert. Valery Gergiev is an artist whose sheer force of personality electrifies everything he conducts. So we're thrilled that he's bringing his legendary...
2.15PMThursday 22 October
MAJOR THIRDS
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Seal, Liebeck
Beethoven, Mozart, Mendelssohn
Wild landscapes, swirling mists, skirling pipes and Highland reels - they all feature in Mendelssohn's gloriously romantic Scottish Symphony. No wonder it's a personal favourite of the CBSO's popular assistant...
7.30PMTuesday 27 October
HAYDN 200: I
Town Hall, Birmingham. 0121 780 3333
Antonini, Lazic
Haydn, Beethoven
Beethoven may have been Haydn's most rebellious student, but he never forgot what he'd learned. Beethoven's Second is a flamboyant homage to Haydn from a young man in a hurry,...
7.30PMFriday 30 October
FRIDAY NIGHT CLASSICS: JOHN WILLIAMS' HEROES
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Wilson
John Williams' Heroes
Including music from: • Star Wars • The Sea Hawk • The Philadelphia Story • Jaws • Taxi Driver • E.T. • Airport • Ben Hur • Catch Me If You Can • Schindler's List • Close Encounters of the Third...
7.00PMSunday 01 November
CBSO YOUTH ORCHESTRA
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Søndergård, Roscoe, CBSO Youth Orchestra
Bedford, Dohnányi, Prokofiev
Premiered amidst the gunfire of wartime Moscow, Prokofiev declared that his Fifth Symphony celebrated "the greatness of the human spirit". Ernö Dohnányi, meanwhile was simply out to poke fun -...
7.30PMThursday 05 November
JANSEN PLAYS SIBELIUS
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Volkov, Jansen
Chin, Sibelius, Brahms
One concert: three extraordinary musical worlds. Korean composer Unsuk Chin has attracted a worldwide following for her magical, brilliantly imaginative music - and this is your first chance in Britain...
7.00PMSaturday 07 November
JANSEN PLAYS SIBELIUS
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Volkov, Jansen
Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Brahms
Mendelssohn was one of music's great travellers - he even made it to Birmingham! And there's no better way to launch a concert than with his Calm Sea and Prosperous...
7.30PMTuesday 10 November
THE PLANETS
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Wilson, McCawley, CBSYC (Seniors)
Elgar, Grieg, Holst
Midland composers have always aimed high. Worcestershire lad Edward Elgar dreamed of making it big in the capital, and it shows: his Cockaigne overture positively glitters with the pageantry and...
2.15PMThursday 12 November
THE PLANETS
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Wilson, McCawley, CBSYC (Seniors)
Elgar, Grieg, Holst
Midland composers have always aimed high. Worcestershire lad Edward Elgar dreamed of making it big in the capital, and it shows: his Cockaigne overture positively glitters with the pageantry and...
3.00PMSunday 15 November
FAMILY CONCERT: HEROES AND VILLAINS
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Coorey, Malloy
Heroes and Villains
Fly like a super-hero to Symphony Hall, as the battle between good and evil begins. From dashing princes and beautiful maidens in distress, to action heroes such as Indiana Jones...
7.30PMWednesday 18 November
HAYDN 200: II
Town Hall, Birmingham. 0121 780 3333
Spinosi, Shaham
Haydn, Handel, Rossini
One of the stars of the period instrument music scene and now a leading opera conductor, Corsican-born Jean-Christophe Spinosi makes his CBSO debut with a sparkling programme featuring this year's...
7.30PMFriday 20 November
FRIDAY NIGHT CLASSICS: THE WILD WILD WEST
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Davis
The Wild Wild West
Including music from: The Big Country The Magnificent Seven High Noon Blazing Saddles The Lone Ranger Shane Oklahoma! The High Chaparral Little House on the Prairie Brokeback Mountain Dances with Wolves Copland's Rodeo and more! Big music from a Big Country! Join all-American maestro...
7.30PMWednesday 25 November
NELSONS CONDUCTS BRUCKNER'S THIRD
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Nelsons, Kriikku
Wagner, Lindberg, Bruckner
Bruckner dedicated his Third Symphony to Richard Wagner - and there's more than a hint of the Ride of the Valkyries about this stirring, powerfully romantic symphony. Vast musical landscapes,...
7.00PMSaturday 28 November
GREAT ROMANTICS
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Nelsons, Lugansky
Liadov, Rachmaninov, Dvorák
Dvorák always insisted that he liked nothing more than listening to a Czech village band. And no wonder, if they sounded anything like the slow movement of his glorious Eighth...
2.15PMWednesday 02 December
GREAT ROMANTICS
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Nelsons, Lugansky
Liadov, Rachmaninov, Dvorák
Dvorák always insisted that he liked nothing more than listening to a Czech village band. And no wonder, if they sounded anything like the slow movement of his glorious Eighth...
7.30PMThursday 03 December
HAYDN 200: THE CREATION
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Nelsons, Tynan, Prieto, Mlinde, CBSC
Haydn
"When I think of God, I can't help writing cheerful music," admitted Joseph Haydn. So it's no wonder that his great oratorio The Creation is one of the freshest, happiest...
11.00AMSunday 06 December
NOTELETS: NÖEL NOTELETS
CBSO Centre, Birmingham. +44 (0)121 767 4050
CBSO Players
Noël Notelets - a mini concert of festive favourites for3-5 year olds and their families
(Repeated in Birmingham's Botanical Gardens on 13 December with a lantern parade. Further details to be announced.) ...
2.00PMSunday 06 December
NOTELETS: NÖEL NOTELETS
CBSO Centre, Birmingham. +44 (0)121 767 4050
CBSO Players
Noël Notelets - a mini concert of festive favourites for 3-5 year olds and their families
(Repeated in Birmingham's Botanical Gardens on 13 December with a lantern parade. Further details to be announced.) ...
7.30PMThursday 10 December
SYMPHONIC DANCES: II
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Järvi, Garland, Vassallo
Ginastera, Garland, Bernstein, Ravel
Dynamic conductor Kristjan Järvi brings his love of jazz and classical music together in a highly charged programme that's intoxicated by dance rhythms. Ravel's sensual ballet and Bernstein's New York...
7.30PMFriday 11 December
FRIDAY NIGHT CLASSICS: WINTER WONDERLAND
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Hudson, Beechey, Kerslake
Winter Wonderland
Including: Prokofiev: Troika Anderson: Christmas Festival Drivin' Home for Christmas Little Drummer Boy Baby It's Cold Outside Mistletoe and Wine Santa Baby Winter Wonderland Let It Snow A Winter's Tale White Christmas Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas The Christmas Song When A Child...
7.30PMWednesday 16 December
BISS PLAYS MOZART
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Spano, Biss
Tiensuu, Mozart, Sibelius
This young American pianist has already built a formidable reputation for his accounts of classical and early romantic music; here he plays what Brendel calls 'one of the greatest wonders...
3.00PMSunday 20 December
FESTIVE FAVOURITES WITH ALAN TITCHMARSH
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Halsey, Titchmarsh, CBSC, CBSYC, CBYV, CBSO Boys' Choir
Festive Favourites
Join the CBSO for its traditional Christmas concerts, hosted by a British treasure - the broadcaster, novelist and gardener Alan Titchmarsh. The CBSO and its massed choirs provide the perfect...
7.30PMSunday 20 December
FESTIVE FAVOURITES WITH ALAN TITCHMARSH
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Halsey, Titchmarsh, CBSC, CBSYC, CBYV, CBSO Boys' Choir
Festive Favourites
Join the CBSO for its traditional Christmas concerts, hosted by a British treasure - the broadcaster, novelist and gardener Alan Titchmarsh. The CBSO and its massed choirs provide the perfect...
7.30PMMonday 21 December
FESTIVE FAVOURITES WITH ALAN TITCHMARSH
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Halsey, Titchmarsh, CBSC, CBSYC, CBYV, CBSO Boys' Choir
Festive Favourites
Join the CBSO for its traditional Christmas concerts, hosted by a British treasure - the broadcaster, novelist and gardener Alan Titchmarsh. The CBSO and its massed choirs provide the perfect...
3.00PMTuesday 22 December
FESTIVE FAVOURITES WITH ALAN TITCHMARSH
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Halsey, Titchmarsh, CBSC, CBSYC, CBYV, CBSO Boys' Choir
Festive Favourites
Join the CBSO for its traditional Christmas concerts, hosted by a British treasure - the broadcaster, novelist and gardener Alan Titchmarsh. The CBSO and its massed choirs provide the perfect...
7.30PMTuesday 22 December
FESTIVE FAVOURITES WITH ALAN TITCHMARSH
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Halsey, Titchmarsh, CBSC, CBSYC, CBYV, CBSO Boys' Choir
Festive Favourites
Join the CBSO for its traditional Christmas concerts, hosted by a British treasure - the broadcaster, novelist and gardener Alan Titchmarsh. The CBSO and its massed choirs provide the perfect...
3.00PMSaturday 09 January
NEW YEAR FROM VIENNA
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Wordsworth, Atherton
New Year from Vienna
Strauss: Die Fledermaus - Overture & Czardas • Tritsch-Tratsch Polka • Perpetuum mobile • Champagne Polka • Emperor Waltz • Egyptian March • Voices of Spring • Cuckoo Polka •...
7.00PMSaturday 09 January
NEW YEAR FROM VIENNA
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Wordsworth, Atherton
New Year from Vienna
Strauss: Die Fledermaus - Overture & Czardas • Tritsch-Tratsch Polka • Perpetuum mobile • Champagne Polka • Emperor Waltz • Egyptian March • Voices of Spring • Cuckoo Polka •...
2.15PMWednesday 13 January
BRAHMS AND SIBELIUS
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Sinaisky, Jackson, Heinen
Brahms, Sibelius
Lots of composers have been given honorary degrees - but only Johannes Brahms responded by writing an overture full of student drinking songs! His Academic Festival Overture is a hilarious...
7.30PMThursday 14 January
BRAHMS AND SIBELIUS
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Sinaisky, Jackson, Heinen
Brahms, Sibelius
Lots of composers have been given honorary degrees - but only Johannes Brahms responded by writing an overture full of student drinking songs! His Academic Festival Overture is a hilarious...
7.30PMWednesday 20 January
ELGAR'S ENIGMA
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Gardner, Balsom, Yates
Vaughan Williams, MacMillan, Britten, Elgar
To begin our series featuring the amazing musical decade leading up to the CBSO's birth in 1920, we have one of the jewels of English music - Vaughan Williams' luminous...
11.30AMThursday 21 January
SCHOOLS CONCERT: ELGAR'S ENIGMA VARIATIONS
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Gardner, Pearson
Elgar
This 11.30am performance is specially devised for Key Stage 2 (Years 5 & 6). There is also a 1.30pm performance for Key Stages 3 & 4. Worcestershire lad Edward Elgar...
1.30PMThursday 21 January
SCHOOLS CONCERT: ELGAR'S ENIGMA VARIATIONS
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Gardner
Elgar
This 1.30pm performance is specially devised for Key Stages 3 & 4. There is also an 11.30am performance for Key Stage 2 (Years 5 & 6). Worcestershire lad Edward...
7.00PMSaturday 23 January
ELGAR'S ENIGMA
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Gardner, Balsom, Yates
Vaughan Williams, MacMillan, Britten, Elgar
To begin our series featuring the amazing musical decade leading up to the CBSO's birth in 1920, we have one of the jewels of English music - Vaughan Williams' luminous...
7.30PMThursday 28 January
AN ALPINE SYMPHONY
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Nelsons, Helmchen
Mozart, Strauss
Richard Strauss once boasted that he could depict a knife and fork in music - so when he sets out to paint the Alps themselves, you'd expect the results to...
7.30PMTuesday 02 February
AN ALPINE SYMPHONY
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Nelsons, Helmchen
Mozart, Strauss
Richard Strauss once boasted that he could depict a knife and fork in music - so when he sets out to paint the Alps themselves, you'd expect the results to...
11.00AMSaturday 06 February
NOTELETS: CARS, PLANES, BOATS AND TRAINS
CBSO Centre, Birmingham. +44 (0)121 767 4050
CBSO Players
Cars, Planes, Boats and Trains - a mini concert for 3-5 year olds and their families
All aboard for our musical travels! ...
2.00PMSaturday 06 February
NOTELETS: CARS, PLANES, BOATS AND TRAINS
CBSO Centre, Birmingham. +44 (0)121 767 4050
CBSO Players
Cars, Planes, Boats & Trains - a mini concert for 3-5 year olds and their families
All aboard for our musical travels! ...
7.00PMSaturday 06 February
RUSSIAN MASTERS
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Nelsons, Skride
Liadov, Shostakovich, Stravinsky
Stravinsky's The Firebird is one of the most popular of all ballet scores, conjuring a sumptuous fairy-tale world of glittering colours, enchanted melodies and blood-curdling thrills. It's already become something...
2.15PMThursday 11 February
VIENNESE CLASSICS
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Manze, Brautigam
Schubert, Beethoven
Light and shade in old Vienna. Schubert's friends bet him that he couldn't write an overture as good as one of Rossini's, so he simply ran one off there and...
7.30PMFriday 12 February
FRIDAY NIGHT CLASSICS: FILM MUSIC FOR LOVERS
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Seal, Pearson
Film Music for Lovers
Including music from: Gone With The Wind Titanic Dr Zhivago Out Of Africa Love Actually Shakespeare in Love Independence Day Casino Royale Vertigo Sense And Sensibility Much Ado About Nothing and more! The perfect treat for your Valentine, or simply the chance to...
7.30PMThursday 18 February
A SOIRÉE WITH THE LABÈQUES
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Bringuier, Labèques
Berlioz, Debussy, Poulenc, Roussel, Ravel
It's a real pleasure to welcome back to Birmingham the amazing Labèque sisters, for one of the most sparkling of all French pieces, Poulenc's delightful double concerto. They also bring...
7.00PMSunday 21 February
CBSO YOUTH ORCHESTRA
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Seal, Brantelid
Foulds, Elgar, Walton
Conductor Michael Seal has built a special relationship with the CBSO Youth Orchestra - and tonight he takes them on the ride of their lives. John Foulds' rapturous English tone-poem...
7.30PMWednesday 24 February
CHOPIN 200
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Litton, Wolfram
Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Vaughan Williams
Next week the musical world celebrates the 200th birthday of its favourite composer of piano music, and the CBSO gets in early with performances of his dazzling and lyrical second...
2.15PMThursday 25 February
CHOPIN 200
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Litton, Wolfram
Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Vaughan Williams
Next week the musical world celebrates the 200th birthday of its favourite composer of piano music, and the CBSO gets in early with performances of his dazzling and lyrical second...
3.00PMSunday 28 February
FAMILY CONCERT: WATER WORLD
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Seal, Collie, CBSYC Juniors)
Water World
Set sail with the CBSO as we dive into an adventure on the ocean waves. This afternoon will include plenty of splashing good fun, from fish to fishermen, boats to...
7.00PMSaturday 06 March
RATTLE'S BACH
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Rattle, Tilling, Kozená, Padmore, Lehtipuu, Gerhaher, Quasthoff, CBSC, CBSYC (juniors)
Bach
In the whole of music there's nothing else quite like it: Bach's dramatic re-telling of the events of Holy Week has a power and expressive beauty that add up to...
7.00PMSunday 07 March
RATTLE'S BACH
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Rattle, Tilling, Kozená , Padmore, Lehtipuu, Gerhaher, Quasthoff, CBSC, CBSYC (juniors)
Bach
In the whole of music there's nothing else quite like it: Bach's dramatic re-telling of the events of Holy Week has a power and expressive beauty that add up to...
7.30PMThursday 25 March
TUNED IN: THE FIREBIRD
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Nelsons, Johnson
Liadov, Stravinsky
The CBSO presents a performance of The Firebird with a difference, as broadcaster Stephen Johnson gives a guided tour of Stravinsky's famous score. Discover how the composer creates his astonishing...
7.30PMTuesday 30 March
ALFIE BOE WITH THE CBSO
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Halsey, Marsh, Boe, CBSYC
Holst, Finzi, Howard Goodall
Whether as the composer of theme tunes from Blackadder to The Vicar of Dibley, or as a wonderfully accessible TV champion of classical music in all its forms, Howard Goodall...
2.15PMThursday 01 April
ALFIE BOE WITH THE CBSO
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Halsey, Marsh, Boe, CBSYC
Holst, Finzi, howard Goodall
Whether as the composer of theme tunes from Blackadder to The Vicar of Dibley, or as a wonderfully accessible TV champion of classical music in all its forms, Howard Goodall...
7.30PMWednesday 14 April
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Grams, Faust
Dvorák , Beethoven, Mussorgsky
When Maurice Ravel arranged Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition for orchestra, he created one of the few adaptations that's better than the original! From its famous opening Promenade to the...
7.00PMSaturday 17 April
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Grams, Faust
Dvorák, Beethoven, Mussorgsky
When Maurice Ravel arranged Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition for orchestra, he created one of the few adaptations that's better than the original! From its famous opening Promenade to the...
2.15PMWednesday 21 April
FAVOURITE MOZART
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Steffens, Siirala
Schumann, Mozart
Robert Schumann just couldn't help himself. He knew he was meant to be writing serious symphonies, but emotion kept getting in the way. With its heroic opening, imposing slow movement...
7.30PMFriday 23 April
FRIDAY NIGHT CLASSICS: SILENT HEROES
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Davis
Lloyd, Chaplin
Carl Davis's silent movie night is always a sold-out highlight of the CBSO season, as Symphony Hall transforms into a giant cinema and the CBSO performs a live soundtrack that...
7.30PMTuesday 27 April
NELSONS CONDUCTS SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Nelsons, Zimmermann
Bartók, Shostakovich
Muddle or music? If you had just written the loudest, most ambitious, most terrifying symphony since Mahler, and found your music criticised in the national press on behalf of a...
7.30PMThursday 29 April
TUNED IN: SHOSTAKOVICH SYMPHONY NO. 4
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Nelsons, Johnson
Shostakovich
Shostakovich's massive Fourth Symphony is a devastating portrait of the most turbulent years in 20th-century history. In this concert with a difference, broadcaster Stephen Johnson explains the many stories behind...
11.00AMSaturday 01 May
NOTELETS: SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL
CBSO Centre, Birmingham. +44 (0)121 767 4050
CBSO Players
Shake, Rattle & Roll - a mini concert for 3-5 year olds and their families
Come and explore the beat with the CBSO's percussion. ...
2.00PMSaturday 01 May
NOTELETS: SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL
CBSO Centre, Birmingham. +44 (0)121 767 4050
CBSO Players
Shake, Rattle & Roll - a mini concert for 3-5 year olds and their families
Come and explore the beat with the CBSO's percussion. ...
7.30PMFriday 07 May
MASEKELA AND THE CBSO (Songs & instrumental music from South Africa)
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Seal, Masekela, Town Hall Gospel Choir, CBYV
Songs & instrumental music from South Africa
As the eyes of the world turn to South Africa this summer when it hosts the 2010 World Cup, we welcome Hugh Masekela, a living legend. Born in South Africa...
7.30PMWednesday 12 May
SYMPHONIC DANCES: III
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Nelsons, Vogt
Maskats, Beethoven, Rachmaninov
Andris Nelsons kicks up a real song and dance. In American exile, Rachmaninov summed up his life's work in one extraordinary masterpiece. His Symphonic Dances evoke a fantastic dream-world of...
3.00PMSunday 16 May
FAMILY CONCERT: YOUNG PERSON'S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Nelsons, Arlidge, Hill
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
This is your chance to discover all you wanted to know about a symphony orchestra! What are all those instruments and the amazing sounds they make? Travel through time on...
7.30PMTuesday 18 May
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Hrusa, Moser
Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov
Soaring violin solos, drama on the high seas and a total mastery of the orchestra: it's no surprise that Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade has become one of the most played and best-loved...
2.15PMWednesday 19 May
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Hrusa, Moser
Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov
Soaring violin solos, drama on the high seas and a total mastery of the orchestra: it's no surprise that Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade has become one of the most played and best-loved...
7.30PMFriday 21 May
FRIDAY NIGHT CLASSICS: YOU CALL THE TUNES
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Seal, Perkins
You Call the Tunes
This is your chance to nominate and vote for the music you want to hear! Tonight the CBSO plays the people's favourites in a concert packed with Midlanders' mostloved classical...
7.00PMSunday 23 May
SINGALONG WITH THE CBSO: BRAHMS'S GERMAN REQUIEM
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Halsey
Brahms's German Requiem
An unmissable opportunity for anyone who loves singing to spend a day with the CBSO, its world-renowned chorus director, Simon Halsey, and young professional soloists, in the magnificent surroundings of...
7.30PMThursday 27 May
RUSSIAN CLASSICS
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Vedernikov, Osborne
Rimsky-Korsakov, Shostakovich, Prokofiev
Music director of Moscow's legendary Bolshoi Theatre since 2001, Alexander Vedernikov makes his CBSO debut with a trio of very different Russian masterpieces. Rimsky's colourful overture celebrates the Russian Orthodox...
7.30PMWednesday 02 June
THE PATHÉTIQUE
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Tchaikovsky, Strauss
Nelsons, Gibbons
There's really nothing in all music quite like Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony. Tchaikovsky threw his all into this no-holds-barred musical autobiography; the result is a symphony that blends raw emotion and...
2.15PMThursday 03 June
THE PATHÉTIQUE
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Nelsons, Gibbons
Tchaikovsky, Strauss
There's really nothing in all music quite like Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony. Tchaikovsky threw his all into this no-holds-barred musical autobiography; the result is a symphony that blends raw emotion and...
4.30PMSaturday 12 June
LOHENGRIN
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Nelsons, Stoyanova, Braun, Schulte, Ryan, CBSC, CBSYC
Wagner
A maiden in distress, a black-hearted count, a wicked sorceress and a mysterious knight in shining armour… no question, Wagner's Lohengrin is the ultimate Romantic opera. But it's not just...
7.30PMWednesday 16 June
BRUCKNER'S ROMANTIC
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Nott, Mork
Dutilleux, Bruckner
Inspired by the same idea of courtly romance as Wagner's Lohengrin, Bruckner's glorious Fourth is one of the finest of all Austrian symphonies, its evocative horncalls and soaring melodies perfectly...
7.30PMThursday 24 June
BEETHOVEN'S PASTORAL
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Morlot, Capuçon
Bartók, Ligeti, Beethoven
It's summer - so it must be Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony. From its dewy-fresh opening to the serene Shepherd's Hymn with which it closes, no composer has ever captured the healing...
11.30AMFriday 25 June
SCHOOLS CONCERT: TALES OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Seal, Pearson
Tales of the Arabian Nights
Rimsky-Korsakov's most popular work is the music for today's Schools Concert, specially devised for Key Stage 2 (Years 3 & 4) students. Based around the ancient tales of the Arabian...
1.30PMFriday 25 June
SCHOOLS CONCERT: TALES OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Seal, Pearson
Tales of the Arabian Nights
Rimsky-Korsakov's most popular work is the music for today's Schools Concert, specially devised for Key Stage 2 (Years 3 & 4) students. Based around the ancient tales of the Arabian...
11.00AMSunday 27 June
NOTELETS: NOTELETS ON SAFARI
CBSO Centre, Birmingham. +44 (0)121 767 4050
CBSO Players
Notelets on Safari - a mini concert for 3-5 year olds and their families
Lions, tigers, bears, crocodiles, monkeys and snakes... we'll meet them all! ...
2.00PMSunday 27 June
NOTELETS: NOTELETS ON SAFARI
CBSO Centre, Birmingham. +44 (0)121 767 4050
CBSO Players
Notelets on Safari - a mini concert for 3-5 year olds and their families
Lions, tigers, bears, crocodiles, monkeys and snakes... we'll meet them all! ...
7.30PMFriday 02 July
FRIDAY NIGHT CLASSICS: RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333
Wilson, Criswell, Barrett
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Including music from: Carousel South Pacific The King and I The Sound of Music Oklahoma! State Fair Flower Drum Song Pipe Dream Cinderella and more! July is bustin' out all over - so celebrate the summer with the supreme masters of...
