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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, Berger, CBSO Youth Chorus

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, Berger, CBSO Youth Chorus

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. ...

11.30amTuesday 04 May

SCHOOLS CONCERT: KEY STAGE 1

CBSO Centre, Birmingham. +44 (0)121 767 4050

CBSO Players

A concert aimed to introduce Key Stage 1 children to the classical orchestra

These concerts aim to introduce Key Stage 1 children to the classical orchestra in a fun and informative way. They take place at CBSO Centre, and each year a cross-curricular...

1.30pmTuesday 04 May

SCHOOLS CONCERT: KEY STAGE 1

CBSO Centre, Birmingham. +44 (0)121 767 4050

CBSO Players

A concert aimed to introduce Key Stage 1 children to the classical orchestra

These concerts aim to introduce Key Stage 1 children to the classical orchestra in a fun and informative way. They take place at CBSO Centre, and each year a cross-curricular...

10.00amWednesday 05 May

SCHOOLS CONCERT: KEY STAGE 1

CBSO Centre, Birmingham. +44 (0)121 767 4050

CBSO Players

A concert aimed to introduce Key Stage 1 children to the classical orchestra

These concerts aim to introduce Key Stage 1 children to the classical orchestra in a fun and informative way. They take place at CBSO Centre, and each year a cross-curricular...

11.30amWednesday 05 May

SCHOOLS CONCERT: KEY STAGE 1

CBSO Centre, Birmingham. +44 (0)121 767 4050

CBSO Players

A concert aimed to introduce Key Stage 1 children to the classical orchestra

These concerts aim to introduce Key Stage 1 children to the classical orchestra in a fun and informative way. They take place at CBSO Centre, and each year a cross-curricular...

1.30pmWednesday 05 May

SCHOOLS CONCERT: KEY STAGE 1

CBSO Centre, Birmingham. +44 (0)121 767 4050

CBSO Players

A concert aimed to introduce Key Stage 1 children to the classical orchestra

These concerts aim to introduce Key Stage 1 children to the classical orchestra in a fun and informative way. They take place at CBSO Centre, and each year a cross-curricular...

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, CBSO Young Voices

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

Tonight the CBSO plays the peoples' favourites in a concert packed with Midlanders' most-loved classical and operatic music. Following her success in the BBC's conducting series Maestro, presenter Sue Perkins...

10.00amSunday 23 May

NOTELETS HANDS ON WORKSHOP

CBSO Centre, Birmingham. +44 (0)121 767 4050

CBSO Players

Boogie Beat - Workshop exploring pulse, drumming and rhythms to move to!

Boogie Beat - Workshop exploring pulse, drumming and rhythms to move to! ...

12.00pmSunday 23 May

NOTELETS HANDS ON WORKSHOP

CBSO Centre, Birmingham. +44 (0)121 767 4050

CBSO Players

Boogie Beat - Workshop exploring pulse, drumming and rhythms to move to!

Boogie Beat - Workshop exploring pulse, drumming and rhythms to move to! ...

7.00pmSunday 23 May

SINGALONG WITH THE CBSO: BRAHMS'S GERMAN REQUIEM

Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333

Halsey

Brahms' 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, Haller, Braun, Schulte, Ryan, Saks, CBSO Chorus, CBSO Youth Chorus

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, Queyras

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...

7.00pmSunday 25 July

CBSO YOUTH ORCHESTRA ACADEMY

Town Hall, Birmingham. 0121 780 3333

Seal

Milhaud, Berio, Widmann, Beethoven

Join the CBSO Youth Orchestra's acclaimed chamber orchestra for an evening of sheer summer exuberance. Berio's extraordinary mini-operas and Milhaud's swinging jazz-age ballet are just the curtain raisers to Beethoven's...

7.30pmWednesday 28 July

ANDRIS NELSONS CONDUCTS THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY

Symphony Hall, Birmingham. +44 (0)121-780 3333

Nelsons, Lewis

Wagner, Beethoven, Dvorák

The first time Andris Nelsons conducted Dvorák's New World Symphony with the CBSO, the Orchestra was so impressed that it made him Music Director! Hear why tonight, and be ready...