Record breaking sales for the CBSO
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra has once again brought live classical music into the forefront of Birmingham’s cultural scene by selling more tickets last season than in any previous year.
Old friends, new enthusiasts and people curious about classical music have joined the CBSO throughout the year, resulting in 107,823 tickets being sold for the Orchestra’s concerts at Symphony Hall alone – over 1000 tickets more than the previous year, set just last year. When added to the CBSO’s extensive education programme, last season was the most heard programme in the CBSO’s 88-year history.
Sell out performances of 24 concerts, including such varied music as Holst's The Planets, Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, and Music for Champions have ensured a diverse audience, one which the CBSO will cater for in the next season with performances of classical favourites, show stopping tunes and fun-packed family concerts. In fact, the Notelets concerts at CBSO Centre have proven so popular that they have doubled in number for the 2008/2009 season.
The sell out Symphony Ballroom performances, featuring dancers from BBC 1’s Strictly Come Dancing makes a welcome return on 15 and 16 May 2009.
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