SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM
Wednesday 17 September, 7.30pm
& Saturday 20 September, 7pm
Fantastic Symphony
Andris Nelsons - conductor
Wagner: Overture, Rienzi 13’
Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin Suite 21’
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique 55’
Pre-concert talks - 17 September at 6.15pm;
20 September at 5.45pm:
Welcome to the Season
Meet Andris Nelsons, as he prepares to conduct his first concerts as music director of the CBSO. In conversation with Stephen Maddock.
The concert on 17 September is sponsored by Mitchells & Butlers
SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM
Friday 19 September, 11.30am
Symphonic Spectacular!
Andris Nelsons - conductor
Tommy Pearson - presenter
This concert is for secondary schools, and is designed for and by students in Key Stages 3 & 4.
SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM
Tuesday 23 September, 7.30pm
& Wednesday 24 September, 2.15pm
Rachmaninov’s Second
Andris Nelsons - conductor
Simon Trpčeski - piano
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune 10’
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 23’
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 55’
Pre-concert talks - 23 September at 6.15pm;
24 September at 1.15pm:
The Players’ Perspective – Rachmaninov’s Second
Violinist David Gregory and fellow CBSO musicians present an insider’s angle on Rachmaninov’s best-loved symphony.
CBSO CENTRE, BIRMINGHAM
Thursday 25 September, 1.10pm
Simon Trpčeski piano and CBSO Players
Brahms: Horn Trio
Rezsö Kókai: Quartettino
Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes
Imeri: Skopsko Oro
CIVIC HALL, BEDWORTH
Friday 26 September, 7.30pm
Andris Nelsons - conductor
Simon Trpčeski - piano
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune 10’
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 23’
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 55’
SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM
Thursday 2 October, 7.30pm
The Organ Symphony
Xian Zhang - conductor
David Saint - organ
Michael Collins - clarinet
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite 18’
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto 28’
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 (Organ) 36’
FORUM THEATRE, MALVERN
Friday 3 October, 7.30pm
Xian Zhang - conductor
Michael Collins - clarinet
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite 18’
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto 28’
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) 40’
CBSO CENTRE, BIRMINGHAM
Saturday 4 October, 11am & 2pm
NOTELETS - LET’S GET BRASSY!
A mini-concert for 3-5 year olds and their families. Tubas, trumpets and trombones - get up close to everything big and brassy!
CBSO CENTRE, BIRMINGHAM
Wednesday 8 October, 1.10pm
Byron Parish & Owen Cox violins • Ella Brinch viola
Mozart: Duo in G, K.423
Prokofiev: Sonata for Two Violins
Dvořák: Terzetto
SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM
Wednesday 8 October, 7.30pm
Schumann & Shostakovich with Schiff
Heinrich Schiff - conductor / cello
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 28’
Weill: Threepenny Opera - Suite 20’
Schumann: Symphony No. 2 36’
SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM
Friday 10 October, 7.30pm
Friday Night Classics:
John Williams Blockbusters
Michael Seal - conductor
Tommy Pearson - presenter
Including music from:
- Star Wars
- Schindler’s List
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
- Superman
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- E.T.
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Olympic Fanfare and Theme
- JFK
- Munich
- Saving Private Ryan
- Jaws
SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM
Saturday 11 October, 7.30pm
Birmingham’s Brightest
Michael Seal - conductor
Julian Bliss - clarinet
CBSO Youth Orchestra Academy
City of Birmingham Young Voices
Birmingham Schools’ Azaad Dhol Ensemble
Birmingham Music Service Area Choirs and Central Choir
Hear why Birmingham has the brightest and most vibrant youth music scene in the UK with this jam-packed gala concert.
SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM
Thursday 23 October, 7.30pm
& Saturday 25 October, 7pm
Puccini’s 150th: La Bohème
Andris Nelsons - conductor
Kristine Opolais - Mimì
Erin Wall - Musetta
Pavel Cernoch - Rodolfo
Markus Brück - Marcello
Kostas Smoriginas - Schaunard
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Youth Chorus
Puccini: La Bohème 105’
Concert performance
CBSO CENTRE, BIRMINGHAM
Friday 24 October, 1.10pm
Elspeth Dutch horn and CBSO colleagues
Beethoven: Sextet for two horns and strings
Ireland: Sextet for horn, clarinet and strings
SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM
Wednesday 29 October, 7.30pm
Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto
James Gaffigan - conductor
Jennifer Pike - violin
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro - Overture 4’
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto 27’
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 54’
Pre-concert talk at 6.15pm:
Bruckner’s Sixth
Stephen Johnson, broadcaster and author of Bruckner Remembered talks about this great late-Romantic symphony.
SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM
Friday 31 October, 7.30pm
CBSO Youth Orchestra
Jac van Steen - conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 80’
CIVIC HALL, BEDWORTH
Saturday 1 November, 7.30pm
James Gaffigan - conductor
Jennifer Pike - violin
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro - Overture 4’
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto 27’
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 54’
SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM
Tuesday 4 November, 7.30pm
& Wednesday 5 November, 2.15pm
Elgar’s Cello Concerto
Vernon Handley - conductor
Anne Gastinel - cello
Bantock: The Witch of Atlas 15’
Elgar: Cello Concerto 26’
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 42’
Pre-concert talks - 4 November at 6.15pm;
5 November at 1.15pm:
Vaughan Williams’ Fifth
Baz Chapman – Programme Director of Sing Up – shares his enthusiasm for Vaughan Williams’ great wartime symphony.
CBSO CENTRE, BIRMINGHAM
Thursday 6 November, 1.10pm
Briony Shaw, Byron Parish violins
Fiona Winning, Angela Swanson violas
Richard Jenkinson cello
Mendelssohn: String Quintet No. 2 in B flat
Mozart: String Quintet in C minor K.406
ROYAL CONCERT HALL, NOTTINGHAM
Saturday 8 November, 7.30pm
Vernon Handley - conductor
Laurence Jackson - violin
Janice Watson - soprano
Roderick Williams - baritone
Nottingham Harmonic Choir
Holst: The Perfect Fool: Ballet Music 13’
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending 13’
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony 64’
SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM
Sunday 9 November, 3pm
Family Concert: Steps in Time
David Danzmayr - conductor
Alasdair Malloy - presenter
SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM
Thursday 13 November, 7.30pm
Romeo and Juliet
Andrew Litton - conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers - violin
Walton: Henry V - Suite 15’
Barber: Violin Concerto 25’
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (highlights) 50’
CBSO CENTRE, BIRMINGHAM
Saturday 15 November, 10am & 12 noon
Hands-On Notelets
SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM
Saturday 15 November, 7.30pm
Adrian Lucas - conductor
Lee Bisset - soprano
Hannah Pedley - mezzo-soprano
Ben Segal - tenor
David Soar - bass
City of Birmingham Choir
Bristol Choral Society
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis 81’
SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM
Wednesday 19 November, 2.15pm
Viennese Classics
Olari Elts - conductor
Henning Kraggerud - violin
Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn 19’
Brahms: Violin Concerto 36’
Schubert (orch. Webern): German Dances 8’
Schubert: Symphony No. 5 26’
SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM
Friday 21 November, 7.30pm
Friday Night Classics: Best of Bond
Carl Davis - conductor
Mary Carewe - vocalist
ABERYSTWYTH ARTS CENTRE, ABERYSTWYTH
Sunday 23 November, 7pm
Olari Elts - conductor
Henning Kraggerud - violin
Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn 19’
Brahms: Violin Concerto 36’
Schubert (orch. Webern): German Dances 8’
Schubert: Symphony No. 5 26’
SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM
Wednesday 26 November, 7.30pm
Totally Tchaikovsky!
Andris Nelsons - conductor
Baiba Skride - violin
Tchaikovsky: Hamlet - Overture 19’
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto 34’
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 47’
CBSO CENTRE, BIRMINGHAM
Thursday 27 November, 1.10pm
Baiba Skride violin
Elspeth Dutch horn and CBSO Players
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet
Arnold Cooke: Arioso and Scherzo
FORUM THEATRE, MALVERN
Friday 28 November, 7.30pm
Andris Nelsons - conductor
Baiba Skride - violin
Tchaikovsky: Hamlet Overture 19’
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto 34’
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 47’
COLSTON HALL, BRISTOL
Saturday 29 November, 7.30pm
Adrian Partington – conductor
Lee Bisset - soprano
Hannah Pedley - mezzo-soprano
Ben Segal - tenor
David Soar - bass
City of Birmingham Choir
Bristol Choral Society
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis 81’
SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM
Tuesday 2 December, 7.30pm
A Taste of France
Ilan Volkov - conductor
Saleem Abboud Ashkar - piano
Dukas: La Péri 19’
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the left hand 20’
Haddad: “Alternative World-versions” for piano and orchestra
(UK premiere) 11’
Debussy: La Mer 25’
Pre-concert talk at 6.15pm:
Premiere! - Saed Haddad’s Piano Concerto
Conductor Ilan Volkov and soloist Saleem Abboud Ashkar talk to Stephen Maddock about tonight’s UK premiere.
SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM
Friday 5 December, 7pm
& Tuesday 9 December, 7pm
Adrian Lucas - conductor
Elizabeth Watts - soprano
Emily Bauer-Jones - mezzo-soprano
Allan Clayton - tenor
Matthew Best - bass
City of Birmingham Choir
Handel: Messiah
NATIONAL INDOOR ARENA, BIRMINGHAM
Saturday 6 December, 7.30pm
John Rigby - conductor
Classical Spectacular
CBSO CENTRE, BIRMINGHAM
Sunday 7 December, 11am & 2pm
NOËL NOTELETS
A mini-concert for 3-5 year olds and their families. ’Tis the season to be jolly, with festive music and children’s Christmas songs.
CBSO CENTRE, BIRMINGHAM
Tuesday 9 December, 1.10pm
Sakari Oramo violin • Mark Phillips horn and CBSO Players
Mozart: Horn Quintet K.407
Bruckner: String Quintet
SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM
Thursday 11 December, 7.30pm
Century!
Sakari Oramo - conductor
Elspeth Dutch - horn
Messiaen: L’Ascension 19’
Carter: Horn Concerto (UK premiere) 11’
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 52’
Pre-concert talk at 6.15pm:
Premiere! - Elliott Carter’s Horn Concerto
Anthony Burton introduces the music of this great American survivor.
SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM
Saturday 13 December, 7pm
Great Romantics
Sakari Oramo - conductor
Nikolai Lugansky - piano
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (highlights) 10’
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 32’
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 52’
SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM
Wednesday 17 December, 7.30pm
A London Symphony
Richard Hickox - conductor
Kirill Gerstein - piano
Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow 6’
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major 21’
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (original version) 61’
Pre-concert talk at 6.15pm:
“A Symphony by a Londoner”
English music specialist Michael Foster explores the genesis of Vaughan Williams’ colourful symphony.
CBSO CENTRE, BIRMINGHAM
Thursday 18 December, 1.10pm
Elliott Carter’s 100th Birthday
Marie-Christine-Zupancic flute
Robert Johnston harp
Jane Wright violin
Christopher Yates viola
Richard Jenkinson cello
Mozart: Flute Quartet No. 4 in A, K.298
Villa-Lobos: The Jet Whistle
Carter: Enchanted Preludes for flute and cello
Carter: Scrivo in Vento
Bax: Elegiac Trio
SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM
Saturday 20 December, 3pm
Sunday 21 December, 3pm & 7.30pm
Monday 22 December, 3pm & 7.30pm
A Christmas Carol
Simon Halsey - conductor
Carol Smillie - presenter
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Youth Chorus
City of Birmingham Young Voices
CBSO CENTRE, BIRMINGHAM
Monday 22 December, 1.10pm
A Palm Court Christmas Party!
Berkley Salon Ensemble & City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus (Seniors)
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