CBSO on tour - UK and abroad

8.00pmFriday 31st May

THE CBSO IN HANOVER

HANNOVER, Congress Centrum.

Nelsons, Opolais, Padmore, Brachmann, CBSO Chorus, Madchenchor Children's Choir

Britten

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8.00pmSaturday 1st June

THE CBSO IN DRESDEN

DRESDEN, Frauenkirche. (0351) 656 06 701

Nelsons, Opolais, Padmore, Brachmann, CBSO Chorus, Madchenchor Children's Choir

Britten

Dresden's Frauenkirche is known throughout the world as a monument to world peace. This message will attach itself indelibly to the performance of Britten's War Requiem, the creation of a...

8.00pmSunday 2nd June

THE CBSO ON TOUR IN REGENSBURG

REGENSBURG, Audimax. 01805 570070

Nelsons, Helmchen

Wagner, Mozart, Beethoven

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8.00pmMonday 3rd June

THE CBSO IN FRANKFURT

Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany. www.alteoper.de

Nelsons, Helmchen

Wagner, Mozart, Beethoven

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8.00pmTuesday 4th June

THE CBSO IN KÖLN

KÖLN, Philharmonie.

Nelsons, Helmchen

Wagner, Mozart, Beethoven

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8.00pmThursday 6th June

THE CBSO IN ESSEN

ESSEN, Philharmonie.

Nelsons, Helmchen

Wagner, Mozart, Beethoven

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8.00pmFriday 7th June

THE CBSO IN BRUSSELS

BRUSSELS, Palais des Beaux Arts. +32 (0)2 507 82 00

Nelsons, Helmchen

Wagner, Mozart, Beethoven

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8.00pmSaturday 8th June

THE CBSO IN PARIS

PARIS, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.

Nelsons, Opolais, Padmore, Brachmann, CBSO Chorus, Maitrise de Radio France

Britten

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7.30pmSaturday 15th June

THE CBSO AT THE 66TH ALDEBURGH FESTIVAL

Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh. 01728 687110

Volkov, Watkins

Debussy Orch Abrahamsen, Matthews, Harvey, Scriabin

The power and subtlety of a massive symphony orchestra and its seemingly infinite rainbow of colours are celebrated in a concert that concludes with Scriabin's poem - a gargantuan journey...

8.00pmTuesday 25th June

THE CBSO AT THE CITY OF LONDON FESTIVAL

LONDON, St Paul's Cathedral .

Gardner, Shagimuratova, Spence, Braun, CBSO Chorus, Choristers of St Paul's

Briiten's War Requiem

Marking the 100th anniversary of Benjamin Britten's birth, we celebrate with his extraordinary masterwork, the War Requiem, first premiered by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Coventry Cathedral in...

7.00pmFriday 28th June

THE CBSO IN NOTTINGHAM

Nottingham Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham. 0115 9895555

Nelsons, Crowe, Fujimura, Johnson, Paterson, CBSO Chorus

Mendelssohn, Beethoven

A ten month tour of Italy in 1830 left Mendelssohn with an overwhelming impression of the 'land of nature, delighting every heart,' and inspired him to write his most effervescent...

7.30pmWednesday 3rd July

THE CBSO AT THE CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL

Cheltenham Town Hall. 01242 227979

Ziegler, Kermode

Mark Kermode: Film Music Live

Music to include: Goldsmith: Planet of the Apes Oldfield: The Exorcist Hermann: North By Northwest Hermann: Taxi Driver Davies: The Devils Greenwood: There Will Be Blood Sherman & Sherman: Mary Poppins Overture Badalamenti: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With...

7.00pmSaturday 6th July

MARK KERMODE: FILM MUSIC LIVE

Barbican Centre, London.

Ziegler, Kermode

Film Music Live

Critic, music-lover and film-buff extraordinaire…no-one understands great cinema better than Mark Kermode. Tonight he joins movie maestro Robert Ziegler and the full City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra to present a...

7.30pmMonday 8th July

MARK KERMODE: FILM MUSIC LIVE

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. 0161 907 9000

Ziegler, Kermode

Film Music Live

Music to include: Goldsmith: Planet of the Apes Oldfield: The Exorcist Hermann: North By Northwest Hermann: Taxi Driver Davies: The Devils Greenwood: There Will Be Blood Sherman & Sherman: Mary Poppins Overture Badalamenti: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With...

7.30pmSaturday 13th July

JOHN WILLIAMS BLOCKBUSTERS PART II

Nottingham Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham. 0115 9895555

Brossé, Pearson

John Williams Blockbusters

Including music from: Raiders of the Lost Ark • Jurassic Park • War Horse • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade • Munich • Memoirs of a Geisha • Catch Me If You...

3.00pmSaturday 17th August

THE CBSO AT THE PROMS

Royal Albert Hall, London. +44 (0)20 7589 8212

Nelsons, Opolais

Dvorak, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Strauss

Andris Nelsons conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and soprano Kristīne Opolais in Desdemona's poignant Willow Song and Ave Maria from Act 3 of Verdi's 1887 opera Otello and...

8.00pmWednesday 28th August

THE CBSO AT THE RHEINGAU MUSIK FESTIVAL

WIESBADEN, Kurhaus. 01805 743464

Nelsons, Gabetta

Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Dvorak

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8.30pmThursday 29th August

THE CBSO AT THE ASCONA FESTIVAL

LOCARNO, Chiesa di San.

Nelsons, Opolais

Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Dvorak

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7.30pmFriday 30th August

THE CBSO AT MENUHIN FESTIVAL GSTAAD

GSTAAD, Festival Tent. +41 33 748 83 38

Nelsons, Gabetta

Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Dvorak

Perhaps you were lucky enough to have heard her masterful interpretation of Saint-Saëns' First Cello Concerto with Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at the Menuhin Festival in 2011....

7.30pmSaturday 31st August

THE CBSO AT MENUHIN FESTIVAL GSTAAD

GSTAAD, Festival Tent. +41 33 748 83 38

Nelsons, Opolais

Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven

A native of Riga in Latvia where he was discovered by Mariss Jansons, Andris Nelsons is sometimes referred to as the "Baltic rocket". He made his debut at the Menuhin...

8.00pmSunday 1st September

THE CBSO AT THE 24TH BREMEN MUSIC FESTIVAL

BREMEN, Glocke. 0421 33 66 99

Nelsons, Opolais

Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven

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3.00pmSaturday 19th October

MENDELSSOHN IN BIRMINGHAM: THE ITALIAN SYMPHONY

Town Hall, Birmingham. 0121 345 0603

Gardner, Eberle

Mendelssohn in Birmingham

Prodigy, dreamer and master of melody - it's no wonder that Felix Mendelssohn was Victorian Britain's favourite composer. And when the...

2.15pmThursday 24th October

MENDELSSOHN IN BIRMINGHAM: THE SCOTTISH SYMPHONY

Town Hall, Birmingham. 0121 345 0603

Gardner, Helmchen

Mendelssohn in Birmingham

"It went well for me in Birmingham. I've never seen an audience so enthusiastic about my music." Mendelssohn loved our city...

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