January - July 2022
We’re delighted to share the next part of our 2021/22 Season and hope you will join us in the New Year for the amazing concerts we have planned.
This Season is one of mixed emotions, as Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts her final concerts as Music Director and we welcome back Kazuki Yamada, our Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor designate. We're also joined by a host of exciting soloists including Patricia Kopatchinsjaka, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Gabriela Montero as well as debuts from Fatma Said, Daishin Kashimoto, Clara Jumi-Kang, Daniel Lozakovich, Clare Hammond and Mahan Esfahani.
Other highlights include the first ever performance of Handel’s Messiah by the CBSO Chorus, a special celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, a rush hour concert and our new cohort of Youth Ambassadors presenting their reinvention of the concert experience. We’ve also got more brilliant Family Concerts, relaxed concerts, and fun-filled Friday nights featuring ABBA, Movie Magic and an Opera Gala, for you to enjoy!
Booking dates:
Wednesday 24 November, 10am - Benefactors, Symphony, Concerto and Overture Circle Members
Thursday 25 November, 10am - Gold and Silver Patrons and Patrons
Friday 26 November, 10am - Gold Friends and Friends
General booking opens on Monday 29 November at 10am, to find out more about priority booking and supporting our work click here.
BOOKING INFO
General booking opens at 10am, on Monday 29 November.
Tickets can be booked online, by phone, or in person at the B:Music Box Office.
For more information about ticket pricing, booking and discounts, click here.
For more information about our COVID-19 procedures and keeping you safe click here.
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Viennese New Year
Join the CBSO and maestro Eduardo Stausser in a concert that’s simply champagne for the ears.
Sibelius: Symphony No.2
Sibelius’ Second Symphony begins quietly - even playfully. But by the time it’s run its course, trumpets are raising the roof and the air is ringing with a …
Sondheim: Broadway Baby
African Sanctus
“I love the world!” proclaimed David Fanshawe: composer, explorer, and creator of African Sanctus: the genre-busting masterpiece that fused western choral music …
Kazuki Yamada: Mozart & Mahler
ABBA: Thank You For The Music
Mamma Mia! Here we go again... with a sensational, evening-long tribute to ABBA! From Waterloo to Dancing Queen, the CBSO will perform the Swedish pop group's …
Beethoven & Berlioz
"Hopelessly in love, a young artist takes opium. He falls into a delirium, and sees the strangest of visions..." The result: Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, a …
CBSO Benevolent Fund Concert
At the end of a long life, Richard Strauss gazed into the sunset, and well, let's just say there's a reason why his Four Last Songs are such a favourite on …
Rush Hour Concert
From the crashing waves of the North Sea to the endless plains of Africa, join the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra on a journey through the amazing …
The Firebird
Like Brahms and Liszt before him, Rachmaninoff was inspired by a simple 19th-century tune for the violin and ended up writing one of the Romantic period's …
Family Concert: Myths & Legends
Family
From mythical beasts to legendary outlaws, through magical worlds and hidden realms - join the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor Delyana Lazarova …
The Ordering of Moses
"Let my people go." Tormented and enslaved, Moses cries to Heaven for freedom - and you can imagine what those words meant to a Black, Canadian-American …
100 Years of Movie Magic
Whether it's Gone with the Wind or La La Land and from the deserts of Tatooine to the towers of Hogwarts, a classic movie is nothing without a great score. But …
CBSO Youth Orchestra: Tchaikovsky & Price
When 14-year old Korngold premiered his Overture to a Drama in 1911, audiences were left breathless with amazement. That's a typical reaction to hearing the …
Tchaikovsky & Stravinsky
A savage fanfare, a sight of despair: Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony lays its cards on the table and pours out its heart. Like Romeo and Juliet, it's a musical …
Grieg & Sibelius
Scandinavian style: it's all about clean lines, natural beauty, and that special cosy glow they call "hygge". Carl Nielsen brings sunlight, and Sibelius …
CBSO Youth Ambassadors: Triptych
This March, the CBSO Youth Ambassadors are here to transform your Orchestra and concert going experience! Get ready for a concert designed to immerse, surprise …
Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays Shostakovich
"With Weinberg, each piece is just greater than the next" says Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, and her award-winning, critically-acclaimed exploration of this great 20th …
Mahler's Fifth Symphony
A trumpet sounds, and the orchestra unleashes Hell. To call Mahler's Fifth Symphony dramatic is a bit of an understatement! But there's joy as well as tragedy …
Mahan Esfahani - A Journey Through Time
Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani is a force of nature, and we can't wait to make music with an artist who makes everything he plays catch fire. Tonight, he leaps …
Opera Gala
Join us for a sensational night at the opera! The CBSO Orchestra and Chorus are joined by guest soloists Nadine Benjamin, Heather Lowe, Thomas Atkins and …
Kazuki Yamada: Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony
Felix Mendelssohn always enjoyed visiting Birmingham, but he adored Scotland too, and his Third Symphony conjures up wild landscapes, skirling pipes and …
Gabriela Montero: Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto
A mountain peak, a cathedral in sound; Anton Bruckner's Sixth Symphony contains music beautiful enough to pierce the very soul, while Brahms' Third Symphony is …
History of Soul
Get on board the soul train with Strictly singing star Tommy Blaize and acclaimed vocalist Vanessa Haynes as they take us on a musical journey through the …
Queen's Platinum Jubilee Concert
In 2022, Her Majesty The Queen will become the first British Monarch to celebrate seventy years of service, having acceded to the throne in 1952. To mark this …
Handel's Messiah
Handel's Messiah isn't so much an oratorio as a national institution - hands up if you've ever heard the Hallelujah chorus? Yet, even though Messiah was a …
Rodgers & Hammerstein: Some Enchanted Evening
June is bustin' out all over: so celebrate Friday night with the most successful partnership in American Musical Theatre history. Everyone knows the sound of …
Patricia Kopatchinskaja: Shostakovich
Fans call her "PatKop", and violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja attracts a passionate following wherever she plays. Adventurous, innovative and dazzlingly gifted, …
Season Finale: Mahler's Resurrection
We played it when Symphony Hall opened, and when Sir Simon Rattle said farewell; our recording has won international awards and our Chorus has sung it around …
Stanford's Requiem
Once upon a time in Birmingham, crowds gathered to hear the first performance of the Requiem by Charles Villiers Stanford - commissioned by the legendary …
CBSO SO Vocal 10 Year Celebration
The CBSO's community choir, SO Vocal, is one of the most vibrant forces in Birmingham's musical life. Join us for this early evening summer concert as we …
