All the ELO classic hits, like you've never heard them before!

Come and celebrate Brummie legends, Electric Light Orchestra, and their catalogue of classic chart hits written by co-founder of the band, Jeff Lynne. Think pop music fused with classical overtones, as Richard Balcombe conducts a full symphony orchestra, the CBSO Chorus and six amazing singers as they perform some of the greatest ELO tracks, including Last Train to London, Xanadu and Mr Blue Sky.

Presented in association with GRB Concerts.

About It’s a living thing: the music of Jeff Lynne's ELO

Full programme

  • Standing in the Rain 
  • Evil Woman 
  • All Over the World 
  • Diary of Horace Wimp 
  • Last Train to London 
  • Sweet Talkin' Woman 
  • Showdown 
  • Telephone Line 
  • Rockaria 
  • Living Thing 
  • Shine a Little Love 
  • Eldorado Suite 
  • Turn to Stone 
  • When I Was a Boy 
  • Wild West Hero 
  • Xanadu 
  • Mr Blue Sky 

Performers

  • Photograph of Richard Balcombe wearing black tie.

    Richard Balcombe

    Conductor
  • Patrick Smyth

    Vocalist
  • Stuart Matthew Price

    Vocalist
  • Photograph of the CBSO Chorus in the choir stalls of Symphony Hall.

    CBSO Chorus