Programmes

About our programmes

Want to know a little more about the music?

We've asked some brilliant writers to share their insights into the amazing pieces we're playing this season. You can read the notes online, or download a PDF of the full concert programme.

Printed programmes are also available to purchase before CBSO concerts.

We're doing things a bit differently in our 2024-25 season! Pre-order your concert programme and it'll be available for you to collect on the day of the concert. Just show your voucher at the programme desk before heading into the performance.

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List of programmes

  1. Photograph of Sakari Oramo wearing a chequered shirt.

    Sakari conducts Sibelius & Strauss

  2. Photograph of Catherine Arldige presenting a family concert.

    Family Concert: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

  3. Photograph of Maria Dueñas playing the violin.

    Kazuki conducts Elgar & Beethoven Part 2

  4. Headshot of Alice Sara Ott surrounded by white paper butterflies.

    Kazuki conducts Elgar & Beethoven Part 1

  5. Photograph of a French Horn player in the CBSO Youth Orchestra.

    Youth Orchestra: Mahler 5

  6. Photograph of singers performing in front of the CBSO at Symphony Hall

    Best of Broadway

  7. Valentine's Day Concert: Tchaikovsky & Beethoven

  8. A school child gives a standing ovation at Symphony Hall

    KS2 & KS3 Schools Concerts

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  9. Photograph of Jess Gillam wearing a brightly patterned suit and playing the saxophone in front of graffiti.

    Jess Gillam plays Williams & Villa-Lobos

  10. Symphonic Rat Pack

  11. Headshot of conductor Maxim Emelyaychev

    Beethoven 5

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  12. Photograph of Eugene Tzikindelean playing the violin at Symphony Hall.

    Kazuki conducts Symphonie Fantastique

  13. Grieg's Piano Concerto

  14. Photograph of the orchestra performing on-stage at Symphony Hall

    Viennese New Year

  15. Photograph of Michael England conducting the CBSO, whilst the players wear Christmas hats.

    Christmas at the Movies

  16. Choral Christmas with Anna Lapwood

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  17. Photograph of Kazuki Yamada conducting the CBSO at Symphony Hall.

    Kazuki Conducts Beethoven's Eroica

  18. Photograph of Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducting the CBSO.

    From Mirga With Love

  19. Headshot of Simon Halsey.

    Simon Halsey: 40 Years

  20. Photograph of two musicians sitting cross-legged on the floor to perform at Symphony Hall.

    CBSO & The Orchestral Qawwali Project

  21. Photograph of Francesca Dego playing the violin whilst wearing a ball gown.

    Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto

  22. Bach and Schumann

  23. Photograph of Ray Chen playing the violin.

    Scottish Symphony

  24. Photograph of Richard Balcombe conducting the CBSO.

    Burt Bacharach: What the World Needs Now

  25. Headshot of Nicholas Carter.

    Brahms 3