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.

Pre-order here

List of programmes

  1. Headshot of Nicholas Carter.

    Brahms 3

  2. Headshot of pianist Jeneba Kanneh Mason

    Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.2

  3. Photograph of Fazil Say with red and blue lighting playing across his face.

    Kazuki conducts Rachmaninoff

  4. Photograph of two percussionists playing the cymbals and bass drum at Symphony Hall.

    Classics at the Movies

  5. Photograph of Boris Giltburg posing in front of graffiti whilst wearing a bright orange jacket.

    Shostakovich 8

  6. Photograph of Thomas Trotter standing in front of the organ at Birmingham Town Hall.

    Organ Symphony

  7. Photograph of Sheku Kanneh-Mason playing the cello with the CBSO at Symphony Hall.

    Kazuki & Sheku Kanneh-Mason

  8. Photograph of Kazuki Yamada conducting the CBSO.

    Kazuki conducts Verdi Requiem