Quick Book
Our 'Quick Book' feature is designed to make booking simpler and faster for anyone booking multiple concerts for the 2026-27 Season at Symphony Hall and Town Hall. Please note, not all concerts listed below are eligible for the multi-buy discount.
Making your booking as a CBSO Member:
- To book your tickets, simply select the first concert you'd like to attend from the list below.
- You will then need to log-in to your B:Music account to access priority booking (or enter the code if you have one). Click 'book now' and then the words 'log in' to access your account.
- Next choose the seats you'd like for your first concert and then click 'continue browsing'.
- You will be directed back to the list of concerts and have the option to add the same seats straight to your basket, or choose alternative seats.
- Once you've selected all of the concerts you wish to attend, you can check out as usual.
- B:Music offers Ticket Protection to protect your transaction through the provider Ticket Plan. This can be added to your tickets before you check out. More information can be found on the B:Music website.
All purchases are made through B:Music's Box Office.
Booking Dates
Thursday 7 May
Symphony Circle, Benefactors
Monday 11 May
Overture Circle, Concerto Circle, London Circle
Thursday 14 May
Patron, Silver Patron, Gold Patron
Monday 18 May
Friend, Gold Friend, Group Bookings
Wednesday 20 May
General Booking
List of Events

Kazuki conducts a Night at the Opera
Symphony Hall, BirminghamProgramme info
Programme to include...
- Wagner, Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III (4mins)
- Verdi, Va, pensiero: Nabucco (4mins)
- Verdi, Rigoletto: Caro nome (3mins)
- Puccini, La bohème: Che gelida manina (5mins)
- Verdi, Aida: Grand March (8mins)
- Gounod, Romeo and Juliette: Ange Adorable (5mins)
- Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Polonaise (4mins)
- Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore: Lallarallara ... & Chiedi all'aura lusinghiera (6mins)
- Mozart, Marriage of Figaro: Overture (4mins)
- Puccini, La bohème - O soave fanciulla (4mins)
- Mascagni, Cavallerai Rusticana: Intermezzo (4mins)
- Carl Orff, Carmina Burana: O Fortuna (3mins)
- Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore: Prendi per me sei libero (6mins)
- Puccini, Madame Butterfly: Humming Chorus (3mins)
- Puccini, Turandot: Nessun dorma (4mins)
- Verdi, La Traviata: Libiamo ne’lieti calici "Brindisi" (4mins)
Performers

Kazuki Yamada
Conductor
Aled Jones
Presenter
Katharina Konradi
Soprano
Robert Lewis
Tenor
CBSO Chorus

Benevolent Fund Concert: Tchaikovsky, Mozart & Prokofiev
Symphony Hall, BirminghamProgramme info
Full programme
- Tchaikovsky, Selection from Swan Lake (25mins)
- Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon & Horn (30mins)
- Prokofiev, Selection from Romeo and Juliet (45mins)

Kazuki conducts Beethoven's 5th Symphony
Symphony Hall, BirminghamProgramme info
Full programme
- Beethoven, Symphony No.4 (34mins)
- Haydn, Trumpet Concerto (18mins)
- Beethoven, Symphony No.5 (31mins)
Performers

Kazuki Yamada
Music Director
Matilda Lloyd
Trumpet

Guitar Heroes with Live Orchestra
Symphony Hall, BirminghamProgramme info
Programme to include...
- Music by Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Guns N Roses, Santana, Eric Clapton, Queen, David Bowie, Joe Bonamassa, Chic and more.
Performers

Stephen Bell
Conductor
Emma Kershaw
Vocalist
Mick Wilson
Vocalist
Steve Trowell
Vocalist
Adam Martin
Guitar
Alex Voysey
Guitar

Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Symphony Hall, BirminghamProgramme info
Full programme
- Adès, Five Spells from The Tempest (22mins)
- Strauss, Macbeth (20mins)
- Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night's Dream (42mins)
Performers

New World Symphony
Symphony Hall, BirminghamProgramme info
Full programme
- Šerkšnytė, Midsummer Song (14mins)
- Shostakovich, Cello Concerto No.2 (33mins)
- Dvořák, Symphony No.9 (40mins)
Performers

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Conductor
Maximillian Hornung
Cello

Family Concert: Carnival of the Animals
Symphony Hall, BirminghamProgramme info
Programme to include...
- Saint-Saëns, Carnival of the Animals
- Boulanger, Spring Morning
- Debbie Wiseman, Carnival of the Endangered Animals
- Laura Shigihara, Grasswalk from Plants vs Zombies
- Rebecca Lawrence, Animal Antics
- Bob Chilcott, Spells: II. Spell to bring lost creatures home
- and more...
Performers

CBSO Assistant Conductor

Tom Redmond
Presenter
CBSO Children's Chorus

Kazuki conducts Strauss, Wagner & Clyne
Symphony Hall, BirminghamProgramme info
Full programme
- Wagner, Seigfried Idyll (21mins)
- Anna Clyne, Resonant Forms (CBSO Commission, World Premiere) (25mins)
- Strauss, Ein Heldenleben (50mins)
Performers

Kazuki Yamada
Conductor
Lawrence Power
Viola

Weinberg's The Passenger
Symphony Hall, BirminghamProgramme info
Full programme
- Weinberg, The Passenger (140mins)
Performers

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Conductor
Adrienne Miksch
Marta
Iurii Samoilov
Tadeusz
Daveda Karanas
Lisa
Nikolai Schukoff
Walter
Anna Gorbachyova
Katja
Lidia Vinyes-Curtis
Krzystina
Marta Fontanals-Simmons
Vlasta
Shay Block
Hannah
Olivia Doray
Ivette
Helen Field
Alte
Liuba Sokolova
Bronka
Geraldine Dulex
Oberaufseherein & Kapo
Hrolfur Saemundsson
SS Officer
Marcell Bakonyi
SS Officer
Albert Casals
SS Officer
CBSO Chorus

Kazuki conducts Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony
Symphony Hall, BirminghamProgramme info
Full programme
- Beethoven, Symphony No.6 (Pastoral) (40mins)
- John Adams, Absolute Jest (22mins)
- Beethoven, Symphony No.7 (36mins)
Performers

Kazuki Yamada
Conductor
Villiers Quartet
String Quartet

Symphonic ABBA
Symphony Hall, BirminghamProgramme info
Programme to include...
- Waterloo, Honey Honey, Fernando, Take A Chance On Me, Does Your Mother Know, Money, Money Money, Super Trouper, The Winner Takes It All, Chiquitita, Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen and more!
Performers

Stephen Bell
Conductor
Annie Skates
Vocalist
Kate Graham
Vocalist
Steve Trowell
Vocalist
David Combes
Vocalist

Strauss & Schubert
Symphony Hall, BirminghamProgramme info
Full programme
- Strauss II, Tik Tak Polka (3mins)
- Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto No.2 (23mins)
- Schubert, Symphony No.8 (Unfinished) (22mins)
- Strauss, Suite from Der Rosenkavalier (21mins)
Performers

David Danzmayr
Conductor
Pavel Kolesnikov
Piano

75 Years of Bollywood
Symphony Hall, BirminghamProgramme info
Programme to include...
- Lag Ja Gale, Chaiyya Chaiyya, Tujhe Dekha Toh, Tum Hi Ho, Chura Liya Hai, Kabhi Kabhie, Kal Ho Na Ho, Chalte Chalte and more!
Performers

Michael Seal
Conductor
Navin Kundra
Vocalist
Rekha Paunrana
Vocalist
Dancers from Sampad Arts

Verdi's Requiem
Symphony Hall, BirminghamProgramme info
Full programme
- Verdi, Requiem (84mins)
Performers

Sir Mark Elder
Conductor
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha
Soprano
Alice Coote
Mezzo-Soprano
Thomas Atkins
Tenor
William Thomas
Bass
CBSO Chorus

Rachmaninoff's 3rd Symphony
Symphony Hall, BirminghamProgramme info
Full programme
- Stravinsky, Circus Polka for a Young Elephant (4mins)
- Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No.3 (27mins)
- Rachmaninoff, Symphony No.3 (40mins)
Performers

Bertie Baigent
Conductor
Tomos Boyles
Piano

Classic FM Hall of Fame
Symphony Hall, BirminghamProgramme info
Programme to include...
- Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, Mozart's Symphony No.40 and The Marriage of Figaro Overture, Bruch's Scottish Fantasy, Walton's Crown Imperial, Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King, Price's Adoration, Debbie Wiseman's theme from Wolf Hall and Sibelius' Finlandia.
Performers

Michael Seal
Conductor
Leia Zhu
Violin
John Suchet
Presenter

Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony
Symphony Hall, BirminghamProgramme info
Full programme
- Messiaen, Turangalila Symphony (76mins)
Performers

Ilan Volkov
Conductor
Steven Osborne
Piano
Nathalie Forget
Ondes Martenot

Kazuki conducts Haydn & Mozart
Symphony Hall, BirminghamProgramme info
Full programme
- Haydn, Symphony No.104 (London) (28mins)
- Strauss, Horn Concerto No.2 (18mins)
- Poulenc, Les Biches: Suite for Orchestra (19mins)
- Mozart, Symphony No.35 (Haffner) (23mins)
Performers

Kazuki conducts Shostakovich's 5th Symphony
Symphony Hall, BirminghamProgramme info
Full programme
- Walton, Orb and Sceptre (5mins)
- Ravel, Piano Concerto in G (23mins)
- Shostakovich, Symphony No.5 (46mins)
Performers

Family Concert: Summer Holiday
Symphony Hall, BirminghamProgramme info
Programme to include...
- Golden from K Pop Demon Hunters, Vivaldi’s Summer, How Far I’ll Go from Moana, excerpts from Bizet's Carmen and Gershwin's American in Paris and more!








