As war ravaged Europe, Carl Nielsen responded with a Fourth Symphony whose thundering drums represent a struggle for the future of life itself.

“Gloriously entertaining” is how one critic described the playing of the young American violinist Benjamin Beilman – and he went down a storm with CBSO …

There’s only one John Wilson – and CBSO regulars don’t need telling that there isn’t a conductor alive who can handle British light music with more elegance, …

Alpesh Chauhan needs no introduction to audiences in Birmingham – and nor does Felix Mendelssohn.

Some music was just born to be played in Symphony Hall – and however well you know (and love) Tchaikovsky’s great ballets Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, …

On 5 September 1920, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra gave its very first concert. It was a gamble: in unprecedented times, a city recovering from war …

Join the talented young players of the National Youth String Orchestra in a programme of string orchestra classics

“I compose only for my own pleasure,” said Antonín Dvořák – and in his Piano Quintet, he had the time of his life, pouring out an endless stream of his most …

Passion, drama, and unmistakably beautiful melodies – what a way to open the Season.

Musical tricks and treats abound in this hour-long performance.

Loud, fast and shocking enough to cause a riot at it's first performance - prepare to be thrilled by Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.

Sit back, relax, and let us whisk you away to the coast – from the dark and stormy waves of Britten’s Four Sea Interludes to the shimmering reflections of …

Something magical happens when a flute and a harp come together – and that goes double when the players are our very own Marie-Christine Zupancic and Katherine …

Conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla is joined by cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the CBSO’s own Marie-Christine Zupancic for an evening of truly joyful music.

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla leads the CBSO, along with cello-sensation Sheku Kanneh-Mason, with 8 dates in the USA