​“It’s ghostly stuff.” Even Edward Elgar himself knew there was something special about his Piano Quintet - a haunted, urgent masterpiece written in the dying …

This story of a lonely soul’s journey towards eternity is told in music of startling passion and heartbreaking beauty.

“Other composers mix colourful cocktails” said Jean Sibelius. “I serve pure, cool water”.

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Mozart often directed his own music from the violin, and that’s exactly what Julian Rachlin will be doing today...

Mozart liked to pretend that he didn’t care for the flute, but his music tells a very different story and his Flute Quartets are Amadeus at his freshest and …

It’s springtime in England; and what happier way to celebrate it than with this deliciously tuneful concert?

​“I dream of a whole new world of unsuspected sounds”

In this brilliantly-conceived concert, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla makes worlds collide.

Is Edgard Varèse’s Amériques the most exciting musical achievement of the 20th century?

Mars, Venus, Jupiter… everyone has their favourite bit of The Planets. But there’s far more to Holst’s masterpiece than just great melodies...

Join musicians from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for this series of concerts especially created for people living with dementia and their friends, …

Rising passions: Brahms’ First Symphony begins with the pounding of a broken heart, and ends in a blaze of triumph.

The CBSO’s centenary celebrations are about the future as well as the past, and today we invite you to help us make musical history with the world premiere of …