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, …

They called him “the Russian Mendelssohn” – but if you don’t know the music of Alexander Glazunov, try and imagine Rachmaninov, but with a smile on his face! …

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 …

Get closer to our musicians and discover one of Birmingham's best kept musical secrets, a series of short, informal concerts programmed and introduced by our …

Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO perform as part of Leeds International Chamber Orchestra Season 2021/2022

Following its premiere, Bela Bartok described Kodaly’s Serenade for two violins and viola as ‘extraordinarily rich in melodies with exotic characteristics …

Mamma Mia! Here we go again... with a sensational, evening-long tribute to ABBA! From Waterloo to Dancing Queen, the CBSO will perform the Swedish pop group's …

"Hopelessly in love, a young artist takes opium. He falls into a delirium, and sees the strangest of visions..." The result: Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, a …

In an hour of beautiful chamber music, a selection of CBSO musicians perform quintets by Mozart and Brahms. The addition of a second viola offers a warm, rich …

At the end of a long life, Richard Strauss gazed into the sunset, and well, let's just say there's a reason why his Four Last Songs are such a favourite on …