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English Serenade with Classic FM
Friday Nights
Friday 1 May, 7.30pmSymphony Hall, BirminghamIt’s springtime in England; and what happier way to celebrate it than with this deliciously tuneful concert?
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Debussy and Varèse
Thursday 7 May, 7.30pmSymphony Hall, BirminghamIn this brilliantly-conceived concert, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla makes worlds collide.
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Varèse: Dreamscapes at Southbank Centre
On Tour
Saturday 9 May, 7.30pmRoyal Festival HallIs Edgard Varèse’s Amériques the most exciting musical achievement of the 20th century?
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Holst: The Planets
Wednesday 13 May, 7.30pmThursday 14 May, 2.15pmSymphony Hall, BirminghamMars, Venus, Jupiter… everyone has their favourite bit of The Planets. But there’s far more to Holst’s masterpiece than just great melodies...
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Cuppa Concerts: Dementia Friendly Concert Series
Friday 15 May, 2.00pmCBSO Centre, BirminghamJoin musicians from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for this series of concerts especially created for people living with dementia and their friends, …
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Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Thursday 21 May, 2.15pmSaturday 23 May, 7.00pmSymphony Hall, BirminghamRising passions: Brahms’ First Symphony begins with the pounding of a broken heart, and ends in a blaze of triumph.
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Grace Evangeline Mason: Making Musical History
Friday 22 May, 1.10pmCBSO Centre, BirminghamThe 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 …
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Benjamin Grosvenor: Chopin
Wednesday 27 May, 7.30pmSymphony Hall, BirminghamBenjamin Grosvenor’s playing has been called “a kind of miracle”, and last time he performed with the CBSO, this 27-year old British pianist held Symphony Hall …
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Benjamin Grosvenor plays Brahms
Friday 29 May, 1.10pmCBSO Centre, BirminghamDriven by torrential emotions, Brahms’s Piano Quintet is a chamber work on the very grandest of scales, so this opportunity to hear it played by Britain’s most …
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Sondheim: Broadway Baby
Friday Nights
Friday 29 May, 7.30pmSymphony Hall, BirminghamWith a career that ranges from West Side Story and Gypsy to Sweeney Todd, Follies and Into the Woods, Stephen Sondheim is Broadway royalty.
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Family Film Classics
Family
Sunday 31 May, 2.30pmSymphony Hall, BirminghamNothing beats a great family movie – and great movies need great music!