What’s On
2019-20 Concert Season
Our 2019-20 concert season is the first of two very special Centenary seasons for us. We hope you’ll join us in celebrating our 100th birthday as we not only honour our past, but create the music of the future.
2018-19 Concert Season
From blockbuster, licensed-to-thrill movie music to spectacular symphonies, and from classical concertos to classic pop songs, there's a world-class musical experience for everyone in the 2018-19 season...
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Stephen Hough plays Beethoven
–Symphony Hall, BirminghamSir Michael Tippett's luminous Concerto for Double String Orchestra is an inspired way to introduce the one-and-only Stephen Hough, in Beethoven’s most personal …
Françaix and Ravel
Centre Stage
CBSO Centre, BirminghamIt’s nearly time for the holidays: so join us, and greet the summer with the musical equivalent of an Aperol Spritz.
The CBSO at Aldeburgh Festival
On Tour
Snape Maltings
The Damnation of Faust
Symphony Hall, BirminghamWhat would you trade for your wildest dreams? Young Faust makes the deadliest possible bargain – but he has one hell of a time finding out the price.
KS2: The Firebird
Schools Concerts
Symphony Hall, BirminghamPrincesses, magic spells and demons: when Stravinsky retold the Russian legend of the Firebird, he used every instrument in the orchestra to bring it to life.
The CBSO in Sutton Park
On Tour
Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield
The CBSO at Cheltenham Festival
On Tour
Cheltenham Town HallMirga Gražinytė-Tyla and the CBSO return to Cheltenham for the second symphonic concert of the weekend.
SO Vocal Summer Concert
Town Hall, BirminghamThe CBSO's community choir, SO Vocal, is one of the most vibrant forces in Birmingham's musical life...
CBSO Cellos head North
Centre Stage
CBSO Centre, BirminghamMusic from the Baltic and Scandinavia
A Small Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Notelets
–CBSO Centre, BirminghamThis toddler-friendly mini-concert features the CBSO’s special miniorchestra for mini-people playing music specially chosen for small listeners.
Youth Orchestra Academy
Youth Orchestra
Town Hall, BirminghamThe energy of these unstoppable young musicians is matched only by the inspiring power of Shostakovich and Dvořák, in a performance like no other!
Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Elgar’s Cello Concerto
Symphony Hall, BirminghamWhen Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla recorded Shostakovich together, it became one of the best-selling classical recordings this century.
The CBSO at the BBC Proms
On Tour
Royal Albert HallThe CBSO and Music Director Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla celebrate the centenary of Mieczysław Weinberg – the man Shostakovich hailed as ‘one of the most outstanding …
Mirga conducts Mahler’s Fourth
Symphony Hall, BirminghamMahler’s Fourth Symphony is quiet by his standards – but it still aims at the stars, and it ends with an utterly unexpected vision of heaven.
The CBSO in Villach
On Tour
Villach Congress Centre