2018-19 Concert Season

From blockbuster, licensed-to-thrill movie music to spectacular symphonies, and from classical concertos to classic pop songs, we’re sure the CBSO's 2018-19 Concert Season offers a musical experience you’ll love. Music Director Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts gorgeous symphonic music by Brahms and Mahler, along with musical feasts from Russian composers Stravinsky, Shostakovich, and Tchaikovsky. We’ll welcome Principal Guest Conductor Kazuki Yamada and Artist In Residence Gidon Kremer to the CBSO family, and there’ll be a weekend of musical discovery as we explore the work of Weinberg. 

"Have a look at the concerts here – there are old favourites and new discoveries, concerts for the whole family and evenings packed with favourite tunes from cinema and Broadway. We’ve got Elgar and the music of Harry Potter, epic symphonies and intimate chamber music – and one of the best youth orchestras in the world. And we’ll be bringing to Birmingham a Lithuanian musical tradition that’s very special to me – our very own Song Festival. But I promise you this: whenever you choose to join us, and whatever the music, we’ll play with all our hearts. See you at Symphony Hall!"

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Osborn Music Director

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    John Wilson A Pastoral Symphony.

    John Wilson: A Pastoral Symphony

    Symphony Hall, Birmingham

    “Heartbreaking and sublime” was how one critic described the sound of John Wilson conducting Vaughan Williams with the CBSO...

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    Barber and Korngold

    Centre Stage

    CBSO Centre, Birmingham

    ​Erich Wolfgang Korngold was only 12 years old when Mahler declared him a genius. It’s easy to hear why...

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    Belshazzars Feast.

    Belshazzar’s Feast

    Symphony Hall, Birmingham

    1931: William Walton takes a huge choir and a massive symphony orchestra, adds a couple of brass bands, and blows English music sky-high...

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    Sibelius And Nielsen.

    Sibelius and Nielsen

    Symphony Hall, Birmingham

    “Music is life!” declared Carl Nielsen – and Sibelius would have agreed...

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    Schubert’s String Quintet

    Centre Stage

    CBSO Centre, Birmingham

    Join us as five CBSO players bare heart and soul.

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    Classic Fms Movie Classics.

    Classic FM’s Movie Classics

    Friday Night Classics

    Symphony Hall, Birmingham

    You know that moment at the cinema when you’ve heard that tune before, but you can’t quite put your finger on it? Well, tonight, we reveal all...

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    Bruckner’s String Quintet

    Centre Stage

    CBSO Centre, Birmingham

    Whether you’re a Bruckner buff or a first-timer, this is a piece that everyone needs to hear at least once.

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    Mahlers Ninth.

    Mahler’s Ninth

    Symphony Hall, Birmingham

    Mahler said that a symphony should embrace everything, and he wrote the beat of his own failing heart into a Ninth Symphony like no other...

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    Best Of Bond.

    Best of Bond

    Friday Night Classics

    Symphony Hall, Birmingham

    Tonight the CBSO puts on its tux and pours itself a Vesper Martini with some of the sassiest signature tunes in cinematic history...

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