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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    Mirga Conducts The Firebird.

    Mirga conducts The Firebird

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    Symphony Hall, Birmingham

    When Igor Stravinsky composed The Firebird, he let us hear a world of enchanted princesses, courageous heroes and green-clawed demons...

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    Violin Stock.

    Sibelius and Britten

    Centre Stage

    CBSO Centre, Birmingham

    Join us for Sibelius' greatest string quartet, with three playful miniatures by the young Benjamin Britten.

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    Piano Stock.

    Brahms Piano Quartet

    Centre Stage

    CBSO Centre, Birmingham

    Brahms’s youth had its share of heartbreak, but in his Second Piano Quartet, he throws open the windows and simply lets the summer air blow in.

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    Yuja Wang Plays Prokofiev Alt.

    Yuja Wang plays Prokofiev

    Symphony Hall, Birmingham

    Hold onto your hats – because if there’s one thing that can top the voltage of Ligeti’s spectacular Concert Românesc, it’s Prokofiev’s massive Fifth Concerto.

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    Brahms Symphony No 2.

    Brahms’ Symphony No. 2

    Symphony Hall, Birmingham

    A song of summer: Arthur Honegger steps out of his chalet and watches the morning sunlight spreading across the Swiss Alps. Johannes Brahms relaxes by a …

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