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Birmingham City University Awards Ceremony
More Info Book TicketsMon 9 Mar 2009 Symphony Hall
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Flatpack Festival presents Curzonora
More Info Book TicketsWed 11 Mar 2009 Town Hall
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Britten Sinfonia at Lunch - March 2009
More Info Book TicketsThu 12 Mar 2009 Town Hall
For the final concert in our lunchtime series, Britten Sinfonia draws on a programme devised by John Woolrich. Woolrich’s evocative Quiddities • written for Nicholas Daniel and Britten Sinfonia in 2005 • is set alongside a new work from one of Poland’s hottest young composers Pawel Mykietyn. Chacony is perhaps the best known of Britten’s Purcell editions, and there is also a chance to hear Schoenberg’s beautiful Verklärte Nacht at its most transparent and delicate in the original string sextet version.
*Jacqueline Shave* violin/director *Thomas Gould* violin *Martin Outram* viola *Clare Finnimore* viola *Caroline Dearnley* cello *Ben Chappell* cello *Nicholas Daniel* oboe/cor anglais
*Purcell ed. Britten* Chacony in G minor *Paweł Mykietyn* New Work (world première tour) *John Woolrich* Quiddities *Schoenberg* Verklärte Nacht
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The Damnation of Faust
More Info Book TicketsThu 12 Mar 2009 Symphony Hall
A pact with the devil, a chorus of drunken students, unfulfilled love and a final, terrifying ride to the abyss - Berlioz’s most successful dramatic work has it all! Long famous for its Hungarian March and Dance of the Sylphs, tonight’s performance with the full CBSO forces led by an outstanding French conductor provides a welcome opportunity for Birmingham audiences to hear the whole work, and revel in Berlioz’s outlandish imagination.
*City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra* *Jean-Pierre Furlan* Faust *Ruxandra Dunose* Marguerite *Nicholas Cavallier* Mephistopheles *Jonathan Lemalu* Brander *Ludovic Morlot* conductor
*Berlioz* The Damnation of Faust 125’
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Brainiac Live The show that laughs in the face of Science
More Info Book TicketsFri 13 Mar Symphony Hall
Strap on your safety goggles, boys and girls: Science's greatest and most volatile show is arriving here with a vengeance. Sky One’s multi award-winning Brainiac arrives with a bang live on stage more mischievous than ever seen before on a breathless ride through the wild world of the weird and wonderful. Watch live as we delve fearlessly into the mysteries of science and do all of those things on stage that you’re too scared to do at home!
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Noah and the Whale plus support
More Info Book TicketsFri 13 Mar 2009 Town Hall
Playing their first gig in 2006, 4-piece folk rock band Noah and the Whale burst onto the scene in 2008 with their huge summer hit 5 Years Time , and their album Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down, which made the UK Top 10 Alubms chart. £12 stalls unreserved standing and circle reserved seating
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America plus support
More Info Book TicketsSat 14 Mar 2009 Town Hall
Due to phenomenal public demand, one of the legendary bands to emerge from the 1970s country-rock scene, America, return to the UK. Hits like _I Need You, Ventura Highway, Don't Cross The River _and_ Sister Golden Hair_ were cornerstones of FM rock radio and their classic greatest hits collection history sold over 4 million copies. In 1972 the classic _A Horse With No Name_ made America a global phenomenon, paving the way for an impressive string of hits that seamlessly assimilated strands of rock, pop, and folk elements into a thrilling musical mix. £32.50
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University of Birmingham Choir and Philharmonic Orchestra
More Info Book TicketsSun 15 Mar 2009 Town Hall
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The Hollies
More Info Book TicketsSun 15 Mar 2009 Symphony Hall
Tony Hicks, Ray Stiles, Peter Howarth, Steve Lauri, Ian Parker and Bobby Elliott. According to a certain Guinness Book of British Hit Singles, throughout the 1960’s and 1970’s, The Hollies had more hit records than The Beatles. From _Just One Look_ and _Bus Stop_ • to their power anthems:- _He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother_ and _Air That I Breathe_ On stage, their five decades of music is, as always, driven by Bobby Elliott’s powerful drumming and led by Tony Hick’s incisive guitar playing, vocals and narrative: the inside story on how The Hollies classic recordings were created, occasionally seasoned with the odd morsel of backstage gossip. The live performance is pure Hollies. Trademark harmonies, coupled with sheer musical prowess - each song spectacularly showcased by its own brilliant lightshow. Cast aside any prejudices that you may have about Rock‘n’Pop being the domain of youngsters, The Hollies still hack it in a major way. £18.50, £25
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Lunchtime Organ Concert - Roger Judd
More Info Book TicketsMon 16 Mar 2009 Town Hall
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Schubert’s Great
More Info Book TicketsTue 17 Mar 2009 Symphony Hall
Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmila - Overture Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 schubert: Symphony No. 9 (The Great) Always a favourite with CBSO audiences and players, the distinguished conductor Walter Weller returns for one of the greatest musical masterworks from his native Vienna, Schubert’s last completed symphony. Though never performed in the composer’s lifetime, it has since become one of his most frequently-performed works;Tchaikovsky’s equally well-known concerto also nearly never saw the light of day, its dedicatee denouncing it as ‘poorly composed and unplayable’. Well, pianists and audiences since 1874 have tended to disagree!
Walter Weller -conductor Sergey Kuznetsov -piano City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmila - Overture Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (The Great)
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Centre Stage CBSO Players
More Info Book TicketsWed 18 Mar 2009 Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre
CBSO Players Mozart: String Quintet in C, K.515
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Same Difference plus support
More Info Book TicketsWed 18 Mar 2009 Symphony Hall
X Factor finalists and pop sensations Same Difference visit Symphony Hall with a selection of great pop music including their debut single We R One. It is the kind of pop anthem the world has been crying out for since the turn of the millennium. Laden with uplifting hooks and feel good harmonies, Sean and Sarah prove they have certainly graduated the school of reality TV with distinction, and are destined for pop royalty. £23.50
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Schubert’s Great
More Info Book TicketsThu 19 Mar 2009 Symphony Hall
Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmila - Overture Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 schubert: Symphony No. 9 (The Great) Always a favourite with CBSO audiences and players, the distinguished conductor Walter Weller returns for one of the greatest musical masterworks from his native Vienna, Schubert’s last completed symphony. Though never performed in the composer’s lifetime, it has since become one of his most frequently-performed works;Tchaikovsky’s equally well-known concerto also nearly never saw the light of day, its dedicatee denouncing it as ‘poorly composed and unplayable’. Well, pianists and audiences since 1874 have tended to disagree!
Walter Weller -conductor Sergey Kuznetsov -piano City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmila - Overture Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 Schubert: Symphony No. 9 (The Great)
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Verdi's Requiem
More Info Book TicketsFri 20 Mar 2009 Symphony Hall
The Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House take up residence at Symphony Hall for two nights, with a glittering line-up of soloists and their Music Director, Antonio Pappano. _“ Everything Pappano conducts has highoctane energy, and that quality radiates off the podium as strongly as it does on it”_ *Daily Telegraph* Verdi’s Requiem is one of the greatest choral masterpieces of all time, and often described as an opera in all but name. Charged with passion, terrifying force, tenderness and consolation, this music comes straight from the composer’s heart. His sumptuous and dramatic choral writing gives us the chance to hear one of the world’s great opera choruses in full voice, in what promises to be a searing performance of this great score. *Classic FM’s Anne-Marie Minhall says of tonight’s recommended concert:* _The first of two performances in Symphony Hall for the Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House under Antonio Pappano. It’s seven years since the London-born Italian-American conductor became the music director at Covent Garden. Then 42, he was also the youngest to hold the post and since taking over the musical reins, he’s been acclaimed both by the public and critics alike. Pappano even had a premonition he’d be in the top job at Covent Garden as he read the former music director Sir Georg Solti’s autobiography._ *6.15pm pre-concert talk* Tickets £5-£50 _please note there is no interval_
*The Royal Opera Chorus* *The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House* *Antonio Pappano* conductor *Barbara Frittoli* soprano *Olga Borodina* mezzo-soprano *Piotr Beczala* tenor *Ildar Abdrazakov* bass
*Verdi* Requiem 90’
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National Saxophone Choir
More Info Book TicketsFri 20 Mar 2009 Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre
£10
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Britten's War Requiem
More Info Book TicketsSat 21 Mar 2009 Symphony Hall
The War requiem is one of Britten’s most powerful works, born out of his fiercely held pacifism. Composed at the height of the Cold War, it spoke directly to a nation living under the threat of nuclear war. The work mixes powerful settings of the poems of Wilfred Owen, describing the horrors of war, with the words of the Requiem mass, and ultimately offers the hope of reconciliation. No tenor is more associated with Britten’s music at the moment than Ian Bostridge, heard here alongside the warm baritone of Simon Keenlyside and leading young soprano Emma Bell. *BBC music magazine’s editor, Oliver Condy, explains why he has recommended tonight’s concert:* _"This unsettling work is a powerful anti-war oratorio, written for the re-consecration of nearby Coventry Cathedral in 1962. Bringing this searing piece to life are three of the most gifted British singers alive today accompanied by Covent Garden’s orchestra - an ensemble currently at the height of its powers. This will be a highly emotional, haunting concert - full of drama and pathos.”_ "BBC Music Magazine":http://www.bbcmusicmagazine.com *5.45pm pre-concert talk* Tickets £5-£50
*The Royal Opera Chorus* *The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House* *Antonio Pappano* conductor *Emma Bell* soprano *Ian Bostridge* tenor *Simon Keenlyside* baritone *Tiffin Boys’ Choir*
*Britten* War Requiem 90’
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Sinfonia of Birmingham conductor Michael Seal
More Info Book TicketsSat 21 Mar 2009 Town Hall
£12
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The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber
More Info Book TicketsSun 22 Mar 2009 Symphony Hall
For many years the hugely prolific Andrew Lloyd Webberhas dominated the theatre stage, in the West End and Broadway, but enjoyed unrivalled chart and commercial success, too. Having written some of the world's most covered compositions, in recent years he has taken on the role of mentor in television's _American Idol_, _How do you solve a problem like Maria_, _Any Dream Will Do_, as well as _I'd Do Anything_ Join The Showbiz Pops Orchestra, and four of the West End’s finest stars in an evening of excerpts from the musicals of the world's most successful composer - hear your favourites from _The Phantom of the Opera_, _Cats, Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Starlight Express, Sunset Boulevard, Aspects of Love, Tell me on a Sunday, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat_ and many other Lloyd Webber favourites. £22.50, £26.50, £30
*Richard Ward-Roden* conductor Starring *Daniel Boys*, *Chrissie Hammond*, *Helen Hobson* and *Scott Davis*
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Lunchtime Organ Concert - Thomas Trotter
More Info Book TicketsMon 23 Mar 2009 Town Hall
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