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Gay Birmingham Remembered exhibition
Fri 2 to Fri 30 May Symphony Hall
FRIDAY 2 TO FRIDAY 30 MAY 10AM TO 6PM AND DURING EVENING PERFORMANCES SYMPHONY HALL LEVEL 4 FOYER The ‘Gay Birmingham Remembered’ exhibition illustrates the political, social and cultural heritage of the lesbian, gay and bisexual community and the experiences of local people contributing to and living through times of great change. It will transport you through time with images and quotations from 80 interviewees documenting and describing the transition from an era when male homosexuality was both criminilised and taboo to today’s vibrant and open lesbian, gay and bisexual community in Birmingham.
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Boulez In Birmingham 1 : Birmingham Conservatoire Thallein Ensemble Nicholas Cleobury Conductor
Fri 9 May Town Hall
The first of two concerts from ‘Boulez in Birmingham’, a celebration with Pierre Boulez, given by Birmingham Conservatoire and the Park Lane Group. The Thallein Ensemble explores a selection of contemporary repertoire, including the monumental Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum by Boulez’s teacher, Olivier Messiaen. Please join us for these concerts honouring one of the most significant musical innovators of our time in the presence of the master. For full ‘Boulez in Birmingham’ listings visit www.conservatoire.bcu.ac.uk £7.50, Students £2.50, 60 plus/under 16’s/unwaged £5 Choir benches not available
*Birmingham Conservatoire Thallein Ensemble* *Nicholas Cleobury* Conductor
*Takemitsu* Signals from Heaven 3’ *Holliger* Engführung from _Übungen zu Scardanelli_ 8’ *Messiaen* Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum 20'
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UK Sweet Adelines Barbershop Singing Championship: Quartet Championship
Fri 9 May Symphony Hall
More than 1200 women from all over the country will be competing in two categories quartet and chorus competitions. £10, Under 16’s £8 Not suitable for under 8's See the winners perform in the Show of Champions. For more details "click here":http://www.thsh.co.uk/view/sweet-adelines-barbershop-singing-championship--sh
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Boulez In Birmingham 2: The Warehouse Ensemble Edwin Roxbrough Conductor
Fri 9 May Town Hall
The second of two concerts from ‘Boulez in Birmingham’, a celebration with Pierre Boulez, given by Birmingham Conservatoire and the Park Lane Group. This evening concert includes one of Boulez’s most influential works, Le marteau sans maître alongside his Sur Incises, preceded by the shorter solo piano work Incises, on which it is based. As part of this event, Pierre Boulez will receive an Honorary Doctorate from Birmingham City University/Birmingham Conservatoire. *6.30pm Pre-concert Talk* With Robert Piencikowski of the Paul Sacher Foundation For full ‘Boulez in Birmingham’ listings visit www.conservatoire.bcu.ac.uk £12, Students £2.50, 60 plus/under 16’s/unwaged £8 Choir benches not available.
*The Warehouse Ensemble* *Edwin Roxburgh* Conductor *Peter O’Hagan* Piano
*Boulez* Le marteau sans maître 35’ *Boulez* Incises 4’ *Boulez* Sur Incises 50
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BCMG The Series 2007-08
Sat 10 May Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre
Please note: This show is now SOLD OUT. There may be returns on the door but this is not guaranteed.
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UK Sweet Adelines Barbershop Singing Championship: Chorus Championship
Sat 10 May Symphony Hall
More than 1200 women from all over the country will be competing in two categories quartet and chorus competitions. The chorus competition results are followed by a mass sing where all the 1200 competitors sing together outside the arena. £10, Under 16’s £8 Not suitable for under 8's See the winners perform in the Show of Champions. For more details "click here":http://www.thsh.co.uk/view/sweet-adelines-barbershop-singing-championship--sh
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Brum Rocks Live
Sat 10 May Town Hall
*Featuring Bev Bevan, Danny King, Trevor Burton, Laurie Hornsby & Steve Gibbons* This concert brings together four of Birmingham’s finest rock n’ roll heroes. Whilst Laurie tells the story of Birmingham’s rock history, they will bang out the tunes and the memories will come flooding back. £20
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UK Sweet Adelines Barbershop Singing Championship: Show of Champions Concert
Sat 10 May Symphony Hall
More than 1200 women from all over the country will be competing in two categories quartet and chorus competitions throughout the weekend. The quartet and chorus winners feature together with fabulous guest artists, the cottontown Men’s barbershop chorus and the gold medal winning chorus of 2007, Phoenix chorus, will perform their show package. £15, Under 16’s £8
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Birmingham Schools' Symphony Orchestra
Sun 11 May Town Hall
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Jack Jones and his Big Band 50th Anniversary Tour
Sun 11 May 2008 Symphony Hall
The double Grammy-winning Jack Jones comes to Symphony Hall as part of his hit 50th Anniversary tour. The easy listening giant, who was regarded by living legends such as Sinatra, and composers Sammy Cahn and Michael Legrand as someone who never fails to charm audiences every time he performs, makes this a night not to be missed. Combining renditions of contempory rock and pop, as well as classical standards the Symphony Hall will certainly provide the perfect platform to experience the vocal power of this 'bona fide legend' (The Guardian) and his Big Band.
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Lunchtime Organ Concert Thomas Trotter
Mon 12 May Town Hall
*J.S.Bach* Prelude & Fugue in G (BWV 541) *Haydn* Five Clock Pieces *Hakim* Four Caprices for Pedals *Delius* On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring *Jongen* Sonata Eroica
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Joe Satriani plus very special guest Paul Gilbert
Mon 12 May 2008 Symphony Hall
Joe Satriani, one of rock music’s most renowned electric guitarists, will undertake a UK tour starting Monday 12th May 2008 at Symphony Hall. Joe Satriani has been a worldwide guitar hero since his 1986 breakthrough album, _Surfing With The Alien_. Over 10-million albums and CD’s later, in addition to 13 Grammy nominations including this year for his latest studio release _Super Colossal_, Joe continues to push the envelope of modern rock guitar playing. Although he originally started his career by teaching some of the top rock guitar players of the '80s and '90s, Joe Satriani is universally hailed as the most technically accomplished and respected guitar player in the history of rock music. Satriani, who cites Jimi Hendrix as a major influence, quickly established his reputation as one of the most important electric rock guitarists of the decade. Paul Gilbert, is recognised as brilliant guitar player, both as soloist and within the bands he is best known by. Gilbert first became known for his work with Racer X and went on to platinum success with Mr. Big who topped the pop charts in 1992 with the ballad _To Be with You._ A recent poll of the Top 100 Greatest Rock Guitarists ranked Satriani at # 7 and Gilbert at #14.
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Symphonic Dances
Wed 14 May 2008 Symphony Hall
Simon Holt’s new Percussion Concerto offers a vivid and quirky portrait of the composer's childhood memories of his great uncle, who was a taxidermist: with movement titles such as ‘fly’, ‘skennin’ Mary’ and ‘a drawer full of eyes’, it is sure to offer up a few surprises! The solo part is taken by a brilliant young Scottish percussionist who has already performed with orchestras all around the world. Martyn Brabbins shows off his special affinity with Russian music in a centenary tribute to Rimsky-Korsakov in the shape of the colourful suite from his fairy-tale opera, and in Rachmaninov’s last orchestral work, the thrilling Symphonic Dances. 6.15pm pre-concert talk
Martyn Brabbins conductor Colin Currie percussion
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel • Suite 24' Holt: A Table of Noises (World premiere) 21' Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances 36'
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Rachmaninov's Second Symphony Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Thu 15 May Symphony Hall
In its heart-felt lyricism and inexhaustible stream of melody, the Second Symphony is one of the most emotionally charged of all Rachmaninov's works. It is heard next to the youthful fire of his First Piano Concerto and Prokofiev's dazzling suite from the opera The Love for Three Oranges. The Russian State Symphony Orchestra have this music in their blood and bring a truly authentic passion to their performances. Classic FM's Anne-Marie Minhall says of tonight's recommended concert: _" Expect some musical fireworks as Dmitri Alexeev takes on Rachmaninov's earliest work. The composer produced his First Piano Concerto when he was still a teenager training at the Conservatoire in Moscow, but he altered it radically nearly thirty years later and this is the version we hear today."_
*Mark Gorenstein* Conductor *Dmitri Alexeev* Piano
*Tchaikovsky* The Snow Maiden (excerpts) *Rachmaninov* Piano Concerto No 1 27' *Rachmaninov* Symphony No 2 60'
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Steeleye Span
Thu 15 May Town Hall
Since their debut in 1969, Steeleye Span havebeen one of the most influential names in British roots music. Pioneers of folk-rock, Steeleye Span changed the face of folk music forever, taking it from small clubs into the world of gold discs and international tours. Members have come and gone over the years, with past and present lineups virtually a who’s who of the British folk scene, but Steeleye has always remained an institution, at the forefront of the genre they helped define. Steeleye Span 2008 finds Maddy Prior - the voice of Steeleye for 34 years - back at the helm of a line-up featuring band stalwart and fiddler extraordinaire Peter Knight, Rick Kemp on bass, Ken Nicol (Albion Band) on guitar and vocals and Liam Genockey on the drum stool.
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Rush Hour Blues Frank Moon's Desert Groove Ensemble
Fri 16 May Symphony Hall
Level 3 Bar. Admission FREE. Presented in association with "Birmingham Jazz":http://birminghamjazz.co.uk
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The Fron Male Voice Choir
Fri 16 May Symphony Hall
*Voices of the Valley Encore* The Fron Male Voice Choir follow the release of their second album _Encore_ with a UK tour. The Choir’s debut, _Voices of the Valley_, became the best-selling classical album of 2006. Fron’s follow-up presents another carefully selected musical mix. Such indestructible popular classics as _Bridge Over Troubled Water_ and Paul McCartney’s _Yesterday_ nestle alongside _How Great Thou Art_, _Amazing Grace_ and _Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer_. There’s something for everybody, but always sprinkled with that indefinable Welsh mystique! £20, £27.50
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BBC BIG BAND with Peter Grant & Clare Teal In association with BBC Radio 2
Fri 16 May Town Hall
Don't miss the vocal pairing of Peter Grant and Clare Teal in the closing concert of the Band’s Town Hall season. Since the release of his debut album , _New Vintage_, which went straight in to the Top Ten and sold 100,000+ copies, Peter’s career has gone from strength to strength. Clare Teal, who regularly appears in concert with the BBC Big Band, has also just released her latest album, _Get Happy_ with Universal Music. This is the perfect chance to hear two great singers, backed by Britain’s finest big band. £12.50, £16.50, £19.50 In association with BBC Radio 2. Concert to be recorded for BBC Radio 2’s Big Band Special. BBC Big Band is a Town Hall Associate Artist.
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Sax in the City Featuring Andy Hamilton and the Blue Notes
Sat 17 May Symphony Hall
In Level 3 Bar
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Favourites from the Opera City of Birmingham Choir
Sat 17 May Symphony Hall
A night of great passions, great music and great singing. From the splendour of Egyptian pomp, through haunting Sea Interludes, an entertainment for a Russian Prince, the heartbreak of the American deep south to the fiery passions of a Spanish Gypsy girl, all are here for a night to remember! The concert will end at approximately 9.30pm
*Maureen Brathwaite* Soprano *Roderick Earle* Bass *City of Birmingham Choir* *City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra* *Adrian Lucas* Conductor
*Verdi* Triumphal Scene from Aida *Britten* Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes *Gershwin* Porgy and Bess (Concert Version) *Borodin* Polovtsian Dances *Bizet* Concert Suite from Carmen
