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CBSO Season 2009-10
More InfoWed 9 Sep Town Hall & Symphony Hall
*Public booking opens on Monday 15 June.* For list of concerts please see "www.cbso.co.uk/concerts":http://www.cbso.co.uk/concerts DISCOUNTS FOR CBSO CONCERTS Please note that only one discount can be applied to any ticket. Special offers, discounts and concessions cannot be combined. Concerts which are not promoted by the CBSO may have different discounting policies please check with the Ticket Office at time of booking. CONCERT PACKAGES Buy tickets for 3 or more CBSO concerts at Symphony Hall/Town Hall to start saving and receiving package benefits. GROUP BOOKERS are entitled to a 20% discount for parties of 11 or more and receive one FREE ticket for the group organiser. Groups also benefit from a reservation facility - please call the Group Booking Department on Freephone 0800 358 7070. There is also the opportunity to meet CBSO musicians at concerts; please call Eva Wuestum at the CBSO on 0121 616 6513. FAMILY TICKETS FROM £20: (for Symphony Hall & Town Hall) To qualify for a family ticket, one or two adults must be accompanied by one or more children aged 16 or under, up to a maximum group of six people. Family tickets are available in all areas, and will be allocated subject to availability. Adult family ticket: £15; child family ticket: £5. STUDENTS & YOUNG PEOPLE From 1pm on the day of each evening performance and from 10am for matinée concerts, anyone in fulltime education and young people aged 25 and under can purchase remaining tickets at the discounted price of £4. Proof of eligibility may be required. Please note: the CBSO reserves the right to allocate these tickets in certain areas of the hall. Under our ‘Audiences for Tomorrow’ scheme, the CBSO offers a limited number of tickets at special prices for secondary school groups, subject to availability. Teachers should call Heather Brannan on 0121 616 6546 for information. STANDBY TICKETS Available from 1pm on the day of each evening performance and from 10am for matinée concerts (Symphony Hall & Town Hall concerts), and from CBSO Centre one hour before CBSO Centre performances. Please come early to avoid queues. All standby tickets are issued subject to availability and on production of valid and suitable identification. Please note the CBSO reserves the right to allocate standby tickets in certain areas of the hall. Patrons aged 60+ (Symphony Hall & Town Hall only) receive 10% discount. Patrons who are benefit recipients can purchase tickets for £4 at all venues (qualifying benefits: Income Support, Pension Tax Credit, Job Seekers Allowance and Disability Tax Credit). Holders of ‘Passport to Leisure’ cards can purchase Circle tickets for £21.50, and seats on all other levels for £14 at Symphony Hall and Town Hall (one ticket per Passport holder), and receive £1 off a full-price ticket at CBSO Centre. DISABLED PATRONS: If you have a disability you are entitled to receive 50% discount off full price seats. Should you need the service of a companion, their ticket is also half price. Proof of eligibility may be required. NB Disabled patrons can combine their 50% discount with the additional Concert Package discounts. For further information on facilities for patrons with disabilities, including the infra-red system for the hearing impaired, please contact Symphony Hall (for Symphony Hall/Town Hall) on 0121 780 4949 or CBSO Centre on 0121 616 6532. Receivers are available from the Performance Manager at the concert. Guide dogs welcome. WHEELCHAIR POSITIONS Spaces for patrons who need to remain in their wheelchair during the performance are located on the stalls and upper circle levels of Symphony Hall, stalls & circle levels of Town Hall and are available at CBSO Centre. Please book in advance for Symphony Hall & Town Hall by calling 0121 780 4949 during opening hours. CAR PARKING: Limited space is available at all three venues for Blue Badge holders driving their own vehicles. When reserving a space you will be asked for your Blue Badge number, vehicle registration, concert date and contact details. Symphony Hall: please contact the Box Office on 0121 780 3333. For requests of three or more dates, please obtain a booking form from the Box Office (call 0121 780 3333). Town Hall: please contact Stage Door on 0121 644 5039. CBSO Centre: call 0121 616 6532 to reserve parking in advance. For concerts at Town Hall, wheelchair users may also be dropped off outside the building by Paradise Circus. Blue badge parking bays in the vicinity of Town Hall can be found on Margaret Street, Edmund Street and Pinfold Street. This brochure is available free of charge on audio-cassette. Please call 0121 616 6513. RETURNS & RESALES Tickets are accepted at the discretion of the Ticket Office but all CBSO sales take priority. There is a service charge of 10% of the face value and money resulting from a resale will be forwarded by cheque. NB only cash or cheques will be accepted in payment for returns. LOST TICKETS Please note there is a £2 charge for printing duplicate tickets.
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Birmingham International Concert Season 2009/10
More InfoWed 7 Oct to Sat 12 June 2010 Town Hall & Symphony Hall
h2. See the world’s greatest artists perform on the UK’s finest stages In the 2009/10 season, you can expect thrilling performances from Daniel Barenboim and the Berlin Staatskapelle, Riccardo Muti and Joshua Bell with the Philharmonia, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Murray Perahia, Lang Lang, Renée Fleming, Ian Bostridge and Sir James Galway, amongst many others. Just two years after its magnificent re-opening, we celebrate 175 years of Town Hall’s musical heritage with a series of anniversary concerts. And we cement our special relationship with the CBSO with three events, including a unique and epic collaboration with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre under Valery Gergiev. From the unrivalled acoustic of Symphony Hall to the historic ambience of Town Hall, there are no better platforms for such outstanding talents. We hope you will cherish these special evenings of music making with us. *Concert Packages: Book six or more concerts and save up to 30%!* Book a concert package and guarantee those special musical experiences. And, the more concerts you book for, the more money you’ll save: * Book 6 to 8 concerts and save 10% * Book 9 to 10 concerts and save 15% * Book 11 to 16 concerts and save 20% * Book 17 or more concerts and save 30% You will also receive these exclusive benefits: * First choice of seats in Town Hall and Symphony Hall * Ticket exchange scheme * Free concert programme * Discounts on selected additional concerts throughout the year * 6 months interest free credit if you book by 30 June 2008 * Car parking for just £3.80 at Brindleyplace * 12½% discount THe SHop, our classical music shop at Symphony Hall * 10% discount on Town Hall and Symphony Hall merchandise * 30% discount on additional Birmingham International Concert Season concert tickets if you book 17 or more concerts in your package * Exclusive booking period for additional concerts included in this brochure *How to Book* Postal booking of concert packages is open now. Or download an order form from the top right hand side of this webpage.
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CBSO Jansen plays Sibelius
More Info Book TicketsSat 7 Nov 7:00pm Symphony Hall
Mendelssohn was one of music's great travellers - he even made it to Birmingham! And there's no better way to launch a concert than with his _Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage_: all the fun of his _Hebrides_ overture, but with none of the seasickness. And then we're off - first to the brooding northern landscape of Sibelius' impassioned Violin Concerto (with the stunning Janine Jansen as soloist), then to the sunlit Alipne meadows of Brahms' happiest symphony. Lullabies, horn-calls and jubilant trumpets all come together in some of the loveliest music Brahms ever wrote; charismatic guest-conductor Ilan Volkov should make an entertaining guide. "www.cbso.co.uk":http://www.cbso.co.uk
*City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra* *Ilan Volkov* _conductor_ *Janine Jansen* _violin_
*Mendelssohn* _Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage_ *Sibelius* Violin Concerto 31’ *Brahms* Symphony No 2 39’
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Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra
More Info Book TicketsSun 8 Nov 8:00pm Symphony Hall
Following on from last year’s sell out shows at the Royal Albert Hall and the critically acclaimed version on BBC2, Bill Bailey’s surreal comic and musical imagination is let loose once more as he brings this show to Symphony Hall. Performing with some of the finest orchestras throughout Britain, accompanied by Anne Dudley, one of the UK’s most celebrated composers and arrangers. At Symphony Hall he will be joined by the CBSO. A classically trained musician, Bill has for many years covered all kinds of music in his comedy and this show takes the form of an irreverent guide to the instruments of the orchestra, plus 70s cop show music, news themes, Bill’s own songs, and some of Anne’s specially written new works. Hear the trombone’s affection for Cockney music, and find out what bassoon players are secretly obsessed with. It's a unique show which The Times called ‘blissfully funny’ and which Stephen Fry described as _“wonderfully enjoyable... like driving a Rolls-Royce off-road’_ "See a taster of the show here.":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pterg8o2Zc4&feature=related *Bill Bailey’s Remarkable Guide To The Orchestra will be released on DVD on Monday 23 November 2009*
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
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Lunchtime Organ Concert Thomas Trotter
More Info Book TicketsMon 9 Nov 1:00pm Town Hall
*Thomas Trotter* _organ_
*Bach* Concerto after Vivaldi in D minor BWV 596 *Buxtehude* Canzonetta in G Passacaglia in D minor *Bolcom* Three Gospel Preludes *Bridge* Two Pieces (from _Six Pieces_) *Bonnet* Variations de Concert
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BBC Radio 3 : Meta4
More Info Book TicketsTue 10 Nov 1:00pm Town Hall
The young Finnish string quartet Meta4 is one of the rising stars of the international chamber music scene. First prize winners at the International Shostakovich Quartet Competition in Moscow (2003) and the International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition in Vienna (2007), they have been selected as a BBC New Generation Artist for two years starting in September 2008. Having already made their Carnegie Hall debut, this season they will also appear at the Concertgebouw and the Palais des Beaux-Arts.
Meta4
*Szymanowski* String Quartet No 1 in C major Op 37 *Haydn* String Quartet Op 64 No 2 in B Minor
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CBSO The Planets
More Info Book TicketsTue 10 Nov 7:30pm Symphony Hall
Midland composers have always aimed high. Worcestershire lad Edward Elgar dreamed of making it big in the capital, and it shows: his Cockaigne overture positively glitters with the pageantry and bustle of Edwardian London. Gustav Holst, meanwhile, headed for the stars! His Planets suite isn’t just famous for great tunes like Jupiter and Mars; it’s a tremendous musical odyssey towards the infinite, written for a super-size orchestra and filled with sounds of jaw-dropping strangeness and beauty. Amidst all this grandeur, Grieg’s ever-popular Piano Concerto offers gentler charms - but with Leon McCawley at the keyboard, it will be every bit as spectacular.
*City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra* *John Wilson* _conductor_ *Leon McCawley* _piano_ *City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus (Seniors)*
*Elgar* _Cockaigne_ 15' *Grieg* Piano Concerto 30' *Holst* _The Planets_ 48'
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CBSO The Planets - Matinee
More Info Book TicketsThu 12 Nov 2:15pm Symphony Hall
Midland composers have always aimed high. Worcestershire lad Edward Elgar dreamed of making it big in the capital, and it shows: his Cockaigne overture positively glitters with the pageantry and bustle of Edwardian London. Gustav Holst, meanwhile, headed for the stars! His Planets suite isn’t just famous for great tunes like Jupiter and Mars; it’s a tremendous musical odyssey towards the infinite, written for a super-size orchestra and filled with sounds of jaw-dropping strangeness and beauty. Amidst all this grandeur, Grieg’s ever-popular Piano Concerto offers gentler charms - but with Leon McCawley at the keyboard, it will be every bit as spectacular.
*City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra* *John Wilson* _conductor_ *Leon McCawley* _piano_ *City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus (Seniors)*
*Elgar* _Cockaigne_ 15' *Grieg* Piano Concerto 30' *Holst* _The Planets_ 48'
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Murray Perahia Plays Bach and Mozart
More Info Book TicketsFri 13 Nov 7:30pm Symphony Hall
Maturity, elegance and simplicity are hallmarks of Murray Perahia’s performances. In the great classical works he is ardent, persuasive, but never dull. With this concert Perahia extends his range, directing Mozart and Bach from the keyboard and taking up the baton for the _Prague_ Symphony - a work of grandeur, majesty and celebratory exuberance. Classic FM’s Anne-Marie Minhall, says of tonight’s recommended concert: _“Murray Perahia is one of the most sought-after musicians today and can be heard regularly on Classic FM. Tonight he takes the lead at the keyboard for one of Mozart’s much-loved concertos for his favourite instrument.”_
*Academy of St Martin in the Fields* *Murray Perahia* _piano/director_
*J C Bach* Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, T288/7 *Mozart* Piano Concerto No 17 in G, K453 *J S Bach* Concerto No 3 in D, BWV1054 *Mozart* Symphony No 38, _Prague_
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Cora Burggraaf & Christoph Berner Sunday Morning Coffee Concert ECHO Rising Stars
More Info Book TicketsSun 15 Nov 11:00am Town Hall
Cora Burggraaf performs a varied programme ranging from three rarities by Bizet and a selection of lieder by Richard Strauss to Hugo Wolf (the four _Mignon_ songs) and some numbers by Kurt Weill. A feast for lovers of the human voice.
*Cora Burggraaf* _mezzo soprano_ *Christoph Berner* _piano_
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Lunchtime Organ Concert Ulrich Walther
More Info Book TicketsMon 16 Nov 1:00pm Town Hall
*Ulrich Walther* _organ_
*Bach* Kyrie, Gott heilger Geist à 5, BWV 671 Toccata in D minor BWV 912 (arr. Reger) Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor BWV 849 (arr. Reger) *Mendelssohn* Prelude and fugue in B minor Op 35 No 4 *Whitlock* Scherzetto *Dupré* Prelude et fugue in B minor Op 7 No 1 *Ligeti* Etude No 2, Coulée *Rachmaninov* Prelude in C sharp minor (arr. Vierne)
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Centre Stage - The Dadelsen Trio
More Info Book TicketsWed 18 Nov 1:10pm Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre
*Schumann* Fantasy Pieces, Op 88 *Mendelssohn* Piano Trio No 2
*The Dadelsen Trio*
*Schumann* Fantasy Pieces, Op 88 *Mendelssohn* Piano Trio No 2
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CBSO Haydn 200: II
More Info Book TicketsWed 18 Nov 7:30pm Town Hall
One of the stars of the period instrument music scene and now a leading opera conductor, Corsican-born Jean- Christophe Spinosi makes his CBSO debut with a sparkling programme featuring this year’s anniversary composers, Handel and Haydn. Two of the latter’s splendid Paris symphonies are separated by arias by Handel and Rossini, sung by one of today’s leading mezzos, acclaimed for her ‘Carmen’ at Glyndebourne. "www.cbso.co.uk":http://cbso.co.uk
*City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra* *Jean-Christophe Spinosi* _conductor_ *Rinat Shaham* _mezzo-soprano_
*Haydn* Symphony No. 83 (The Hen) 26’ *Handel* Julius Caesar - Dall’ondoso periglio ... Aure, deh, per pietà 7’ *Rossini* The Thieving Magpie - Overture 10’ *Rossini* The Italian Girl in Algiers - Cruda sorte; Per lui che adoro 10’ *Handel* Xerxes - Ombra mai fù 3’ *Rossini* The Barber of Seville - Overture; Una voce poco fa 12’ *Haydn* Symphony No. 82 (The Bear) 26’
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Bryn Terfel
More Info Book TicketsWed 18 Nov 7:30pm Symphony Hall
Bryn Terfel returns to Symphony Hall to perform a devilish selection of arias from the greatest villains in the worlds of opera and musicals. Accompanied by full orchestra and choir, from _Scarpia_ (Tosca) to _Méphistofélès_ (Faust), _Iago_ (Otello) to _Sporting Life_ (Porgy and Bess), no other baritone today brings to life these sinister roles so compellingly on the concert platform
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CBSO Friday Night Classics: The Wild Wild West
More Info Book TicketsFri 20 Nov 7:30pm Symphony Hall
Big music from a Big Country! Join all-American maestro Carl Davis as he swings into the saddle to round up the very wildest tunes of the old West. From _The Magnificent Seven_ to _Brokeback Mountain_, all the classic Western themes are here - and a few new favourites too. Yee-ha! *Pre-Concert Talk* Friday 20 November, 6.15pm Music from the Movies - Wild Wild West! Film music aficionado Tommy Pearson talks to conductor Carl Davis about tonight’s concert. "www.cbso.co.uk":http://cbso.co.uk
*City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra* *Carl Davis* _conductor_
Including Music From: _The Big Country_ _The Magnificent Seven_ _High Noon_ _Blazing Saddles_ _The Lone Ranger_ _Shane_ _Oklahoma!_ _The High Chaparral_ _Little House on the Prairie_ _Brokeback Mountain_ _Dances with Wolves_ _Copland’s Rodeo_ and more!
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Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony; Delius Sea Drift. City of Birmingham Choir
More Info Book TicketsSat 21 Nov 7:30pm Symphony Hall
Dramatic and emotional impressions of the sea created by two great English composers, using Walt Whitman's poetry as their text. A terrific nautical night out
City of Birmingham Choir City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Adrian Lucas _conductor_ Julie Cooper _soprano_ James Rutherford _baritone_
Vaughan Williams _A Sea Symphony_ Delius _Sea Drift_
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Niraj Chag - Eastern Soul
More Info Book TicketsSat 21 Nov 7:45pm Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre
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Birmingham Inspired - A Concert
More Info Book TicketsSun 22 Nov 6:00pm Town Hall
A rich variety of gospel, spirituals, folk, classical, hymns, modern and twentieth century music is presented for the people of Birmingham. The Adventist Mass Choir, and Diana Sinclair's meditational piano will uplift, revitalise and refresh. Including _My Tribute, My Shepherd Will Supply, Steal Away, The Lord's Prayer, Amazing Grace, Thou O Lord, Total Praise_ and more.
*Diana Sinclair* conductor and piano *The Adventist Mass Choir* *David Brooks* conductor *The Camp Hill Youth Corale* *Joyous Symphony* and others
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Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano
More Info Book TicketsSun 22 Nov 7:30pm Symphony Hall
Legendary composer, performer and producer Ryuichi Sakamoto will tour the UK for the first time in fifteen years this autumn. Ryuichi will present audiences with an opportunity to hear and experience the new arrangements from ‘out of noise’ alongside favourites from his extensive and highly acclaimed recording career. Sakamoto's interest in different types of music - jazz, bossa nova, modern classical, dub and gamelan - was evident in his writing for YMO, his own solo albums, and starting in 1983 with _Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence_, a series of soundtracks. That year, Sakamoto left YMO to launch his career as a solo artist and to pursue his interest in "world music." These interests have carried over in Sakamoto's collaborations with, among others, David Bowie, David Byrne, David Sylvian, Iggy Pop, Youssou N'dour, Robbie Robertson, Caetano Veloso, as well as writers William Burroughs and William Gibson. Sakamoto's best-known work is probably the soundtrack to _Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence_, but in 1987, his score for Bertolucci's _The Last Emperor_ won him an Oscar, a Grammy, a Golden Globe, as well as the New York, Los Angeles and British Film Critics Association awards for best original soundtrack. Since then, he has worked with Bertolucci twice (_The Sheltering Sky, Little Buddha_), Oliver Stone (_Wild Palms_), Pedro Almodovar (_High Heels_), and Brian De Palma twice (_Snake Eyes, Femme Fatale_).
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Lunchtime Organ Concert Thomas Trotter
More Info Book TicketsMon 23 Nov 1:00pm Town Hall
*Thomas Trotter* _organ_
*Mendelssohn* Overture, _Fingal’s Cave_ (arr. Lemare) *Schumann* Four Sketches *Pärt* Annum per Annum *Antallfy-Zsirros* Sketches on Negro Spirituals *Vierne Finale* from Symphony No 6
