CBSO The Year 1912: Ives and Prokofiev Thursday 24 May Symphony Hall 1912: and as Charles Ives imagined what it would sound like if two marching bands collided, the student Prokofiev threw his feisty First Piano... Book Now More info
The Infernal Comedy Starring John Malkovich Saturday 26 May Symphony Hall John Malkovich stars in a stage play for baroque orchestra, singers and actor, based on the real-life story of convicted serial killer Jack... Book Now More info
Splendours from the Doge's Chapel Saturday 26 May Town Hall Giovanni Gabrieli was the greatest composer of the Venetian high Renaissance. The singers, cornettists and trombonists he had at his disposal were... Book Now More info
Karl Jenkins Sunday 27 May Symphony Hall Karl Jenkins conducts a superb concert featuring excerpts from his most popular works including Adiemus, In Callum Ferro, The Armed Man, Requiem,... Book Now More info
Thomas Trotter: Summer Request Concert Monday 28 May Town Hall This is your chance to request favourite pieces you have enjoyed Thomas playing this season. Please send your selections to Emily Jones, Organ... Book Now More info
Dracula: The Music and Film Tuesday 29 May Symphony Hall Cinema’s most beguiling bloodsucker appears in a new light as Philip Glass’s revelatory score blows the cobwebs off the iconic 1930s movie... Book Now More info
Diamond Jubilations: CBSO Friday Night Classics Friday 1 June Symphony Hall Get the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee weekend off to a rousing start, as we mark the occasion with an evening of music written for and about the Royal... Book Now More info
Handel's Royal Music: Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen Saturday 2 June Symphony Hall From the thrilling Zadok the Priest to the monumental Hallelujah Chorus, Symphony Hall is the place to be on Diamond Jubilee weekend. Join the... Book Now More info
Grieg's Piano Concerto Wednesday 6 June Town Hall The opening of Grieg’s Piano Concerto is one of the best-known extracts in all classical music – on a par with the opening bars of... Book Now More info
CBSO The Spirit of Defiance Thursday 7 June Symphony Hall The Soviet censors called it an ‘optimistic tragedy’. Shostakovich simply called it his Tenth Symphony. Dark, impassioned, packed with... Book Now More info
Symphony Hall's 21st Birthday Proms Friday 8 June Symphony Hall Raise your glass and celebrate Symphony Hall’s coming of age with an unmissable selection of popular classics from our first 21 years of bringing... Book Now More info
CBSO Nelsons conducts Shostakovich Saturday 9 June Symphony Hall Dark, impassioned, packed with secret messages and featuring a terrifying musical portrait of Stalin himself, Shostakovich’s Tenth is a true... Book Now More info
Jakob Koranyi Sunday 10 June Town Hall This brilliant young cellist offers a fascinating mix of music from the baroque period, the early 20th century (Kodály in 1915) and a very recent... Book Now More info
Symphony Hall 21st Anniversary Concert Tuesday 12 June Symphony Hall 21 years to the day after the official opening of the UK’s finest concert hall by Her Majesty The Queen, the champagne corks will be popping at... Book Now More info
21st Anniversary Organ Concert Wednesday 13 June Symphony Hall As designs for Symphony Hall took shape in the 1980s, the vision was that the organ would be the crowning glory of the auditorium. Ten years after... Book Now More info
Symphony Hall 21st Anniversary Concert Wednesday 13 June Symphony Hall 21 years to the day after the official opening of the UK’s finest concert hall by Her Majesty The Queen, the champagne corks will be popping at... Book Now More info
Sir Simon Rattle and the Vienna Philharmonic Saturday 16 June Symphony Hall 21 years since he conducted the opening concerts of Symphony Hall, Sir Simon Rattle returns at the helm of one of the world’s very greatest... Book Now More info
CBSO London 2012 Festival Opening Concert Thursday 21 June Symphony Hall The world’s greatest music – made in Birmingham. On the opening night of the London 2012 Festival, CBSO are thrilled to present the latest... Book Now More info
Two Countries - One Voice Monday 25 June Town Hall This unique and exciting collaboration between gifted musicians from California and Birmingham includes two choral masterpieces and Havergal... Book Now More info
