Beethoven & Puccini

Symphony HallBroad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 2EA, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Friday 17 April 2026

14:15

Programme

Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868)	La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major, Op.15
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)	Tosca: Symphonic Suite (arr. Rizzi)
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)	Madama Butterfly: Symphonic Suite (arr. Rizzi)

Performers

Carlo Rizzi	Conductor
Seong-Jin Cho	Piano
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Masters of their art: Seong-Jin Cho plays Beethoven, and Carlo Rizzi conducts Puccini.

Vienna, 1795. Ludwig van Beethoven – young, gifted and out to impress – sits down to astonish his public with a new piano concerto. Rome, 1900. Puccini unleashes an operatic thriller driven by raw passion and tunes to set your heart alight. Music to thrill, charm and seduce, delivered with style by opera maestro Carlo Rizzi and Seong-Jin Cho – a pianist who’s taken the world by storm.

Tickets: £26, £38, £50, £62

CBSO Members on-sale 8 May 10:00. General on-sale 21 May 10:00.

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