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CoventryBritten’s War Requiem
Britten: War Requiem, Op.66
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada; Irina Lungu; Andrew Staples; Christian Gerhaher; CBSO Chorus
BrusselsCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Britten: War Requiem, Op.66
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada; City of Birmingham Choir; Trinity Boys Choir; Elena Tsallagova; Andrew Staples
LucerneA Call for Peace
Britten: War Requiem, Op.66
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada; CBSO Chorus; Trinity Boys Choir; Lukas Sternath; Elena Tsallagova
BirminghamBeethoven’s Violin Concerto
Beethoven
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Eugene Tzikindelean
BirminghamElgar’s Cello Concerto
Weinberg, Elgar, Shostakovich
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
BirminghamEx Cathedra: Britten at Christmas
Britten
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Jeffrey Skidmore; Sebastian Hill; Katherine Thomas; Exeter Cathedral Choir; Academy of Vocal Music
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Yamada brings impressive solemnity to Mahler 2 at Symphony Hall
Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO give an extraordinary performance of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony, avoiding spectacle in favour of solemnity, ceremony and, finally, hard-won glory.
Yamada’s lightning strike electrifies Poulenc and Adams at the Proms
Pianist brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen spar with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Poulenc before John Adams’ epic Harmonium.
Carlo Rizzi brings Respighi’s Rome to Birmingham
Carlos Rizzi believes that Puccini’s orchestrations are good enough to stand alone, without their vocal lines, but can the drama compete with the romance of Respighi?
Nelson Goerner shines with the CBSO and Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody
The CBSO present the work of three European émigré composers of the 1930s and 40s, who reimagined their musical influences with contrasting approaches and results.
Yamada and the CBSO’s Walton expedition at the Elbphilharmonie
In Hamburg, Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO navigate the thorny brilliance of Walton’s First Symphony, proving that ‘difficult’ music can offer an evening’s most profound human connection.
Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO stir up swelling seas with Scheherazade
In the CBSO Benevolent Fund concert, the orchestra tells the timeless story, set in Persia, of Scheherazade who, through her storytelling, brings about peace.
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Britten’s War Requiem: The horror and the pity
Ahead of a performance on Remembrance Day in Coventry Cathedral, Catherine Arlidge, former violinist with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra talks about performing one of Britten’s most public and personal works.
Beethoven and beyond: Migros Classics 2026–27
This season, Switzerland’s premier public-facing concert series juxtaposes several notable Beethoven performances with a variety of other music from around the world.
Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra: An emotional rollercoaster
Principal clarinettist with the CBSO, Oli Janes talks about the elegies, raucous dances and virtuoso fireworks of Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, which the orchestra performs in April.