Tuesday 14 January - 5.40pm at The AbbeyLondon Symphony OrchestraBerg: Passacaglia
Berg: Three Pieces, Op.6Beethoven: Symphony No.7Soloist: Dorothea Roeschmann - sopranoConductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Berg: Seven Early Songs
Venue: Symphony Hall Choir £31.00 Front Stalls £22.75Rear Stalls £42.25 Circle £42.25Circle Ledge £42.25 Upper Circle £37.00
Saturday 18 January - 5.10pm at The AbbeyCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraMahler: Symphony No.8 (Symphony of a Thousand)Soloists: Erin Wall - soprano Natalya Romaniw - soprano Katja Stuber - soprano Alice Coote - mezzo soprano Karen Cargill - mezzo soprano Joseph Kaiser - tenor Roland Wood - baritone Morris Robinson - bassCBSO Chorus, CBSO Youth Chorus, CBSO Children’s ChorusUniversity of Birmingham Voices, Baltimore Choral Arts SocietyConductor: Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla
Venue: Symphony Hall Front Stalls £40.50 Rear Stalls £40.50Terrace £46.50 Circle £40.50Upper Circle £30.00 Grand Tier £30.00
Wednesday 22 January - 5.40pm at The AbbeyCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraBrahms: Piano Concerto No.2Schumann: Symphony No.2Soloist: Francesco Piemontesi - pianoConductor: Kazuki Yamada
Venue: Symphony Hall
Choir £27.25 Front Stalls £27.25Rear Stalls £37.75 Circle £37.75Circle Ledge £43.75 Grand Tier £27.25
Sunday 26 January - 2.00pm at St Chad’sCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Ex CathedraBeethoven: Missa SolemnisSoloists: Carolyn Sampson - soprano Sophie Rennert - mezzo soprano Andrew Tortise - tenor Roderick Williams - bassConductor: Jeffrey Skidmore
Venue: Symphony Hall
Front Stalls (side) £21.50 Front Stalls (centre) £36.25 Rear Stalls £36.25 Circle £36.25 Circle Ledge £43.75 Upper Circle £21.50
Venue: Symphony Hall
Choir £27.25 Front Stalls £27.25 Rear Stalls £37.75 Circle £37.75Circle Ledge £43.75 Grand Tier £27.25
Wednesday 29 January - 12.15pm at St Chad’sCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraBeethoven: Symphony No.2Britten: Young Apollo (8')Beethoven: Symphony No.4Soloist: Martin James Bartlett - pianoConductor: Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla
Thursday 30 January - 10.55am at St Chad’sCentre Stage - CBSO PlayersSchubert: Piano Trio No.2 in E flatFollowed by a visit to the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery for two new exhibitions: Birmingham Revolution - Power to the People and Dressed to the Nines.
Venue: CBSO Centre, Birmingham
£16.75 (concert seats unreserved)
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Thursday 30 January - 5.40pm at The AbbeyCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraUnsuk Chin: SPIRA - A Concerto for Orchestra (25') (CBSO Centenary Commission, UK Premiere)Beethoven: Symphony No.2Beethoven: Symphony No.4Conductor: Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla
Saturday 01 February - 10.25am at St Chad’sBlithe Spirit - Noel CowardStarring Jennifer Saunders, Lisa Dillon, Emma Naomi, Geoffrey Streatfeild and Simon Coates.Novelist Charles Condomine and his second wife, Ruth, are literally haunted by a past relationship when, at a seance, his first wife, Elvira, is conjured up by Madame Arcati, an eccentricmedium. A complication is that Elvira is only visible to Charles.
Thursday 06 February - 5.50pm at The AbbeyTwo - Jim CartwrightBehind the bar of their northern pub the Landlord and Landlady welcome their regulars with open arms. Performed by two actors playing all fourteen parts, this play takes you into the world of a working class pub over the course of one night.NO WELLINGTON BOARDING
Tuesday 11 February - 5.40pm at The AbbeyIceland Symphony OrchestraBizet: L’Arlesienne Suite No.2Ravel: Concerto for the Left HandAnna Thorvaldsdottir: AirealitySibelius: Symphony No.1Soloist: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet - piano Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier
Thursday 13 February - 5.40pm at The AbbeyCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraBerg: Violin ConcertoSchubert: Symphony No.9 (Great)Soloist: Leila Josefowicz - violinConductor: Juanjo Mena
Tuesday 18 February - 5.40pm at The ShirehallBang Bang! - John CleeseWith Tessa Peake-Jones, Tony Gardner and Wendi Peters.Leontine, a respectable society lady, discovers that she’s been hoodwinked by her husband, Duchotel, who pretends to go hunting but is really chasing other prey! She vows to take revenge but things become complicated when Duchotel’s lifelong friend comes calling.NO WELLINGTON BOARDING
Venue: New Vic Theatre Newcastle-under-Lyme £28.25, £29.75
Venue: Symphony Hall
Choir £27.25 Front Stalls £27.25Rear Stalls £37.75 Circle £37.75Circle Ledge £43.75 Grand Tier £27.25
Venue: Symphony Hall
Choir £22.25 Front Stalls £29.75Rear Stalls £36.25 Circle £41.00Circle Ledge £41.00 Upper Circle £36.25
Venue: Symphony Hall
Choir £27.25 Front Stalls £27.25Rear Stalls £37.75 Circle £37.75Circle Ledge £43.75 Grand Tier £27.25
Venue: Anthony Hopkins Theatre Theatre Clwyd, Mold £29.25, £36.25
Venue: Symphony Hall Choir £27.25 Front Stalls £27.25Rear Stalls £37.75 Circle £37.75Circle Ledge £43.75 Grand Tier £27.25
Venue: Festival Theatre, Malvern
Stalls £40.00, £41.50 Circle £37.75, £40.00
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Saturday 08 February - 5.10pm at The AbbeyCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraBartok: Violin Concerto No.2Berlioz: Symphonie fantastiqueSoloist: Nicola Benedetti - violinConductor: Klaus Makela
Thursday 20 February - 12.15pm at St Chad’sCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraShostakovich: Violin Concerto No.1Respighi: Roman FestivalsRespighi: Fountains of RomeRespighi: Pines of RomeSoloist: Vilde Frang - violinConductor: Kazuki Yamada
Venue: Symphony Hall
Front Stalls £27.25 Rear Stalls £37.75 Circle £37.75 Circle Ledge £43.75Grand Tier £27.25
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Sunday 23 February - 1.00pm at St Chad’sCBSO Youth OrchestraTakemitsu: Dreamtime (14')R. Strauss: Till EulenspiegelElgar: Symphony No.1Conductor: Kazuki Yamada
Tuesday 25 February - 5.40pm at The AbbeyBirmingham Royal BalletSwan LakeMusic: Pyotr Ilych TchaikovskyChoreography: Peter Wright, Lev Ivanov, Marius Petipa
Thursday 27 February - 12.15pm at St Chad’sCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraFoulds: April - England (8')Walton: Viola ConcertoVaughan Williams: A London SymphonySoloist: Lise Berthaud - violaConductor: Michael Seal
Tuesday 03 March - 5.40pm at The AbbeyFaustus: That Damned Woman - Chris BushThis play re-imagines the darkly compelling tale of Doctor Faustus, inspired by the works of Marlow, Goethe and other versions of the Faust myth. Johanna Faustus makes the ultimate sacrifice and sells her soul in order to time travel across the centuries and change the entire course of history. But can she now escape eternal damnation?
Wednesday 04 March - 10.55am at St Chad’sCentre Stage - CBSO PlayersJanacek: String Quartet No.1 (Kreutzer Sonata)Brahms: String Quintet No.2 in GFollowed by a visit to Winterbourne House and Garden, an Edwardian historic house with an interior designed in the Arts and Crafts style. The garden was lovingly created using the books of Gertrude Jekyll as inspiration.
Venue: Symphony Hall
Front Stalls £24.50 Rear Stalls £24.50Circle £24.50 Circle Ledge £24.50
Venue: Symphony Hall
Front Stalls £27.25 Rear Stalls £37.75Circle £37.75 Circle Ledge £43.75Grand Tier £27.25
Venue: CBSO Centre, Birmingham
£23.00 (concert seats unreserved)
Venue: The House Birmingham Repertory Theatre
£34.50, £38.00
Venue: Hippodrome Stalls £36.75, £43.25, £49.75Circle £36.75, £43.25, £49.75
Venue: Symphony Hall
Choir £27.25 Front Stalls £27.25 Rear Stalls £37.75 Circle £37.75 Circle Ledge £43.75 Grand Tier £27.25
Tuesday 10 March - 5.40pm at The AbbeyCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraBartok: Piano Concerto No 3Bruckner: Symphony No.6Soloist: Piotr Anderszewski - pianoConductor: Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla
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Wednesday 04 March - 5.40pm at The AbbeyCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraMozart: Wind Serenade in C minorBrahms: A German RequiemSoloists: Camilla Tilling - soprano Florian Boesch - baritone CBSO ChorusConductor: Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla
Venue: Symphony Hall
Choir £27.25 Front Stalls £27.25Rear Stalls £37.75 Circle £37.75Circle Ledge £43.75 Grand Tier £27.25
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Monday 20 April - 5.40pm at The AbbeyDial M for Murder - Frederick KnottTony Wendice, a jaded tennis pro who has given up his career for his wife Margot, discovers she has been unfaithful and his mind turns to revenge and the ‘perfect crime’. As Tony’s plan unfolds he becomes more tangled in a web of his own making.
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Venue: Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
Stalls £29.75, £37.25Circle £29.75, £37.25
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