City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
CBSO 100th Birthday Celebration review – Simon Rattle makes sparks fly as orchestra reunites
The Birmingham orchestra’s first post-lockdown concert was a rich mix that took in Elgar, Stravinsky and Slumdog Millionaire
Tim Ashley
06, Sep, 2020 @3:12 PM
Birmingham arts venues announce major job losses
Symphony Hall and Town Hall will lose around half of their 65 permanent staff
Steven Morris
13, Jul, 2020 @11:01 PM
The future of the arts: ‘The classical music world has been transfigured’
Our critic mainlines Tudor polyphony and talks to performers, conductors and composers longing for the return of communal music-making
Fiona Maddocks
21, Jun, 2020 @11:00 AM
CBSO/Gražinytė-Tyla review – Unsuk Chin's showpiece Spira is full of flair
Two new works (Unsuk Chin and Taylor-West) had fluency and flair, and two Beethoven symphonies were both light and lucid under Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Andrew Clements
31, Jan, 2020 @2:41 PM
CBSO/Gražinytė-Tyla review – massed forces rise to a monumental Mahler
Mid-way through a Mahler symphony cycle, the conductor brought tremendous energy to his Eighth, with the female soloists, particularly, glorious
Andrew Clements
20, Jan, 2020 @2:15 PM
Post-Brexit Britten? The CBSO's guide to touring by Stephen Maddock
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra has just returned from touring an all-British programme in Germany - possibly its last tour as a member of the EU. From new repertoire to cold beer, its chief executive offers his 10 post-Brexit touring tips
Stephen Maddock
21, Oct, 2019 @11:35 AM
Cheltenham music festival review – rousing premieres by female composers
The festival honoured a pledge for gender parity with striking new work by Judith Weir, Dani Howard and Thea Musgrave
Rian Evans
08, Jul, 2019 @3:16 PM
The joys of being a female conductor | Brief letters
Brief letters: Greek saying | Boris Johnson and Tennyson | Tom Stoppard portrait | Female conductors | Royal expenses | Favourite headlines
Letters
26, Jun, 2019 @5:05 PM
Music industry urged to join campaign for gender parity
Keychange pledge by PRS Foundation advocates gender balance at music festivals
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
25, Jun, 2019 @5:00 AM
CBSO/Gražinytė-Tyla review – excitement and grandeur for epic Mahler
Although occasionally the focus became blurred, the CBSO were superb and vocally this was an immaculate performance
Andrew Clements
18, Jun, 2019 @3:34 PM
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla: ‘British orchestras don’t have an easy life’
The CBSO’s live-wire music director on her new work-life balance, the inexorable rise of female conductors – and the impact of yet more funding cuts
Fiona Maddocks
23, Mar, 2019 @3:00 PM
CBSO/Gražinytė-Tyla review – ambitious tone poems and kinetic art
This refined outing of painter/composer Čiurlionis came complete with Norman Perryman’s live paintings
Andrew Clements
17, Feb, 2019 @12:20 PM
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