City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
CBSO/Gražinytė-Tyla review – assured Bruckner and arresting Tchaikovsky mark the end of a Birmingham era
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
In her last UK concert as the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s music director, Gražinytė-Tyla showed just what a fine and nuanced Bruckner interpreter she really is
In her last UK concert as the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s music director, Gražinytė-Tyla showed just what a fine and nuanced Bruckner interpreter she really is
Andrew Clements
12, May, 2022 @4:08 PM
The Ordering of Moses review – Dett’s oratorio thrills on its belated UK premiere
Joshua Weilerstein conducted the CBSO in a rare outing for the African American composer Robert Nathaniel Dett’s vivid and impassioned ‘sacred cantata’
Andrew Clements
24, Feb, 2022 @12:51 PM
The Cunning Little Vixen review – CBSO’s concert staging has care but misses vital charm
Elena Tsallagova was a feisty vixen and the CBSO’s playing under Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla was outstanding in a more matter-of-fact interpretation of Janáček’s opera than one normally hears
Andrew Clements
17, Nov, 2021 @6:28 PM
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra names Kazuki Yamada as new chief conductor
Japanese musician, currently the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s principal guest conductor, will succeed Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla in April 2023
Imogen Tilden
14, Sep, 2021 @10:58 AM
CBSO/Gražinytė-Tyla review – Adès’ ghostly Buñuel showpiece sees the light
A centenary celebration – coming to the Proms tonight – included an Ades premiere and, 75 years after its composition, Ruth Gipps’s second symphony
Andrew Clements
05, Aug, 2021 @2:48 PM
CBSO/Gardner review – heft, glitter and fizz as Birmingham orchestra return to the stage
Stephen Hough dazzled as the soloist in Saint-Saëns’s Fourth Piano Concerto in a programme that also included Debussy and Missy Mazzoli
Andrew Clements
20, May, 2021 @3:40 PM
From Adès’ angel to Verdi’s fat knight: what to see as classical and opera venues reopen
Live music is back across the UK; we pick ten events to brighten the coming months
Andrew Clements
14, May, 2021 @3:42 PM
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
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