City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
CBSO: Sounds New review – showcasing the talents of 20 young musicians
Composers in their 20s and early 30s presented original miniatures in a diverse range of styles from English pastoral to jazz and folk to irresistible gospel and soul
Andrew Clements
30, Jan, 2023 @3:00 PM
CBSO/Madaras review – tumultuous, multi-faceted symphonies by Larcher and Mahler
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra delivered a fierce Thomas Larcher’s piece and some idyllic Mahler as part of its belated centenary bonanza
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra delivered a fierce Thomas Larcher’s piece and some idyllic Mahler as part of its belated centenary bonanza
Andrew Clements
13, Jan, 2023 @12:56 PM
In This Brief Moment review – Darwin, Genesis and whirlygigs in Brett Dean’s mindblowing cantata
Dean’s five-part evolution cantata was brought to vivid life by Nicholas Collon and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Rian Evans
26, Sep, 2022 @2:00 PM
The week in classical: Prom 14: CBSO/ Yamada; Prom 16: BBCNOW/ Manze; L’incoronazione di Poppea
Why do some Proms sound better in the Albert Hall and others at home on the radio? Elsewhere, Grimeborn gets off to a smouldering start
Fiona Maddocks
30, Jul, 2022 @11:30 AM
Prom 14: CBSO/Yamada review – Smyth beguiles and Rachmaninov ravishes
Ethel Smyth’s Concerto for Violin and Horn was deftly handled by the CBSO’s chief conductor designate Kazuki Yamada and soloists Elena Urioste and Ben Goldscheider
Tim Ashley
26, Jul, 2022 @10:35 AM
CBSO/Morlot review – remarkable Thorvaldsdottir and phenomenal Kopatchinskaja
Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Catamorphosis, premiered here by Ludovic Morlot and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, is an extraordinary achievement
Andrew Clements
16, Jun, 2022 @10:06 AM
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
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