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BirminghamKazuki conducts Carmina Burana
Panufnik, Orff
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada; Mari Eriksmoen; Matthias Rexroth; Thomas E. Bauer; CBSO Chorus
BirminghamCBSO Benevolent Fund Concert
Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada; Alison Balsom; Freddy Kempf
BirminghamThe Magic FluteNew production
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Tomáš Hanus; Daisy Evans; Welsh National Opera; Loren Elstein; Jake Wiltshire; Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
BirminghamKazuki conducts Scheherazade
Brahms, Rimsky-Korsakov
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada; Daishin Kashimoto
BirminghamBlaze of Glory!
Hackbridge Johnson: Blaze of Glory!
Stephen Higgins; Caroline Clegg; Welsh National Opera; Madeleine Boyd; Elanor Higgins; Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
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Leleux and the CBSO opt for safe and popular
Behzod Abduraimov impresses in Rachmaninov's evergreen Second Piano Concerto.
The power of individual voices: Ex Cathedra’s St Matthew Passion
Bradley Smith, as Evangelist, and a fine cast of soloists drove this Good Friday account of Bach’s St Matthew Passion from Ex Cathedra in Birmingham.
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and the CBSO blow hot and cold in Birmingham
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla’s polarised approach exaggerates music by Weinberg and Prokofiev, while Kirill Gerstein keeps control in a refreshing, elegant performance of Schumann’s Piano Concerto.
Hiding in plain sight: Ilan Volkov steals the show at Symphony Hall
A self-effacing, literal approach from conductor Ilan Volkov brings marvellous transparency to works by Sibelius and Prokofiev, while highlighting the flaws in a new work by Freya Waley-Cohen.
Szeps-Znaider and the RLPO stun, dazzle and exhilarate
Conductor and soloist Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider oversees a stunningly beautiful account of Bruch’s First Violin Concerto and guides the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra through both glory and violence in Strauss’ Alpine Symphony.
Yamada and the CBSO prove there is life to be found on other planets
Kazuki Yamada returns to the CBSO with an ever-popular orchestral suite, an under-appreciated concerto, and a fabulous pianist in Alexandre Kantorow to play it.