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2021 AUTUMN CONCERT PERFORMANCES SYMPHONY HALL AND TMX 120 #1 CBSO CENTRE, BIRMINGHAM TMX 120 #2 TMX 120 #3 TMX 120 #4 TMX 120 #7 TMX 120 #8 TMX 120 #5 TMX 120 #6 TMX 120 #1 TMX 120 #2 TMX 120 #3 TMX 120 #4 TMX 120 #9 TMX 120 #10 TMX 120 #11 TMX 120 #12 TMX 120 #7 TMX 120 #8 TMX 120 #5 TMX 120 #6 TMX 120 #9 TMX 120 #10 TMX 120 #11 TMX 120 #12 Call 0121 780 3333 or Supported by book online at cbso.co.uk “…glitter and fizz as BUY MORE, SAVE MORE! WELCOME BACK! Unlock great Birmingham orchestra discounts with a CBSO Concert Package return to the stage.” See page 24 After the stop-start nature for details of the CBSO’s concerts – The Guardian and indeed all our lives - in 2020-21, it feels great to be looking ahead to a full Autumn Season rich in CONTENTS variety and musical excitement. From Season Highlights – CBSO Music to Suit your Mood 4 symphonic blockbusters by Saint-Saëns, 2021 Autumn Concert Season 5 Beethoven, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky and Brahms, to new works by some of today’s most exciting Centre Stage 17 composers, by way of Elton John and the Classic FM Hall of Fame. As you look through this brochure, I Concerts by Coach / Group Bookings 19 really do hope that once again, you will find something to inspire you, uplift you and remind you Welcoming Families 20 of just how powerful the live music experience is. Support Us / Membership 21 As regular CBSO attenders will know, for 30 years Symphony Hall has been the best-sounding and Ticket Offers 22 most comfortable place to enjoy great orchestral Mystery Seats 23 music in the UK. But what you might not yet know is that it now also has fantastic new foyers, bars Concert Packages 24 and public spaces where you can enjoy a drink and a chat with other concert-goers, a pre-concert Ticket Prices 25 talk or even a post-concert informal session with CBSO musicians. With its excellent ventilation and Your Visit & Accessibility 26 experienced, friendly front of house team, you can also be sure that your safety and comfort are in the best possible hands. Furthermore, for this first Autumn Season we will be offering a choice of standard and socially distanced seats at different £10 levels in the auditorium which we hope that you, TICKETS FOR our hugely valued audience, will find reassuring. THOSE 18-30 Oliver Janes Oliver Clarinet Section Leader Cookhorn Margaret Principal Contrabassoon See p22 So take your pick and join us this autumn as we celebrate being back together for great music with your CBSO – 101 years young! The CBSO is Classic FM's Orchestra in the Midlands Stephen Maddock Call 0121 780 3333 or book Chief Executive online at cbso.co.uk CBSO Media Partner CBSO Broadcast Partner 2 facebook.com/thecbso twitter.com/thecbso instagram.com/thecbso 3 THRILL SEASON HIGHLIGHTS – CBSO 2021 AUTUMN Thursday 16 September 2021, 7.30pm Saturday 18 September 2021, 7pm MUSIC TO SUIT YOUR MOOD CONCERT Symphony Hall, Birmingham Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and in the two years since we last launched a new CBSO Season, we’ve all come to realise how much music means to us. It takes us SEASON to new places, and makes old memories fresh. It raises our spirits, soothes our sorrows, and lets us feel things we’ve never experienced before. Our new season stars the 90 world-class musicians of our orchestra, all eager to be back on stage and making music. We’ve invited guest artists from around the world, and conductors who inspire us. We’ve finally been able to re-unite our family of choruses and youth choruses too – and they’re sounding more glorious than ever. And above all, it stars you, our audience. We’re nothing without you, and we’re determined to give you an autumn to remember. So join us, and… Kazuki Yamada ©copyright Organ Symphony THRILL: to symphonic blockbusters. Saint-Saëns’ choral celebration of Christmas for the whole Organ symphony opens our season, and from family. Birmingham’s biggest night out – bar none! Kazuki Yamada – Conductor Rachmaninoff’s barnstorming Third Piano Concerto Carolyn Sampson – Soprano to epic symphonies by Brahms and Shostakovich, Anna Lapwood – Organ these concerts showcase the incredible sound of a EXPLORE: something different. Mirga Gražinytė- CBSO Chorus huge orchestra raising the roof. That spine-tingling Tyla transforms Symphony Hall into a Czech forest CBSO Youth Chorus when she conducts Janáček’s magical opera The sensation comes as standard! Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture 16' Cunning Little Vixen. But the adventures don’t stop there: meet star saxophonist Jess Gillam, and Poulenc Gloria 25' INDULGE: as the great Romantic composers rediscover a luscious violin concerto by “the Fauré Messe Basse 10' sweep you off your feet. Tchaikovsky pours his Russian Mendelssohn” Alexander Glazunov. Or Conducted by Julian Wilkins heart out in his Pathétique symphony, Dvořák come and experience the thrill of a big premiere Saint-Saëns Symphony No.3 (Organ Symphony) 36' dreams of home from the New World, and the – musical history in the making. waltzes of Johann Strauss whirl you to a more The orchestra thunders, then pauses – and with elegant age. Sit back, and let the music soar. one almighty blaze of sound, the organ lifts the UNWIND: and relax, with music that makes your roof off. Every performance of Saint-Saëns’ “Organ cares simply float away. From the calm of Symphony” is a celebration, and as Kazuki Yamada CELEBRATE: because when the CBSO plays live Beethoven’s "Pastoral" symphony, to Fauré’s launches our new Season, celebrating is exactly in Symphony Hall, you’re hearing the best sound haunting Requiem and a whole evening devoted what we’re doing - reuniting the CBSO, our system on Broad Street! We’ve got a glittering to the Classic FM Hall of Fame, these are the wonderful Choruses and you, our audience, for a tribute to Elton John, a trip to the (musical) zoo – concerts to help you escape into serenity. Thomas Amy Viola Tutti concert that shouts to the skies: we’re back! perfect for younger listeners – and our annual Whatever your mood, and whatever the occasion, music is all about emotion – and whether you crave deep relaxation or a shot of raw adrenaline, there’s something here that will hit the spot. Music is back in Tickets: £55 – £13 Birmingham - and we can’t wait to share it with you. Members’ Event 16 September, 6:45pm Members' Reception. Booking required. See p21. to find out more about becoming a Member. 4 Call 0121 780 3333 or book online cbso.co.uk 5 INDULGE UNWIND Wednesday 22 September 2021, 7.30pm THRILL Wednesday 6 October 2021, 7.30pm INDULGE Thursday 23 September 2021, 2.15pm Thursday 30 September 2021, 7.30pm Thursday 7 October 2021, 2.15pm Thursday 14 October 2021, 2.15pm Symphony Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham ©Marco Borggreve ©Marco ©Benjamin Ealovega Gustavo Gimeno Steven Osborne ©Simon Perry James Ehnes Baiba Skride Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Osborne plays Rachmaninoff Beethoven's Pastoral Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet Borggreve ©Marco Gustavo Gimeno – Conductor Cristian Măcelaru – Conductor Symphony François Leleux – Conductor Dame Sarah Connolly – Mezzo Soprano Steven Osborne – Piano Baiba Skride – Violin Finnegan Downie Dear – Conductor Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel: Overture 8' Turnage Go For It 7' James Ehnes – Violin Rossini William Tell: Overture 12' (CBSO Centenary Commission: World Premiere) Chausson Poème de l’amour et de la mer 28' Miller La Donna 10' Mozart Violin Concerto No.5 31' Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6 (Pathétique) 46' Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.3 39' (UK Premiere) 6 October only Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture 9' Brahms Symphony No.1 45' Mozart Idomeneo: Overture 6' “Pathétique” means “full of emotion” – and make Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet: Suite No.2 29' 7 October only no mistake, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.6 is Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto has been Star-crossed lovers: when Prokofiev retold Britten Violin Concerto 32' overflowing with melody, colour, and raw passion. called the “Everest of piano concertos”, but if Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the result was Powerful stuff: and whether it’s Humperdinck’s anyone can scale its peaks, it’s Birmingham Beethoven Symphony No.6 (Pastoral) 40' some of the 20th century’s most thrillingly fairytale magic or Chausson’s artful tracing of the favourite Steven Osborne. Mark-Anthony Turnage Even Beethoven needed to relax sometimes, and physical music – and a gripping climax to a course of a love affair (with Dame Sarah Connolly is another old friend of the CBSO: he’s created a from cheerful opening to serene finish, his lovely concert that positively buzzes with energy and as soloist), our guest conductor Gustavo Gimeno very personal 100th birthday gift, specially for us. “Pastoral” symphony is pure refreshment for the emotion. No surprises there from livewire guest will take us straight to the heart of these three And then Cristian Măcelaru conducts Brahms’ spirit. It’s quite a contrast to Britten’s powerful conductor François Leleux; and when our good pieces all first heard in 1893. First: a symphony that begins with the pounding of violin concerto, performed today by the fearless friend Baiba Skride plays Mozart, your enjoyment a broken heart and ends in a hymn of triumph. Tickets: £55 – £13 James Ehnes. First, though, we’re making history: should be off the scale. Tickets: £55 – £13 as Finnegan Downie Dear – British winner of the Tickets: £55 – £13 CBSO COACH TRAVEL AVAILABLE.