Mirga, Mahler and the beginning of a long goodbye...
Richard Bratby explores Mirga's time with the CBSO and what's in store this season: https://t.co/izV294AvPx
It's Choral Christmas week! Keep an eye on Instagram and Twitter this week for a @CBSOChorus takeover 👀 orchestral rehearsal done ahead of our first concert tomorrow at @BMusic_Ltd Symphony Hall at 7:30pm! 🎄🎶
🦊 We began our run of Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen last night in Birmingham! Next stop, Germany!
📅 Sun 21 Nov: @Konzerthaus_DO, Dortmund
📅 Tue 23 Nov: @elbphilharmonie, Hamburg
📅 Wed 24 Nov: @TCEOPERA, Paris
We're an orchestra that loves getting out and about beyond the concert hall. Here's a little snapshot of just some of the things we did last month, kindly supported by @HSBC_UK More soon! #CBSOoutandabout
📅 #OnThisDay in 1901 Edward #Elgar conducted the first performance of his Pomp and Circumstance March No.1, in #Liverpool. Born near #Worcester, he would later urge the City of #Birmingham to found its own City Orchestra.
🎶 Comment below with the words "Figaro! Figaro! Figaro!" for your chance to HAVE A GO AT CONDUCTING THE ORCHESTRA this Friday! 🙌
More info 👉 https://t.co/ZjcHXQxJbn
📅 #OnThisDay in 1891 #Dvorak conducted the world premiere of his Requiem in #Birmingham Town Hall. He was impressed by Birmingham, ‘this immense industrial town where they make excellent knives, scissors, springs, files – and besides these, music too!’
🎶 Become ‘maestro of the moment’ at Birmingham’s New Street Station on Fri 15 Oct! Try your hand at conducting a live 80-piece orchestra as we serenade shoppers & travellers as part of an eclectic city-wide events programme supported by @hsbc_uk. #HSBCUK
https://t.co/ZMt4u0WIAo
📅 #OnThisDay in 1912 #Sibelius was mobbed by autograph hunters at the #Birmingham Triennial Festival. He was staying with the composer Granville Bantock in Kings Norton; a keen #Shakespeare fan, he’d earlier taken a day off to visit Stratford-upon-Avon.
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"the production was a triumph" - The Telegraph
@BirminghamOpera's production of #RhineGold closes this evening with a sold out performance.
Share your reviews with us below.
Join us for:
✨ a special preview of our @bbcproms programme
✨ and the world premiere of Thomas Adès’ The Exterminating Angel Symphony!
📅 Wed 4 Aug, 8pm at Symphony Hall @BMusic_Ltd
🎟️ https://t.co/JZqzNetBpj