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CBSO/Vänskä review – weird brilliance and neurotic tics in a compelling programme

Soprano Helena Juntunen brought Sibelius’ vocal works to dramatic life in a remarkable concert that paired the Finnish composer with late Shostakovich

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Lim/CBSO/Yamada review – wonderful Rachmaninov and a swirling Sinfonia

Young Korean Yunchan Lim naturally conjured a willing audience into silence with his commanding range after an alarm disrupted the popular pianist’s Prom

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‘Be playful, try new things!’ The Southbank Centre’s Mark Ball on his new festival, Multitudes

The arts centre’s artistic director is on a mission to bring new audiences to the joys of classical music. He explains why mixing it with circus, grime, poetry, and film might be the way to do it

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The week in classical: LSO/ Rattle; CBSO/ Volkov; Jenůfa – review

Simon Rattle celebrates his big birthday with two striking world premieres; the sea meets surrealism in Satie’s centenary year. Plus, intense Janáček and a rousing Covent Garden welcome

The Guardian - UK

Banging the drum for music education: the UK school run with an orchestra

Shireland CBSO academy in West Bromwich has put music at centre of its teaching in effort to revive interest

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Birmingham symphony orchestra to back grime and rap stars in 2025 concert

Artists taking part include Lady Leshurr, Big Dog Yogo, Brixx, C4, Creezon, Jaykae, Mayhem, Nodb, Pressure0121, Roxxxan, Saf One, Sox and T Roadz.

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The Guardian view on phones in concert halls: what engages some enrages others

Ediitorial: While some feel that allowing live performances to be photographed or filmed adds to the buzz, others hate it

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Live concerts have the power to delight – let’s try to forget about our phones

All praise to a classical singer for last week’s rebellion against a sea of illuminated screens

The Guardian - UK

CBSO/Yamada review – Anna Clyne’s Atlas is a brilliantly coloured musical scrapbook

This piano concerto co-commissioned by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra is one of quicksilver changes of mood conveyed brilliantly by Jeremy Denk

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‘A huge step back for the city’: people in Birmingham on council budget cuts

Proposals on services ranging from bin collections to social care, arts and libraries have left many worried for the future

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Conductor Simon Rattle says cutting UK tax relief for orchestras would be a catastrophe

Plea to protect arts funding as a growing number of city and county councils face bankruptcy

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CBSO/Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla at the Barbican review: the conductor brought a bright, edgy, in-your-face sound

Gražinytė-Tyla’s whiplash rhythms served the pieces well

Evening Standard

CBSO/Gražinytė-Tyla/Frang review – remarkable performance brings out Elgar’s extraordinary beauty

On her final tour as conductor of the CBSO Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, here joined by violin virtuoso Vilde Frang captures every moment of febrility and nobility with a startling immediacy

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The week in classical: The Decision; The Dream of Gerontius; Soloists of the CBSO – review

Birmingham Opera Company regroup, and the CBSO triumph in Elgar’s great oratorio as the city’s rich musical life thrives. And shock and anger as the BBC Singers are axed

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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

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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

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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

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Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: How to watch the opening ceremony and all sports live

After the Opening Ceremong for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, there will be a 11 days of competion with Australia fielding 435 athletes.

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Evening Standard

BBC Proms: CBSO/Yamada - an exemplary performance of Ethyl Smith’s subtle and original work

The orchestra’s handling of both Smyth and Rachmaninov’s work was revelatory in different ways

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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

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CBSO/Gražinytė-Tyla review – assured Bruckner and arresting Tchaikovsky mark the end of a Birmingham era

Symphony Hall, BirminghamIn 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

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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’

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CBSO/Yamada review – chief conductor-in-waiting brings spirit but not subtlety

The Japanese conductor who takes over in Birmingham next year already has a strong connection with the players; while soprano Fatma Said impressed in Mozart arias

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