http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/ Find out about classical music in Birmingham and the West Midlands along with all the latest classical music news. Birmingham Symphony Hall, CBSO and more. en-gb Birmingham Post no Find out about classical music in Birmingham and the West Midlands along with all the latest classical music news. Birmingham Symphony Hall, CBSO and more. classical music in Birmingham, classical music in the West Midlands, classical music news, Birmingham Symphony Hall, CBSO http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/10/07/birmingham-contemporary-music-group-at-cbso-centre-65233-21982308/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:33:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/10/07/birmingham-contemporary-music-group-at-cbso-centre-65233-21982308/ Unusually for Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, only two composers featured in their programme on Sunday night, the Dane Poul Ruders and the Finn Magnus Lindberg. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/10/06/barber-institute-gala-eduardo-vassallo-and-mark-bebbington-at-adrian-boult-hall-65233-21975537/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:07:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/10/06/barber-institute-gala-eduardo-vassallo-and-mark-bebbington-at-adrian-boult-hall-65233-21975537/ After 70 years the concert hall in Birmingham University’s Barber Institute of Fine Arts was long overdue for refurbishment, and this summer it finally received one. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/10/03/bcmg-tunes-up-for-a-new-season-65233-21959464/ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:03:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/10/03/bcmg-tunes-up-for-a-new-season-65233-21959464/ Terry Grimley previews the new season from Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/10/03/bringing-opera-to-the-ethnic-masses-65233-21958390/ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:46:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/10/03/bringing-opera-to-the-ethnic-masses-65233-21958390/ A major musical project which aims to encourage black and Asian people into opera – as performers and supporters – is staged in Birmingham on Sunday as part of the city’s Black History Month celebrations. Ros Dodd reports. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/10/02/music-societies-at-the-thin-end-of-the-wedge-65233-21949706/ Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:23:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/10/02/music-societies-at-the-thin-end-of-the-wedge-65233-21949706/ Music societies run by amateur enthusiasts have always been a vital part of the infrastructure underpinning classical music in Britain. Christopher Morley looks at their struggle to survive in changing times. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/09/30/cbso-s-saint-saens-cd-voted-no-1-by-gramophone-magazine-65233-21933288/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:07:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/09/30/cbso-s-saint-saens-cd-voted-no-1-by-gramophone-magazine-65233-21933288/ A recording featuring the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and former music director Sakari Oramo has been voted the most popular classical recording of the last 30 years. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/09/25/cbso-andris-nelsons-at-symphony-hall-65233-21900061/ Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:38:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/09/25/cbso-andris-nelsons-at-symphony-hall-65233-21900061/ Tuesday brought the biggest test so far for Andris Nelsons, the new CBSO music director adored by players and audience alike, with Debussy’s Prelude a l’Apres-Midi d’un Faune requiring delicacy, emotional restraint and refinement. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/09/25/birmingham-conservatoire-talent-preserved-on-disc-65233-21899962/ Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:34:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/09/25/birmingham-conservatoire-talent-preserved-on-disc-65233-21899962/ As a new academic year begins at Birmingham Conservatoire, this seems an appropriate time to survey some recent CD releases connected with it. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/09/19/review-cbso-andris-nelsons-at-symphony-hall-65233-21856797/ Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:11:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/09/19/review-cbso-andris-nelsons-at-symphony-hall-65233-21856797/ It’s still less than a year since Andris Nelsons faced the CBSO at a private session in Birmingham Town Hall, at the start of an instant love-affair which looks like going on for a very long time. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/09/17/handel-s-semele-by-birmingham-conservatoire-operamus-65233-21842123/ Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:54:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/09/17/handel-s-semele-by-birmingham-conservatoire-operamus-65233-21842123/ Post reader Geoff Read writes an appreciation of Handel's Semele, as performed by Birmingham Conservatoire and Operamus. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/09/17/andris-nelson-picks-up-the-cbso-baton-65233-21840352/ Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:59:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/09/17/andris-nelson-picks-up-the-cbso-baton-65233-21840352/ Christopher Morley is granted a revealing audience with Andris Nelsons on the eve of the conductor taking up his full-time post with the CBSO http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/09/12/obituary-orchestra-conductor-vernon-handley-65233-21807766/ Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:40:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/09/12/obituary-orchestra-conductor-vernon-handley-65233-21807766/ Vernon Handley, who died at his Monmouth home on Wednesday, was probably the country’s best-loved conductor. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/09/11/everyone-gets-to-sit-in-best-seat-in-the-house-65233-21797827/ Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:53:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/09/11/everyone-gets-to-sit-in-best-seat-in-the-house-65233-21797827/ Christopher Morley puts his feet up in the best concert venue that Germany can offer. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/09/07/cbso-to-perform-piece-by-turner-prize-winner-65233-21701211/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/09/07/cbso-to-perform-piece-by-turner-prize-winner-65233-21701211/ Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Creed will break new ground later this month when he has a composition for orchestra performed by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/09/04/plenty-of-gaffes-at-the-shake-of-a-stick-65233-21675248/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:58:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/09/04/plenty-of-gaffes-at-the-shake-of-a-stick-65233-21675248/ There’s more to conducting an orchestra than the BBC’s celebrity reality TV series Maestro suggests, writes Christopher Morley http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/09/02/national-children-s-orchestra-at-symphony-hall-65233-21657078/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:57:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/09/02/national-children-s-orchestra-at-symphony-hall-65233-21657078/ Flags fluttered enthusiastically, balloons descended from the lofty ceiling of Symphony Hall and 600 youngsters celebrated the 30th anniversary of the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/08/28/kungsbacka-trio-at-the-presteigne-festival-powys-65233-21627661/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:46:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/08/28/kungsbacka-trio-at-the-presteigne-festival-powys-65233-21627661/ It’s not just Olympians coming in with new world records this month. This year the Presteigne Festival entertained an astonishing 86 per cent average attendance. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/08/28/pushing-the-boat-out-as-centre-stage-continues-to-grow-65233-21626176/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:54:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/08/28/pushing-the-boat-out-as-centre-stage-continues-to-grow-65233-21626176/ Now in its 10th season, the popular Centre Stage programme of chamber-scale events promoted by CBSO players at the CBSO Centre is promising to be even bigger and better than ever. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/08/27/kungsbacka-piano-trio-at-presteigne-festival-65233-21616649/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:26:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/08/27/kungsbacka-piano-trio-at-presteigne-festival-65233-21616649/ A familiar figure at the Presteigne Festival, Joe Duddell is this year’s composer-in-residence, with performances of six works during the last few days. Monday saw the world premiere of his latest, Nightswimming, for piano trio. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/08/25/national-children-s-orchestra-at-birmingham-town-hall-65233-21600195/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:41:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/08/25/national-children-s-orchestra-at-birmingham-town-hall-65233-21600195/ It’s easy to make patronising allowances when you’re talking about the artistic aspirations of the very young.