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Review: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Royal Opera, at Birmingham Symphony Hall Jan 12 2012

We all know Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg to be a great celebration of German culture, but what Wednesday’s concert performance from the Royal Opera brought was an added layer of festivityRead

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Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi receives flood of support after cancer diagnosis Jan 10 2012

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with cancer, it emerged today. Read

One Direction tour bus in Birmingham crash after NIA concert Jan 06 2012

BOYBAND One Direction were involved in a crash in Birmingham after their concert in the city.Read

Jazz Diary: Great music for hard times Jan 06 2012

No year is a particularly secure one for jazz, but if 2012 is being predicted as a particularly precarious year economically, does this necessarily mean that jazz will suffer?Read

Wagner's epic Die Meistersinger comes to Birmingham Jan 06 2012

Christopher Morley explains why the German composer's Die Meistersinger is one of the greatest operas of all time.Read

Review: Pirates of Penzance, at Symphony Hall Jan 06 2012

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In the theatre Gilbert and Sullivan operettas can creak like antique armchairs (and be just as uncomfortable when done by amateurs), so a slick professional concert performance is often a much better bet.Read

Review: Carmina Burana, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, at Symphony Hall Jan 06 2012

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Carl Orff’s paean to drinking, sex and the vicissitudes of fortune isn’t everyone’s cup of medieval mulled wine.Read

Dexys Midnight Runners founding member Pete Williams launches solo album in Birmingham Jan 05 2012

One of the founding members of chart-topping Birmingham group Dexys Midnight Runners is to launch his debut solo album in Birmingham in February.Read

CBSO collaboration with Sir Anthony Hopkins released on CD Jan 05 2012

The associate conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra has spoken of the “wonderful” experience of working with Sir Anthony Hopkins and bringing the actor's compositions to fruition. Read

Birmingham Symphony Hall prepares for 21st anniversary celebrations Dec 30 2011

Christopher Morley on the season ahead as the Symphony Hall celebrates a milestone.Read

Review: Polar, at Symphony Hall, Birmingham Dec 30 2011

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High definition footage of the Arctic and Antarctic on a giant screen but with a vital extra ingredient – a live soundtrack performed by the CBSO. Read

Jazz Diary: Peter Bacon's top ten big gigs of 2011 Dec 30 2011

There’s been a lot of jazz about in Birmingham and the Midlands in 2011 in the way of smaller pub gigs but a little less in the way of big concerts.Read

X Factor finalist Marcus Collins to perform at Birmingham gay club The Nightingale on New Year's Eve Dec 23 2011

X Factor finalist Marcus Collins will headline special New Year’s Eve celebrations at gay venue the Nightingale Club – days after it was saved from extinction.Read

Classical music review of the year Dec 23 2011

Christopher Morley looks back at the highs – and lows – of 2011Read

Review: CBSO Benevolent Fund Concert, at Symphony Hall Dec 23 2011

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Given its familiar tripartite format, some people might not have expected much from the CBSO’s annual Benevolent Fund concert. How wrong they were.Read

Review: Beethoven's Choral Symphony, London Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall Dec 23 2011

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I don’t have a hot line to Beethoven, but I have the feeling he would have been in two minds about last Friday’s performance of his Choral Symphony under Sir John Eliot Gardiner.Read

Review: CBSO's Choral Christmas, at Symphony Hall Dec 23 2011

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“Jingle all the way . . .” with our Birmingham music family: CBSO Chorus, CBSO Children’s Chorus, CBSO Young Voices and of course our very own City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.Read

Review: Go West at Birmingham Academy 2 Dec 22 2011

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IT was quite a nostalgia trip as reformed ‘80s band Go West made a return.Read

Review: Christmas By Candlelight, Ex Cathedra at St Paul's Church, Hockley Dec 22 2011

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A candlelit Christmas evening by Jeffrey Skidmore and his incomparable Ex Cathedra choir is not to be missed. Read

Jazz Diary: Peter Bacon's Top 10 of 2012 Dec 22 2011

With luck, all our British jazz musicians are enjoying mince pies and warming drinks in the bosoms of their families, rather than being up there on the bandstand this week, so it’s time to look back on the year and what they have done in the recording studio.Read

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