Centre Stage at CBSO Centre

Devised and performed by the musicians of the CBSO, Centre Stage provides a series of intimate chamber concerts designed to complement the music being performed at Symphony Hall.

Centre Stage events start at 1.10pm and normally last about 50 minutes. Snacks and a licenced bar are available before every performance.

All tickets £7.50.

• Centre Stage Simon Trpceski and CBSO players 

  Thu 25 Sep Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre

  Simon Trpceski and CBSO players Brahms: Horn Trio Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes
  
  
  

• Centre Stage Byron Parish & Owen Cox (violins), Ella Brinch (viola) 

  Wed 8 Oct Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre

  Byron Parish & Owen Cox (violins), Ella Brinch (viola) Mozart: Duo in G major, K.423 Prokofiev: Sonata for Two Violins Dvorák: Terzetto
  
  
  

• Centre Stage Elspeth Dutch (horn) and CBSO colleagues 

  Fri 24 Oct Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre

  Elspeth Dutch (horn) and CBSO colleagues Beethoven: Sextet for two horns and strings Ireland: Sextet for horn, clarinet and strings
  
  
  

• Centre Stage CBSO Players 

  Thu 6 Nov Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre

  
  
  
  

• Centre Stage Baiba Skride (violin) and CBSO Players 

  Thu 27 Nov Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre

  Baiba Skride (violin) and CBSO Players Brahms: Clarinet Quintet
  
  
  

• Centre Stage Sakari Oramo (violin) and CBSO Players 

  Tue 9 Dec Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre

  Sakari Oramo (violin) and CBSO Players Mozart: Horn Quintet K.407 Bruckner: String Quintet
  
  
  

• Centre Stage Elliott Carter’s 100th Birthday 

  Thu 18 Dec Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre

  Elliott Carter’s 100th Birthday Marie-Christine Zupancic (flute) and CBSO colleagues Carter: Enchanted Preludes Carter: Scrivo in Vento Mozart: Flute Quartet No. 4 in A, K.298 Villa-Lobos: The Jet Whistle Bax: Elegiac Trio
  
  
  

• Centre Stage A Palm Court Christmas Party! 

  Mon 22 Dec Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre

  A Palm Court Christmas Party! Berkley Salon Ensemble City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus (Seniors)
  
  
  

• Centre Stage Haydn and Handel in London 

  Thu 15 Jan Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre

  
  
  
  

• Centre Stage CBSO Players 

  Wed 21 Jan Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre

  CBSO Players Boccherini: Quintet in C Op. 28 No. 4 Glazunov: String Quintet
  
  
  

• Centre Stage Eduardo Vassallo and Laurence Jackson 

  Fri 6 Feb Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre

  
  
  
  

• Centre Stage CBSO Players 

  Tue 24 Feb Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre

  CBSO Players Rossini: String Sonatas Nos. 1, 3 and 4 Barrière: Sonate à Deux
  
  
  

• Centre Stage CBSO Players 

  Fri 6 Mar Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre

  CBSO Players Schubert: String Quartet in G, D.887
  
  
  

• Centre Stage A Pepys Portrait 

  Sun 8 Mar Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre

  A Pepys Portrait on period instruments CBSO Baroque Ensemble & Emily van Evera (soprano) Including music by Purcell, Locke and Mattheis
  
  
  

• Centre Stage CBSO Players 

  Wed 18 Mar Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre

  CBSO Players Mozart: String Quintet in C, K.515
  
  
  

• Centre Stage The Leo Quartet 

  Fri 3 Apr Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre

  The Leo Quartet Schubert: Quartet No. 7 in D Shostakovich: Quartet No. 2
  
  
  

• Centre Stage  

  Thu 23 Apr Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre

  
  
  
  

• Centre Stage Mozart: Oboe Quartet 

  Fri 1 May Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre

  Mozart: Oboe Quartet J. C. Bach: Oboe Quartet Beethoven: Serenade in D, Op. 8
  
  
  

• Centre Stage Rainer Gibbons (oboe) and the Montpellier String Trio 

  Fri 1 May Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre

  Rainer Gibbons (oboe) and the Montpellier String Trio Mozart: Oboe Quartet J. C. Bach: Oboe Quartet Beethoven: Serenade in D, Op. 8
  
  
  

• Centre Stage Briony Shaw (violin), Richard Jenkinson (cello), Robert Markham (piano) 

  Fri 15 May Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre

  Briony Shaw (violin), Richard Jenkinson (cello), Robert Markham (piano) Schubert: Piano Trio in B flat, Op. 99
  
  
  

• Centre Stage Haydn 200 

  Thu 28 May Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre

  Haydn 200 CBSO Players Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op. 20 No. 4 Haydn: String Quartet in B minor, Op. 33 No. 1
  
  
  

• Centre Stage Cellos Across the Ocean 

  Wed 10 Jun Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre

  Cellos Across the Ocean The massed cellos of the CBSO perform classic Americana from Copland, Barber, Gershwin, Bernstein and Glass.
  
  
  

• The Great American Songbook  

  Sun 14 Jun Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre

  The Berkley Street Dance Orchestra plays vintage dance band favourites from the 30s and 40s.
  
  
  

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