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Open Hall!
Sun 14 Sep Town Hall
We’re throwing the doors open to everyone, with: Orchestra of the Swan showcase (2pm - 3pm), children’s Heritage trail, Organ demonstrations, foyer music, Town Hall exhibition, refreshments from the foyer café, and a prize draw for free concert tickets. Admission FREE
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Notelets Let's Get Brassy! 11am
Sat 4 Oct Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre
Let’s Get Brassy! - a mini concert for 3-5 year olds and their families. Tubas, trumpets and trombones - get up close to everything big and brassy!
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Notelets at CBSO Centre
Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre
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Family Event: Tasmin Little - No Strings Attached
Sat 4 Oct Town Hall
Tasmin Little is one of the UK’s finest violinists and a regular visitor to both Symphony Hall and Town Hall. Her personal quest is to open the classical music world to a wider audience and she is currently visiting community centres, schools, factories and even power-stations all over the country presenting ‘up-close and personal’ solo performances that she introduces as she goes along. We have managed to steal a slot in her diary so that she can share her expertise and enthusiasm for the violin with our family audience. Adults £5, 60 plus £4.50, Under 16s £2.50 Family ticket (4 people, minimum 1 adult) £12
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Notelets Let's Get Brassy! 2pm
Sat 4 Oct Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre
Let’s Get Brassy! - a mini concert for 3-5 year olds and their families. Tubas, trumpets and trombones - get up close to everything big and brassy!
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Family Event: Pied Piper Workshop & Concert
Sat 1 Nov Town Hall
Atarah and the Fizzy Flute Band invite children aged 3 • 10 to bring ANY instrument, even home-made ones and toys, to join them in rehearsing and then performing the story in music of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. A hands-on workshop/concert that will keep even the family fidget busy, tapping rhythms, booing the Wicked Mayor, cheering the Piper and squeaking with the Rats, while children play simple tunes and sound effects as the story progresses. No preparation necessary. Adults £5, 60 plus £4.50, Under 16s £2.50 Family Ticket (minimum 1 adult) £12 The concert lasts approximately one hour and then, after an interval, Atarah will be in the foyer to meet and greet audience members.
Devised and presented by Atarah Ben-Tovim MBE
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Family Concert: Steps in Time
Sun 9 Nov Symphony Hall
Time travelling across the musical universe is the theme for today’s family concert! Our own real-life Doctor Who, in the form of popular presenter Alasdair Malloy, will keep the CBSO stepping in time with a selection of dances from across the ages. So forget about two left feet and get with the beat in an afternoon packed with numbers conjuring up twinkling toes for waltzes, courtly dances, marches and sambas, including music by Walton, Mozart, Arnold, Dvorák and Piazzolla. Why not come along dressed as your favourite kind of dancer? FREE CREATIVE WORKSHOPS AND MUSIC in the foyers from 1.30pm
David Danzmayr - conductor Alasdair Malloy - presenter City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
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Notelets - Hands On Notelets
Sat 15 Nov Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre
An opportunity to join in and work with the CBSO's musicians in specially created one-hour workshops for pre-school children, designed to harness their creativity! Please note: all children must be accompanied. Ticket prices: £4 each/£13 group of 4 (children & accompanying adults)
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Notelets - Hands on Notelets
Sat 15 Nov Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre
An opportunity to join in and work with the CBSO's musicians in specially created one-hour workshops for pre-school children, designed to harness their creativity! Please note: all children must be accompanied. Ticket prices: £4 each/£13 group of 4 (children & accompanying adults)
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Notelets Noël Notelets 11am
Sun 7 Dec Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre
Noël Notelets - a mini concert for 3-5 year olds and their families. ’Tis the season to be jolly, with festive music and children’s Christmas songs.
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Notelets Noël Notelets 2pm
Sun 7 Dec Book through our ticket office for CBSO Centre
Noël Notelets - a mini concert for 3-5 year olds and their families. ’Tis the season to be jolly, with festive music and children’s Christmas songs.
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My First Carol Concert With Milkshake Live!
Sat 13 Dec Symphony Hall
This Christmas treat your little ones to a unique yuletide concert hosted by their favorite Milkshake TV characters and presenters. For the first time ever, Milkshake Live brings together classic Christmas songs and festive fun in an enchanting concert for the whole family to enjoy. The popular Milkshake TV characters and presenters are joined by a fantastic 30 piece orchestra LIVE on stage! This is a magical opportunity to introduce your children to their first live Christmas concert hosted by one of the most successful children’s TV experiences ever • Milkshake! Including classic Christmas music such as Nutcracker to sing-a-long fun Frosty The Snowman, Jingle Bells, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer and many more….
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Christmas Festival at THSH
Thu 18 Dec Symphony Hall
A fantastic selection of fesitve events to get you in the Christmas spirit and bring in the New Year.
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White Christmas
Thu 18 Dec Symphony Hall
Christmas glitz and Yuletide nostalgia in a wonderful show of all-time favourites. From _Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire_…to _Silent Night_… _Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas_ Just like the ones we used to know! _Winter Wonderland_ _We need a little Christmas_ _Santa Claus is coming to town_ _Frosty the Snowman_ _It’s the most wonderful time of the year_ _Santa Baby_ _Blue Christmas_ _Jingle Bell Rock_ _Let it snow_ _I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus_ _All I want for Christmas is you_ _The Little Drummer Boy_
*Capital Voices* *John Rigby* conductor *London Concert Orchestra* Star Soloists *Jacinta Whyte* and *David Habbin*
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Carols by Candlelight
Sat 20 Dec Symphony Hall
Herald Christmas in the most elegant way with this joyous concert of carols and seasonal classics presented with all the grace and charm of the 18th Century in an evocative candle-lit style setting. CAROLS FOR ALL including _Good King Wenceslas_, _God Rest You Merry Gentlemen_, _Once in Royal David’s City_, _Away in a Manger_, _Hark! The Herald Angels Sing_, _It Came Upon The Midnight Clear_, _O Little Town of Bethlehem_, _Unto Us Is Born A Son_, _The First Noel_.
*Steven Devine* conductor *Laura Parfitt* soprano *MOZART FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA* in full period costume *MOZART FESTIVAL CHORUS*
*Handel* Zadok the Priest, Let the bright Seraphim, Christmas sequence from Messiah *Mozart* Laudate Dominum *Corelli* Allegro and Pastorale from Christmas Concerto *Vivaldi* Gloria (Opening Chorus)
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Christmas Carol Singalong
Tue 23 Dec Symphony Hall
Back by popular demand *JONATHAN COHEN* invites you to join the fun with favourite Christmas songs and carols galore. _Clap your hands, stamp your feet and sing your heart out!_
_Special Guest Singer_ *Sophie-Louise Dann* Birmingham Festival Choral Society London Concert Orchestra
Jingle Bells Ding dong! Merrily on high Winter Wonderland The Twelve Days of Christmas O come, all ye faithful Once in royal David’s city God rest you merry, gentlemen O little town of Bethlehem Away in a manger Let it snow Santa Claus is coming to town Hark! the herald angels sing Frosty the Snowman The first Nowell
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Christmas Gala
Tue 23 Dec Symphony Hall
Introduced by star of breakfast *GMTV*'s *PENNY SMITH* Merry festive favourites and classic carols to spread Christmas cheer.
with exquisite soloists and the angelic voice of a boy soprano Lee Bisset _soprano_ James Edwards _tenor_ Robin Marshall _treble_ Fraser Goulding _conductor_ London Concert _Orchestra_
*Humperdinck* Hansel and Gretel Overture *Tchaikovsky* The Nutcracker Suite *Rimsky-Korsakov* Christmas Eve Polonaise *Puccini * Christmas Love Duet from La Boheme *Head* The Little Road to Bethlehem *Schubert* Ave Maria *Anderson* Sleigh Ride *Bach* Jesu, joy of Man’s Desiring *Lloyd Webber* Pie Jesu from Requiem *Arr. Bateman* Winter Wonderland _and_ *CAROLS FOR ALL* _including_ Once in Royal David’s City O come, all ye faithful Hark! the herald angels sing
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Christmas Eve Classics
Wed 24 Dec Symphony Hall
_A magical matinee to start your Christmas Eve celebrations._ This concert of glorious seasonal and traditional music captures perfectly the true spirit of Christmas.
John Graham-Hall _tenor_ Paul Beniston _trumpet_ Birmingham Choral Union The Shrewsbury Young Performers Choir Robin Stapleton _conductor_ London Concert Orchestra
*Bach* Sheep may safely graze *Head* The Little Road to Bethlehem *Handel* Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah *Rutter* Shepherd’s Pipe Carol *Franck* Panis Angelicus *Adam* O Holy Night *Clarke* Trumpet Suite *Keonig* Post Horn Galop *Darke* In the bleak midwinter *Pachelbel* Canon *Bizet* Agnus Dei *Adams* The Holy City _plus_ *CAROLS FOR ALL* O come, all ye faithful God rest you merry, gentlemen Good King Wenceslas O little town of Bethlehem Hark! the herald angels sing
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Boxing Day Classics
Fri 26 Dec Symphony Hall
Two giant keyboard masterpieces in one superb programme of rousing classics. _A complimentary glass of champagne for everyone_
Edward Warren _conductor_ Malcolm Hicks _organ_ Martin Cousin _piano_ London Concert Orchestra
*Rossini* William Tell Overture *Mascagni* Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana *Tchaikovsky* Piano Concerto No.1 *Wagner* Prelude Act III from Lohengrin *Strauss* Emperor Waltz *Saint-Saëns* Symphony No.3 ‘Organ Symphony’ Featuring the majestic *Symphony Hall Organ*
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The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan
Sat 27 Dec Symphony Hall
Here’s a first rate opportunity to hear all the most familiar toe-tapping songs from the delectable Savoy Operas presented in a brand new show with favourite stars from the world of Gilbert & Sullivan.
Charlotte Page _soprano_ Victoria Byron _mezzo soprano_ Jill Pert _contralto_ Stephen Brown _tenor_ Bruce Graham _baritone_ Donald Maxwell _baritone_ Alistair Donkin _bass_ The Gilbert & Sullivan Chorus & Orchestra Fraser Goulding _conductor_
*The Mikado* *The Pirates of Penzance* *HMS Pinafore* *Iolanthe* *Yeomen of the Guard* *The Gondoliers*
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