CBSO Friday Night Classics: You Call the Tunes

Fri 21 May 7:30pm at Symphony Hall

CBSO

Tonight the CBSO plays the peoples’ favourites in a concert packed with Midlanders’ most-loved classical and operatic music.

Voting for the concert programme closed on 31 March, programme includes:
Holst: The Planets – Mars and Jupiter
Grieg: Peer Gynt – Morning and In the Hall of the Mountain King
Verdi: Rigoletto – La Donna è mobile
Bizet: Carmen – Les Toréadors
Pachelbel: Canon in D
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Rossini: The Barber of Seville – Largo al Factotum
Puccini: Turandot – Nessun Dorma
Bizet: The Pearlfishers – Au fond du temple saint
Ravel: Boléro

It’s a tantalising programme of opera house favourites, luminously indulgent works to relax to and revel in, and rousing pieces using the immense sound of the full Orchestra to mammoth effect.

£9.50 – £39.50

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Michael Seal conductor
Simon Bates presenter

Please note that Sue Perkins has become unable to appear in the You Call the Tunes concert on Friday 21 May due to filming commitments which could not be moved. We are very grateful to Classic FM presenter Simon Bates who replaces her.

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