Symphony Hall

Events at Symphony Hall (Centenary Square, Birmingham)

Andy Hamilton And The Blue Notes

Location	Date	Tickets
	Smooth swing standards and calypso grooves from the saxophonist and his band. View full details
Symphony Hall	Cafe Bar 17 Mar Mar 17, 12.30pm	Free

Anton Du Beke And Erin Boag: Let's Do It

Location	Date	Tickets
	The professional dancing partners and stars of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing show, present a production of ballroom and music by the likes of Kander & Ebb, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin. Conductor is Richard Balcombe. View full details
Symphony Hall	18 Mar Mar 18, 3pm	0121 780 3333 £15.50–£39.50

Arun Ghosh

Location	Date	Tickets
	Contemporary world-jazz from the London-based clarinettist. View full details
Symphony Hall	Cafe Bar 10 Mar Mar 10, 1pm	Free

Billy Connolly: The Man Live

Location	Date	Tickets
	Irreverent and abrasive satire from the stand-up and TV star. View full details and ticket info
Symphony Hall	24 Feb–25 Feb Feb 24 & 25, 8pm	0121 780 3333 £35 phone for availability

Birmingham Jazz Ensemble

Location	Date	Tickets
	Mainstream jazz by the student group. View full details
Symphony Hall	Cafe Bar 2 Mar Mar 2, 5.30pm	Free

Birmingham Royal Ballet: An Evening Of Music And Dance

Location	Date	Tickets
	The company, supported by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, presents hits and highlights from its repertoire including excerpts from Messager's The Two Pigeons, Bliss's Checkmate and Paul Reade's Far From The Madding Crowd. View full details
Symphony Hall	17 Feb Feb 17, 7.30pm	0121 780 3333 £10–£29.50

Caro Emerald

Location	Date	Tickets
	Jazzy pop and vintage swing from the Dutch vocalist. View full details and ticket info
Symphony Hall	15 Mar Mar 15, 7.30pm	0121 780 3333 £25; £25 phone for availability

Carole Westwood Quartet

Location	Date	Tickets
	Mainstream jazz by the vocalist and band members. View full details
Symphony Hall	Symphony Hall Cafe Bar 23 Mar Mar 23, 5.30pm	Free

Choir Of St Thomas Church, Leipzig & Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Location	Date	Tickets
	The assembly perform Bach's St Matthew Passion, with Christoph Genz, tenor, Martin Petzold, tenor, Gotthold Schwarz, bass, Matthias Weichert, bass, Thomaner Stefan Kahle, alto and Ute Selbig soprano. View full details
Symphony Hall	9 Mar Mar 9, 7pm	0121 780 3333 £9.50–£45

City Of Birmingham Orchestra: Weltethos

Location	Date	Tickets
	Edward Gardner conducts Jonathan Harvey's choral work, based on texts from the world's great religions of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism. View full details
Symphony Hall	21 Jun Jun 21, 7.30pm	0121 780 3333 £20

City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Location	Date	Tickets
	Andris Nelsons conducts Britten's Four Sea Interludes And Passacaglia from Peter Grimes,' Mahler's Kindertotenleider, 5 songs by Strauss and Debussy's La Mer, with tenor, Jonas Kaufmann. View full details
Symphony Hall	7 Mar Mar 7, 7.30pm	0121 780 3333 £10–£39.50

City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/CBSO Chorus

Location	Date	Tickets
	Edward Gardner conducts Dukas's La Peri, Szymanowski's Stabat Mater and Holst's The Planets, with soprano Sarah Fox, mezzo-soprano Pamela Helen Stephen and bass James Creswell. View full details
Symphony Hall	15 Feb–18 Feb Feb 15, 7.30pm, Feb 18, 7pm	0121 780 3333 £10–£39.50

City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/CBSO Youth Chorus

Location	Date	Tickets
	Simon Halsey conducts Ravel's Introduction And Allegro, Faure's Cantique De Jean Racine and Pavane, Satie's Gymnopedie No 1 and No 3, Franck's Panis Angelicus, Debussy's Danse Sacree Et Danse Profane and Durufle's Requiem. View full details
Symphony Hall	22 Feb Feb 22, 7.30pm	0121 780 3333 £10–£39.50

City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Youth Orchestra

Location	Date	Tickets
	Edward Gardner conducts Bartok's Dance Suite, Berg's Seven Early Songs and Bruckner's Symphony No 4, 'Romantic', with soprano Sarah-Jane Brandon. View full details
Symphony Hall	19 Feb Feb 19, 7pm	0121 780 3333 £16

David Rees-Williams Trio

Location	Date	Tickets
	The pianist and his rhythm section plays jazz and classical works. View full details
Symphony Hall	Cafe Bar 9 Mar Mar 9, 5.15pm	Free

David Sylvian

Location	Date	Tickets
	The singer-songwriter, musician and former frontman of synth pop outfit Japan plays new wave and art rock. View full details
Symphony Hall	26 Mar Mar 26, 8pm	0121 780 3333 £32.50

The Halle

Location	Date	Tickets
	Sir Mark Elder and Andrew Gourlay conduct Strauss's Serenade For Winds, Mozart's Piano Concerto No 18 In B Flat featuring pianist Imogen Cooper and Vaughan Williams's Symphony No 2 'A London Symphony'. View full details
Symphony Hall	14 Mar Mar 14, 7.30pm	0121 780 3333 £10–£39.50

HMS Pinafore

Location	Date	Tickets
	Gilbert and Sullivan's evergreen satirical opera about the love between a lowly sailor and a captain's daughter. View full details
Symphony Hall	16 Mar Mar 16, 7.30pm	0121 780 3333 £12.50–£36

The Hollies

Location	Date	Tickets
	Distinctive vocal harmonies from Tony Hicks, Ray Stiles, Peter Howarth, Steve Lauri, Ian Parker and Bobby Elliott. View full details and ticket info
Symphony Hall	8 Mar Mar 8, 7.30pm	0121 780 3333 £19.50–£27.50

JJ Wheeler Quintet

Location	Date	Tickets
	Contemporary jazz by the drummer and colleagues. View full details
Symphony Hall	Cafe Bar 16 Mar Mar 16, 5.30pm	Free

Joan Baez

Location	Date	Tickets
	The veteran American singer-songwriter, musician and activist plays folk-rock. View full details and ticket info
Symphony Hall	13 Mar Mar 13, 7.30pm	0121 780 3333 £34.50–£39.50

Joe Summers

Location	Date	Tickets
	Contemporary folk by the Cheltenham-based singer-songwriter. View full details
Symphony Hall	Cafe Bar 15 Mar Mar 15, 5.30pm	Free

Katie Melua

Location	Date	Tickets
	The Georgia-born singer-songwriter performs her emotional pop and sultry acoustica as she takes to the stage to perform her latest material. The artist will also be performing the popular hits from her first three albums, her debut Call Off The Search, the 2005 follow-up Piece By Piece and the 2007 release Pictures. Melua's debut album was released in 2003 and featured the smash hit single The Closest Thing To Crazy, the song (Melua's debut single) reached the top 10 of the UK charts and… View full details and ticket info
Symphony Hall	12 Oct Oct 12, 7pm	0121 780 3333 £32.50

Laura Marling

Location	Date	Tickets
	The award-winning singer-songwriter and musician plays contemporary folk in support of her album A Creature I Don't Know. View full details and ticket info
Symphony Hall	2 Mar Mar 2, 7.30pm	0121 780 3333 £18.50–£25 phone for availability

Lee Mead

Location	Date	Tickets
	The West End actor and winner of BBC's Any Dream Will Do performs pop and stage favourites with his backing band and actress Louise Dearman. View full details
Symphony Hall	26 Feb Feb 26, 3pm	0121 780 3333 £22.50–£29.50

Leif Ove Andsnes

Location	Date	Tickets
	The pianist performs Haydn's Sonata In C Minor, Bartok's Suite, Debussy's Images, Book 1 and Chopin's Waltz No 2 In F Minor, Waltz No 1 In G Flat, Waltz No 3 In D Flat, Ballade No 3, Waltz In A Flat, Nocturne No 1 and his Ballad No 1. View full details
Symphony Hall	28 Mar Mar 28, 7.30pm	0121 780 3333 £9.50–£30; £4.75–£15 under 25s ( £9.50–£28.50; £4.75–£15)

Lord Of The Dance

Location	Date	Tickets
	Creator and director Michael Flatley brings his box office breaking dance extravaganza to the UK once again. The combination of music, dance, lighting and pyrotechnics has proved an international hit and is currently touring in the UK, US and Taiwan, since premiering in 1996 at Dublin's The Point Theatre. The show is based on Irish folklore and focuses on good vs evil. The tale is expressed through Irish dance and as the story unravels the audience experiences themes on love, danger and… View full details and ticket info
Symphony Hall	20 Mar–25 Mar Mar 20–25, 8pm, Mar 24 & 25, 2.30pm	0121 780 3333 £25; £30.50–£35.50; £35–£38.50

The Massed Choir

Location	Date	Tickets
	David Lawrence conducts choral works. View full details
Symphony Hall	27 Feb Feb 27, 7pm	0121 780 3333 £6 (Children £4 under 16s)

Matt Cardle

Location	Date	Tickets
	The singer, guitarist and 2010 X Factor winner plays pop-rock in support of his album Letters. View full details and ticket info
Symphony Hall	5 Mar Mar 5, 7.30pm	0121 780 3333 £26.50

Micky Greaney

Location	Date	Tickets
	Acoustica from the singer-songwriter. View full details
Symphony Hall	Cafe Bar 23 Feb Feb 23, 5.30pm	Free

Musical Picnic

Location	Date	Tickets
	Musical entertainment for all the family. With Sekou Kompo and Tamala drumming company. View full details
Symphony Hall	Symphony Hall Cafe Bar 3 Mar Mar 3, 10.30am	Free

Paul Riley Band

Location	Date	Tickets
	Contemporary jazz by the saxophonist and colleagues. View full details
Symphony Hall	Cafe Bar 17 Feb Feb 17, 5.30pm	Free

Paul Vernon Chester

Location	Date	Tickets
	Gypsy jazz by the Birmingham-based guitarist. View full details
Symphony Hall	Cafe Bar 24 Feb Feb 24, 5.30pm	Free

Rebecca Ferguson

Location	Date	Tickets
	Soulful pop from the Liverpudlian vocalist and X Factor 2010 finalist, promoting her debut album, Heaven. View full details and ticket info
Symphony Hall	1 Mar Mar 1, 7.30pm	0121 780 3333 £19.50–£32.50

Scottish Fiddle Orchestra

Location	Date	Tickets
	The orchestra performs traditional pieces. View full details
Symphony Hall	10 Mar Mar 10, 7.30pm–10.15pm	0121 780 3333 £12–£22.50

Shin Parwana

Location	Date	Tickets
	Bollywood classics and Punjabi Ghazals covers by the singer. View full details
Symphony Hall	Cafe Bar 18 Feb Feb 18, 1pm	Free

Singing Workshops

Location	Date	Tickets
	With Amy Bebbington and David Lawrence. View full details
Symphony Hall	27 Feb Feb 27, 10.30am & 1.30pm	0121 780 3333 £5 (Children £3 under 16s)

St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Location	Date	Tickets
	Yuri Temirkanov conducts Prokofiev's Classical Symphony, Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2 featuring pianist Simon Trpcveski and Shostakovich's Symphony No 5. View full details
Symphony Hall	27 Mar Mar 27, 7.30pm	0121 780 3333 £9.50–£45 ( £9.50–£43)

Symphony Hall Tour

Location	Date	Tickets
	View full details
Symphony Hall	7 Mar Mar 7, 11am	0121 780 3333 £6 (£5)

The Tetraktys String Quartet

Location	Date	Tickets
	A performance by the group of Mozart's Quartet In A Major and Beethoven's Quartet In E Minor, Rasumovsky. View full details
Symphony Hall	19 Feb Feb 19, 11am	0121 780 3333 £7.50; £7.50 inc coffee/tea/sherry ( £5; Children £5 under 16s)

The Waterboys

Location	Date	Tickets
	Mike Scott's collective plays folk and Celtic rock, promoting its album, An Appointment With Mr Yeats. View full details and ticket info
Symphony Hall	22 May May 22, 7.30pm	0121 780 3333 £28.50

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