What’s on – Classical

  • Boys’ Choir Concert, 18 May 2012
    18 May 2012 at Solihull School The Warwickshire Boys were finalists in BBC Choir of the Year 2010 and they’re teaming up with a top German Boys’ Choir Knabenchor Hoesel for this one-off event. Funds raised go towards Children’s work at our local Hospitals. […]
  • Music for Lunch Recital, 1 Jun 2012
    1 Jun 2012 at Birmingham CathedralThe popular Music for Lunch series continues with a recital by Tim Harper (Birmingham Cathedral Assistant Director of Music, organ). […]
  • Music for Lunch Recital, 25 May 2012
    25 May 2012 at Birmingham CathedralThe popular Music for Lunch series continues with a recital Ya-Ting Lo (piano). […]
  • Music for Lunch Recital, 18 May 2012
    18 May 2012 at Birmingham CathedralThe popular Music for Lunch series continues with recital by The Beorma Ensemble (male vocal ensemble, Russian repertoire). […]
  • Maesteg Gleemen Male Voice Choir, 2 Jun 2012
    2 Jun 2012 at St. Martin in the Bull RingDiamond Jubilee Concert – Maesteg Gleemen Male Voice Choir with soloist Rhiannon Owen. Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of HM The Queen, the choir and soloist will perform a concert of musical favourites, both old and new. Tickets £10 or £5 for under 16’s for unreserved seating from St. Martin’s Church, 0121-600 6020 […]
  • Extended Peal to Celebrate the Diamond Jubilee, 4 Jun 2012
    4 Jun 2012 at Birmingham CathedralFREE The bell ringers will be attempting an extended peal for the Queen's Jubilee from 10.00am on Monday 4 June 2012 and will ring for approximately nine hours, hoping to finish by 7.00pm. The method chosen is called Avon. It was first rung in 1980 and is a particularly challenging 12-bell method. […]
  • Mario Lanza Opera Prize , 2 Jun 2012
    2 Jun 2012 at Birmingham ConservatoireGenerously sponsored by the Mario Lanza Society, our undergraduate and postgraduate singers rise to the challenge of presenting two contrasting operatic arias in this afternoon’s competition. Prepare to be enthralled by the skill and virtuosity our students display as they compete to win this esteemed prize. […]
  • Composer's Platform , 28 May 2012
    28 May 2012 at Birmingham Conservatoire […]
  • Junior Conservatoire Youth Strings Project Summer Project , 27 May 2012
    27 May 2012 at Birmingham ConservatoireLucy Akehurst (director) […]
  • Tony Levin Drum Prize , 24 May 2012
    24 May 2012 at Birmingham Conservatoire […]
  • Noah Stewart, 19 May 2012
    19 May 2012 at Birmingham ConservatoireIn four short years since participating in the prestigious Adler Program at the San Francisco Opera, Noah has established himself as one of the fastest –rising young tenors in the world, making debuts in Lisbon, London ,New York and Paris in repertoire including Cavaradossi (Tosca), Rodolfo (La Boheme) and Don Jose (Car […]
  • Birmingham Chamber Orchestra, 26 May 2012
    26 May 2012 at Artrix In 2010, Martin Roscoe and the Birmingham Chamber Orchestra performed Beethoven's third and fourth piano concertos. The Orchestra returns to Artrix with the epic 'Emperor', performed by Simon Callaghan. Two transcendent works by Mozart complete the programme. […]
  • Concert by Richard Silk and Sue Hill, 3 Jun 2012
    3 Jun 2012 at Carrs Lane Church CentreFREE […]
  • Organ Concert by David Saint , 28 May 2012
    28 May 2012 at St. Chad's Cathedral […]
  • Knabenchor & Warks Boys Choir, 18 May 2012
    18 May 2012 at St. Chad's Cathedral […]
  • Spaghetti Western Orchestra, 23 May 2012
    23 May 2012 at Town HallThe magnificent five are riding into town! Armed with over 100 instruments, these brilliant musicians perform a fistful of Ennio Morricone classics from the movies that made Clint Eastwood a star. The stunning soundtracks include The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, For A Few Dollars More and Once Upon a Time in The West. This ingenious ga […]
  • Louis Clarks Hooked on Classics, 27 May 2012
    27 May 2012 at New Alexandra Theatre […]
  • Splendours from the Doge's Chapel, 26 May 2012
    26 May 2012 at Town HallGiovanni Gabrieli was the greatest composer of the Venetian high Renaissance. The singers, cornettists and trombonists he had at his disposal were among the best to be found anywhere, and their virtuosity is clearly reflected in the music he composed for them. Ex Cathedra are delighted to welcome back His Majestys Sagbutts & Corne […]
  • Past Lives, 30 May 2012
    30 May 2012 at Solihull Arts ComplexA collaborative film & live music performance. Capturing moving images is now commonplace with mobile phones and pocket cameras, but before the digital age it wasn't so easy. Small format movie cameras were the liberating technology of the mid-20th Century, giving ordinary people the chance to record everyday even […]
  • Lunchtime Organ Concert: Thomas Trotter, 28 May 2012
    28 May 2012 at Town HallSummer Request Concert […]