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Concerts and opera

Classical concerts and opera in Birmingham

69 performances in Birmingham on our calendars, from Thu 5 Nov 2026 to Sun 25 Jul 2027, at 4 halls. Most often on the programme: Prelude (2 performances) and the music of Ludwig van Beethoven.

The whole season69 performances

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November 2026

  1. Thu 5 Nov · 13:00Suk: Elegy · Shostakovich: Piano QuintetCBSO Centre, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  2. Thu 5 Nov · 19:30Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad · Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 · Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending: Romance for Violin and OrchestraSymphony Hall, Birmingham · B:Music (Symphony Hall & Town Hall Birmingham)
  3. Sun 8 Nov · 11:00Boulanger: Trois Pièces for cello and piano · Piazzolla: Le grand tangoJennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall Birmingham · B:Music (Symphony Hall & Town Hall Birmingham)
  4. Mon 9 Nov · 13:00Bach: Passion According to St. MatthewTown Hall, Birmingham · B:Music (Symphony Hall & Town Hall Birmingham)
  5. Sat 14 Nov · 19:30Bringing the Light: A Concert of HopeCBSO Centre, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  6. Sun 22 Nov · 15:00Bernstein: Serenade · Mahler: Symphony No. 6Symphony Hall, Birmingham · B:Music (Symphony Hall & Town Hall Birmingham)
  7. Mon 23 Nov · 13:00Rossini: Il barbiere di SivigliaTown Hall, Birmingham · B:Music (Symphony Hall & Town Hall Birmingham)
  8. Fri 27 Nov · 13:00Beamish: String Quartet No.2 (Opus California) · Beethoven: String Quartet No. 4CBSO Centre, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  9. Sun 29 Nov · 15:00Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 2 · Beethoven: Egmont · Beethoven: Violin ConcertoTown Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

December 2026

  1. Wed 2 Dec · 19:00Weinberg: Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes · Elgar: Cello Concerto · Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10Symphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  2. Fri 4 Dec · 19:00Handel: MessiahSymphony Hall, Birmingham · B:Music (Symphony Hall & Town Hall Birmingham)
  3. Sat 5 Dec · 15:00Britten: A Boy Was Born · Britten: A Ceremony of CarolsTown Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  4. Wed 9 Dec · 13:00Ravel: Ma mère l'oyeCBSO Centre, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  5. Thu 10 Dec · 14:15Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker · Bernstein: PreludeTown Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  6. Thu 10 Dec · 19:00Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker · Bernstein: PreludeTown Hall, Birmingham · B:Music (Symphony Hall & Town Hall Birmingham)
  7. Fri 18 Dec · 19:30Mendelssohn: Hark! the Herald Angels SingSymphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

January 2027

  1. Sun 3 Jan · 15:00Viennese New YearSymphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  2. Mon 18 Jan · 13:00Bach: Sonata No. 1 for Solo ViolinSymphony Hall, Birmingham · B:Music (Symphony Hall & Town Hall Birmingham)
  3. Wed 20 Jan · 19:00Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto · Sibelius: Symphony No. 2Symphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  4. Thu 21 Jan · 13:00Reger: SerenadeCBSO Centre, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  5. Sat 23 Jan · 19:0050 Years of Star WarsSymphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

February 2027

  1. Mon 1 Feb · 13:00Handel: Concerto · Messiaen: Messe de la Pentecôte · Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the AnimalsTown Hall, Birmingham · B:Music (Symphony Hall & Town Hall Birmingham)
  2. Mon 1 Feb · 13:00Centre Stage: Dances for WoodwindCBSO Centre, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  3. Sun 7 Feb · 15:00Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre · Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 · Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2Symphony Hall, Birmingham · B:Music (Symphony Hall & Town Hall Birmingham)
  4. Wed 10 Feb · 19:00Janacek: Taras Bulba JW VI/15 · Clyne: Glasslands · Dvořák: Symphony No. 7Symphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  5. Mon 15 Feb · 13:00Lunchtime Organ Concert 2026/27: Thomas Trotter at Town HallTown Hall, Birmingham · B:Music (Symphony Hall & Town Hall Birmingham)
  6. Wed 17 Feb · 14:15Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 · Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 · Beethoven: Symphony No. 3Symphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  7. Fri 19 Feb · 19:30Wagner: Lohengrin · Verdi: Rigoletto · Puccini: La bohèmeSymphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  8. Sun 21 Feb · 11:00Haydn: String QuartetJennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall Birmingham · B:Music (Symphony Hall & Town Hall Birmingham)
  9. Sun 21 Feb · 15:00Tchaikovsky: The Swan Lake · Prokofiev: Romeo and JulietSymphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  10. Wed 24 Feb · 19:00Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 · Haydn: Trumpet Concerto · Beethoven: Symphony No. 5Symphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  11. Fri 26 Feb · 13:00Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14CBSO Centre, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

March 2027

  1. Mon 1 Mar · 13:00Lunchtime Organ Concert 2026/27: Thomas Trotter - Celebrating St David's DayTown Hall, Birmingham · B:Music (Symphony Hall & Town Hall Birmingham)
  2. Thu 4 Mar · 19:30Adès: The Tempest · Strauss: Macbeth · Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's DreamSymphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  3. Fri 5 Mar · 13:00Beethoven: Clarinet Trio · Brahms: Clarinet TrioCBSO Centre, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  4. Sun 7 Mar · 16:00Beethoven: Missa SolemnisSymphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  5. Wed 10 Mar · 14:15Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 2 · Dvořák: Symphony No. 9Symphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  6. Mon 15 Mar · 13:00Bach: Fantasia and Fugue · Dupré: Symphonie-PassionTown Hall, Birmingham · B:Music (Symphony Hall & Town Hall Birmingham)
  7. Wed 17 Mar · 19:00Clyne: Resonant Forms · Strauss: Ein HeldenlebenSymphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  8. Wed 17 Mar · 21:00Clyne: Fractured Time · Carter: Canon for Four: Hommage to William · Clyne: Strange LoopsSymphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  9. Sun 21 Mar · 11:00Ives: Piano Trio · Beethoven: Allegretto · Haydn: Keyboard TrioJennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall Birmingham · B:Music (Symphony Hall & Town Hall Birmingham)
  10. Fri 26 Mar · 14:00Bach: Passion According to St. MatthewSymphony Hall, Birmingham · B:Music (Symphony Hall & Town Hall Birmingham)

April 2027

  1. Fri 2 Apr · 19:00Weinberg: The PassengerSymphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  2. Sat 3 Apr · 17:00Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine · Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra · Holst: The PlanetsSymphony Hall, Birmingham · B:Music (Symphony Hall & Town Hall Birmingham)
  3. Sun 11 Apr · 11:00ECHO Rising Stars 2026/27: Elionor MartínezJennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall Birmingham · B:Music (Symphony Hall & Town Hall Birmingham)
  4. Mon 12 Apr · 13:00Handel: Oboe SonataSymphony Hall, Birmingham · B:Music (Symphony Hall & Town Hall Birmingham)
  5. Sun 18 Apr · 15:00Beethoven: Coriolan · Brahms: Violin Concerto · Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4Symphony Hall, Birmingham · B:Music (Symphony Hall & Town Hall Birmingham)
  6. Wed 21 Apr · 19:00Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 · Adams: Absolute Jest · Beethoven: Symphony No. 7Symphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  7. Fri 23 Apr · 13:00Beethoven: SeptetCBSO Centre, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  8. Mon 26 Apr · 13:00Centre Stage: Beethoven's OboesCBSO Centre, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  9. Thu 29 Apr · 14:15Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 · Schubert: Symphony No. 8 · Strauss: Der RosenkavalierSymphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

May 2027

  1. Wed 5 May · 19:30Verdi: RequiemSymphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  2. Mon 10 May · 13:00Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia · Bach: Prelude and Fugue · Duruflé: SuiteTown Hall, Birmingham · B:Music (Symphony Hall & Town Hall Birmingham)
  3. Mon 10 May · 13:00Rachmaninoff: Trio élégiaqueCBSO Centre, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  4. Thu 13 May · 14:15Stravinsky: Circus Polka · Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 · Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3Symphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  5. Fri 14 May · 19:30Classic FM Hall of FameSymphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  6. Sat 15 May · 16:00Wagner: Tristan und IsoldeSymphony Hall, Birmingham · Opera North
  7. Sun 16 May · 11:00ECHO Rising Stars 2026/27: Ava BahariJennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall Birmingham · B:Music (Symphony Hall & Town Hall Birmingham)
  8. Wed 19 May · 19:00Messiaen: Turangalila-symphonieSymphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  9. Thu 20 May · 13:00Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du tempsCBSO Centre, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  10. Mon 24 May · 13:00Bach: Von Gott will ich nicht lassenTown Hall, Birmingham · B:Music (Symphony Hall & Town Hall Birmingham)
  11. Wed 26 May · 14:15Haydn: Symphony No. 104 · Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 2 · Poulenc: Les bichesSymphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  12. Sat 29 May · 19:00Walton: Orb and Scepter · Ravel: Piano Concerto · Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5Symphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  13. Sun 30 May · 13:00Ravel: Introduction et Allegro · Debussy: Danse sacrée et danse profane · Ravel: La valseCBSO Centre, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

June 2027

  1. Fri 4 Jun · 13:00Mozart: Horn QuintetCBSO Centre, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  2. Sat 5 Jun · 15:00Sibelius: Violin Concerto · Walton: Belshazzar's FeastSymphony Hall, Birmingham · B:Music (Symphony Hall & Town Hall Birmingham)
  3. Sat 5 Jun · 15:00Ifukube: Salome · Sibelius: Violin Concerto · Walton: Belshazzar's FeastSymphony Hall, Birmingham · Hallé
  4. Thu 10 Jun · 19:30Mahler: Symphony No. 3Symphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

July 2027

  1. Sun 25 Jul · 19:00Clyne: PALETTE · Strauss: Eine AlpensinfonieSymphony Hall, Birmingham · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

The halls

Symphony Hall, Birmingham38 performancesSymphony Hall, BirminghamCBSO Centre, Birmingham14 performancesCBSO Centre, BirminghamTown Hall, Birmingham12 performancesTown Hall, Birmingham5 performancesJennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall Birmingham

Most played here

  1. PreludeLeonard Bernstein2
  2. Violin ConcertoJean Sibelius2
  3. Belshazzar's FeastWilliam Walton2
  4. Piano QuintetDmitri Shostakovich1
  5. ElegyJosef Suk1
  6. Symphony No. 8Antonín Dvořák1
  7. A Shropshire LadGeorge Butterworth1
  8. The Lark Ascending: Romance for Violin and OrchestraRalph Vaughan Williams1

Pictures via Wikimedia Commons · Birmingham: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0 · CBSO Centre, Birmingham: Oosoom at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Town Hall, Birmingham: Very Quiet, CC BY-SA 2.0