SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

21-23 Sep 2017 Haydn: The Creation

Haydn’s great oratorio finds room for both angels and earthworms, and with Mirga Gra inyte˙ -Tyla conducting the CBSO Chorus and a world-class team of soloists, there’s no more life-affirming way to open their new season.

17-25 Mar 2018 Debussy Festival

‘What rules do you follow?’ asked Claude Debussy’s music teacher. ‘Pleasure,’ he replied. 100 years after his death, join the CBSO as they set out to explore the wonder, power and sheer beauty of music’s quietest revolutionary.

31 May 2018 Fauré’s Requiem

Still waters run deep. Gabriel Fauré was a quiet man, and there’s no anger or fury in his haunting Requiem – just some of the loveliest choral music ever written. But it can’t conceal a world of heartfelt emotion.