Forthcoming Concerts
Mahler - 10th Symphony
Arranged - Deryck Cooke
Saturday 18 February, 19:30
Lichfield Cathedral - Tickets
Sunday 26 February, 15:00
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham - Tickets
Conductor - Michael Seal
See the Concerts page for full details of this season's programmes.
News . . .
Members of the BPO were invited to take part in Channel 5's The Gadget Show, testing new and strange musical devices. The programme was broadcast on Monday 8 November 2010 at 20.00. In the photo are Gillian Whiting and Julien Guillamat (cello), Julie Nash (violin) and Geoff Cutler (viola). Photo by Geoff Cutler.
http://www.five.tv/shows/the-gadget-show/episodes/episode-15-2
The orchestra is pleased to annouce the appointment of Richard Laing as Associate Conductor. Richard has enjoyed a close relationship with the orchestra for several years, conducting concerts in Birmingham Town Hall, Adrian Boult Hall and Leominster Priory as well as in Sutton Coldfield and Warwick, and leading the memorable performances of Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony in 2007.
Special congratulations to our Patron, the
ianist Peter Donohoe who was awarded a
CBE in the New Year Honours List 2010. Peter discussed his recent performances of Ravel's Concerto for the Left Hand with the BPO in a recent article in the Birmingham Post -“I don’t regard the main issue to be whether or not the musicians concerned are amateur or professional. It’s more important that they’re genuinely interested and committed to music."
Photographs from Sudbury, Suffolk (October 2009)
Photographs from Colston Hall, Bristol (February 2010) - and a few more
Photographs from Coventry Cathedral (April 2010)
Who's Who - conductors, players and the committee
More Infomation - other ways to get in touch with the orchestra, information on vacancies.
2011-12 Brochure (PDF)
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Reviews
Review from Birmingham Post 27 October 2011 - "one of the finest non-professional orchestras in the land ... I’ve heard few better performances of Mahler’s Sixth Symphony".
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History
Founded in the early years of the second world war to raise money for war charities, the Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra received its present title in 1941. It retained its vigour at the cessation of hostilities and remains one of the country’s best amateur orchestras, drawing its members from all walks of life throughout the West Midlands.
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