CBSO Chorus Concert HistoryCBSO Chorus Concert HistoryThis is a list of concerts, in chronological order, given by the CBSO Chorus from 2021 to the present.
| YEAR | DATE | COMPOSER | WORK | ORCH/CHORUS | CONDUCTOR | VENUE | SOLOISTS | NOTES - other works in concert. Concert count (Season/Total) |
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| 2021 | July 18 | Britten | War Requiem | CBSO | Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla | Felsenreitschule, Salzburg | Elena Stikhina, Allan Clayton, Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor, | Tour to Salzburg Fesival CANCELLED (Coronavirus) |
| 2021 | Aug 1 | Various | British Choral Classics | Organ | Simon Halsey | Symphony Hall | Julian Wilkins (organ) | (1/936) First concert after Coronavirus. |
| 2021 | Sept 16 & 18 | Tchaikovsky | 1812 Overture | CBSO | Kazuki Yamada | Symphony Hall | (2-3/937-8) Fauré - Messe Basse (CBSO Youth Chorus Conducted by Julian Wilkins) Saint-Saëns - Symphony No.3 (Organ Symphony) Anna Lapwood – Organ | |
| 2021 | Sept 16 & 18 | Poulenc | Gloria | CBSO | Kazuki Yamada | Symphony Hall | Carolyn Sampson | (2-3/937-8) Fauré - Messe Basse (CBSO Youth Chorus Conducted by Julian Wilkins) Saint-Saëns - Symphony No.3 (Organ Symphony) Anna Lapwood – Organ |
| 2021 | Nov 6 | Fauré | Requiem - "A Covid Requiem" | CBSO, CBSO Youth Chorus, CBSO Children's Chorus | Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla | Symphony Hall | James Platt | (4/939) Ade´s - O Albion, Casey Bailey - Poems, Purcell (arr Britten) - Chacony in G Minor, Barber -Adagio for Strings. |
| 2021 | Nov 16 | Janáček | Cunning Little Vixen | CBSO, Children from Trinity Boys Choir and Old Palace School | Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla | Symphony Hall | Thomas Henderson - Director. Elena Tsallagova - Vixen Sharp Ears, Roland Wood - The Forester, Angela Brower - The Fox, Robert Murray - Schoolmaster/Mosquito/ Pásek, Kitty Whately - Dog / Forester’s Wife / Woodpecker / Owl, Elizabeth Cragg - Chief Hen / Jay, William Thomas - Badger / Priest / Harasta, Ella Taylor - Mrs Pesak / Cock, Joshua Webb - Cricket, Christopher Bergs - Grasshopper, Ben Fletcher - Frog, Catherine Mulroy - Young Vixen, Leo Jemison - Pepik, Joshua D’Souza Konda - Frantik, Daniel Todd - Fox Cub |
(5/940) |
| 2021 | Dec 16 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO/CBSO Youth Chorus, SO Vocal | Simon Halsey | Symphony Hall | (6/941) Karthi Gnanasegaram. Premiere of "Christmas Bells" Phil Rawle | |
| 2021 | Dec 17 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO/CBSO Youth Chorus, Children's Chorus | Simon Halsey | Symphony Hall | (7/942) Karthi Gnanasegaram | |
| 2019 | Dec 19 (afternoon) | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO/CBSO Youth Chorus, Children's Chorus | Simon Halsey | Symphony Hall | (8/943) Karthi Gnanasegaram | |
| 2022 | Feb 23 | Dett | The Ordering of Moses | CBSO | Joshua Weilerstein | Symphony Hall | Nadine Benjamin, Chrystal E Williams, Roderick Dixon, Eric Greene | (9/944) UK Premiere. Ives - Variations on America, Bernstein - West Side Story: Symphonic Dances |
| 2022 | Mar 12 | Ola Gjeilo | Northern Lights | CBSO, Members of CBSO Chorus | Ben Gernon | Symphony Hall | (10/945)Tryptych | |
| 2022 | Mar 16 | Janáček | Glagolitic Mass | Czech Philharmonic | Semyon Bychkov | The Barbican Centre | Evelina Dobračeva, Lucie Hilscherová, Aleš Briscein, Boris Prýgl | (11/946) Dvořák - Symphony No 8 |
| 2022 | Apl 29 | Various | Friday Night Opera | CBSO | Matthew Kofi Waldren | Symphony Hall | Nadine Benjamin, Heather Lowe, Charne Rochford, Nicholas Lester | (12/947)Thomas Atkins (tenor) indisposed |
| 2022 | June 8 | Handel | Messiah | CBSO | John Butt | Symphony Hall | Mary Bevan, Reginald Mobley (Counter Tenor), James Gilchrist, Christopher Purves | (13/948)Richard Egarr (Conductor) indisposed |
| 2022 | June 22 & 25 | Mahler | Symphony No.2 | CBSO | Markus Stenz | Symphony Hall | Janai Brugger, Karen Cargill | (14-15/949-950)Panufnik - Five Polish Folk Songs (25th only)
950th performance by the CBSO Chorus |
| 2022 | August 24 | Mahler | Symphony No.2 | LSO, LSC | Sir Simon Rattle | Royal Albert Hall | Louise Alder, Dame Sarah Connolly | (16/951)Birtwhistle - Donum Simoni MMXVIII
BBC Prom |
| 2022 | September 20 | Jacob | God Save The King | CBSO | Kazuki Yamada | Symphony Hall | (1/952)Dvorak - Carnival Overture, Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto (Nicola Benedetti - violin), Dvorak - Symphony No.9 (New World) | |
| 2022 | September 20 | Grigorjeva | In Paradisum | CBSO | Kazuki Yamada | Symphony Hall | (1/952)Dvorak - Carnival Overture, Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto (Nicola Benedetti - violin), Dvorak - Symphony No.9 (New World) | |
| 2022 | September 24 | Dean | In This Brief Moment | CBSO, Hallé Choir | Nicholas Collon | Symphony Hall | Jennifer France, Patrick Terry | (2/953) Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring |
| 2022 | October 15 | Beethoven | Symphony No.9 | BBC Philharmonic | Eva Ollikainen | Bridgewater Hall | Tuuli Takala, Kitty Whatley, Steve Davislim, Simon Shibambu | (3/954) Erland Cooper - Window Over Rackwick (Heloise Werner - Soprano), Gipps - Overture " Chanticleer" |
| 2022 | November 10 | Vaughan Williams | Towards the Unknown Region | CBSO | Michael Seal | Symphony Hall | (4/955) Vaughan Williams - Five Mystical Songs, Vaughan Williams - The Wasps Overture, Vaughan Williams - Symphony No.5 | |
| 2022 | November 10 | Vaughan Williams | Five Mystical Songs | CBSO | Michael Seal | Symphony Hall | Roderick Williams | (4/955) Vaughan Williams - Towards the Unknown Region, Vaughan Williams - The Wasps Overture, Vaughan Williams - Symphony No.5 |
| 2022 | Dec 15/16 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO/CBSO Youth Chorus, Children's Chorus, SO Vocal | Simon Halsey | Symphony Hall | (5-6/956-7) Alan Titchnarsh | |
| 2023 | March 2 | Elgar | The Dream of Gerontius | CBSO | Ryan Wigglesworth | Symphony Hall | Alice Coote, Brenden Gunnell, Ashley Riches. | (7/958) Sir Andrew Davis indisposed. No interval |
| 2023 | April 27 | Orff | Carmina Burana | CBSO/CBSO Youth Chorus, Children's Chorus, University of Birmingham Voices. | Kazuki Yamada | Symphony Hall | Jennifer France, Matthias Rexroth, Morgan Pearse. | (8/959). Panufnik, Sinfonia Sacra. |
| 2023 | May 28 | Mozart | Requiem | CBSO. | Simon Halsey | Symphony Hall | Miriam Allan, Gaynor Keeble, Seumas Begg, Sion Goronwy. | (9/960). Errollyn Wallen - Peace On Earth. Singalong |
| 2023 | May 28 | Wallen | Peace On Earth | CBSO. | Simon Halsey | Symphony Hall | (9/960). Mozart - Requiem. Singalong | |
| 2023 | June 4 | Orff | Carmina Burana | Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo. Choeur d'enfants de l'Académie Rainier III. | Kazuki Yamada | Grimaldi Forum, Monaco | Mari Eriksmoen, Matthias Rexroth, Adrian Eröd. | (10/961). Strauss - Burlesque (Charles Richard-Hamelin, Piano). |
| 2023 | July 27 | Stravinsky | Symphony of Psalms | CBSO/CBSO Youth Chorus, Children's Chorus, University of Birmingham Voices. | Kazuki Yamada | Royal Albert Hall | (11/962) BBC Prom |
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| 2023 | July 27 | Orff | Carmina Burana | CBSO/CBSO Youth Chorus, Children's Chorus, University of Birmingham Voices. | Kazuki Yamada | Royal Albert Hall | Maki Mori,Matthias Rexroth, German Olvera | (11/962) BBC Prom |
| 2023 | Aug 31 | Poppy Howarth steps down as Chorus Manager. Alexandra Parker takes over. |
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| 2023 | Sept 14 | Verdi | Requiem | CBSO. | Kazuki Yamada | Symphony Hall | Evelina Dobračeva, Karen Cargill, Jose Simerilla Romero, Ashley Riches | (1/963)Season opener with new CBSO conductor Kazuki Yamada |
| 2023 | Sept 24 | Mahler | Symphony No.2 | Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo. | Kazuki Yamada | Grimaldi Forum, Monaco | Eleanor Lyons, Catriona Morison | (2/964).Panufnik - Sinfonia Sacra. 50th performance of Mahler 2 by CBSO Chorus. |
| 2023 | Nov 30 | Various - Simon Halsey:40 Years | Handel - Zadok The Priest, Weir - Sing, Britten - Old Abram Brown, Ešenvalds - Stars, Parry - I was Glad, Dove - There Was A Child | CBSO/ CBSO Youth Chorus/ CBSO Children's Chorus . | Simon Halsey | Symphony Hall | Jennifer France, Allan Clayton | (3/965) Simon Halsey:40 Years. CBSO Chorus 50 Years |
| 2023 | Dec 19/20 | Christmas | Christmas Concert | CBSO/CBSO Youth Chorus, Children's Chorus, SO Vocal | Michael Seal | Symphony Hall | (4-5/966-7) Anna Lapwood (Simon Halsey indisposed) | |
| 2024 | Mar 21 | Fauré | Requiem | CBSO, CBSO Youth Chorus, CBSO Children's Chorus | Alexandre Bloch | Symphony Hall | Benjamin Appl | (6/968). Fauré - Pavane, Saint-Saens - Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Ravel - Tzigane. Rosanne Philippens (violin) |
| 2024 | April 13 | Berlioz | The Damnation of Faust | CBSO, CBSO Youth Chorus, CBSO Children's Chorus, Tenors and Basses of the Hallé Choir | Kazuki Yamada | Symphony Hall | Pene Pati, Grace Durham, Nahuel de Pierro, Jonathan Lemalu, Miku Yasukawa | (7/969). |
| 2024 | May 15 | Bernstein | Chichester Psalms | CBSO | Joshua Weilerstein | Symphony Hall | Michael Mulroy (Boy Soprano) | (8/970). Haas - Study for Strings, Shaw - Music in Common Time, Dvorak - Symphony No.9 (New World) |
| 2024 | May 15 | Shaw | Music in Common Time | CBSO | Joshua Weilerstein | Symphony Hall | (8/970). Haas - Study for Strings, Bernstein - Chichester Psalms, Dvorak - Symphony No.9 (New World) | |
| 2024 | June 6 | John Luther Adams | Vespers Of The Blessed Earth | CBSO, University of Birmingham Voices | Ludovic Morlot | Symphony Hall | Katie Trethewey | (9/971). Sibelius - Symphony No.2 |
| 2024 | June 29 | Puccini | Madame Butterfly | CBSO | Kazuki Yamada | Symphony Hall | Thomas Henderson - Director Pene Pati Pinkerton, Maki Mori Cio-Cio San, Hiroka Yamashita Suzuki, Chrisopher Purves Sharpless, Christopher Lemmings Goro, Carolyn Holt Kate, Samuel Pantcheff Yamadori / Bonze, Jonathan Gunthorpe Imperial Commisionaire, Matthew Pandya Yakuside, Abigail Baylis Cousin, Hannah Morley Mother, Abigail Kelly Aunt, Oliver Barker Ufficale. |
(10/972). No Bass members of the Chorus required! |
| 2024 | Aug 31 | Various | To include - Whitacre The Seal Lullaby, Morales Parce Mihi Domine, Part Da Parcem Domine, Gjeilo Northern Lights and more. | CBSO | Kazuki Yamada | Packington Hall, Meriden | (11/973). CBSO in the City Festival. | |
| 2024 | Sept 19 | Beethoven | Symphony No.9 | CBSO | Kazuki Yamada | Symphony Hall | Lucy Crowe, Jennifer Johnston, Joshua Stewart, Jonathan Lemalu | (1/974). Stavinsky - Symphonies of Wind Instruments, Strauss - Metamorphosem |
| 2024 | Sept 22 | Mahler | Symphony No.3 | Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Children's Choir of the Académie Rainier III. | Kazuki Yamada | Grimaldi Forum, Monaco | Gerhild Romberger | (2/975).Ladies chorus only |