| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 28-May-2013 Birmingham Symphony Hall | Britten's War Requiem with the CBSO and Andris Nelsons |
 The consequence of any war is destruction, and though ancient buildings continue to crumble under the terrific blast of modern warfare, the spirit of a people undefeated invariably gives way to creation with renewed fervour. Thus it was in 1962 in Coventry that, as the city’s ancient and devastated cathedral sat silently disintegrating from the Second World War’s devastating blow, the people thronged to the new adjacent cathedral of magnificent light and glass.Read full review... | |
| 16-Mar-2013 Birmingham Symphony Hall | CBSO and Andris Nelsons: The Flying Dutchman in concert |
 Andris Nelsons followed up his 2012 Tristan und Isolde with a stirring performance of Wagner’s breakthrough work, Der fliegende Holländer, with a fine array of soloists and the CBSO in Birmingham.
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| 17-Jan-2013 Birmingham Symphony Hall | Springtime and the sea with Edward Gardner and the CBSO |
 The sea has been the inspiration for many concert works; Debussy’s La mer springs to mind immediately as perhaps the most popular, but in England during the first half of the 20th century nautical themes sustained an important presence. Amongst Delius’ Sea Drift, Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony and Britten’s Four Sea Interludes sits Frank Bridge’s short and splendid suite The Sea.
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| 15-Sep-2012 Birmingham Symphony Hall | CBSO and Andris Nelsons: Metamorphosen and Mahler 2 |
| Pairing Richard Strauss’ Metamorphosen with Mahler’s mighty Resurrection Symphony made for an emotionally exhausting season opener in Birmingham, taking a packed Symphony Hall from anguished lamentation to fist-clenched fury and, ultimately, shattering resolution.
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