| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 4-May-2013 Birmingham Symphony Hall | Birdsong in Birmingham: Mitsuko Uchida with Andris Nelsons and the CBSO |
 It wasn’t only Mitsuko Uchida’s hands that were agile. Her arrival on stage was accompanied by the deepest bow imaginable, bending from the waist until she resembled a tuning fork. Such Japanese formality was paired with a warm, glowing smile and a real connection with players and audience alike.
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| 20-Mar-2013 Birmingham Symphony Hall | Heart-on-sleeve Beethoven from Andris Nelsons and the CBSO |
 Andris Nelsons continued his Beethoven cycle with deeply personal and thrilling accounts of the Sixth and Seventh Symphonies to a sold-out Symphony Hall.
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| 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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| 24-Jan-2013 Birmingham Symphony Hall | A spendidly played, if rather curious, programme from Nelsons, Trpceski and the CBSO |
 Tchaikovsky’s early symphonies are getting a fair bit of exposure at present, both in the concert hall and on disc, thanks to several complete symphony cycles being undertaken in the UK by the London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and, here in Birmingham, by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Tonight’s concert featured the last instalment in their cycle: the third, also known as the “Polish”, chiefly because of the polonaise-like dance elements in the final movement.
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