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Monday 7 - Sunday 13 March
Classical Music MUSICA CALLADA/ MUSIC OF SILENCE The magical music of the Spanish composer Federico Mompou forms the basis of this musical journey and search for silence. Classical, jazz and improvisation in a continuous program full of surprises feature alongside a commission by Dutch composer Oene van Geel, Mon 7 Mar, Birmingham Town Hall
Turin Brakes at The Glee Club in Birmingham on 8 March
Gigs RUDIMENTAL Mon 7 Mar, O2Academy
O2 Academy THE CORAL Thurs 10 Mar, O2 Institute MAN MADE Thurs 10 Mar, Oobleck 1-EYE REGGAE REVIEW Thurs 10 Mar, The Jam House PRICE & GENDERS Thurs 10 Mar, Kitchen Garden Cafe
RE-GENESIS Mon 7 Mar, The Robin, Bilston TURIN BRAKES Tue 8 Mar, The Glee Club MATT CORBY Tue 8 Mar, O2 Institute ALMA GUITAR QUARTET Tue 8 Mar, Birmingham Conservatoire SUNDARA KARMA Tue 8 Mar, The Rainbow Venues RACHEL NEWTON Tue 8 Mar, Hare & Hounds
CC SMUGGLERS Wed 9 Mar, The Oobleck GOSPEL CENTRAL Wed 9 Mar, Jam House RINGO DEATHSTARR Wed 9 Mar, The Sunflower Lounge LAPSLEY Wed 9 Mar, O2 Institute FICKLE FRIENDS Wed 9 Mar, The Rainbow Venues
RUMOURS OF FLEETWOOD MAC Fri 11 Mar, Birmingham Town Hall
THE STRANGLERS Sat 12 Mar, O2 Academy
DJ ALPHA'S BIRTHDAY BASH 2016 Sat 12 Mar, O2 Institute
JOSEF SALVAT Fri 11 Mar, O2 Academy
ANDREW WEATHERALL Sat 12 Mar, Hare & Hounds
KATHRYN ROBERTS AND SEAN LAKEMAN Fri 11 Mar, The Glee Club
CREAM BIRMINGHAM Sat 12 Mar, The Rainbow Venues QE2 - THE VERY BEST OF QUEEN Sat 12 Mar, The Roadhouse TYKETTO Sat 12 Mar, The Robin, Bilston NATHAN CARTER Sun 13 Mar, Birmingham Town Hall
REEF Fri 11 Mar, O2 Institute SOLID SOUL Fri 11 - Sat 12 Mar, The Jam House THE FEELING Fri 11 Mar, O2 Academy FRANKIE & THE HEADSTRINGS Fri 11 Mar, The Rainbow Venues ALEX RAINSFORD Fri 11 Mar, The Sunflower Lounge GWENNO Fri 11 Mar, Hare & Hounds
DAN REED NETWORK Wed 9 Mar, The Robin, Bilston
SHADOW CITY PRESENTS TOM TRAGO Fri 11 Mar, Rainbow Venues
PAUL HEATON & JACQUI ABBOT Thurs 10 Mar, O2 Academy
02:31 PRESENTS GORGON CITY Fri 11 Mar, Rainbow Venues
DAKESIS Thurs 10 Mar,
LOS PACAMINOS FEAT
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LEGENDS OF LEGENDS 2016 Sat 12 Mar, The Drum
MODEL AEROPLANES Thurs 10 Mar, The Sunflower Lounge
FINDLAY NAPIER Tue 8 Mar, Kitchen Garden Cafe
KESTON COBBLERS CLUB Wed 9 Mar, Hare & Hounds
ULTIMATE GENESIS Sat 12 Mar, O2 Academy
FRAGILE FEATURING CLAIRE HAMILL Thurs 10 Mar, The Robin, Bilston
BRYAN CORBETT QUARTET Tue 8 Mar, The Jam House
REFLECTION OF SILENCE Wed 9 Mar, mac
PAUL YOUNG Fri 11 Mar, The Robin, Bilston
MAD DOG MCREA Sun 13 Mar, The Rainbow Venues CROABH RUA Sun 13 Mar, Kitchen Garden Cafe STAND UP & SHOUT - DIO TRIBUTE DAY Sun 13 Mar, The Roadhouse RUSS BALLARD Sun 13 Mar, The Robin, Bilston LOUISE DISTRAS Sun 13 Mar, The Sunflower Lounge
BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE TRUMPETS ENSEMBLE Also featuring Jo Yee Lau (piano) and 2-YOU Percussion Duo. Programme includes works by Calvert, Kapustin, Tatum, Ivan Trevino and Avner Dorman, Mon 7 Mar, Birmingham Conservatoire THOMAS TROTTER ORGAN RECITAL Mon 7 Mar, Birmingham Town Hall BRENTANO QUARTET Programme includes works by Bach, Shostakovic & Dvorak, Tues 8 Mar, Birmingham Town Hall PETER DONOHOE PLAYS SHOSTAKOVICH Following last season’s astonishing performance of the Shostakovich piano concerto no 2, Peter is back to perform the first concerto, complemented by one of Mozart’s earlier piano concertos. Tchaikovsky’s Andante Cantabile adds a gentler Russian flavour, Tues 8 Mar, Stratford Artshouse, Stratford-upon-Avon and Wed 9 March, Birmingham Town Hall ALMA GUITAR QUARTET: FEAST Programme includes premières of works by Blanka Stachelek, Ignatius Sokol, Dani Bianco Albert and Ryan Probert, Tues 8 Mar, Birmingham Conservatoire PERFORMANCE PLATFORM: IDIL BIRET (PIANO) A special concert and public masterclass with the legendary performer, Tues 8 Mar, Birmingham Conservatoire SHOSTAKOVICH'S FIFTEENTH Featuring the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Alpesh Chauhan (conductor) & Eduardo Vassallo (cello). Programme includes works by Borodin, Osvaldo Golijov and Shostakovich, Wed 9 Mar, Symphony Hall, Birmingham ANGELA HEWITT Programme includes works by Schubert, Beethoven, Haydn, Scarlatti, Albéniz and Falla, Wed 9 Mar, The Barber Institute, Birmingham CRIES, BELLS, CHANTS AND WHISPERS Featuring Birmingham Conservatoire Saxophone Ensemble, Thurs 10 Mar, Birmingham Conservatoire OPERA TRIPLE BILL Featuring scenes from three well-loved operas: Riders to the Sea (1932) by Vaughan Williams, Savitri (1916) by Gustav Holst and L'Enfant et les Sortileges (1925) by Ravel, Thurs 10 - Sat 12 Mar, Birmingham Conservatoire MOZART, SCHUMANN AND BRUCH Featuring Oliver Janes (Clarinet), Adam Romer (Viola), Robert Markham (Piano), Thurs 10 Mar, CBSO Centre, Birmingham
CBSO SYMPHONIC DISCO SPECTACULAR Featuring Stephen Bell (conductor), Annie Skates (vocalist), Hazel Fernandes (vocalist), Lance Ellington (vocalist) & Andrew Playfoot (vocalist). Programme includes songs such as Blame It On The Boogie, I Will Survive & Disco Inferno, Fri 11 Mar, Symphony Hall, Birmingham GILDAS QUARTET AND JACK MCNEILL (CLARINET) Programme includes works by David Bruce & Penderecki, Fri 11 Mar, The Barber Institute, Birmingham BBC PHILHARMONIC Featuring John Stogårds (conductor) & Martin Roscoe (piano). Programme includes works by Elgar, Beethoven & Sibelius, Fri 11 Mar, Bramall Music Building, Birmingham OSLO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Featuring Vasily Peterenko (conductor) & Simon Trpc˘eski (piano). Programme includes works by Grieg, Rachmaninov & Mahler, Sat 12 Mar, Symphony Hall, Birmingham ORCHESTRAS, ENSEMBLES AND CHAMBER MUSIC: JUNIOR DEPARTMENT CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT Soloists and Chamber Ensembles from the Junior Conservatoire, Sat 12 Mar, Birmingham Conservatoire UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S CHOIR AND BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY SINGERS Featuring Simon Halsey (conductor) and Matthew Hayden (baritone). Programme includes works by Vaughan Williams, Howells & Fauré, Sat 12 Mar, Bramall Music Building, Birmingham BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONIC BRASS Featuring Stephen Roberts (conductor), Sun 13 Mar, The Barber Institute, Birmingham GRAND ORGAN GALA An afternoon of popular music including Saint-Saëns’ magnificent Symphony No. 3 ‘Organ’, Sun 13 Mar, Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Comedy Gigs NICK PAGE Mon 7 Mar, Old Joint Stock Pub SHAZIA MIRZA, DANA ALEXANDER, ALICE FRICK & MAUREEN YOUNGER Wed 9 Mar, Kitchen Garden Cafe MOCK THE FLOCK COMEDY Wed 9 Mar, The Mockingbird Theatre, Digbeth CARL DONNELLY, STEVE GRIBBIN & COMEDY CAROUSEL WITH ANDY ROBINSON Thurs 10 Mar, The Glee Club