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FRIDAY NIGHTS
100 YEARS
OF MOVIE MAGIC
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Friday 25 February 2022, 7.30pm
Principal Funders
CONCERT PROGRAMME: £4
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FRIDAY NIGHTS
100 YEARS OF MOVIE MAGIC
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Friday 25 February 2022, 7.30pm
Michael Seal – Conductor
Tommy Pearson – Presenter
Newman Twentieth Century-Fox Fanfare
Williams Star Wars Main Theme
Bliss Things to Come: March
Barry Out of Africa: Main Theme
Herrmann Vertigo: Prelude
Steiner Gone With The Wind: Tara’s Theme
Shore Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Arnold Bond … James Bond
Horner Titanic: My Heart Will Go On
Williams Harry Potter: Hedwig’s Theme
Interval
Bernstein The Magnificent Seven: Main Theme
Morricone The Mission: Gabriel’s Oboe
Doyle Henry V: St Crispin’s Day
Williams Schindler’s List: Theme
Coates The Dam Busters: March
Badelt Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Jarre Lawrence of Arabia: Main Theme
Hurwitz La La Land: Suite
Williams Flying Theme from ET
There will be a 20-minute interval during this performance, which ends at approximately 9.30pm
To ensure that everyone enjoys this performance, please make sure your mobile phone is switched off or set to silent. Any noise (such as whispering
or coughing) can be very distracting – the acoustics of the Hall will highlight any such sound. If you use a hearing aid in conjunction with our infra-red
hearing enhancement system, please make sure you have collected a receiver unit and that your hearing aid is switched to the ‘T’ position, with the
volume level appropriately adjusted.
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doing so. To that end, we suggest taking photographs before and after the concert and during breaks in the music for applause and please ensure you
do not use a flash. Please note that filming any part of our concerts is not permitted.
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PROGRAMME NOTES
FRIDAY NIGHTS
100 YEARS
OF MOVIE MAGIC
“You ain’t heard nothing yet!”. And back when the British film industry
On 6 October 1927, Al Jolson spoke the thought big, major classical composers
first words ever heard in a Hollywood flocked to work on the silver screen. Arthur
movie. A new art was born. And just Bliss didn’t miss a trick when he wrote his
seven years previously, in Birmingham, music for Alexander Korda’s 1936 film of
an orchestra had been born too. H.G. Wells’ Things to Come: one of the
Birmingham loved the movies – by great forgotten British sci-fi classics, a
1920, there were some 50 picture stunningly-visualised “future history” which
houses in the city. But it loved live portrays aerial war, a global pandemic and
music as well, and many of the first the gradual re-building of a better world in
members of the City of Birmingham gleaming art deco style. This ominous
Orchestra (as the CBSO was then ‘March’, written to accompany the film’s
known) also worked part-time in war scenes, is the musical “missing link”
Birmingham cinemas. As the century between Holst’s The Planets and John
progressed, you might say that the Williams’ Star Wars.
CBSO and the moving picture grew
In Hollywood, though, they forged their
up together.
own path, and Max Steiner’s magnificent
Tara’s Theme from Gone With the Wind
(1939) says it all in one unforgettable
melody: the grand sweep of history, and of
course, great waves of passion. Alfred
Hitchcock didn’t really do “romantic”, but
that’s OK, because neither did his
composer Bernard Herrmann; and in
Vertigo (1958), the pair of them set out to
probe fears that lie deep within the human
mind itself. Right from the first frame of
Vertigo, Herrmann’s music starts to work its
way under the movie’s skin.
But the times, they were a-changing, and
no one scored the Swinging Sixties quite
like the Yorkshireman John Barry. Barry’s
probably best known for his James Bond
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PROGRAMME NOTES
soundtracks (more of that in a minute) – suggestively-named girls in white bikinis;
“million-dollar Mickey Mouse music”, he of Roger Moore’s raised eyebrow and
jokingly called them. But he didn’t just Sean Connery’s chest-hair. It’s sassy, sexy
compose for Aston Martins and ice-cold and guaranteed to leave you both shaken
Martinis. No one who’s seen Out of and stirred.
Africa (1985) can hear Barry’s majestic
Who would have predicted that a
main theme without visualising Meryl
bespectacled English schoolboy would
Streep, Robert Redford and the sweeping
become the 21st century’s biggest action
plains of Kenya.
hero? From the very first notes of Harry
Potter and Hedwig’s Theme John Williams’
Licensed to Thrill
bestselling score promises Magic (and
In 1997 James Cameron threw 12 deep sea Mystery) with a capital M. Williams
divers, five million gallons of water and understands better than anyone that a
$200 million into his dream of turning a great adventure needs great tunes just as
great British maritime tragedy into an much as it needs good characters and
Irish-American weepie. But after Leonardo special effects. When George Lucas made
di Caprio gurgled beneath the waves and a Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in
million teenage girls sobbed into their 1977, no-one knew that one day it’d be an
hankies, what stuck in your head wasn’t the inter-galactic epic spread over nine films
effects budget, but James Horner’s score and an expanding universe. But Williams
– and Titanic’s hit theme song, My Heart sensed that it was something big, and the
Will Go On. Something very different was majestic fanfare with which he began his
required in 1993 for Schindler’s List – the score leaves no doubt. We’re not a billion
greatest artistic gamble of Steven light years from Bliss’s music for Things to
Spielberg’s career. “You need a better Come. Well, why not? After all, it’s
composer than I am for this film” John happening “A long time ago, in a galaxy far,
Williams told Spielberg. “I know” replied the far away”…
director, “But they’re all dead!”. Williams
engaged the legendary violinist Itzhak Middle Earth to the Midlands
Perlman to play the haunting Theme: an
Howard Shore faced a very special sort of
eloquent repost to those who say that film
challenge in 2001 when he came to score
music can’t be great art.
Peter Jackson’s The Fellowship of the
Meanwhile we’ve already heard Out of Ring. How do you write music for an
Africa, but for the real essence of John alternative universe? Shore took his cue
Barry, picture a tuxedo-clad figure seen from Tolkien’s original sources to write a
down the barrel of a gun; a stab of brass symphonic score that mixes epic style with
from the full orchestra, and – so suave Celtic influences. “It’s because the
that you barely notice it – the James composition is describing Tolkien’s world”
Bond Theme, moving swiftly and lethally Shore explains. That means melodies that
against sinister strings. Monty Norman sound exactly like folk-songs of Middle
wrote that tune, but it was Barry who Earth – even if, as we all know, Tolkien took
created the classic sound of Bond – the his inspiration from turn-of-the-century
sound of teutonic supervillains and Birmingham.
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But now it’s time to saddle up and ride out “You need a better
West. John Sturges’s The Magnificent
Seven (1960) is a tale of good against evil,
composer than I am for
in which seven lone cowboys stand this film” John Williams
together to defend helpless villagers told Spielberg. “I know”
against a band of cruel bandits. It’s set in
Mexico, and the story came from a replied the director, “But
Japanese film which itself borrowed the they’re all dead!”.
story from an ancient Greek drama. And
yet, somehow it still manages to be one of
the all-time great American adventures. “I
loved writing the score for The Magnificent
The next track is very personal. When
Seven” said composer Elmer Bernstein. “I
Laurence Olivier made his classic film of
loved the whole western thing. I loved all
Shakespeare’s Henry V in 1944, he used
that energy”. It’s music for a tale of courage
the very finest British talent, including the
in the wide open spaces of the West –
composer William Walton. So when in 1989,
simple, powerful, timeless.
Kenneth Branagh directed and starring in
The Dam Busters, on the other hand, is a his own film version of Henry V, he wanted
tale of the East: or at any rate, the East the most charismatic possible names on
Midlands. Nottingham lad Eric Coates was his soundtrack. That meant the CBSO, and
a master of short, tuneful orchestral pieces we recorded the whole of Patrick Doyle’s
(his waltz By The Sleepy Lagoon is still score, conducted by our music director
used as the theme to Desert Island Discs). Simon Rattle. This is the tense scene in
He didn’t actually write the score to this which King Henry rallies his outnumbered
1954 British wartime adventure (that was troops before the Battle of Agincourt, and
done by Birmingham composer Leighton 31 years on, some of the very musicians
Lucas). But Coates was hired to do what he who played on that classic soundtrack
did best – provide an unforgettable tune to recording are on stage in front of you
act as the film’s main title. Here it is, as the tonight. So far, it’s the CBSO’s only film
stirring central section of this lively march. score – but if you’ve got a movie that needs
And who could have guessed that the man music, don’t hesitate to get in touch!
who created the music of legendary
Spaghetti Westerns like The Good, The Bad
and the Ugly could also write something as
simple, and as ravishing, as Gabriel’s Oboe
– Ennio Morricone’s theme for Roland
Joffé’s 1986 film The Mission? Father
Gabriel is a missionary, but he’s also a
musician, and when he plays his oboe
deep in the South American jungle, its
melody turns out to speak a universal
language.
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“Williams understands
better than anyone that a
great adventure needs great
tunes just as much as it
needs good characters and
special effects.”
sense. By comparison, the flying sequence
from Steven Spielberg’s ET the Extra-
Terrestrial (1982) is not particularly
spectacular. It’s certainly no Star Wars, but
John Williams’s glorious theme turns it into
Thrills and Spills one of the most magical sequences in any
With Shakespeare as scriptwriter you can’t Spielberg film. Glinting, playful woodwinds
really go wrong. But when your film’s based help capture the sense of childhood wonder
on a theme park ride, you’d better make that’s central to the story; a textbook
sure you’ve got some serious star-power – example of how great music can lift a movie.
and a first rate composer is always a good
And no recent movie has been more
idea too. Director Gore Verbinski ticked
smitten with the power of music than
both boxes when he launched the Pirates
Damien Chazelle’s La La Land (2016).
of the Caribbean franchise in 2003. Johnny
Audiences couldn’t quite believe what they
Depp plays Captain Jack Sparrow with a
were seeing when La La Land burst singing
twinkle in his eye, and composer Hans
and dancing onto the screen – they just
Zimmer matched his performance with a
knew they loved it. After all, the bittersweet
theme that takes all the traditional “pirate”
romance of two young people determined
clichés and gives them a 21st century
to make it into showbiz is a story as old as
makeover. There’s definitely a sense of
Hollywood, and La La Land is like Singin’ in
humour at work here – as well as some
the Rain for millennials: a swinging,
serious action.
life-affirming blend of 21st century style
So that’s the Caribbean. But does any music and vintage Hollywood magic, with a
capture the grandeur of a desert landscape soaring, retro-themed score by Justin
better than Maurice Jarre’s sweeping main Hurwitz. Movies and music are simply made
theme from David Lean’s 1962 biopic for each other: a century-old romance, with
Lawrence of Arabia? This great tune, like no end in sight.
the vast landscapes it depicts, is really a
backdrop for (rather than a portrait of) Peter
O’Toole’s troubled hero. It’s epic in every Programme notes © Richard Bratby
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MICHAEL SEAL
CONDUCTOR
Internationally, he has conducted
the Brussels Philharmonic, WDR
Funkhausorchester Köln, Frankfurt Radio
Symphony Orchestra, KBS Symphony
Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Orchestra,
Photo © Eric Richmond
Odense Symphony Orchestra, Joensuu
City Orchestra, Orquesta Académica del
Instituto Superior de Arte del Teatro Colón,
Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires,
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and both
RTÉ Concert and National Symphony
Michael Seal is Associate Conductor of Orchestras.
the City of Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra, an appointment that His love of opera led to critically acclaimed
recognises the special relationship he performances of Puccini’s Il Trittico at the
has built with the orchestra. Birmingham Conservatoire. He has also
assisted both Sakari Oramo and Andris
Michael’s in-depth knowledge of Nelsons in opera performances of Peter
orchestras from an insider’s position (he Grimes, Carmen, Der Rosenkavalier,
was a violinist with the CBSO early in his Lohengrin, Tristan & Isolde and The
career) gives him a unique perspective and Flying Dutchman.
he quickly builds rapport and trust with
the orchestras he works with. His energy Michael has had a special bond with the
and enthusiasm are infectious and he has CBSO Youth Orchestra since its foundation.
built a reputation for outstanding results, He is also Artistic Advisor and Conductor
delivered with great charm and often on a for the CBSOYO Academy, a chamber
typically British tight rehearsal schedule. orchestra formed in 2007.
Michael has worked with many of the During the global pandemic, Michael
UK’s finest orchestras, frequently being started his podcast, ‘a mic on the podium’,
invited as guest conductor with the BBC which is a weekly interview with another
Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, prominent conductor. It has become
and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic highly successful, gaining rave reviews
orchestras, as well as the Academy of and, due to its unique format, it has
St. Martin in the Fields, BBC Concert now been placed in the National Sound
Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Archive at the British Library. This season
Wales, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, sees him return to the Bournemouth
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Royal Symphony Orchestra, BBC NOW, BBC
Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Scottish Concert Orchestra, London Philharmonic,
National Orchestra, London Philharmonic Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and WDR
Orchestra, and Ulster Orchestra. Funkhausorchester Köln.
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BIOGRAPHIES
MORE MU
THE CBS
TOMMY PEARSON
PRESENTER
Wednesday 2 March, 2.15pm &
Thursday 3 March, 7.30pm
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
TCHAIKOVSKY &
STRAVINSKY
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla – Conductor
Tommy Pearson is one of the UK’s most Patricia Kopatchinskaja – Violin
versatile music broadcasters. Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet 21’
Trained as a composer and percussionist, Stravinsky Violin Concerto 22’
he had a successful early career as a Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 44’
session musician and arranger before
becoming one of the main voices A savage fanfare, a sight of despair:
on BBC Radio 3. He started with the Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony lays
groundbreaking show for young people, its cards on the table and pours out its
Music Machine, and went on to present heart. It’s a musical drama of torment and
triumph,
all the major strands on the network and
heartbreak and joy, told in melodies you’ll
hundreds of live concerts, including the
never forget – and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Proms. He also appeared regularly on
certainly won’t hold back. Stravinsky,
BBC4 television. On BBC Radio 4 he has meanwhile, intended his Violin Concerto to
presented the quiz show Full Orchestra and be unplayable, but he’d reckoned without
appears regularly on Front Row and The our soloist Patricia Kopatchinskaja…
Film Programme.
As an authority on film music, Pearson
is in demand as concert host, seminar
contributor, festival consultant and
broadcaster around the world. He has
hosted major film music concerts with
the London Symphony Orchestra, the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the
BBC Concert Orchestra, and at the World
Soundtrack Awards in Belgium.
Pearson has a long association with the
CBSO, appearing regularly with the
orchestra on stage.
10USIC FROM
SO THIS SEASON...
Wednesday 9 March 2022, 7.30pm Wednesday 16 March 2022, 7.30pm
Symphony Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham
GRIEG & SIBELIUS SHEKU KANNEH-
Michael Seal – Conductor MASON PLAYS
Clare Hammond – Piano
SHOSTAKOVICH
Nielsen Helios Overture 12’
Grieg Piano Concerto 30’ Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla – Conductor
Sibelius Symphony No.1 38’ Sheku Kanneh-Mason – Cello
Weinberg Symphony No.4 28’
Scandinavian style: it’s all about clean
lines, natural beauty, and that special cosy
Shostakovich Cello Concerto No.2 33’
glow they call “hygge”. Carl Nielsen brings Weinberg Symphony No.3 33’
sunlight, and Sibelius celebrates nature, in
“With Weinberg, each piece is just greater
a symphony as wild as a Finnish forest and
than the next” says Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, and
as magical as the Northern Lights. Grieg
her award-winning, critically-acclaimed ex-
provides the tenderness, as Michael Seal and
ploration of this great 20th Century compos-
pianist Clare Hammond perform his lovely
er (and friend of Shostakovich) has been one
Piano Concerto: all the right notes, in much
of the supreme achievements of her time in
more than just the right order!
Birmingham. Two gripping symphonies frame
Shostakovich’s powerful Second Cello Con-
cert - and a welcome return for another great
friend of the CBSO, Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
visit cbso.co.uk
For further information and to book, please11BIOGRAPHIES
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
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Under the baton of its Music Director of 75 superb professional musicians,
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, the City of and a 100-year tradition of making the
Birmingham Symphony Orchestra world’s greatest music in the heart of
(CBSO) is the flagship of musical life in Birmingham.
Birmingham and the West Midlands, and
one of the world’s great orchestras. That local tradition started with the
orchestra’s very first symphonic concert in
Based in Symphony Hall, Birmingham, in a 1920 – conducted by Sir Edward Elgar. Ever
normal year the orchestra performs over since then, through war, recessions, social
150 concerts each year in Birmingham, change and civic renewal, the CBSO has
the UK and around the world, playing been proud to be Birmingham’s orchestra.
music that ranges from classics to Under principal conductors including
contemporary, film music and even Adrian Boult, George Weldon, Andrzej
symphonic disco. With a far-reaching Panufnik and Louis Frémaux, the CBSO
community programme and a family of won an artistic reputation that spread far
choruses and ensembles, it is involved beyond the Midlands. But it was when it
in every aspect of music-making in the discovered the young British conductor
Midlands. But at its centre is a team Simon Rattle in 1980 that the CBSO
12became internationally famous – and community choir – CBSO SO Vocal in
showed how the arts can help give a new Selly Oak – the CBSO shares its know-how
sense of direction to a whole city. and passion for music with communities
throughout the city. The CBSO Youth
Home and Away Orchestra gives that same opportunity
Rattle’s successors Sakari Oramo (1998- to young instrumentalists aged 14-21,
2008) and Andris Nelsons (2008-15) offering high-level training to the next
helped cement that global reputation, and generation of orchestral musicians
continued to build on the CBSO’s tradition alongside top international conductors and
of flying the flag for Birmingham. As the soloists.
only professional symphony orchestra
based between Bournemouth and These groups are sometimes called
Manchester, the orchestra tours regularly the “CBSO family” – over 650 amateur
in Britain – and much further afield. The musicians of all ages and backgrounds,
CBSO has travelled to Japan and the United who work alongside the orchestra to
Arab Emirates in previous seasons, and in make and share great music. But the
December 2016 made its debut tour of CBSO’s tradition of serving the community
China. And its recordings continue to win goes much further. Its Learning and
acclaim. In 2008, the CBSO’s recording of Participation programme touches tens
Saint-Saëns’ complete piano concertos of thousands of lives a year, ranging from
was named Best Classical Recording of the workshops in nurseries to projects that
last 30 years by Gramophone. energise whole neighbourhoods. And
everyone’s welcome at CBSO Centre
Now, under the dynamic leadership of on Berkley Street. As well as being a
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Associate Conductor friendly, stylish performance venue for the
Michael Seal and Assistant Conductor lunchtime concert series Centre Stage and
Jaume Santonja Espinós, the CBSO contemporary jazz concerts by Jazzlines,
continues to do what it does best – playing the CBSO’s rehearsal base is home to
great music for the people of Birmingham Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
and the Midlands. and Ex Cathedra. Having recently enjoyed
it’s 100th birthday, the CBSO, more than
Meet the Family ever, remains the beating heart of musical
The CBSO Chorus – a symphonic choir life in the UK’s Second City.
made up of “amateur professionals”,
The CBSO recently announced that Kazuki
trained by Simon Halsey cbe – is famous in
Yamada has been appointed as its Chief
its own right. The CBSO Children’s Chorus
Conductor and Artistic Advisor with effect
and Youth Chorus showcase singers as from 1 April 2023.
young as six. Through its unauditioned
13PERFORMERS
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
VIOLIN I CELLO BASS CLARINET/ BASS TROMBONE
Jonathan Martindale * Arthur Boutillier * SAXOPHONE David Vines * #
Alexandra Lomeiko David Powell * # Mark O’Brien * Andrew Fawbert
Philip Brett Kate Setterfield * # Steve Morris
Joseph Devalle Miguel Fernandes * TUBA
Colin Twigg Catherine Ardagh- BASS CLARINET Graham Sibley * #
Ruth Lawrence * # Walter * # Nathan Isaac
Kirsty Lovie * Jacqueline Tyler * # TIMPANI
Stefano Mengoli * Jonathan Pether BASSOON James Bower
Colette Overdijk * Sarah Berger Nikolaj Henriques *
Bethan Allmand Emily Newman PERCUSSION
Elizabeth Golding # DOUBLE BASS Adrian Spillett * #
Wendy Quirk Anthony Alcock * CONTRABASSOON Andrew Herbert *
Robert Bilson Damián Rubido Margaret Cookhorn * Toby Kearney *
Rose Hinton González Paul Stoneman
Mark Goodchild *# HORN Helen Edordu
VIOLIN II Julian Walters * # Elspeth Dutch * #
Peter Campbell-Kelly *# David Burndrett Jake Parker DRUM KIT
Moritz Pfister Lowri Morgan Mark Phillips * # James Goodwin
Charlotte Skinner * Jeremy Bushell *
Stephen Payne FLUTE Martin Wright # HARP
Georgia Hannant * Marie-Christine Katherine Thomas *
Richard Thomas Zupancic * # TRUMPET
Timothy Birchall Veronika Klirova * PIANO/CELESTE
Matthew Williams
Eleanor Gilchrist
Jonathan Quirk * # Ben Dawson
Adam Hill PICCOLO Stuart Essenhigh
Charlie MacClure Nicolas Bricht Rebecca Crawshaw GUITAR
Eloise Prouse
Russell Bennett Alex Voysey
Amanda Woods OBOE
Emmet Byrne * TROMBONE BASS GUITAR
VIOLA Katie Bennington Richard Watkin * Mark Goodchild *#
Chris Yates * # Anthony Howe *#
Michael Jenkinson * # COR ANGLAIS
Angela Swanson # Jessica Mogridge
Catherine Bower * #
Amy Thomas # CLARINET
Jessica Tickle * Oliver Janes *
Sarah Malcolm # Recipient of the CBSO Long Service Award
Laura Galletta E FLAT CLARINET * Supported player
Isobel Adams
Joanna Patton * #
Matthew Johnstone List correct as at 21 February 2022
14ALL ABOARD
CONCERTS BY COACH
We know that not everyone wants to drive or get public transport into
Birmingham – especially during the darker, winter months – and the
CBSO is very fortunate to have dedicated volunteer group bookers
from within our audience who organise various coach and group trips
throughout the Season for us. This friendly service currently sees coaches run from Lichfield
and Cheltenham, enabling people to attend who wouldn’t otherwise be able to do so.
You can find a full list of the coaches running this Season on our website at cbso.co/uk/coaches
If you would like to find out more about bringing a group to
our concerts from your local area or feel you might have the
time to work with us as a volunteer to bring a group on a coach
from a new area of the West Midlands, then we’d love to hear from you.
Please email marketing@cbso.co.uk to find out more. Groups of 8
or more can make use of a ticket reservation facility through
the Box Office and receive a 20% discount on ticket prices,
plus 2 free tickets if buying 20+ tickets for one concert.
15THANK YOU
The Sound of the Future is a £12.5m fundraising
campaign – launched to mark the CBSO’s centenary
– which will ensure the orchestra’s recovery from the
pandemic and redefine its future for the benefit of
everyone across Birmingham and the West Midlands.
EXCEPTIONAL SUPPORTERS MAJOR DONORS MEMBERS
The following individuals, trusts and companies We are grateful to the Over 1,500 members
have nurtured the CBSO’s world-class following supporters for contribute annually to
excellence and broad community reach by their major gifts this ensure the orchestra’s
offering exceptional philanthropic support to year and over the life of vital work both on and
the CBSO and the CBSO Development Trust’s our Sound of the Future off the concert platform
private endowment fund over time, either by campaign. can happen. Thank you
to each and every one
making major gifts, by leaving a legacy or
£250,000+ of you.
through sustained annual giving.
John Osborn
(*Gabriel Dyker) BENEFACTORS
City of Birmingham The late Mr P S Day
David and Sandra (£10,000+)
Orchestral Endowment Deutsche Bank Burbidge Felonious Mongoose
Fund The late Elnora Ferguson Clive Richards Foundation in memory of Dolores
The late Mrs Marjorie (Principal Supporter of
Rachel Baker
Hildreth the CBSO’s work with SYMPHONY CIRCLE
Memorial Charity
Peter How young people) (£5,000+)
The late Roy Collins
The Helen Rachael John Cole and
Dunard Fund
Mackaness Charitable £100,000+ Jennie Howe
John Osborn cbe
Trust Alison and Jamie Justham (*Peter Campbell-Kelly)
Garfield Weston (*David Vines) Gill and Jonathan Evans
The late Blyth and
Foundation Barry and Frances (*Charlotte Skinner)
Myriam Major
Barclays Mrs Thelma Justham Kirkham Stephen and Stephanie
The late Mr John Thomas Chris and Jane Loughran Goldstein
The late Miss G Brant
Knight (*Jonathan Martindale) Anita and Wyn Griffiths
David and Sandra
The Leverhulme Trust The Charlotte Heber-
Burbidge
£50,000+ Percy
John Ellerman Foundation The LJC Fund
Peter How Charitable Trust
Esmée Fairbairn Chris and Jane Loughran
Maurice Millward (*Chris Len Hughes and
Foundation The late Martin Purdy Yates) Jacquie Blake
The John Feeney The late Norman Thomas Jerry Sykes in support of (*Anthony Alcock)
Charitable Trust The late Sheri and keynote concert David Knibb
Charles Henry Foyle Trust Mrs Janet Tullah programming in memory of Lorraine
The JABBS Foundation The Roger and Douglas (*Catherine Ardagh- (*Jon Quirk)
Alison and Jamie Justham Turner Charitable Trust Walter) Graham Russell and
Barry and Frances Kirkham Wolfson Foundation Gloria Bates
Maurice Millward £25,000+ (*Ruth Lawrence)
Clive Richards Foundation Sir Dominic and Lady Sue and Graeme Sloan
(Principal Supporter of Cadbury and our other anonymous
the CBSO’s work with supporters.
young people)
Jerry Sykes
Get closer to the music, the orchestra and its musicians – we’d love you to be part of it. Joining as a
member will not only provide vital support to help the CBSO recover from the Covid crisis but your gift
will also be matched pound for pound thanks to the generous support of a CBSO member
of our campaign board. Visit cbso.co.uk/membership for more information and to join online.
16CONCERTO CIRCLE Margaret Rogers Helen Chamberlain Colin Squire Obe
(£2,500+) (*Moritz Pfister) in memory of Allan Mr M and Mrs S A Squires
Viv and Hazel Astling Gillian Shaw Chamberlain Jan and Peter Sterling and
(*Graham Sibley) Eleanor Sinton (*Sally Morgan) the Newport Music Coach
The Barwell Charitable (*Adrian Spillett) Dr Anthony Cook and (*Jeremy Bushall)
Trust Mr D P Spencer Ms Susan Elias Brenda Sumner
Allan and Jennifer Buckle (*Oliver Janes) Ann Copsey Tenors of the CBSO Chorus
(*Jonathan Holland) Lesley Thomson John Cunningham-Dexter (*Joanna Patton)
Mrs Jayne Cadbury (*Jessica Tickle) Julian and Lizzie Davey Alan Titchmarsh Mbe
Jill S Cadbury (*Julia Åberg) Basil and Patricia Turner Tony Davis and (*Matthew Hardy)
Isabel, Peter and (*Marie-Christine Darin Qualls Mr R J and Mrs M Walls
Christopher in loving Zupancic) Jenny Dawson Mr E M Worley cbe and
memory of Ernest Howard and Judy Vero Dr Judith Dewsbury Mrs A Worley DL
Churcher (*Richard Watkin) in memory of Tony Mike and Jane Yeomans
(*Elspeth Dutch) Michael Ward (*Kate Setterfield) in memory of Jack Field
Gay and Trevor Clarke Diana and Peter Wardley Alan Faulkner (*Michael Jenkinson)
(*Bryony Morrison) (*Oliver Janes) Elisabeth Fisher Richard and Emma Yorke
Charlie and Louise Robert Wilson (*Colette Overdijk) and our other
Craddock (*Emmet Byrne) Wally Francis anonymous supporters.
(*Kirsty Lovie) John Yelland Obe and Anna Mary and Tony Hale
Mike and Tina Detheridge (*Catherine Bower) Keith and Mavis Hughes GOLD PATRONS
(*Andrew Herbert) and our other Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (£650+ per year)
Duncan Fielden and anonymous supporters. Basil Jackson Mike Bowden
Jan Smaczny In memory of Harry and Lady Cadbury
(*Matthew Hardy) The following players are Rose Jacobi Mr C J M Carrier
David Gregory supported by anonymous Mr Michael and Mrs Elaine Christine and John Carroll
(*Stefano Mengoli) members of the Overture, Jones Tim Cherry
David Handford Concerto and Symphony John Jordan Tim Clarke and family
(*David Powell) Circles, to whom we are John and Jenny Kendall Professor and
The Andrew Harris very grateful: John and Lisa Kent Mrs M H Cullen
Charitable Trust (*Veronika Klírová) Roger and Liz Dancey
Dr Allan Hough Mark Goodchild Charles and Tessa Robin and Kathy Daniels
(*Arthur Boutilier) Joanna Patton King-Farlow John and Sue Del Mar
Cliff Hubbold Mark Phillips Jane Lewis Professor Sir David
Valerie Lester Adam Römer Richard Lewis Eastwood
(*Jacqueline Tyler Mbe) Katherine Thomas James and Anthea Lloyd Mr G L and Mrs D Evans
Paddy and Wendy Martin Jeremy Watt Tim Marshall Geoff and Dorothy
(*David BaMaung) (*Nikolaj Henriques) Fearnehough
Patrick and Tricia OVERTURE CIRCLE David R Mayes Obe Nicola Fleet-Milne
McDermott (£1,000+) Philip Mills Susan and John Franklin
(*Helen Edgar and Jan Adams in memory of Paul and Elaine Murray Mr R Furlong and
Rachael Pankhurst) Mike (*Eduardo Vassallo) Ian C Norton Ms M Penlington
Carole McKeown and Katherine Aldridge Andrew Orchard and Averil Green
David Low in memory of Chris Alan Jones in memory of Terry Green
(*Miguel Fernandes) Michael Allen Roger and Jenny Otto Tony and Shirley Hall
Carol Miller in memory of Yvonne in memory of Juliet Dr M Kershaw
Frank North Roger and Angela Allen Rob Page Neil Maybury
Angela O’Farrell and Miss J L Arthur Sir Michael and Miss C Midgley
Michael Lynes (*Julian Walters) Lady Joan Perry Nigel and Sarah Moores
(*Toby Kearney) Kiaran Asthana Dr John Peterson Andrew and Linda Murray
John Osborn Mr M K Ayers Julie and Tony Phillips Chris and Eve Parker
(*Gabriel Dyker) John Bartlett (*Philip Brett) Phillipa and Laurence
Dianne Page (*Mark O’Brien) Rosalyn and Philip Phillips Parkes
(*Catherine Arlidge Mbe) Michael Bates Clive and Cynthia Prior Chris and Sue Payne
Gerard Paris Peter and Jane Baxter Ian Richards Professor and
(*Amy Marshall) Tim and Margaret Peter and Shirley Robinson Mrs A Rickinson
Simon and Margaret Payton Blackmore Mr A M and Mrs R J Smith Canon Dr Terry Slater
(*Julian Atkinson) Christine and Neil Bonsall Mark and Amanda Smith Dr Barry and Mrs Marian
Robert Perkin Mrs Jennifer Brooks Pam and Alistair Smith Smith
in memory of David William Smith
(*Julia Åberg)
17Pam Snell The Revd. Richard and Dee and Paul Cocking Susan Holmes
Ian and Ann Standing Mrs Gill Postill Mrs S M Coote in memory of Peter
Rimma Sushanskaya Kath and Mike Poulter in memory of John Valerie and David Howitt
Janet and Michael Taplin Eileen Poxton in memory D and M Coppage Penny Hughes
Roger and Jan Thornhill of Reg Poxton Luned Corser David Hutchinson
Bryan and Virginia Turner Dr and Mrs R C Repp Mr Richard and Henry and Liz Ibberson
Roy Walton Ray Smith Mrs Hilary Crosby Mr R M E and Mrs V Irving
Revd T and Mrs S Ward Sheila and Ian Sonley Maurice and Ann Crutchlow Ken and Chris Jones
David Wright and Andy Street Judith Cutler and Keith Miles Paul Juler
Rachel Parkins John and Dorothy Tesh Stephen and Hilary Daly Mrs P Keane
and our other Professor and Mrs J A Vale Sue Dalley and Mr and Mrs R Kirby
anonymous supporters. William and Janet Vincent Martin Willis Mr A D Kirkby
Tony and Hilary Vines Robert and Barbara Professor and
SILVER PATRONS Peter Walling Darlaston Mrs R J Knecht
(£450+ per year) Julie and Simon Ward Wilf Davey Bill Lane
Mr and Mrs S V Barber Stephen Williams Trevor Davis Brian Langton
Richard Allen and John and Daphne Wilson Kath Deakin Colin and Joan Lapworth
Gail Barron Geoff and Moira Wyatt Dr J Dilkes Mrs D Larkam
Mr P G Battye Paul C Wynn Brian and Mary Dixon Jennie Lawrence
Paul Bond and our other Terry Dougan and in memory of Philip
Professor Lalage Bown anonymous supporters. Christina Lomas Emmanuel Lebaut
Roger and Lesley Cadbury Mr and Mrs C J Draysey Steve Leonard and
Mr A D and Mrs M Campbell PATRONS John Drury Debbie Fuller
Peter and Jane Christopher (£250+ per year) Catherine Duke M. E. Ling
Sue Clodd and Mrs Thérèse Allibon Chris Eckersley Mr J F and Mrs M J Lloyd
Mike Griffiths David and Lesley Arkell Linda and William Professor David London
David and Marian Val and Graham Bache Edmondson Geoff and Jean Mann
Crawford-Clarke Leon and Valda Bailey Alex and Fran Elder Geoff and Jenny Mason
Mrs A P Crockson Andrew Baker Robert van Elst Mr A A McLintock
Dr. Margaret Davis and Andrew Barnell Miss E W Evans Patro Mobsby
Dr. John Davis Mr P and Mrs S Barnes Dr D W Eyre-Walker Norah Morton
Mark Devin Mr and Mrs Barnfield Jill Follett and John Harris Geoff Mullett
Alistair Dow Di Bass Chris Fonteyn Mbe P J and H I B Mulligan
Naomi and David Dyker Paul Beckwith Jack and Kathleen Foxall Mrs M M Nairn
Jane Fielding and Mr I L Bednall Susan and John Franklin Richard and Shirley Newby
Benedict Coleman Gareth Beedie Alan and Christine Giles Richard Newton and
Mrs D R Greenhalgh Peter and Gill Bertinat Professor J E Gilkison and Katharine Francis
John Gregory Philip and Frances Betts Prof T Hocking Brian Noake
in memory of Janet Mrs Ann Billen Stephen J Gill Ms E Norton Obe
Cliff Haresign Michael and Beryl Blood R and J Godfrey In memory of Jack and
Mr and Mrs G Jones Bridget Blow cbe Jill Godsall Pam Nunn
Bob and Elizabeth Keevil Anthony and J Godwin Marie and John O’Brien
Rodney and Alyson Kettel Jenni Bradbury Laura Greenaway Mr and Mrs R T Orme
Rebecca King Dr Jane Flint Bridgewater in memory of S J Osborne
in loving memory of Ian and Mr Kenneth David Richards Nigel Packer
Mr Peter T Marsh Bridgewater Paul Hadley Rod Parker and
James and Meg Martineau Mr Arthur Brooker Roger and Gaye Hadley Lesley Biddle
Peter and Julia Maskell M. L. Brown Nigel and Lesley Graham and Bobbie Perry
Dr and Mrs Bernard Mason Ann Bruton Hagger-Vaughan David and Julia Powell
Carmel and Anthony Mr and Mrs J H Bulmer Miss A R Haigh Gill Powell and
Mason Mr G H and Mrs J M Butler Mr W L Hales John Rowlatt
Anthony and Barbara Benedict and Katharine Malcolm Harbour C Predota
Newson Cadbury Ian Hartland Roger Preston
Richard Newton Jeannie Cadman Phil Haywood Eileen and Ken Price
Mrs A J Officer Elizabeth Ceredig in memory of Ann Richard and Lynda Price
Liz and Keith Parkes Carole and Richard Chillcott Keith R Herbert John Randall
Mr R Perkins and Dr J and Mrs S Chitnis Keith Herbert and Dr and Mrs K Randle
Miss F Hughes Ann Clayden and Pat Gregory Katy and David Ricks
Dr and Mrs Plewes Terry Thorpe Hanne Hoeck and Peter and Pauline Roe
Dr A J Cochran John Rawnsley David and Jayne Roper
18Jane and Peter Rowe DONORS Alistair Dow Philip Wilson
Helen Rowett and Thank you to those who The late Mary Fellows Alan Woodfield
David Pelteret have chosen to make a gift Felonious Mongoose and our other
Christopher and to the CBSO this year. Valerie Frankland anonymous donors.
Marion Rowlatt Katherine Aldridge Jill Godsall
Dr Gwynneth Roy Baltimore Friends of the The late Colin Graham ENDOWMENT DONORS
Vic and Anne Russell CBSO David and Lesley We are grateful to all those
Mrs L J Sadler John Cole and Jennie Howe Harrington who have given to the
Carole and Chris Sallnow Professor Dame Sandra Tricia Harvey CBSO Development
Stephen Saltaire Dawson The late Mrs Marjorie Trust’s private endowment
William and Eileen Naomi Dyker Hildreth fund, thus enabling the
Saunders Wally Francis Mr Trevor and Mrs Linda orchestra to become more
Margaret and Andrew Peter Graham Ingram self-sufficient for the
Sherrey Chris Morley Robin and Dee Johnson long term.
Dr and Mrs Shrank Members of the Newport Alan Jones and Andrew Mike and Jan Adams
Keith Shuttleworth Music Coach Orchard Arts for All
Elizabeth Simons Mr and Mrs P Rawle Ms Lou Jones Viv and Hazel Astling
Mr N R Skelding Frances and Bob Young The late William Jones The Barwell Charitable
Ed Smith and our other The late Mr John Thomas Trust
Mary Smith and anonymous donors. Knight In memory of Foley L Bates
Brian Gardner in memory Peter Macklin Bridget Blow cbe
of John and Jen LEGACY DONORS The late Mr and Mrs F. Deloitte
Ray Smith We’re incredibly grateful to McDermott Miss Margery Elliott
Matthew Somerville the following individuals and Mrs C. Hall Simon Fairclough
and Deborah Kerr who have chosen to The late Myriam Sir Dexter Hutt
Lyn Stephenson remember the CBSO in Josephine Major Irwin Mitchell Solicitors
Robin and Carol Stephenson their will, passing on the The late Joyce Middleton The Justham Trust
Anne Stock baton for music-lovers of Philip Mills Mrs Thelma Justham
Mr and Mrs J B Stuffins the future. The late Peter and Barry and Frances Kirkham
J E Sutton In memory of Chris Moyra Monahan Chris and Jane Loughran
Barbara Taylor in memory Aldridge The late Arthur Mould Linda Maguire-Brookshaw
of Michael Taylor In memory of Peter The late June North Mazars Charitable Trust
John and Anne Turney Ashton Stephen Osborne Andrew Orchard and
Mrs J H Upward The late Terence Baum Gill Powell Alan Jones
Clive Kerridge and The late Elizabeth Bathurst The late Mrs Edith Roberts John Osborn
Suzan van Helvert Blencowe Philip Rothenberg Margaret Payton
Bob and Louise Vivian The late Mr Peter Walter The late Mr Andrew Roger Pemberton and
Stephen Vokes and Black Roulstone Monica Pirotta
Erica Barnett Philip Bowden The late Thomas Edward David Pett
Tim and Wendy Wadsworth Allan and Jennifer Buckle Scott Pinsent Masons
Kit Ward The late Miss Sheila Mrs C E Smith and Martin Purdy
Ann Warne Margaret Burgess Smith Mr William Smith Peter and Sally-Ann Sinclair
Neil Warren Isabel Churcher Pam Snell Jerry Sykes
Mrs M L Webb The late Colin W Clarke The late Mrs Sylvia Stirman Alessandro and
Elisabeth and Keith Mr and Mrs P Cocking The late Mrs Eileen Monica Toso
Wellings The late Roy Collins Summers Patrick Verwer
Mr and Mrs J West David in memory of Ruth Miss K V Swift R C and F M Young Trust
Roger and Sue Whitehouse Pauline Holland John Taylor
Mr William and Mrs Tony Davis and Darin Mr D M and Mrs J G Thorne * Player supporter
Rosemary Whiting Qualls John Vickers
Pippa Whittaker The late Mr Peter S. Day Mrs Angela and Credits correct as of
John and Pippa Wickson Mark Devin Mr John Watts 21 February 2022
Richard and Mary Williams
Barry and Judith Williamson
John Winterbottom To make a donation, to join us as a member or for more
Ian Woollard
information on the many ways you can support the CBSO,
and our other anonymous please visit cbso.co.uk/support-us
supporters and our Friends.
19THANK YOU The support we receive from thousands of individual donors, public funders,
businesses and private foundations allows us to present extraordinary performances
and to create exciting activities in schools and communities. Your support makes such
a difference and is much appreciated.
Education Partners Principal funders
Corporate Partners
Partners in Orchestral Development
Supporter of
Schoolsʼ Concerts
William King Ltd
In-kind supporters Trusts and Foundations
29th May 1961 Charitable Trust The JABBS Foundation
ABO Trust’s Sirens Programme Lillie Johnson Charitable Trust
Miss Albright Grimley Charity The Kobler Trust
The Andor Charitable Trust James Langley Memorial Trust
The Lord Austin Trust The Leverhulme Trust
The John Avins Trust LJC Fund
Backstage Trust Limoges Charitable Trust
The Rachel Baker Memorial Charity The S & D Lloyd Charity
Bite Size Pieces The Helen Rachael Mackaness Charitable Trust
The Boshier-Hinton Foundation The MacRobert Trust
British Korean Society The McLay Dementia Trust
The Charles Brotherton Trust The James Frederick & Ethel Anne Measures Charity
The Edward & Dorothy Cadbury Trust The Anthony and Elizabeth Mellows Charitable Trust
Globeflow Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust MFPA Trust Fund for the Training of Handicapped
The George Cadbury Fund Children in the Arts
The R V J Cadbury Charitable Trust Millichope Foundation
CBSO Development Trust The David Morgan Music Trust
City of Birmingham Orchestral Endowment Fund The Oakley Charitable Trust
The John S Cohen Foundation The Patrick Trust
The Cole Charitable Trust The Misses C M Pearson & M V Williams
The George Henry Collins Charity Charitable Trust
The Concertina Charitable Trust Perry Family Charitable Trust
Funders Baron Davenport’s Charity The Bernard Piggott Charitable Trust
The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust PRS Foundation’s The Open Fund for Organisations
Dunard Fund The Radcliffe Trust
The W E Dunn Trust Rathbones Trust Company
The W.G. Edwards Charitable Foundation The Ratcliff Foundation
John Ellerman Foundation The Rainbow Dickinson Trust
The Eveson Charitable Trust Clive & Sylvia Richards Charity
www.prsformusicfoundation.com The John Feeney Charitable Trust Rix-Thompson-Rothenberg Foundation
George Fentham Birmingham Charity The M K Rose Charitable Trust
Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Settlement The Rowlands Trust
Fidelio Charitable Trust RVW Trust
The Garrick Charitable Trust The Saintbury Trust
The Golsoncott Foundation The E H Smith Charitable Trust
Grantham Yorke Trust F C Stokes Trust
The Grey Court Trust Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust
The Grimmitt Trust C B & H H Taylor 1984 Trust
For more information on LG Harris Trust G J W Turner Trust
The Derek Hill Foundation The Roger & Douglas Turner Charitable Trust
how your organisation can
The Joseph Hopkins and Henry James Sayer Charities Garfield Weston Foundation
engage with the CBSO, please John Horniman’s Children’s Trust The Wolfson Foundation
contact Megan Bradshaw The Irving Memorial Trust The Alan Woodfield Charitable Trust
on 0121 616 6500 or
mbradshaw@cbso.co.uk Thank you also to our Major Donors, Benefactors, Circles Members, Patrons and
Friends for their generous support.
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