Lunchtime Concert | Oleg Shebeta-Dragan and Gunnar Mextorf Friday 23 October 1–1.50pm Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Free Ukrainian clarinettist, Oleg Shebeta-Dragan joins us as part of his BBC New Generation Artist status, a relationship which will also include a performance with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. In this performance with duo partner Gunnar Mextorf we hear ... Read more

Lunchtime Concert | Michael Pandya, Ruby Hughes and Elizaveta Ivanova Friday 30 October 1–1.50pm Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Free The first collaborative pianist to become a BBC New Generation Artist, Michael Pandya has been awarded several prestigious prizes, including the Pianist Prize at the Wigmore Hall International Song Competition. Michael is joined by soprano Ruby ... Read more

Guest Concert | King Edward's Schools Wednesday 4 November 1.10–2pm Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Free King Edward’s School King Edward VI High School for Girls Join us for this lunchtime concert featuring a selection of the talented young musicians from King Edward’s School and King Edward VI High School for Girls. ***** Admission is FREE ... Read more

Lunchtime Concert | Lachrimae Friday 6 November 1–1.50pm Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Free Lachrimae: The Lute Music of John Dowland and JS Bach Samrat Majumder classical guitar Samrat Majumder is a Scottish-Indian classical guitarist who is taking the classical world by storm. He studied at the Robert Schumann Hochschule, Düsseldorf, and holds a MMus from ... Read more

Lunchtime Concert | The Purcell School Friday 13 November 1–1.50pm Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Free Come along to hear the next generation of classical music artists! A selection of talented students from The Purcell School for young musicians join us for a lunchtime concert centred around Mozart’s popular Serenade for winds, performed by The Purcell ... Read more

Lunchtime Concert | Clare Hammond – piano Friday 20 November 1–1.50pm Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Free One of the most formidable pianists of her generation, Clare Hammond is a regular guest at festivals and in concert halls across the UK. A performer with great poise, renowned for her communication and expressiveness, Hammond’s programme includes a ... Read more

Lunchtime Concert | Dichterliebe Friday 27 November 1–1.50pm Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Free Helen Charlston soprano Sholto Kynoch piano In 2023, Helen Charlston and Sholto Kynoch premiered Knight’s Dream, a brilliantly inventive new cycle by Héloïse Werner that was conceived as a companion piece for Schumann’s Dichterliebe. The concert received rave reviews in The Times ... Read more

Lunchtime Concert | Fidelio Trio Friday 4 December 1–1.50pm Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Free Darragh Morgan violin Tim Gill cello Mary Dullea piano One of the UK’s most acclaimed piano trios, Fidelio Trio join us for this lunchtime performance with a programme that includes Michael Zev Gordon’s In the Middle of things, a work commissioned ... Read more

Lunchtime Concert | Stephen Upshaw and Huw Watkins Friday 11 December 1–1.50pm Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Free Our autumn term lunchtime concerts conclude with a performance from two leading chamber musicians, violist Stephen Upshaw, and pianist and composer Huw Watkins. The duo joins us having given a composition workshop with music students last year, and ... Read more

Evening Concert | Borodin Quartet Wednesday 27 January 7.30–9.30pm Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall £22.50, £16.50 Barber Association, £11.50 Concessions, £6 Student/U18/ University Staff Haydn Quartet in E-flat, Op.33, No.2, ‘The Joke’ Debussy Quartet in G minor, Op.10 Shostakovich Quartet No.2 in A, Op.68 ***** Box Office To book tickets please visit University of Birmingham Box ... Read more

Evening Concert | Paul Lewis – piano Wednesday 10 February 7.30–9.30pm Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall £22.50, £16.50 Barber Association, £11.50 Concessions, £6 Student/U18/ University Staff Mozart Piano Sonata No.6 in D, K284 Mendelssohn Variations sérieuses, Op.54 Copland Piano Variations (1930) Mozart Piano Sonata No.11 in A, K331 ***** Box Office To book tickets please visit ... Read more