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Lunchtime Concert | Willard Carter and Gorka Plada Friday 25 September 1–1.50pm Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Free Willard Carter cello Gorka Plada piano Cello recitals are always a popular option for our audiences so what better way to kick off the season than with outstanding young cellist Willard Carter. Willard was one of this year’s ... Read more
Evening Concert | Radiant Dawn The Gesualdo Six and Matilda Lloyd trumpet Friday 25 September 7.30–8.45pm (No interval) Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall £22.50, £16.50 Barber Association, £11.50 Concessions, £6 Student/U18/University Staff Owain Park director Guy James, Alasdair Austin countertenor Joseph Wicks, Josh Cooter tenor Simon Grant baritone The Gesualdo Six join forces with trumpeter Matilda ... Read more
Lunchtime Concert | Tom Borrow - piano Friday 2 October 1–1.50pm Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Free Tom Borrow is a BBC New Generation Artist and, in July 2022, Tom made his debut at the BBC Proms, at the Royal Albert Hall, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He was presented with the prestigious Terence Judd-Hallé Orchestra ... Read more
Research Seminar | Art Materials and Empire Wednesday 7 October 2026, 4:15 – 5.30pm Lecture Theatre 2 (room G11), Alan Walters Building, University of Birmingham Hybrid event, free A research seminar hosted by the Department of Art History, Curating and Visual Studies. With Dr Bharti Parmar (Artist and Honorary Research Fellow, University of Birmingham) and ... Read more
Lunchtime Concert | Fibonacci Quartet Friday 9 October 1–1.50pm Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Free Luna De Mol violin Kryštof Kohout violin Elliot Kempton viola Findlay Spence cello Recognised as one of Europe's finest young string quartets, the Fibonacci Quartet originally formed at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama and have gone on to give ... Read more
Barber Baby | A Regatta on the Grand Canal, Venice Thursday 15 October, 11am – 12noon The Dome, Bramall Music building Free; FULLY BOOKED Experience the magic of live music with your baby inspired by works from the Barber Collection. Hop into your gondola and have a ball! Let Francesco Guardi’s A Regatta on the ... Read more
Lunchtime Concert | Lecture-Recital: Sea Songs Friday 16 October 1–1.50pm Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Free Ceri Owen piano Gareth Brynmor John baritone Star baritone Gareth Brynmor John joins award-winning pianist, academic, and Head of Performance Ceri Owen for this lecture-recital exploring the sea as inspiration to generations of song composers. Featuring familiar and rarely-heard music ... Read more
Evening Concert | In Echo with Horatio Clare Salt Road Wednesday 21 October 7.30–9.30pm Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall £22.50, £16.50 Barber Association, £11.50 Concessions, £6 Student/U18/ University Staff Gawain Glenton cornetto/director Bojan Čičić violin Rachel Byrt viola Emily White trombone William Hunt violone Silas Wollston organ Horatio Clare reader The ancient Salt Road between Lüneburg ... Read more
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
Barber Family | The Big Draw Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 October, 11am – 3pm Drop-in, Free Perfect for children aged 4 – 10 and their grown-ups Come together and make your mark on the Barber this October half term. While our building is closed for our transformation, we’re taking the art outside. Grab some ... 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
Barber Baby | Snowdon Thursday 5 November, 11am – 12noon The Dome, Bramall Music building Free; FULLY BOOKED Experience the magic of live music with your baby inspired by works from the Barber Collection. Let’s scale the heights together on a musical journey inspired by David Cox’s Snowdon. A mountain lake will be the perfect ... 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
Barber Baby | Ludlow Castle, from the North West, with the River Teme Thursday 17 December, 11am – 12noon The Dome, Bramall Music Building Free; FULLY BOOKED Experience the magic of live music with your baby inspired by works from the Barber Collection. Come on a gentle river journey with JMW Turner’s Castle Ludlow, from ... 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
Evening Concert | Fantasia Orchestra: ‘British Isles’ Wednesday 24 February 7–9pm Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall £22.50, £16.50 Barber Association, £11.50 Concessions, £6 Student/U18/ University Staff Feat. Guy Johnston cello Dame Sheila Hancock narrator Fantasia Orchestra team up with British cellist Guy Johnston and Dame Sheila Hancock for a programme that celebrates the British Isles and ... Read more