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Symphony Hall, Birmingham

Saturday 6 November 2021, 7.00pm

A COVID REQUIEM

A COVID REQUIEMSymphony Hall, BirminghamSaturday 6 November, 7.00pm

Mirga Gražinytė Tyla – ConductorTomo Keller – Violin / DirectorJames Platt – BassCasey Bailey – PoetCBSO ChorusCBSO Youth ChorusCBSO Children’s Chorus

Adès O Albion 4’

Casey Bailey PoemPärt Fratres for Violin, String Orchestra and Percussion 11’

Casey Bailey PoemPurcell (arr. Britten) Chacony in G minor 6’

Casey Bailey PoemBarber Adagio for Strings 8’

Interval

Fauré Requiem 35’

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.

Audiences are welcome to take photographs before and after the concert, and during breaks in the music for applause. If you would like to take photos at these points please ensure you do not use a flash, and avoid disturbing other members of the audience around you. Please note that taking photographs or filming the concert while the orchestra is playing is not permitted as it is distracting both for other audience members and for the musicians on stage.

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Over the last 20 months so many of us have lost loved ones, not just directly from the horrible impact of Covid-19 itself, but from other illnesses including those where diagnosis and/or treatment was delayed by the terrible pressures of the pandemic. The restrictions around Covid have often prevented us from saying goodbye or attending funerals in person, which has added to the sense of loss.

The CBSO itself has lost a number of dear friends during this period from a variety of causes, and tonight’s performers would like to dedicate this concert to their own loved ones as well as to those of our audience.

Tonight’s concert offers an opportunity for us all to come together – as CBSO audiences have gathered to share the experience of great music for more than a century – for a programme of reflective and spiritual music. We will remember those who have left us, and reflect on how we can now face the future with – and eventually, we hope, after – Covid.

The first half of tonight’s concert features an unbroken sequence of music and poetry; please hold your applause until the end of the half.

Stephen MaddockChief Executive

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WELCOME

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Chris Baldock was the General Manager of Symphony Hall from before its 1991 opening until his retirement five years ago. He was both immensely knowledgeable about the commercial side of running venues, and also a great colleague to so many of us at CBSO and Symphony Hall. He was one of the kindest people you could hope to meet, and often helped us out with all manner of scheduling and logistical challenges. Chris died last month after a long illness. Stephen Maddock

As I drove home from the hospital after our final goodbye, Bach’s 6th Brandenburg Concerto was being played on the car radio. It was on again today. So much music reminds me of Kay Baldwin, her goodness; warmth; kindness; resilience; her smile and laughter. How I miss those qualities. Music is powerfully evocative: sometimes a painful reminder, but at other times a great solace. John Baldwin

Heidi Baron, née Fischer, born and raised in Switzerland but living in England since 1950s, was a good wife latterly widow, mother, sister, aunt, sister in faith and friend. Very willing to work, give of her strength, and serve. House proud, dependable, caring, considerate and eager to acquire new knowledge. She was a believing churchgoing Christian and, in her last months as her health and strength declined, stated she was waiting for the Lord to take her. In time Covid intervened and hastened her departure from us. At the funeral in January the last piece of music played was In Paradisum from Fauré’s Requiem... Philip Baron

Jo Collins was a music lover all her life. She loved attending concerts at Symphony Hall, and she contributed towards the pipes for its magnificent organ. Jo’s approach to life was to serve, to love and to enjoy; Symphony Hall was very much part of that enjoyment. She was much loved, and is much missed by Mike, family, and friends alike. Anne Almond

On her retirement as a head teacher, Anita Davies launched herself into organising coach trips to CBSO concerts from the area around her home in Newport, Shropshire. Over two decades she sold almost 20,000 tickets for CBSO concerts in this way, bringing great joy to so many people who might otherwise have found it hard to attend concerts independently. Anita died last month after a short illness, and we will miss her cheerful presence at CBSO concerts, receptions and as our ‘tour groupie’. Stephen Maddock

Mollie Iris Hookway – a wonderful, loyal and loving friend. I miss her every day and so will the many people who knew and loved her. John Wadman

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I knew Bernard Hall-Mancey through CBSO concerts and Bromsgrove Concerts, where he was the active secretary. We had regular seats in the front row of the Grand Tier. We exchanged hellos as I passed him at the last pre-Covid concert on 10 March. After contracting Covid, he died on 2 April, aged 77. Amongst many other things he was Director of Music at Bromsgrove School for 12 years before becoming an examiner for the Associated Board, and was generally involved in training helping young people improve musical skills. Tim Marshall

In 2020 we lost a much-loved member of the CBSO family, Jane How. During nearly 70 years of marriage, music was an important part of life for Jane and her husband Peter, both regular attenders at Symphony Hall and major supporters of the CBSO, the Hall and other musical causes. Jane was passionate about creating opportunity for young people. Her philanthropic interests ranged from supporting musical projects for children in less affluent areas of Birmingham, to providing scholarships enabling exceptional young musicians to study at Oundle School. Her memory lives on, not least through Peter’s ongoing support of the CBSO and his membership of our Campaign Board, and through the Jane How Room – one of Symphony Hall’s beautiful new function rooms named in her memory. Simon Fairclough

Anna Jarvis died 11 August 2020 at the age of 96. She survived Hitler and Covid and died of advanced age. She was a wonderful strong loving woman who got great pleasure from classical music all her life. Hazel Hughes

Beresford King-Smith served the CBSO with distinction for more than half of its existence. He joined the office team as Concerts Manager in 1964, setting up the CBSO Chorus in the early 1970s, and staying on in a range of management roles until the early 1990s, before retiring to write Crescendo, the history of the CBSO’s first 75 years. He also became our volunteer Archivist, a role he continued with enthusiasm until 2014. Beresford probably attended more CBSO concerts than anyone else will manage in a lifetime. Aside from his CBSO activities, Beresford was an accomplished composer and choral conductor, and his carols have often featured at CBSO Christmas Concerts. He was very involved in the early music scene going back decades, and conducted well into his 70s and 80s. He died last month. Stephen Maddock

Lorraine Knibb was born in rural North Yorkshire, into a very poor but loving family. Her parents were determined that she would ‘do well’ in life, and when she was four or five, they bought a piano and paid for lessons with a local teacher. Lorraine passed her

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11 plus and went to Tadcaster Grammar School where music played a central part of her education. She left with 13 ‘O’ Levels, 3 ‘A’ levels, Grade 6 in Piano and Grade 3 in Oboe. We married in 1970, and travelled extensively, finding that wherever we were in the world, someone had organised a concert which we attended. When we finally settled in Coventry, the CBSO beckoned and we went to as many events as we could, with many memorable concerts with an array of brilliant conductors. We decided to sponsor a musician and were delighted to link with the violinist Lena Zeliszewska for several years. When she left to go to Glasgow, we sponsored trumpeter Jonathan Quirk and unofficially, but importantly, his wife – violinist Wendy. Lorraine died in November 2020 of a horrible cancer, and Jon and Wendy played at her funeral. I know that she would want me to thank all at the CBSO – and indeed all musicians everywhere for a lifetime of musical pleasure. David Knibb

Malcolm Lever enjoyed coming to CBSO concerts at Symphony Hall. Particular concerts he enjoyed were performances of Mahler’s Symphony No.8, conducted by Simon Rattle and, last year, by Mirga. Philip Bowden

William “Bill” Mackinnon-Little, together with his wife Carol, were supporters of the CBSO and great lovers of classical music. They endowed the chair of tuba player Graham Sibley for several years, and made many friends amongst members of the orchestra and staff. Bill attended his last concert – Brahms’ A German Requiem – in March 2020, and sadly died later that month from Covid 19. He was 74 years young and taken from us far too soon. One of his favourite pieces was Faure’s Requiem, and he would have been elated at this choice of music for a concert of remembrance and reflection. Carol Worrall

Christopher Morrissey – our children are with me this evening as we share this poignant and beautiful music that you and I so often enjoyed during our lifetime together. We all miss you badly, but you will be in our hearts forever. With much love, Jackie, Helena and Johnny. Jackie Morrissey

John and Patricia Packwood – John loved all forms of classical music but had a real passion for Bruckner and Elgar. As a former Truro cathedral chorister, he enjoyed choral music immensely. One of my mother’s happiest memories was watching her husband perform Handel’s Messiah alongside us with the Huddersfield Choral Society in February 2019. Thank you Dad for passing on your passion for music to us, and to our mother, Pat, for always supporting us and sharing in that musical love. Every time we hear classical music, we think of you both. Sarah Fox and Louise Briggs

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William Pearson – they were always special evenings when we attended concerts at Symphony Hall. A much loved and missed husband, dad and grandad. Guy Pearson

Timothy Pride 1964-2020. Choral Scholar St Johns Cambridge and Lay Clerk Winchester Cathedral for 35 yrs. Always loved and in our hearts forever. “If Tim’s not singing there in heaven, I’m not going” – The Very Rev. Catherine Ogle, Dean of Winchester. Dr Toni Wright

Clive Richards cbe ksg dl was an extraordinary man. Born and educated in Birmingham, he qualified as a chartered accountant before building up a vast range of companies and investments across many industries over the course of a 50-year career in the City of London. Since 1983 he and his wife Sylvia have also created stunning gardens and an award-winning fruit, arable and livestock farm at the Lower Hope Estate in Herefordshire. The Clive & Sylvia Richards Charity, which was established in 1986, donates £1 million-£2 million per year to a wide range of worthy causes including musical charities. Clive served as a trustee of the LSO in the 1980s, helping to lay the foundations for its great success over the last 30 years. More recently he became involved with the work of the CBSO, and the Charity has been the principal supporter of the CBSO’s work with young people for several years. Clive’s contribution to the CBSO, as to so many other charities, has been immense. We were deeply saddened to hear of his sudden death in April, and we miss him dearly. Simon Fairclough

Andrew Stubbs was a regular attender at CBSO concerts. He was passionate about bellringing, and in this he was prominent, having rung in more than 2000 3-hour peals, many of them at Birmingham Cathedral. Because of his organisational abilities, he held many positions of authority in that art, including being variously Finance Director of The Ringing World newspaper and Master of St Martin’s Guild (Birmingham’s prestigious ringers’ association). He was also a widely travelled man. Although a batchelor he had many friends, being a lovely man of genial disposition. Oliver Bouckley

Alexander Vedernikov was one of the CBSO’s favourite guest conductors, dating back to his debut with the Orchestra in 2010. His performances of symphonies by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich and others were inspiring, and always made you think afresh about the music. His complete

Nutcracker with the CBSO Youth Orchestra and Children’s Chorus was another highlight. He was also a delightful person – scholarly, fascinated by music well beyond the Russian tradition, and always a friendly and enthusiastic colleague. He was very popular with the CBSO’s players, and we all miss him already. He died of Covid late last year. Stephen Maddock

Graham Vick’s productions with Birmingham Opera Company were thrillingly theatrical, musically outstanding, and always surprising – whether it was the choice of unconventional venues, the imaginative casting, or the ways in which the audience suddenly became part of the action. The CBSO was delighted to have collaborated with him on four productions and this summer’s superb Rhinegold – which he was to have directed – became a fitting tribute to his extraordinary artistic vision. Graham died of Covid in mid July. Stephen Maddock

Dorothy Whitehead – a wonderful and much loved mother.

Christina Lomas

My mother, Margaret Whitehouse, went to her first CBSO concert during 1951, one of the Music You’ll Love series, on an early date with William whom she later married. She attended her final concert in May 2017 – featuring Beethoven’s Second and Dvořák’s Eighth Symphonies, with Alison Balsom in Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto. She and my father first took me to hear the CBSO during the Proms season in 1973 and so initiated my love for orchestral music which continues to this day. Margaret Whitehouse: 18 February 1932 – 4 April 2020. Richard Whitehouse

Pat Woods had always loved singing and was a founder member of CBSO SO Vocal. She also enjoyed singing with her friends at Singing for Pleasure and also the Dementia Choir. Pat loved performing in concerts, the highlight being SO Vocal’s tour to Poland. One of her favourite pieces of music was Going Up A Yonder which she chose to have sung at her funeral. Pat is sadly missed by all of her family and friends” Val Bache

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A COVID REQUIEMThomas Adès (b. 1971)

O Albion

Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)

Fratres

Henry Purcell (1659-1695) arr. Benjamin Britten

Chacony in G minor

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Adagio for Strings, Op.11

Interval Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Requiem, Op.48

Introït et KyrieOffertoireSanctusPie JesuAgnus DeiLibera meIn paradisum

Monuments and memories

When Fauré’s Requiem was first performed, it wasn’t for anyone particularly close to him. As Choirmaster and Assistant Organist at the Madeleine, one of the largest (and certainly grandest) churches in Paris, it was Fauré’s job to provide music as the occasion demanded. The occasion on 16 January 1888 was the anniversary of the death of Jean-Michel Le Soufaché, a distinguished architect. In later years, Fauré was hazy about his reasons for taking this opportunity to premiere the Requiem upon which he’d been working, as a personal project, for at least four years. But he remembered the official reaction. After the service, the priest summoned him and demanded to know what they’d just heard. “Monsieur Fauré”, he complained, “we do not need these novelties. The Madeleine’s repertoire is quite rich enough already”.

Gabriele Fauré

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That disapproving response makes sense when you consider what French churches expected from their music in the 19th century: essentially, something between the sweetness of Gounod’s Ave Maria and the massive public ceremonial of Berlioz’s colossal Requiem. Fauré’s Requiem is very different – more a gesture of gentle consolation than a solemn ritual. It’s not so much a grand public monument, as an invitation for a community of individuals to come together and find their own meaning in grief. It takes familiar words, and lets music work its healing power.

Of all arts, music has a special ability to bridge the gap between the community and the individual – between public tragedy and private sorrow. Barber’s Adagio for Strings is played in the USA to commemorate the deaths of presidents. Here in Birmingham, in 1974, we performed Fauré’s Requiem to mourn the victims of the pub bombings. Music creates its own space for remembrance – not necessarily in the ways its composer imagined, but always true to its

own inner voice. It gives time for reflection in a restless world, and it speaks to our inmost self at a time of communal remembrance. If nothing else, it lets us know – in its own quiet way – that we are not alone.

Images of elsewhere

The fourth movement of Thomas Adès’ string quartet Arcadiana (1994) begins in a place where sound itself is barely present. It emerges from silence like a shadow of a memory – something infinitely touching and oddly familiar, like music heard and loved in a different life. Adès describes this music as evoking “elsewhere, or a here that has gone or is going”, and the title O Albion gives some

Arvo Pärt

Thomas Adès

“It’s not so much a grand public monument, as an invitation for a community of individuals to come together and find their own meaning in grief.”

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hint at where that “elsewhere” might have been. Expanded for full string orchestra in 2019 at the request of the Orchestra of the Swan, it’s become a deep, still lake of memory and emotion – simultaneously consoling and almost unbearably private.

Arvo Pärt is sometimes described as a “Holy Minimalist”, and there’s unquestionably a strong spiritual element to his music. For an Estonian composer living under Soviet occupation, that took determination, and no small measure of courage. But there’s more going on here than meets the ear. Pärt’s outwardly sparse musical textures contain multitudes, and he understands the power of silence like few living composers. Fratres, originally composed in 1977 for no specific group of instruments, has featured in films ranging from Gladiator to There Will Be Blood. Its stately, haunting progress has a uniquely poetic way of evoking a timeless truth: that (in the composer’s own words), “the instant and eternity are struggling within us”.

Private feelings, universal sounds

Throughout his life, Benjamin Britten embraced kindred creative spirits alive and dead – from W H Auden and Christopher Smart to Dmitri Shostakovich and Henry Purcell. Britten’s response to the music of Purcell, in particular, transformed both his own creativity and Purcell’s own modern reputation. This 1948 transcription of a four-part chaconne from around 1678 was one of many such adaptations by Britten: composer speaking to composer across four centuries. By the simple act of transcribing this music for a modern string orchestra, Britten seems to amplify and lay bare the passionate (some might say tragic) emotion implicit in these 18 variations on a short, stately theme.

Samuel Barber, meanwhile, wrote his only string quartet in 1936. With a powerful, angular first movement and a finale that’s pithy to the point of being abrupt, it’s never really had the recognition that it deserves.

Samuel Barber

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Perhaps Barber never expected that it would, because barely 12 months after its premiere, he responded to a request from the conductor Arturo Toscanini and (like Thomas Adès in our own century) re-scored his quartet’s slow movement for full string orchestra. It was first heard in this form on 5 November 1938, in a radio broadcast by Toscanini’s NBC Symphony Orchestra.

The transformation was remarkable. Clothed in the lush, smooth sound of a full string section, the flowing slow movement of the quartet became a chant-like symphonic Adagio of profound stillness and expressive power. And so the central interlude of an unsuccessful chamber work became one of the supreme modern classics; Barber’s best-known work and one of those rare pieces that seem to express a universal emotion with unmatched accuracy and power. Grief? Passion? Calm? Ecstasy? If it could be restricted to any one of these, Barber wouldn’t have needed to express it in music.

The boy in the chapel

Gabriel Fauré was the son of schoolmaster, born into genteel poverty in the south of France. He didn’t recall much about his boyhood in the village of Montgauzy, but he did remember the music; and in particular, a deserted chapel next to his father’s schoolhouse. “The only thing I remember really clearly is the harmonium in that little chapel. Every time I could get away I ran there – and I regaled myself. I played atrociously ... no method at all, quite without technique, but I do remember that I was happy; and if that is what it means to have a vocation, then it is a very pleasant thing”.

But Fauré’s vocation was for music, not the Church, and although he would become a distinguished professional organist, his inner life never quite ran along the lines specified by Catholic doctrine. The Requiem came from a different place. “My Requiem was composed for nothing... for pleasure, if I may be permitted to say so” he recalled in later years. It was never truly meant for the grandeur of the Madeleine. As Fauré put it, “Perhaps my instinct led me to stray from the established path after all those years accompanying funerals. I’d had enough of them. I wanted to do something different”.

The music evolved gradually, growing and unfurling like a flower over several years. The death of Fauré’s father (“the best of fathers!)” in July 1885 was a profound personal blow, and Fauré seems to have sketched much of the Requiem between then and the death of his mother, two years later in December 1887. It would continue to grow until 1901, but its heart and soul remained unchanged. This is a peaceful Requiem, written to console the living. Fauré adapted the liturgical text to minimise references to fear or judgement (another reason, perhaps, for priestly disapproval). The musical colours are muted and subtle, with the dusky sound of violas replacing violins in the string section of the small orchestra. A solo violin appears only when, like a painter, Fauré wanted to illuminate the scene with a shaft of light.

In Paradisum

It begins simply: the choir intones the prayer for eternal rest (Requiem aeternam) over plain, sombre chords, before moving forward in a dignified but solemn procession. The anxious prayers of the Offertoire are yearning,

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rather than fearful; a solo baritone solo adds another, very human dimension of (in Fauré’s own words) “calm and gravity”. The Sanctus soars heavenwards over a gently rippling harp (a solitary violin places a halo above the choir), before the solo soprano sings the Pie Jesù – the tender heart of the whole piece. The Agnus Dei begins as a vision of pastoral peace, troubled by sudden stabs of emotion as it builds towards its central crisis – and the poignant, quietly devastating return of the work’s opening plea for rest.

The mood has darkened, and the baritone sings his prayer Libera me over anxious pizzicato heatbeats. A stern fanfare from the horns briefly reveals the terror of Judgement, and the choir takes up the baritone’s plea for

mercy. The answer? In paradisum: a vision of heaven as a Renaissance master might have painted it, in which the music soars free of worldly sorrows amid soft glowing chords and flecks of dancing sunlight. “That’s how I see death: as a joyful deliverance, an aspiration to happiness beyond the grave, rather than suffering” said Fauré, late in life. “It is as gentle as I am myself”. The Requiem was performed, in a black-draped Madeleine, at Fauré’s own state funeral on 8 November 1924.

Programme note © Richard Bratby

Images:Thomas Adès © Marco BorggreveArvo Pärt © Eric Marinitsch, courtesy of the Arvo Pärt Centre. Gabriel Fauré by De Jongh, Lausanne, 1907

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I. lntroitus – Kyrie

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine Grant them eternal rest, o Lord,et lux perpetua luceat eis and may perpertual light shine upon them

Te decet hymnus, Deus in Sion Thou, o God, art praised in Sion, and unto Theeet tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem.

Exaudi orationem meam Hear my prayer,ad te omnis caro veniet unto Thee shall all flesh come.

Kyrie eleison, Lord have mercy, Christe eleison Christ have mercy,Kyrie eleison. Lord have mercy.

II. Offertorium

O Domine, Jesu Christe, Rex Gloriae Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory,libera animas defunctorum deliver the souls of all the faithful departedde poenis inferni et de profundo lacu from the pains of hells and from the bottomless pit.O Domine, Jesu Christe, Rex Gloriae Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory, libera animas defunctorum de ore leonis Deliver them from the lion’s mouth,ne absorbeat eus Tartarus ne cadant in nor let them fall into darkness, obscurum. neither the black abyss swallow them up.

O Domine, Jesu Christe, Rex Gloriae Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory,ne cadant in obscurum. neither the black abyss swallow them up. Baritone soloHostias et preces tibi Domine, laudis We offer unto Thee this sacrifice of prayer and offerimus praisetu suscipe pro animabus illis Receive it for those soulsquarum hodie memoriam facimus whom today we commemorate.Fac eas, Domine, de morte transire Allow them, O Lord, to cross from death ad vitam into the lifeQuam olim Abrahae promisisti et semini eus. which once Thou didst promise to Abraham and his seed.

O Domine, Jesu Christe, Rex Gloriae Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory,libera animas defunctorum deliver the souls of all the faithful departedde poenis inferni et de profundo lacu from the pains of hells and from the bottomless pit. ne cadant in obscurum. nor let them fall into darkness.Amen. Amen.

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III. Sanctus

Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth Deus SabaothPleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua heaven and earth are full of Thy gloryHosanna in excelsis. Hosanna in the highest.

IV. Pie Jesu

Soprano soloPie Jesu, Domine, dona eis requiem Merciful Jesus, Lord, grant them restdona eis requiem sempiternam requiem grant them rest, eternal rest.

V. Agnus Dei

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi O Lamb of God, that takest aways the sin of dona eis requiem. the world, grant them rest. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi O Lamb of God, that takest aways the sin of dona eis requiem the world, grant them rest

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi O Lamb of God, that takest aways the sin of the world,dona eis requiem, sempiternam requiem. grant them rest, everlasting rest.

Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine May eternal light shine on them, o Lord,Cum sanctis tuis in aeternum, with Thy saints for ever,quia pius es because Thou are merciful.Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine, Grant them eternal rest, o Lord, et lux perpetua luceat eis and may perpetual light shine on them.

VI. Libera me

Baritone soloLibera me, Domine, de morte aeterna Deliver me, o Lord, from everlasting deathin die illa tremenda on that dreadful dayQuando coeli movendi sunt et terra when the heavens and the earth shall be movedDum veneris judicare saeculum per ignem when thou shalt come to judge the world by fire.

Tremens factus sum ego et timeo I quake with fear and I trembledum discussio venerit atque ventura ira awaiting the day of account and the wrath to come.

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Dies illa dies irae That day, the day of anger,calamitatis et miseriae of calamity, of misery, dies illa, dies magna that day, the great day,et amara valde and most bitter.

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine Grant them eternal rest, o Lord,et lux perpetua luceat eis and may perpertual light shine upon them.

Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna Deliver me, o Lord, from everlasting deathin die illa tremenda on that dreadful day Quando coeli movendi sunt et terra when the heavens and the earth shall be movedDum veneris judicare saeculum per ignem when thou shalt come to judge the world by fire.

VII. In Paradisum

In Paradisum deducant Angeli in tuo May the angels receive them in Paradise,adventu suscipiant te Martyres at they coming may the martyrs receive theeet perducant te in civitatem sanctam Jerusalem and bring thee into the holy city Jerusalem

Jerusalem Jerusalem

Chorus Angelorum te suscipiat There may the chorus of angels receive thee,et cum Lazaro quondam paupere and with Lazarus, once a beggar,aeternam habeas requiem may thou have eternal rest.

Aeternam habeas requiem May thou have eternal rest.

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I remember January 2020, this was happening somewhere else,So many were unconcerned, not worried about their health,In my mind at that time I couldn’t even account,For the freedoms and the people we would soon be without,Jump to March the 23rd, a stay at home order,And the warning that some lives were sure to be cut shorter,For so long stuck inside feeling the need to hide,For so many so long not seeing a mom or daughter,Father or a brother, such a change to our societyNumbers on the news, rising like anxiety,And I could talk for days about the numbers who have died,But you could never use a number to give value to a life.There are people who were alive when that lockdown started,who are more than names on a list of the departed,Some who have survived, don’t recognise their livesWith their own chest pains, to live and be broken hearted.It’s not like everybody else was floating along happily,Birthdays without parties, weddings without family,You could have a baby, but you couldn’t have a shower,one parent there, the other had strict visiting hoursHow we’ve been living is sour, no swimming in the pools,And so many of our children spent so long out of our schools,Doctors and nurses, hospital support workers,Cream rising to the surface as they never downed tools.People who lost employment, owners who lost businessesThe struggle is widespread, the detail in the differencesRemember “meet me at the Bull Ring”, drinks at Brindley PlaceConcert at the Town Hall, just people in a space,Mary praying in her house, because she can’t attend church, andEvery Sunday for thirty years so the distance truly hurts,those prayers will give thanks, where you may expect a curse,it isn’t perfect, but she’s thankful for another day on earthKingstanding – to Kings Norton and everywhere in between,Expanding past city borders was something we’d never seen,Nowhere was unaffected, no pensioner or teen,From Handsworth Wood, right across to Hall Green.We are here, a year on, as always forward facing,Slow and steady steps, though we wish that we were racing,To a future much brighter than the present we have got,But a future where we will forget all that we’ve lost.

POEMS

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WeightWhen my knees buckled, I cursedyour weight. When I grimaced itwas your voice that told me, just chill.I have carried things that weigh more

than you, but nothing as heavy,I am carrying the taste of younot answering your phone,the smile that turned your face

into a campfire, I am carryingeveryone who circled on yourlight, and missed the hollow

of your eyes. When we put you downthe heaviness stayed. My knees buckled today: You weigh more than ever.

Once

I must warn you,They do not die once:The people who carvesmiles into your brokenface and then complimentthem like you madethem yourself. No.

They die on horrormovie nights; they dieon Hollywood mornings,When you reachFor the phone to shareThe cream from your coffeeOr the swellingOf your burns; they die

When you awakenTo the reality that they can’twhoop into your joy,Or whisperto your fractures.

When your sleeves holdSpit, snot and the acheOf longing, let your hurtBe bandaged, by the factThat they do not die,Once.

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BIOGRAPHIESBIOGRAPHIES

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MIRGA GRAŽINYTĖ-TYLACONDUCTOR

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla was named Music Director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in 2016 following in the footsteps of Sir Simon Rattle, Sakari Oramo and Andris Nelsons. Her Music Directorship was extended through the 2020-21 season. Winner of the 2012 Salzburg Festival Young Conductors Award, she subsequently made her debut with the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in a symphonic concert at the Salzburger Festspiele.

Recent highlights include numerous European tours with the CBSO, performances with the London Symphony Orchestra, the NDR Elbphilharmonie, the Swedish Radio Orchestra, Filharmonica della Scalla, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the National Symphony Orchestra.

Gražinytė-Tyla was discovered by the German Conducting Forum in 2009. A native of Vilnius, Lithuania, she was born into a musical family. She has studied at the Music Conservatory Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy in Leipzig, the Music Conservatory in Bologna, Italy and the Music Conservatory in Zurich. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in choral and orchestral conducting from the University of Music and Fine Arts, Graz, Austria.

TOMO KELLERVIOLIN / DIRECTOR

Tomo Keller has performed at major concert halls all around the world, has been invited both as soloist and chamber musician to major music festivals and has also been a frequent guest on radio and television broadcasts on ARD, BBC, NHK and ORF.

As a soloist, Keller has performed with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Beethovenhalle Orchestra Bonn, London Symphony Orchestra, St Petersburg Camerata, Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, among others. Concert tours have led him all over the world.

Keller is a much sought-after orchestral leader and director, having led the London Symphony Orchestra as Assistant Leader from 2009-15. More recently, he has been concertmaster of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and has appeared with more than 20 orchestras as guest leader all over Europe, the US and Asia. He was appointed Director and Leader of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in 2016 and appears with them worldwide.

Keller plays a violin by G.B. Guadagnini, Turin 1778, kindly made available to him by the Swedish Järnåker Foundation.

JAMES PLATTBASS

James Platt went to Chetham’s School of Music before going on to study at the Royal Academy of Music and the Opera Course of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Recent highlights include Bottom in a new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Deutsche Oper, Berlin and Sparafucile in Rigoletto and Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia for the Welsh National Opera. On the concert platform he sang The Dream of Gerontius with the CBSO and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, The Creation with the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Messiah with the Hallé and Don Fernando in Fidelio with the Hallé Orchestra.

A member of the Jette Parker Young Artist Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden from 2014-16, his roles there included Gremin in Eugene Onegin, Caronte in Orfeo, Dr Grenvil in La traviata, Frontier Guard in Boris Godunov and Blansac in Rossini’s La scala di seta.

Platt was both a finalist in the GSMD’s Gold Medal Competition and was awarded the Silver Medal by the Worshipful Company of Musicians. He has also been the recipient of a Richard Van Allen Award and an Independent Opera Scholarship.

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CASEY BAILEYPOET

Casey Bailey is a writer, performer and educator, born and raised in Nechells, Birmingham. He is the Birmingham Poet Laureate 2020-22 and the Greater Birmingham Future Face of Arts and Culture 2020.

Bailey’s second full poetry collection Please Do Not Touch was published by Burning Eye in 2021. His debut play GrimeBoy was commissioned by the Birmingham Rep in 2020. He was commissioned by the BBC to write The Ballad of The Peaky Blinders in 2019. In 2020 the poem was internationally recognised, winning a Webby Award. Bailey has performed his poetry nationally, and internationally.

Named as one of Birmingham Live’s ‘Birmingham 30 under 30’ of 2018, Bailey was also recognised in 2019 when he was made a Fellow of the University of Worcester.

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BIOGRAPHIES

CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND CBSO CHORUS

Under the baton of its Music Director Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) is the flagship of musical life in Birmingham and the West Midlands, and one of the world’s great orchestras.

Based in Symphony Hall, Birmingham, in a normal year the orchestra performs over 150 concerts each year in Birmingham, the UK and around the world, playing music that ranges from classics to contemporary, film music and even symphonic disco. With a far-reaching community programme and a family of choruses and ensembles, it is involved in every aspect of music-making in the Midlands. But at its centre is a team of 75 superb professional musicians, and a 100-year tradition of making the world’s greatest music in the heart of Birmingham.

That local tradition started with the orchestra’s very first symphonic concert in 1920 – conducted by Sir Edward Elgar. Ever since then, through war, recessions, social change and civic renewal, the CBSO has been proud to be Birmingham’s orchestra.

Under principal conductors including Adrian Boult, George Weldon, Andrzej Panufnik and Louis Frémaux, the

CBSO won an artistic reputation that spread far beyond the Midlands. But it was when it discovered the young British conductor Simon Rattle in 1980 that the CBSO became internationally famous – and showed how the arts can help give a new sense of direction to a whole city.

Rattle’s successors Sakari Oramo (1998-2008) and Andris Nelsons (2008-15) helped cement that global reputation, and continued to build on the CBSO’s tradition of flying the flag for Birmingham. Now, under the dynamic leadership of Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, the CBSO continues to do what it does best – playing great music for the people of Birmingham and the Midlands.

Meet the family

The CBSO Chorus – a symphonic choir made up of “amateur professionals”, trained by Simon Halsey cbe – is famous in its own right. The CBSO Children’s Chorus and Youth Chorus showcase singers as young as six. Through its unauditioned community choir – CBSO SO Vocal in Selly Oak – the CBSO

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shares its know-how and passion for music with communities throughout the city. The CBSO Youth Orchestra gives that same opportunity to young instrumentalists aged 14-21, offering high-level training to the next generation of orchestral musicians alongside top international conductors and soloists.These groups are sometimes called the “CBSO family” – over 650 amateur musicians of all ages and backgrounds, who work alongside the orchestra to make and share great music. But the CBSO’s tradition of

serving the community goes much further. Its Learning and Participation programme touches tens of thousands of lives a year, ranging from workshops in nurseries to projects that energise whole neighbourhoods.

Having recently enjoyed it’s 100th birthday, the CBSO, more than ever, remains the beating heart of musical life in the UK’s Second City. Kazuki Yamada has been appointed as its Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor with effect from 1 April 2023.

Simon Halsey

Simon Halsey cbe Chorus DirectorSupported by the John Ellerman Foundation

Simon Halsey cbe holds positions across the UK and Europe as, amongst

others, Chorus Director of City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Choral Director of London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Artistic Director of Orfeó Català Choirs and Artistic Adviser of Palau de la Música, Barcelona. He is the trusted advisor on choral singing to the world’s greatest conductors, orchestras and choruses, and also an inspirational teacher and ambassador for choral singing to amateurs of every age, ability and background. He is also a highly respected teacher and academic, nurturing the next generation of choral conductors on his post-graduate course in Birmingham and through masterclasses at Princeton, Yale and elsewhere. He was made Commander of the British Empire in 2015, was awarded The Queen’s Medal for Music in 2014, and received the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2011.

Julian WilkinsAssociate Chorus DirectorJulian Wilkins is a versatile, dynamic and inspiring conductor, organist and pianist. Educated

at Wells Cathedral School and at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, Julian has performed in many of the world’s cathedrals and leading concert venues as conductor, soloist, and accompanist. He has appeared on television and radio, and on Peter Gabriel’s GRAMMY-winning soundtrack for Martin Scorsese’s film The Last Temptation of Christ. He directs the CBSO Youth Chorus and Children’s Chorus, the University of Birmingham Chorus and University of Birmingham Voices. He is Associate Chorus Director of the CBSO Chorus, preparing them for conductors such as Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Kazuki Yamada, Edward Gardner, Vassily Sinaisky, and John Wilson. As a respected teacher and choral consultant, he is a visiting lecturer at the University of Birmingham and the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and a member of the teaching panel for the Association of British Choral Directors.

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VIOLIN ITomo KellerJonathan Martindale *Philip BrettJane Wright Colette Overdijk *Elizabeth Golding #

Stefano Mengoli *Kirsty Lovie *Julia Åberg *Mark Robinson #

Ruth Lawrence * #

Katharine Gittings

VIOLIN IIKate Suthers*Moritz Pfister Catherine Arlidge * #

Amy Jones * #

Charlotte Skinner *Georgia Hannant *Timothy BirchallBryony Morrison *Gabriel Dyker * #

Heather Bradshaw * #

VIOLA

Chris Yates * #

Adam Romer * #

Angela Swanson #

David BaMaung *Catherine Bower * #

Michael Jenkinson * #

Elizabeth Fryer * #

Amy Thomas #

Jessica Tickle *Helen RobertsLaura GallettaCatherine Howe

CELLO

Eduardo Vassallo * #

Arthur Boutillier *David Powell *

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Kate Setterfield * #

Miguel Fernandes *Catherine Ardagh-Walter *

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Helen Edgar * #

Philippa Schofield Edward FurseRachael Calverley

DOUBLE BASSAnthony Alcock *Julian Atkinson * #

Damián Rubido GonzálezJeremy Watt *Sally Morgan * #

Mark Goodchild *#

David BurndrettTom McKenzie

BASSOONNikolaj Henriques * Simone Cipriano

HORN

Elspeth Dutch * #

Martin Wright #

Mark Phillips * #

Jeremy Bushell *

TRUMPET

Jonathan Holland * #

Richard Blake *

TIMPANI/PERCUSSION

Toby Kearney *

HARPKatherine Thomas *

ORGAN

Julian Wilkins

CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

PERFORMERS

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SOPRANOMonika ArharRebecca AthertonFrances BainesSally Bateman*Rachael Baylis*Sarah Beedle* Lisa BradburnDianne Charles***Sheila Davies***Kate DoddsLaura DuthieIsobel Edgar**Grace EdwardsLisa Elkington-Bourne**Lynne Evans**Catherine Foster***Rebecca Gill Prue Hawthorne***Emma HudsonCatherine LanderGillian Machin**Phoebe ManleyEluned Mansell*Catherine Mason**Valerie Matthews****Ella McNameeAlison NeedhamClare Noakes*Nicole PlowmanMariana RosasSarah Russell***Marion Scholey**Jennifer Scholes***Marion Scholey**Jean Scott***Emma SmellieHarriet Smith Claire SpencerAllison Taylor*

Emily WilliamsKaren Wilson de RozeKatherine Woolley

ALTOAnne Almond*Alison Bownass****Kath Campbell****Beth CaygillChristine Chadwick**Helen Chamberlain*Yukimi Daule Louise DavisRebekka DickinsonJennifer DownieRebecca DrewCaitlin DuffCatherine Duke**Jo EdwardsSarah Ennis****Rosemarie FergusonGill Fletcher*Sylvia Fox***Judy Frodsham***Christine Giles***Miranda HeggieHazel Hughes****Lucy KendrickClare Langstone*Val Lewis*Joan LilburnKate Marriott*Josephine Mesa Bandrés**Moyra Morton*Elizabeth Parkin**Sarina RattanHelena RobertsonJasmine SandharLaura TaylorDiane Todd***

Belinda WadsworthChristina Warner****Jeanette WongToni Wright***Alison York***

TENORPaul Barnett Charles Barwell*Millar Bownass***Phillip BrownChris BryanRichard Cook***David Fletcher*Paul Glossop***David LewisHoward Marriott*Allen Roberts*Stuart RobinsonDaniel RodriguezDaniel SmithNeil SouterBen SquireEd SykesCallum ThompsonHugh Thomson**Alan WinwoodDavid Young*

BASS Steven BacheLawrence Bacon***James BatePhil Beynon**Isaac BoothmanOliver ClaytonRob Cleal**Tom ConsidineJulian Davey*Alexander Deri FergusonMike Dernie**

Dom EdgarRichard Fullbrook*Stephen Gibbs**Andrew Halstead*Mike Hartley*Jonathan HatleyHugh Houghton*Ian HowarthDamon HuberAnthony Jones*John Keast***Peter Leppard**Chris O’Grady*Dominic O’SullivanAndrew Packer****Andy Parker*Neil ParkerStuart Pauly Charles PottsRichard Prew***Phil Rawle****David RiceCalum Robarts*Gordon Thornett***Phil UttleyAlan White**Tony Whitehouse*

CBSO Chorus Member for:

* 10 years

** 20 years

*** 30 years

**** 40 years

CBSO CHORUS

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Inspired by what you hear tonight? If you would be interested in joining the CBSO CHorus, Youth Chorus or the Children’s Chorus, please visit

cbso.co.uk/who-we-are/sing-with-the-cbso

CBSO YOUTH CHORUSJulian Wilkins – Associate Chorus DirectorJames Keefe – Rehearsal Accompanist

The CBSO Youth Chorus was formed in 1994 with the aim of providing the CBSO with a chorus for the many pieces of symphonic music that require young people’s voices. Open to girls in school years 9 – 13, it is now established as one of the country’s leading youth choruses.

The CBSO Youth Chorus works regularly with the CBSO, and has enjoyed a particularly close relationship with Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla. Recent performances with Mirga have included Debussy’s Noctournes in Birmingham and at the BBC Proms, Salonen’s Dona Nobis Pacem, Britten’s Ceremony of Carols, a selection of traditional Lithuanian Folk Songs and two performances of Mahler’s Symphony No.8 in January 2020.

The CBSO Youth Chorus also works regularly with other prestigious orchestras, having appeared alongside the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons at the BBC Proms, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Claudio Abbado, the BBC Philharmonic under Juanjo Mena and the Philharmonia Orchestra under Charles Dutoit.

BIOGRAPHIES

SOPRANOLeah AbrahamJanani AnandBella BaileyLucy BownFlorence Cuckston-FennIssy EdwardsHolly GarsideIsabelle GodwinMaya HeySana KarimAmelie Morrissy

Nikki PillaiFlorence PriceKatherine Rawlings SmithGrace RawsonGrace RosewarneAnushka ShahTrisa SivavijayakumarAmy TurnhamGrace WorrallGracie Wynne

ALTONifemi Adeleye Maureen AmpatinHawi AsfawZoe BendallKiya BishnoiAlex DukicKamsiyonna EruchaluAvril GarnerEve HornerBahar KayaniAntje Klehe WhiteSayu Knox

Amy LuskAeryn Oliver-ThompsonAbinaya RajasekaranRosa RimmingtonEva Rootkin-GrayOlivia Rootkin-GraySaffran SangraHannah SimpsonBranchett SunBetty ThompsonMaisie WerrinTheresa Zygmunt

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CBSO CHILDRENS CHORUSJulian Wilkins – Conductor

James Keefe – Rehearsal Accompanist

The CBSO Children’s Chorus was formed in 1994 to provide the CBSO with a chorus for the many pieces of symphonic music that require children’s voices. Open to girls and boys in school years 6 to 8, the Children’s Chorus provides its members with the opportunity to undertake exciting and challenging repertoire while furthering their musical education. Since its inception, the Children’s Chorus has performed alongside the CBSO and a host of visiting international artists. Some of their most

memorable performances include Bach’s St Matthew Passion with Sir Simon Rattle, Mahler’s Symphony No.3 with Andris Nelsons, Dove’s There Was a Child with Simon Halsey, Harvey’s Weltethos – one of the opening concerts of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad – with Edward Gardner. Recent highlights include performing Mahler’s Symphony No.8 with Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and over 300 other singers, and giving the English premiere of Gary Carpenter’s Ghost Songs broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

Performing alongside other orchestras and organisations, the Children’s Chorus has performed with the BBC Proms Youth Choir in Britten’s War Requiem at the Royal Albert Hall, in promenade performances of Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina with Birmingham Opera Company and has featured on Boosey & Hawkes’ recording for the acclaimed Singing Sherlock series of singing books for primary schools.

SOPRANOPauline BaisauZachary BishopGertrude BrowningAnnabelle CarmichaelAnabel CollinsNaomi CuthbertCasper FrenchChardonnay GhattauraTom Junde HeNanaki Lallie

Aran MurugananthanCharlie SerbanFinnley SiembabEmily Wise

ALTOCadence BallAlexander BendallRuby CooperRia HiwarkarCoral Hemsoll

Sofija KostusevicaLulu KuneneDoyinsola OliyideAlexis QuinnTheo SmithAlexandra SouterRaena ToraneAimee WalshDora Wood

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MAJOR DONORSWe are grateful to the following supporters for their major gift s this year and over the life of our Sound of the Future campaign.

£250,000+John Osborn

(*Gabriel Dyker)David and Sandra BurbidgeClive and Sylvia Richards Charity (Principal Supporter of the CBSO’s work with young people)

£100,000+Alison and Jamie Justham

(*David Vines)Barry and Frances KirkhamChris and Jane Loughran

(*Jonathan Martindale) £50,000+Peter HowMaurice Millward (*Chris

Yates)Jerry Sykes in support of

keynote concert programming (*Catherine Ardagh-Walter)

£25,000+Sir Dominic and Lady

Cadbury

MEMBERSOver 1,500 members contribute annually to ensure the orchestra’s vital work both on and off the concert platform can happen. Thank you to each and every one of you.

BENEFACTORS (£10,000+)Lady Alexander of WeedonViv and Hazel Astling (*Graham Sibley)Felonious Mongoose

in memory of Dolores (*Richard Blake)

SYMPHONY CIRCLE (£5,000+)John Cole and Jennie Howe

(*Peter Campbell-Kelly)Gill and Jonathan Evans

(*Charlotte Skinner)Stephen and Stephanie

GoldsteinThe Charlotte Heber-Percy

Charitable TrustLen Hughes and

Jacquie Blake (*Anthony Alcock)

Sue and Graeme Sloanand our other anonymous supporters.

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 redefi ne its future for the benefi t of everyone across Birmingham and the West Midlands.

THANK YOU

EXCEPTIONAL SUPPORTERSThe following individuals, trusts and companies have nurtured the CBSO’s world-class excellence and broad community reach by off ering exceptional philanthropic support to the CBSO and the CBSO Development Trust’s private endowment fund over time, either by making major gift s, by leaving a legacy or through sustained annual giving.

City of Birmingham Orchestral Endowment Fund

Rachel Baker Memorial CharityThe late Roy CollinsDunard FundJohn Osborn cbeGarfi eld Weston Foundation

BarclaysThe late Miss G BrantDavid and Sandra BurbidgeJohn Ellerman FoundationEsmée Fairbairn FoundationThe John Feeney Charitable TrustCharles Henry Foyle TrustThe JABBS FoundationAlison and Jamie JusthamBarry and Frances KirkhamMaurice MillwardClive and Sylvia Richards Charity (Principal Supporter of the CBSO’s work with young people)Jerry Sykes

The late Mr P S DayDeutsche BankThe late Elnora FergusonThe late Mrs Marjorie HildrethPeter HowThe Helen Rachael Mackaness Charitable TrustThe late Blyth and Myriam MajorMrs Thelma JusthamThe late Mr John Thomas KnightThe Leverhulme TrustThe LJC FundChris and Jane LoughranThe late Martin PurdyThe late Norman ThomasThe late Sheri and Mrs Janet TullahThe Roger and Douglas Turner Charitable TrustWolfson Foundation

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.

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CONCERTO CIRCLE (£2,500+)The Barwell Charitable

TrustAllan and Jennifer Buckle

(*Jonathan Holland)Mrs Jayne CadburyJill S Cadbury (*Julia Åberg)Isabel, Peter and Christopher

in loving memory of Ernest Churcher(*Elspeth Dutch)

Charlie and Louise Craddock (*Kirsty Lovie)

Mike and Tina Detheridge (*Andrew Herbert)

Duncan Fielden and Jan Smaczny (*Matthew Hardy)

David Gregory (*Stefano Mengoli)

David Handford (*David Powell)

The Andrew Harris Charitable Trust

Dr Allan Hough (*Arthur Boutilier)

Cliff HubboldDavid Knibb

in memory of Lorraine (*Jon Quirk)

Valerie Lester (*Jacqueline Tyler Mbe)

Paddy and Wendy Martin (*David BaMaung)

Patrick and Tricia McDermott (*Helen Edgar and Rachael Pankhurst)

Carole McKeown and David Low (*Miguel Fernandes)

Carol MillerFrank North

(*Kate Suthers)Angela O’Farrell and

Michael Lynes (*Toby Kearney)

John Osborn (*Gabriel Dyker)

Dianne Page (*Catherine Arlidge Mbe)

Gerard Paris (*Amy Marshall)

Simon and Margaret Payton (*Julian Atkinson)

Robert PerkinGraham Russell and

Gloria Bates (*Ruth Lawrence)

Gillian ShawEleanor Sinton

(*Adrian Spillett)Mr D P Spencer

(*Oliver Janes)Lesley Thomson

(*Jessica Tickle)Basil and Patricia Turner

(*Marie-Christine Zupancic)

Howard and Judy Vero (*Richard Watkin)

Michael WardDiana and Peter Wardley

(*Oliver Janes)Robert Wilson

(*Emmet Byrne)John Yelland Obe and Anna

(*Catherine Bower)and our other anonymous supporters.

The following players are supported by anonymous members of the Overture, Concerto and Symphony Circles, to whom we are very grateful:

Mark GoodchildJoanna PattonMark PhillipsAdam RömerKatherine Thomas Jeremy Watt

OVERTURE CIRCLE (£1,000+)Mike and Jan Adams

(*Eduardo Vassallo)Katherine Aldridge

in memory of ChrisMichael Allen

in memory of YvonneRoger and Angela AllenMiss J L Arthur

(*Julian Walters)Kiaran AsthanaMr M K AyersJohn Bartlett and

Sheila Beesley (*Mark O’Brien)

Michael BatesTim and Margaret

BlackmoreChristine and Neil BonsallMrs Jennifer Brooks

in memory of David (*Julia Åberg)

Helen Chamberlain

in memory of Allan Chamberlain (*Sally Morgan)

Gay and Trevor Clarke (*Bryony Morrison)

Dr Anthony Cook and Ms Susan Elias

Ann CopseyJohn Cunningham-DexterJulian and Lizzie DaveyTony Davis and

Darin QuallsJenny DawsonDr Judith Dewsbury

in memory of Tony (*Kate Setterfi eld)

Alan FaulknerElisabeth Fisher

(*Colette Overdijk)Wally FrancisAnita and Wyn Griffi thsMary and Tony HaleKeith and Mavis HughesLord Hunt of Kings HeathBasil JacksonIn memory of Harry and

Rose JacobiMr Michael and Mrs Elaine

JonesJohn JordanMrs T Justham in memory

of David (*Michael Seal, Associate Conductor)

John and Jenny KendallJohn and Lisa Kent

(*Veronika Klírová)Charles and Tessa

King-FarlowJane LewisRichard LewisJames and Anthea LloydTim Marshall

(*Nikolaj Henriques)David R Mayes ObePhilip MillsPaul and Elaine MurrayIan C NortonAndrew Orchard and

Alan JonesRoger and Jenny Otto

in memory of JulietRob PageSir Michael and

Lady Joan PerryDr John PetersonJulie and Tony Phillips

(*Elizabeth Fryer)Rosalyn and Philip PhillipsClive and Cynthia PriorIan Richards

Peter and Shirley RobinsonMr A M and Mrs R J SmithMark and Amanda SmithPam and Alistair SmithWilliam SmithColin Squire ObeMr M and Mrs S A SquiresJan and Peter SterlingBrenda SumnerTenors of the CBSO Chorus

(*Joanna Patton)Alan Titchmarsh Mbe

(*Matthew Hardy)Mr R J and Mrs M WallsMr E M Worley cbe and

Mrs A Worley DLMike and Jane Yeomans

in memory of Jack Field (*Michael Jenkinson)

Richard and Emma Yorkeand our other anonymous supporters.

GOLD PATRONS(£650+ per year)Peter and Jane BaxterMike BowdenLady CadburyMr C J M CarrierChristine and John CarrollTim CherryTim Clarke and familyProfessor and

Mrs M H CullenRoger and Liz DanceyRobin and Kathy DanielsJohn and Sue Del MarProfessor Sir David

EastwoodMr G L and Mrs D EvansGeoff and Dorothy

FearnehoughNicola Fleet-MilneSusan and John FranklinMr R Furlong and

Ms M PenlingtonAveril Green

in memory of Terry GreenTony and Shirley HallDr M KershawNeil MayburyMiss C MidgleyNigel and Sarah MooresAndrew and Linda MurrayChris and Eve ParkerPhillipa and Laurence

ParkesChris and Sue PayneProfessor and

Mrs A Rickinson

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Canon Dr Terry SlaterDr Barry and Mrs Marian

SmithPam SnellIan and Ann StandingRimma SushanskayaJanet and Michael TaplinRoger and Jan ThornhillBryan and Virginia TurnerRoy WaltonRevd T and Mrs S WardDavid Wright and

Rachel Parkinsand our other anonymous supporters.

SILVER PATRONS(£450+ per year)Mr and Mrs S V BarberRichard Allen and

Gail BarronMr P G BattyePaul BondProfessor Lalage BownRoger and Lesley CadburyMr A D and

Mrs M CampbellSue Clodd and

Mike Griffi thsDavid and Marian

Crawford-ClarkeMrs A P CrocksonDr. Margaret Davis and

Dr. John DavisMark DevinAlistair DowNaomi and David DykerJane Fielding and

Benedict ColemanMrs D R GreenhalghJohn Gregory

in memory of JanetCliff HaresignMr and Mrs G JonesBob and Elizabeth KeevilRodney and Alyson KettelRebecca King

in loving memory of IanMr Peter T MarshJames and Meg MartineauPeter and Julia MaskellDr and Mrs Bernard MasonCarmel and Anthony MasonAnthony and Barbara

NewsonRichard NewtonMrs A J Offi cerLiz and Keith ParkesMr R Perkins and

Miss F Hughes

Dr and Mrs PlewesThe Revd. Richard and

Mrs Gill PostillKath and Mike PoulterEileen Poxton in memory

of Reg PoxtonDr and Mrs R C ReppRay SmithSheila and Ian SonleyAndy StreetJohn and Dorothy TeshProfessor and Mrs J A ValeWilliam and Janet VincentTony and Hilary VinesPeter WallingJulie and Simon WardStephen WilliamsJohn and Daphne WilsonGeoff and Moira WyattPaul C Wynnand our other anonymous supporters.

PATRONS (£250+ per year)Mrs Thérèse AllibonDavid and Lesley ArkellVal and Graham BacheLeon and Valda BaileyAndrew BarnellMr P and Mrs S BarnesMr and Mrs Barnfi eldDi BassPaul BeckwithMr I L BednallGareth BeediePeter and Gill BertinatPhilip and Frances BettsMrs Ann BillenMichael and Beryl BloodBridget Blow cbeAnthony and

Jenni BradburyDr Jane Flint Bridgewaterand Mr Kenneth

BridgewaterMr Arthur BrookerM. L. BrownAnn BrutonMr and Mrs J H BulmerMr G H and Mrs J M ButlerBenedict and Katharine

CadburyJeannie CadmanElizabeth CeredigCarole and Richard ChillcottDr J and Mrs S ChitnisPeter and Jane ChristopherAnn Clayden and

Terry Thorpe

Dr A J CochranDee and Paul CockingMrs S M Coote

in memory of JohnD and M CoppageLuned CorserMr Richard and

Mrs Hilary CrosbyMaurice and Ann

CrutchlowJudith Cutler and

Keith MilesStephen and Hilary DalySue Dalley and

Martin WillisRobert and Barbara

DarlastonWilf DaveyTrevor DavisKath DeakinDr J DilkesBrian and Mary DixonTerry Dougan and

Christina LomasMr and Mrs C J DrayseyJohn DruryCatherine DukeChris EckersleyLinda and William

EdmondsonAlex and Fran ElderRobert van ElstMiss E W EvansDr D W Eyre-WalkerJill Follett and John HarrisChris Fonteyn MbeJack and Kathleen FoxallSusan and John FranklinAgustín Garcia-SanzAlan and Christine GilesProfessor J E Gilkison and

Prof T HockingStephen J GillR and J GodfreyJill GodsallJ GodwinLaura Greenaway

in memory of David Richards

Paul HadleyRoger and Gaye HadleyNigel and Lesley

Hagger-VaughanMiss A R HaighMr W L HalesMalcolm HarbourIan HartlandPhil Haywood

in memory of AnnKeith R Herbert

Keith Herbert and Pat Gregory

Hanne Hoeck and John Rawnsley

Susan Holmes in memory of Peter

Valerie and David HowittPenny HughesDavid HutchinsonHenry and Liz IbbersonMr R M E and Mrs V IrvingKen and Chris JonesPaul JulerMrs P KeaneMr and Mrs R KirbyMr A D KirkbyProfessor and

Mrs R J KnechtBill LaneBrian LangtonMrs D LarkamJennie Lawrence

in memory of PhilipEmmanuel LebautSteve Leonard and

Debbie FullerM. E. LingMr J F and Mrs M J LloydProfessor David LondonGeoff and Jean MannGeoff and Jenny MasonMr A A McLintockPatro MobsbyNorah MortonGeoff MullettP J and H I B MulliganMrs M M NairnRichard and Shirley NewbyRichard Newton and

Katharine FrancisBrian NoakeMs E Norton ObeIn memory of Jack and

Pam NunnMarie and John O’BrienMr and Mrs R T OrmeS J OsborneNigel PackerRod Parker and

Lesley BiddleGraham and Bobbie PerryDavid and Julia PowellGill Powell and

John RowlattC PredotaRoger PrestonEileen and Ken PriceRichard and Lynda PriceJohn RandallDr and Mrs K Randle

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Katy and David RicksPeter and Pauline RoeMargaret RogersDavid and Jayne RoperJane and Peter RoweHelen Rowett and

David PelteretChristopher and Marion

RowlattDr Gwynneth RoyVic and Anne RussellMrs L J SadlerCarole and Chris SallnowStephen SaltaireWilliam and Eileen

SaundersMargaret and Andrew

SherreyDr and Mrs ShrankKeith ShuttleworthElizabeth SimonsMr N R SkeldingEd SmithMary Smith and

Brian Gardner in memory of John and Jen

Ray SmithMatthew Somerville

and Deborah KerrLyn StephensonRobin and Carol

StephensonAnne StockMr and Mrs J B Stuffi nsJ E SuttonBarbara Taylor in memory

of Michael TaylorJohn and Anne TurneyMrs J H UpwardClive Kerridge and

Suzan van HelvertBob and Louise VivianStephen Vokes and

Erica BarnettTim and Wendy WadsworthKit WardAnn WarneNeil WarrenMrs M L WebbElisabeth and Keith

WellingsMr and Mrs J WestRoger and Sue WhitehouseMr William and Mrs

Rosemary Whiting

Pippa WhittakerJohn and Pippa WicksonRichard and Mary WilliamsBarry and Judith WilliamsonJohn WinterbottomIan Woollardand our other anonymous supporters and our Friends.

DONORS Thank you to those who have chosen to make a gift to the CBSO this year.Katherine AldridgeBaltimore Friends of the

CBSOJohn Cole and Jennie HoweProfessor Dame Sandra

DawsonNaomi DykerWally FrancisPeter GrahamChris MorleyMembers of the Newport

Music CoachMr and Mrs P RawleFrances and Bob Youngand our other anonymous donors.

LEGACY DONORSWe’re incredibly grateful to the following individuals who have chosen to remember the CBSO in their will, passing on the baton for music-lovers of the future.In memory of Chris AldridgeIn memory of Peter AshtonThe late Terence BaumThe late Elizabeth Bathurst

BlencoweThe late Mr Peter Walter

BlackPhilip BowdenAllan and Jennifer BuckleThe late Miss Sheila

Margaret Burgess SmithIsabel ChurcherThe late Colin W ClarkeMr and Mrs P CockingThe late Roy CollinsDavid in memory of Ruth

Pauline HollandTony Davis and Darin QuallsThe late Mr Peter S. DayMark DevinAlistair DowThe late Mary FellowsFelonious MongooseValerie FranklandJill GodsallThe late Colin GrahamDavid and Lesley

HarringtonTricia HarveyThe late Mrs Marjorie

HildrethMr Trevor and Mrs Linda

IngramRobin and Dee JohnsonAlan Jones and Andrew

OrchardMs Lou JonesThe late William JonesThe late Mr John Thomas

KnightPeter MacklinThe late Mr and Mrs F.

McDermott and Mrs C. Hall

The late Myriam Josephine Major

The late Joyce MiddletonPhilip MillsThe late Peter and

Moyra MonahanThe late Arthur MouldThe late June NorthStephen OsborneGill PowellThe late Mrs Edith RobertsPhilip RothenbergThe late Mr Andrew

RoulstoneThe late Thomas Edward

ScottMrs C E Smith and

Mr William SmithPam SnellThe late Mrs Sylvia StirmanThe late Mrs Eileen

SummersMiss K V Swift John TaylorMr D M and Mrs J G ThorneJohn VickersMrs Angela and

Mr John WattsPhilip WilsonAlan Woodfi eldand our other anonymous donors.

ENDOWMENT DONORSWe are grateful to all those who have given to the CBSO Development Trust’s private endowment fund, thus enabling the orchestra to become more self-suffi cient for the long term.Mike and Jan AdamsArts for AllViv and Hazel AstlingThe Barwell Charitable TrustIn memory of Foley L BatesBridget Blow cbeDeloitteMiss Margery ElliottSimon FaircloughSir Dexter HuttIrwin Mitchell SolicitorsThe Justham TrustMrs Thelma JusthamBarry and Frances KirkhamChris and Jane LoughranLinda Maguire-BrookshawMazars Charitable TrustAndrew Orchard and

Alan JonesJohn OsbornMargaret PaytonRoger Pemberton and

Monica PirottaDavid PettPinsent MasonsMartin PurdyPeter and Sally-Ann SinclairJerry SykesAlessandro and Monica

TosoPatrick VerwerR C and F M Young Trust

* Player supporter

Credits correct as of

1 November 2021

To make a donation, to join us as a member or for more information on the many ways you can support the CBSO, please visit cbso.co.uk/support-us

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Principal funders

Trusts and Foundations29th May 1961 Charitable TrustABO Trust’s Sirens ProgrammeMiss Albright Grimley CharityThe Andor Charitable TrustThe Lord Austin TrustThe John Avins TrustBackstage TrustThe Rachel Baker Memorial CharityBite Size PiecesThe Boshier-Hinton FoundationBritish Korean SocietyThe Charles Brotherton TrustThe Edward & Dorothy Cadbury TrustEdward Cadbury Charitable TrustThe George Cadbury FundThe R V J Cadbury Charitable TrustCBSO Development TrustCity of Birmingham Orchestral Endowment FundThe John S Cohen FoundationThe Cole Charitable TrustThe George Henry Collins CharityThe Concertina Charitable TrustBaron Davenport’s CharityThe D’Oyly Carte Charitable TrustDunard FundThe W E Dunn TrustThe W.G. Edwards Charitable FoundationJohn Ellerman FoundationThe Eveson Charitable TrustThe John Feeney Charitable TrustGeorge Fentham Birmingham CharityAllan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable SettlementFidelio Charitable TrustThe Garrick Charitable TrustThe Golsoncott FoundationGrantham Yorke TrustThe Grey Court TrustThe Grimmitt TrustLG Harris TrustThe Derek Hill FoundationThe Joseph Hopkins and Henry James Sayer CharitiesJohn Horniman’s Children’s TrustThe Irving Memorial Trust

The JABBS FoundationLillie Johnson Charitable TrustThe Kobler TrustJames Langley Memorial TrustThe Leverhulme TrustLJC FundLimoges Charitable TrustThe S & D Lloyd CharityThe Helen Rachael Mackaness Charitable TrustThe MacRobert TrustThe McLay Dementia TrustThe James Frederick & Ethel Anne Measures CharityThe Anthony and Elizabeth Mellows Charitable TrustMFPA Trust Fund for the Training of Handicapped

Children in the ArtsMillichope FoundationThe David Morgan Music TrustThe Oakley Charitable TrustThe Patrick TrustThe Misses C M Pearson & M V Williams

Charitable TrustPerry Family Charitable TrustThe Bernard Piggott Charitable TrustPRS Foundation’s The Open Fund for OrganisationsThe Radcliffe TrustRathbones Trust CompanyThe Ratcliff FoundationThe Rainbow Dickinson TrustClive & Sylvia Richards CharityRix-Thompson-Rothenberg FoundationThe M K Rose Charitable TrustThe Rowlands TrustRVW TrustThe Saintbury TrustThe E H Smith Charitable TrustF C Stokes TrustSutton Coldfield Charitable TrustC B & H H Taylor 1984 TrustG J W Turner TrustThe Roger & Douglas Turner Charitable TrustGarfield Weston FoundationThe Wolfson FoundationThe Alan Woodfield Charitable Trust

Supporter of Schoolsʼ Concerts

www.prsformusicfoundation.com

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Partners in Orchestral Development

William King Ltd

THANK 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 diff erence and is much appreciated.

For more information on how your organisation can engage with the CBSO, please contact Simon Fairclough, CBSO Director of Development, on 0121 616 6500 or sfairclough@cbso.co.uk Thank you also to our Major Donors, Benefactors, Circles Members, Patrons and

Friends for their generous support.

Education Partners

In-kind supporters

Funders

Corporate Partners