Orchestra
Music from the Roaring Twenties: jazz meets classical meets weird and wonderful.
CBSO
- Great for groups
- Under 90 mins
- First-timer friendly
- Early finish
- Date
- Tue, 29 Sept 2026
- Time
- 14:00 · 0h 39m
- Venue
- CBSO Centre
- City
- Birmingham
- Conductor
- Kazuki Yamada
- Tickets
- See booking site
You'll be taken to the ensemble's official site.
Summary
Kazuki Yamada conducts the CBSO and soprano Jennifer France in 1920s works by Ibert, Milhaud and Walton at the CBSO Centre.
Why it's fantastic
Expect a playful morning of rule-breaking music that captures the frantic energy and wit of the nineteen-twenties. Soprano Jennifer France joins the orchestra for Walton’s Façade, a set of surreal poems recited over a jazz-inflected score that remains one of the most eccentric and entertaining experiments in British music.
Programme
- 01Ibert, Divertissment (16mins)
- 02Milhaud, The Creation of the World (16mins)
- 03Walton, Façade (39mins)
Soloists
- Jennifer France
