The overwhelming close of Mahler's 'Resurrection' Symphony from a fantastic performance by The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in '98. Soloists are Anne-Sofie von Otter...
English composer Gustav Holst composed The Planets between 1914 and 1916. The Birmingham premiere of the suite took place in 1918, fifteen years before Pluto...
Jan 1996'Newtown' just outside Birmingham is looking dirty, rundown and old. 50 % of its citizens are unemployed, living in grey towerblocks overlooking the urban...