Roxanna Panufnik at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham
When Roxanna Panufnik’s father Andrzej fled communist Poland, the CBSO hired him as its conductor. Now, a generation later, she pays tribute to Poland’s turbulent last 100 years with a magnificent new choral work – one whose beauty, sincerity and sheer communicative power is sure to make it a modern classic. Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts this landmark UK premiere – and then we’re off to the Kingdom of Sweets, in Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker!
CBSO+ 6.15pm: CBSO Chief Executive Stephen Maddock OBE is joined by composer Roxanna Panufnik to talk us through the UK Premiere of Faithful Journey – A Mass for Poland.
PROGRAMME
Panufnik Faithful Journey – A Mass for Poland (CBSO co-commission: UK premiere), 65′
Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Act I, 45′
Screenings of the documentary ‘Trains’ by Maciej
PCI informs: more chances to see the movie 'Trains'. From next week, you can watch it in London outside of Kinoteka 2026.
20
03.2026
25
03.2026
Events, Film
Stories from the East, dedicated to Ukraine
PCI informs: The Ukrainian Cultural Association in the UK presents an artistic evening in celebration of the ones who are fighting at the front line.
14
03.2026
Events, Film, Music
DAGADANA and Subcarpați collaboration: concert in London
As part of their European tour, ‘The Other Sound of Balkans’, Romanian music stars Subcarpați will perform in London, accompanied by Polish-Ukrainian group DAGADANA, who will perform under the slogan ‘voices from beyond’.
22
03.2026
Events, Music