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′
Kreative Talk with Masaya Inaba 🗓
Artificial Kreativity presents Kreative Talks with Masaya Inaba. Kreative Talks are the stories behind the creatives shaping the world.
07
11.2026
Events, Film
Wojtek Mazolewski presents his Solo album live in the
On October 21, Mazolewski will perform at London’s Rough Trade East, with a signing to follow. He will continue his UK tour with further dates in Birmingham and Leicester in November.
21
10.2026
12
11.2026
Events, Music
Mother Joan of the Angels – 4k
This landmark of Polish cinema is based on the infamous ‘demonic possession’ of a
group of nuns in Loudun, France in 1634, which led to a priest being burnt at the
stake. These scandalous events also inspired Aldous Huxley’s 1952 novel The Devils
of Loudon, and Ken Russell’s notorious 1971 film The Devils.
23
11.2026
Events, Film