Bring along your favourite teddy for a paw-some story and a teddy bear’s picnic.

Picnic from 12pm

Story time from 12:45pm

Bear hunt from 1:15pm

Please note this is an outdoor event, a limited number of blankets will be available but please bring along your own picnic blankets as well as suitable clothing and sun cream. Refreshments will be available in the cafe in the Bramall’s foyer, however we encourage you to bring along your own picnic to enjoy with Rosie.

We are delighted to hold this event in support of The Big Sleuth, a free public art event taking place this summer which will see up to 100 giant bear sculptures leave their paw prints all over the city for 10 weeks.

To find out more about The Big Sleuth visit www.thebigsleuth.co.uk.

Return to the Hundred Acre Wood for a heart-warming originalmovie, and reunite with the beloved bear and his silly but steadfast friendsfor a magical family experience.

We are delighted to hold this event in support of The BigSleuth, a free public art event taking place this summer which will see up to100 giant bear sculptures leave their paw prints all over the city for 10weeks.

The Big Sleuth, so named because sleuth is the collectivenoun for a group of bears, will see the individually designed, 165cm tall,sculptures appearing throughout the city, inspiring residents and tourists touncover Bear-mingham’s cultural gems and discover areas of the city they maynot have explored before.

At the end of the trail, the bears will be auctioned offwith all proceeds going to Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity.

The second event of its kind, in 2015 The Big Hoot raised intotal more than £625,000 to support the hospital’s pioneering work.

Nicola Porpora’s 1708 opera, L’Agrippina is revived for the first time since is its premiere – combining exquisite music and engaging characters with newly commissioned multimedia visual design – breathing life into this 300-year-old work.

Director – Daisy Evans
Music Director – Andrew Kirkman
Baroque Orchestra – Musical and Amicable Society

Libretto by Nicole Giuvo
Recitatives performed in English
Arias performed in the original Italian

Amid the turmoil and politics of the courts of the first Roman emperors one woman rises to prominence. Agrippina fought for her family and her empire – a true matriarch – in spite of the powerful forces that surrounded her.

Porpora’s first opera, revived for the first time since its premiere in 1708, L’Agrippina explores the relationships and politics at play in court. Wife of Germanicus, Roman General and heir to the Empire, Agrippina finds herself amid an intricate web of allies, enemies, would-be suitors, and comedically amorous servants – relationships that are spun out over enchanting and vibrant music that hints at the virtuosity of the composer in his later years.

Directed by Silent Opera Artistic Director, Daisy Evans, with a cast of some of Europe’s finest early opera singers and featuring the baroque orchestra of the Musical and Amicable Society. L’Agrippina is produced by Barber Concerts and conducted by Professor Andrew Kirkman, Director and founder of The Binchois Consort.

Step into the exciting and glamorous world of the 1930s and hear Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin & more performed in the Orchestra’s immersive silver screen spectacle. Leave the cares of the 21st Century behind you as Alex Mendham & his Orchestra take you back into an exciting party show atmosphere.

This young vibrant orchestra will showcase hot rhythms, sweet melodies in an evening of unforgettable music. The beautiful Dunlop Sisters and charismatic Alex Mendham will serenade you with the evocative, haunting and witty lyrics of these timeless standards.

Alex Mendham and His Orchestra channel the magical, timeless quality of the music and lead you into an escapist world from another era. The setting and the look of the Orchestra will be like nothing you have experienced before. Even the attire and instruments are original.

Alex Mendham formed his Orchestra to faithfully recreate the music he loves from the 1920s/30s.

This passion has led to the Orchestra to perform around the World and across the U.K. With sell out concerts at Music Festivals at home and abroad. From smart concert halls to Russian Palaces, this Orchestra has only just begun in its quest to bring back the music and the style of the 1920s/30s.

You may have seen them on BBC Television or heard them on the radio, this is your chance to see them live!

Mendelssohn
The Hebrides, Op. 26, ‘Fingal’s Cave’

Elgar
The Wand of Youth

Plus the winner of the Music Society Soloist Competition.

Daniele Rosina leads the orchestra in a performance featuring Edward Elgar’s earliest surviving compositions. The Wand of Youth takes the form of two orchestral suites that were part of the composer’s output in his final year in post as the Professor of Music at the University of Birmingham, and based on melodies written in Elgar’s youth to accompany a family children’s play. In addition, we welcome the winner of the Music Society Soloists Competition as they perform alongside the Symphony Orchestra, and hear Mendelssohn’s Hebrides overture, popularly known as Fingal’s Cave.

University Chorus
Julian Wilkins conductor

The Music Society’s 150-plus chorus perform Rossini’s ‘little solemn mass’, a work written 34 years after the composer's final opera was penned. Performed in its original instrumentation with two pianos and harmonium, and with four guest soloists, all alumnus of the University of Birmingham.

The work received mixed reviews following its premiere – though the majority were very complimentary – with music critic Filippo Filippi (la Perseveranza) noting, "This time, Rossini has outdone himself, because no one can say what prevails, science and inspiration. The fugue is worthy of Bach for erudition."