The National Youth Orchestra (NYO) visits Birmingham 78 years after being founded as a post-war symbol of hope and confidence. 

“We open doors for young people,” explains the organisation, “equipping them with new ideas, new experiences, new friends and new music to master. By developing their potential as role models, we employ music to create a movement of changemakers making a positive impact for their generation.”
Comprising 160 teenage musicians, the highly acclaimed NYO will perform three compositions when they visit the city early this month... 

The evening’s programme features Franz Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz No1, Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz, and Dante Part 2: Purgatorio, a work by Thomas Adès, who will also be conducting the concert.