Digital Programmes

Oumar Saleh talks to the legendary Senegalese singer Baaba Maal ahead of his first Hall performance in over 20 years.

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Oumar Saleh talks to Moor Mother about the myriad of influences behind her latest album Jazz Codes ahead of her Hall performance. 

Find out more about the production and the creative team behind it in our digital programme. 

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Welcome to this evening’s performance by the BBC Singers, with Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin and Artist in Association Abel Selaocoe. 

Hélène Grimaud presents a typically individual programme, exploring music by three titans of the keyboard – Beethoven, Brahms and Busoni.

Arwa Haider talks to A Winged Victory for the Sullen's Adam Wiltzie and Dustin O’Halloran ahead of their atmospheric residency with London Brass, ACME Strings and 12-piece vocal ensemble, Shards.

Discover more about the production and the creative team behind it in our digital programme.

Barbican Young Poets is an artist development initiative and community for those who wish to explore what’s possible for their poetry and creative expression.

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In its 20th year, Martin Aston sits down with artistic director and co-founder of Unsound festival, Mat Schulz, to unpick its collaborative origins and why its experimental premise is still relevant, now more than ever.

Mike Barnes sits down with cult folk figure Richard Dawson, discussing the inspiration behind his music ahead of his highly anticipated Hall debut.

Martin Aston sits down with the Irish group that have redefined a generation of folk music ahead of their hotly anticipated Hall debut.

In The World’s Wife, the poet Carol Ann Duffy explores history from a female perspective; Tom W Green’s chamber opera brings her poetry vividly to life in a contemporary meditation on gender politics.

The event runs from 11.00 - 22.00, and throughout the day you can immerse yourself in short film screenings, workshops, outdoor games, and relax with an outdoor feature film screening of Bend it Like Beckham in the evening. You are welcome to come to as much of the day as you wish!

Electronic musician Alva Noto’s ‘Xerrox’ series is as expansive as the music itself. He tells James Drury he never intended the project to be so long-lasting, but that it’s transformed his practice.

For the final concert of her Artist Spotlight series Patricia Kopatchinskaja, together with Anna Prohaska and Ensemble Resonanz, explores music celebrating the two Marys: the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene.

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Head over to Britten Sinfonia's website to read their free digital programme.

Head over to Britten Sinfonia's website to read their free digital programme.

Today’s programme, which embraces both the well-known and the new, takes a long look at the endurance of the string quartet.