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Symphonic Electronics: Meet Steven Daverson

BBC Radio 3’s Tom Service talks to composers Steven Daverson, Shiva Feshareki and creative sound engineers about symphonic electronics.

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Symphonic Electronics: Iridescence

The UK premiere of Juste Janulyte’s Iridescence by the BBC Singers opens a portal into the expanding musical universe of symphonic electronics – 'symphonic' in the ancient Greek meaning 'harmonious'. 

Programme to include:
Juste Janulyte Irridescene (UK premiere)
Guildhall School musicians
BBC Singers
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Symphonic Electronics: Continents, Computers and Electronic

Continents, computers and electric dreams: Tristan Murail’s non-electronic orchestral classic Gondwana charts a course to new worlds with electronics sound from Steven Daverson and Misato Mochizuki. 

Steven Daverson Figures outside a Dacha, with Snowfall, and an Abbey in the Background UK Premiere, BBC co-commission
Misato Mochizuki Intrusions UK premiere
Tristan Murail Gondwana
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov conductor
Carl Faia live electronics
Steven Daverson live electronics
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Symphonic Electronics: Stargazing: the future

Tom Service talks to Mike Roberts, Head of Electronic Music and Music Technology at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and Guildhall students about the bigger picture. 

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Symphonic Electronics: Shiva Feshareki and Stockhausen

Vintage Stockhausen plus a new adventure from British-Iranian composer and sonic explorer Shiva Feshareki – the world premiere of her Barbican commission for the BBC Symphony Orchestra. 

Shiva Feshareki Bab-Khaneh: Gatehouse of Memory
Karlheinz Stockhausen Cosmic Pulses
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jack Sheen conductor
Shiva Feshareki turntables, live spatial electronics, sound design
Daniel Hulme systems design
Amir Feshareki costume design
Christopher Williams lighting design
Brit Floyd performing on stage, with blue lasers and an orange sun.
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Contemporary music

Brit Floyd: Wish You Were Here

Brit Floyd returns to the stage with their biggest and most spectacular production to date, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s classic album Wish You Were Here.

Arman Garshasbi
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Contemporary music

Arman Garshasbi

Join Arman Garshasbi for an unforgettable musical journey on his world tour.

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Contemporary music

Kim Deal

Alternative-rock icon Kim Deal brings her new debut solo album, Nobody Loves You More, to life with an ensemble in this one-off show.

Man/Woman/Chainsaw. Photo by Sophie Barloc
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Young Barbican Takeover Festival 2025

This one-day festival returns with a stunning line-up of live music, workshops, film screenings and more curated for and by London's emerging creatives.

Maria Schneider and Oslo Jazz Ensemble perform on stage, surrounded by orange and yellow lights
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Contemporary music

Maria Schneider and Oslo Jazz Ensemble

Maria Schneider, one of the jazz world's most original and esteemed composers, presents Data Lords alongside the highly acclaimed Oslo Jazz Ensemble.

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Contemporary music

Guildhall Big Band: Portraits in Jazz

Helen Sung - acclaimed jazz pianist and composer, and a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow - performs with Guildhall Big Band.

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Guildhall Jazz Orchestra: Dankworth Seven

Immerse yourself in the golden era of jazz as the nucleus of the Guildhall Jazz Orchestra brings the vibrant spirit of the legendary Dankworth Seven to life.

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Contemporary music

JLCYO & Guildhall Ellingtonian Band

Experience the next generation of jazz as the Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Orchestra takes the stage alongisde the Guildhall Ellingtonian Band.

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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, LSO & Sir Antonio Pappano

Wynton Marsalis and Sir Antonio Pappano blend jazz, blues and classical music in the crossover collaboration with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra 

Duke Ellington Selections
Wynton Marsalis Symphony No 4 The Jungle
London Symphony Orchestra
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Photo of musician Wynton Marsalis
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Contemporary music

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

Led by Wynton Marsalis, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra presents the European Premiere of The Democracy! Suite as well as a selection drawn from their vast canon of jazz masterworks.