Barbican Presents

Mon 10 Jan 2022, 19:30

Sit back and watch the fireworks as two bona fide stars come together to perform three of the great violin sonatas and Ravel’s enduringly popular party piece Tzigane.

Tue 14 Dec 2021, 19:30

Christina Pluhar and her daring Baroque ensemble L’Arpeggiata thrive on pushing music to its limits. Join us in the Hall or online as they sing out the brilliance and beauty of Monteverdi’s Vespers.

Fri 10 Dec 2021, 19:30

A profoundly personal project for one of the 21st century’s most influential musical personalities: Lang Lang tackles one of the most legendary keyboard works ever written.

Sun 5 Dec 2021, 19:30

2022 Grammy nominees Jamie Barton and Jake Heggie explore what we’ve all been missing out on over the past eighteen months – music, its link with words, and the human connection of live performance.

Mon 29 Nov 2021, 19:30

The songs of Robert Schumann trace a poetic journey through the intricacies of the human heart: hear tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Jonathan Biss explore their riches.

Wed 24 Nov 2021, 19:30

Samantha Ege has dedicated her life to ‘illuminating the diversity of classical music’s past, present, and future’. Here she champions three remarkable composers that history almost left behind.

Tue 23 Nov 2021, 19:30

Join us in the Hall or online for an evening of entrancing minimalism and unorthodox sounds from Philip Glass and Chris P. Thompson, including the work that brought Glass to the mainstream Glassworks.

Sun 14 Nov 2021, 14:00

Bach’s music speaks across time, yet somehow exists outside of any era. Queyras pairs each of the six cello suites with an echo from our own time in a stimulating dialogue of spirit and mind.

Tue 9 Nov 2021, 19:30

Experience the intense emotional power of Shostakovich’s String Quartets as the Carducci Quartet paint an intimate portrait of the great composer through music and spoken word.

Fri 5 Nov 2021, 19:30

Relive one of the beautiful game’s greatest final day dramas. Projected highlights of Anfield 89 get the symphonic treatment as Lee Dixon reunites members of Arsenal’s title-winning team to reminisce.

Tue 26 Oct 2021, 19:30

The effervescent mezzo and pianist/arranger Craig Terry ruminate on the pain of loneliness and the warmth and joy of human interaction in a heartfelt song recital very much for our time.

Tue 12 Oct 2021, 19:30

Sometimes a singer steps onto the stage offering something new, breaking down barriers of genre, time and music for a transcendent experience. Davóne Tines is one such singer.

Fri 8 Oct 2021, 14:00

Davóne Tines appears in conversation at Milton Court to talk about his career, looking forwards and his online profile to students at Guildhall School.

Tue 28 Sep 2021, 19:30

Join us in the Hall or online for the Biblical creation story told in music of cosmic grandeur: a journey of unbridled joy, from the dramatic moment the first ray of light hits the waters of the deep.

Mon 27 Sep 2021, 18:30

Members are invited to an exclusive open rehearsal of Haydn's Creation with the Academy of Ancient Music. 

Fri 24 Sep 2021, 13:00

The ‘musical Bear Grylls’ (Huffington Post) brings his fearless attitude and dexterity to three staples of the French horn repertoire and the premiere of an exciting new commission from Mark Simpson.

Thu 23 Sep 2021, 19:30

Nicola Benedetti celebrates the music of dance through the ages in three pioneering works for solo violin, ranging from Baroque refinement with J S Bach to foot-stomping fun with Wynton Marsalis.

Sun 31 Jan 2021, 14:00

Inventive, exuberant, and endlessly entertaining, the keyboard music of Domenico Scarlatti is a treasure-trove of musical possibilities. Explore a genius without limits in this day-long celebration.

Mon 25 Jan 2021, 19:30

See Zubin Mehta conduct one of the world’s finest orchestras in three classics from Wagner, Stravinsky and Dvořák.

Fri 26 Jun 2020, 19:30

Charismatic mezzo Joyce DiDonato presents Songplay: a very personal project uniting the worlds of opera and popular song.