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Conductor Elim Chan holding her baton and looking down.
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London Symphony Orchestra/Elim Chan & Olivier Stankiewicz

A world premiere concerto from one of Britain’s finest composers, folk-inspired celebration of dance by Bartók plus Rachmaninoff’s late and great orchestral showstopper. 

Pianist Seong-Jin Cho in front of a white wall, with eyes closed lifting his hands as if playing the piano
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London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda & Seong-Jin Cho

Bask in the Romantic flavours of Borodin’s folk-inspired Second Symphony, Stravinsky’s sublime neo-Classical homage to Tchaikovsky, and dazzling, deeply felt Chopin. 

A painting of a person looking up while someone holds a mirror behind them
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Classical music

Academy of Ancient Music: Songs of Love & War

Academy of Ancient Music performs Monteverdi’s genre-defying Madrigals of Love and War. Unrequited passion has never sounded sweeter. 

An image of Davóne Tines surrounded by a blue circle against a blue background
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Rustioni conducts Bernstein and Rachmaninoff

Rachmaninoff, Bernstein and Davóne Tines – a fresh perspective on America’s past, present and future from Daniele Rustioni and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Pianist Seong-Jin Cho in front of a white wall, with eyes closed lifting his hands as if playing the piano
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda & Seong-Jin Cho

Bask in the Romantic flavours of Borodin’s folk-inspired Second Symphony, Stravinsky’s sublime neo-Classical homage to Tchaikovsky, and dazzling, deeply felt Chopin. 

Tamara Stefanovich
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Classical music

Tamara Stefanovich in Recital: Labyrinth

Tamara Stefanovich presets Labyrinth - a curated sequence including works by JS Bach (Art of Fugue), Claude Debussy (Preludes), Franz Liszt and Gyorgy Kurtag (Jatekok).

Valerie Fritz holding a cello in front of a stage light
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Classical music

ECHO Rising Stars: Valerie Fritz

Austrian cellist and ECHO Rising Star Valerie Fritz performs with acclaimed Bosnion accordionist Goran Stevanovich in the atmospheric setting of LSO St Luke’s. 

Conductor Gianandrea Noseda holds a microphone and presents his pre-concert Half Six Fix talk
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Rachmaninoff

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action. 

Patricia Kopatchinskaja on stage at the Barbican Hall playing her violin
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda

Two of Debussy’s restless, impressionistic Nocturnes, Berg’s anguished Violin Concerto; plus Rachmaninoff’s sweeping early symphony, full of youthful energy. 

An image of Kristiina Poska surrounded bya green circle against a green background
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Montero plays Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto

Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto, Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, and a UK premiere from Julia Adolphe. Big emotions and natural wonders from Kristiina Poska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Yuja Wang
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Tarmo Peltokoski

Feel the energy of Rautavaara’s joyously rhythmic concerto, and journey to Wagner’s fantastical world of gods, giants and river-maidens.

Ian Bostridge
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Classical music

Fretwork with Ian Bostridge & Elizabeth Kenny

Tenor Ian Bostridge is joined by Elizabeth Kenny on the lute, and viol consort Fretwork for an exploration of music by John Dowland.

A portrait photo of Barbara Hannigan, wearing a grey jumper and facing the camera
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Laura Bowler

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.

Barbara Hannigan conducting the LSO, arms outstretched to either side.
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Barbara Hannigan

New music by Laura Bowler preludes Ligeti’s ethereal, dreamlike soundworld and Richard Strauss’s colossal, awe-inspiring homage to Nietzsche.

Image of Sakari Oramo surrounded by a blue circle against a blue background
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Classical music

Oramo conducts Brahms' Second Symphony

Sakari Oramo pairs flair and exoticism with idyllic cheer in this dual outing of Romantic masterpieces: Saint-Saëns’ fifth piano concerto and Brahms’ Second Symphony.

Painting fragment of a woman's hand
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Classical music

Academy of Ancient Music: Gambarini: English Impresaria

Elegance, exuberance, and one remarkable woman: Academy of Ancient Music travels to Georgian London and the lost world of musical innovator Elisabetta da Gambarini.

Recycling concerto
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Classical music

Britten Sinfonia: Recycling Concerto

Nature and conservation are at the heart of this uplifting programme of orchestral works. 

Dalia Stasevska
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Classical music

Yeol Eum Son plays Bartók's Third Piano Concerto

A magical bird, a dream of England, and the sheer magic of pianist Yeol Eum Son, as Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra bring a blaze of colour to the Barbican.

Hildur Guðnadóttir
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Classical music

Hildur Guðnadóttir & Friends: Where to From

Academy award-winning composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, known for her film scores to Chernobyl, Tar and The Joker, makes a rare appearance on stage to perform her new project, Where to From. 

Dunedin Consort
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Classical music

Tansy Davies: Passion of Mary Magdalene

The third and final work in a cycle of commissions with the Dunedin Consort, British composer Tansy Davies’ Passion of Mary Magdalene receives its premiere at the Barbican.

Conductor Anja Bihlmaier
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Dvořák

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.

Gareth Davies playing his flute
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Anja Bihlmaier

An American dream: Dvořák’s ode to the US and Bernstein’s gritty portrait of New York frame a new concerto. 

Tallis Scholars
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Classical music

The Tallis Scholars: Mysteries & Miracles

Performed by the world-renowned Tallis Scholars, this programme explores music inspired by miraculous events in the life of Jesus, as told through the works of a diverse range of composers.

Evgeny Kissin
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Classical music

Evgeny Kissin in Recital

Celebrated pianist Evgeny Kissin sweeps us across musical landscapes, revealing the vast breadth of the piano’s expressive range including works by Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann and Liszt.

Arcangelo
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Classical music

Arcangelo: St Matthew Passion

The internationally acclaimed period performance ensemble Arcangelo performs J S Bach’s mighty oratorio St Matthew Passion.

Sir Antonio Pappano standing on the conductor's podium, facing the audience, talking into a microphone with his right-hand raised
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Shostakovich

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert, showcasing two works by Vaughan Williams. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.

Sir Antonio Pappano and Vilde Frang performing on the Barbican stage
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Korngold tugs at the heart in his Hollywood-flavoured concerto, while Shostakovich’s Fifth unleashes big tunes and white-hot intensity. 

A painting of a satyr
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Classical music

Academy of Ancient Music: The Chosen One

Leipzig’s got talent: in 1723 Bach competed for one of Germany’s top musical jobs. Today, Laurence Cummings and Academy of Ancient Music reveal exactly what he was up against.

ZRI Quintet
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Classical music

Britten Sinfonia: Re-folking Viennese classics

Chamber music by composers who adored the traditional music of central and eastern Europe re-imagined for orchestra and folk band.

Maria Joāo Pires
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Classical music

Maria Joāo Pires and Marc-André Hamelin in Recital

Legendary pianists Maria João Pires and Marc-André Hamelin join forces for the first time to perform seminal works for piano duo.