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Darbar
Bharathi Prathap singing, sitting cross-legged and wearing colourful clothes
Darbar
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Collage of Rakesh Chaurasia and Shahid Parvez on stage
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Darbar: Rakesh Chaurasia + Shahid Parvez & Shakir Khan

A once-in-a-lifetime double bill featuring musical royalty from India's most illustrious gharanas

Rakesh Chaurasia bansuri
Pandit Yogesh Samsi tabla
Duet by Ustad Shahid Parvez & Shakir Khan sitar
Satyajit Talwalkar tabla
Davone Tines wearing a black suit with his eyes closed and hands in front of his chest
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Classical music

Julius Eastman: A Power Greater Than

Barbican artist-in-residence Davóne Tines performs a multidisciplinary all-Julius Eastman program curated by Seth Parker Woods, alongside AMOC* & Kyle Marshall Dance Company. 

Julius Eastman Touch Him When
Holy Presence of Joan D'Arc
Piano 2
Gay Guerilla
Davóne Tines baritone
JIJI guitar
Seth Parker Woods cello
Adam Tendler piano
Richard Valitutto piano
Conor Hanick piano
Kyle Marshall Dance Company
AMOC* American Modern Opera Company
Conductor Ryan Bancroft in front of a wall looking into the camera
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Stravinsky

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. 

Igor Stravinsky The Firebird – Ballet
London Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Bancroft conductor & presenter
Violinist Clara-Jumi Kang resting her violin in her shoulder while looking into the camera
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Ryan Bancroft & Clara-Jumi Kang

Stravinsky and Gubaidulina breathe vivid, visceral life into Russian fairy tales, plus Shostakovich’s most beautiful and riveting concerto. 

Sofia Gubaidulina Märchen – Poem
Dmitri Shostakovich Violin Concerto No 1
Igor Stravinsky The Firebird – Ballet
London Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Bancroft  conductor
Clara-Jumi Kang violin
Image of Martin Helmchen surrounded by a blue circle against a blue background
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Classical music

Mozart's Requiem

Dark fire and glittering ice: Mozart’s Requiem crowns an evening of deep emotions and natural wonders from Sakari Oramo and pianist Martin Helmchen.

Camille Pépin Inlandsis
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor
Martin Helmchen piano
BBC Symphony Chorus
Catherine Lamb
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Classical music

Explore Ensemble & EXAUDI: Eight Lines

Bringing an alternative slant to American minimalism, London's Explore Ensemble and the EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble present a major new work by Catherine Lamb, alongside music by James Tenney & Steve Reich.

James Tenney In a large, open space
Steve Reich Eight Lines
-Interval-
Catherine Lamb New work*
Explore Ensemble
EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble
James Weeks conductor
The London Symphony Orchestra on the Barbican Hall stage in front of a full audience of families
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Family Concert

A fun opportunity for families to learn more about music and the instruments of the orchestra, with music based on a theme and free workshops before the concert. 

To be announced
London Symphony Orchestra
n image of Christian Tetzaff surrounded by a blue circle against a blue background
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Classical music

Oramo conducts Adès, Coleridge-Taylor and Sibelius

Sakari Oramo conducts Sibelius’s Lemminkaïnen Legends – a stirring counterpart to the brilliance of Thomas Adès’s Violin Concerto, played by Christian Tetzlaff.

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Symphonic Variations on an African Air
Thomas Adès Violin Concerto
Jean Sibelius Lemminkäinen Suite
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor
Christian Tetzlaff violin
A choir in a church space
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Classical music

Workshop: Come & Sing Arvo Pärt/The Carice Singers

Aimed at choral singers looking for a challenge, this workshop offers a chance to rehearse and perform Pärt’s Morning Star and The Beatitudes with The Carice Singers and Christopher Bowers-Broadbent.

The Carice Singers choir
George Parris director
You and your friends!
A choir singing on stage in a church
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Classical music

The Carice Singers: Infinity Flow

The Carice Singers celebrate Arvo Pärt’s 90th birthday with a program of his most mesmerizing choral works, showcasing his signature blend of purity, stillness, and profound spirituality.

Arvo Pärt An den Wassern zu Babel
Morning Star
Evelin Seppar New work
New work
Arvo Pärt Magnificat
The Beatitudes
-Interval-
Evelin Seppar New work
Arvo Pärt Woman with the alabaster box
Virgencita
Galina Grigorjeva Spring is coming, from Svyatki
There will come soft rains
Evelin Seppar New work
Arvo Pärt Which was the son of...
The Carice Singers choir
George Parris director
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent organ
Andre J Thomas facing the audience in the Barbican concert hall
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Symphonic Gospel – Celebration

André J Thomas celebrates the power of American gospel music, alongside the LSO and over 250 voices from communities across London.

To be announced.
London Symphony Orchestra
André J Thomas conductor
Brandon A Boyd piano
LSO Community Voices
Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir
London Symphony Chorus
Gabriela Montero wearing a colourful dress sitting by a piano
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Classical music

Gabriela Montero with the Calidore Quartet: Canaima

Celebrated Venezuelan pianist and composer Gabriela Montero is joined by the Calidore Quartet for a programme of chamber music including a new work, Canaima, by Montero herself. 

Joseph Haydn String Quartet Op 76 No 5
Gabriela Montero Canaima
Antonin Dvořák Piano Quintet No 2 Op 81
Gabriela Montero piano
Calidore Quartet
Simon Rattle/BRSO
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Classical music

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle

Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in an exhilarating programme of Janáček and Bruckner. 

Leos Janáček Taras Bulba
Anton Bruckner Symphony No 7 in E Major
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Soweto Kinch against a dark background, holding two saxophones
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Classical music

Soweto Kinch/LSO: Soundtrack to the Apocalypse

The saxophonist, rapper and composer Soweto Kinch presents the final instalment of a trilogy of works in collaboration with the LSO, which began with The Black Peril and White Juju.

To be announced
London Symphony Orchestra
Soweto Kinch saxophone
A painting of a woman's foot and a loose shoe
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Classical music

Academy of Ancient Music: Haydn in Paris

Paris in the 1780s was the musical centre of Europe. Academy of Ancient Music plays showpieces by Mozart, Haydn and the Chevalier de Saint-Georges: three geniuses on the edge of a volcano.