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Jamz Supernova
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Contemporary music Tours & public spaces

Future Bounce presented by Jamz Supernova

DJ, presenter and label head, Jamz Supernova brings her Future Bounce club night to the Barbican with a specially curated line-up celebrating the best of global Dance music and UK Bass.

Magnetic Fields sit in a glowing red room
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Contemporary music

The Magnetic Fields perform 69 Love Songs

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Beloved indie pop band The Magnetic Fields perform their landmark triple album 69 Love Songs over two nights. 

Cornelius
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Contemporary music

Cornelius

Shibuya-kei pioneer Cornelius makes his Hall debut as part of the act's 30th anniversary tour. 

Photo of country folk music artist Dawn Landes
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Contemporary music

Dawn Landes & Friends

Lamenting the roll-back on women’s rights around the world folk singer-songwriter Dawn Landes re-imagines The Liberated Woman’s Songbook. 

A pale purple, oval shape, reflective of a mirror or window, sits in the centre of the image, surrounded by a dark orange colour with candle smoke and lens flares creating textural elements.
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Classical music

Rolf Hind: Sky in a Small Cage

Direct from the Copenhagen Opera Festival, Mahogany Opera opens our season with the UK premiere of Rolf Hind’s much-anticipated new work inspired by the influential Sufi mystic and poet, Rumi. 

Rolf Hind Sky in a Small Cage
Mahogany Opera
Riot Ensemble
Elaine Mitchener Narrator
James Hall I and You (becoming Rumi)
Yannis François Bird of the Sun – Shams e Parande
Loré Lixenberg Shaman of the Birds and Kerra, Rumi's wife
Siddhi Lagrutta ensemble singer
Karima El Demerdasch ensemble singer
Anika Venkatesh ensemble singer
Rylan Gleave ensemble singer
Ty Bouque ensemble singer
Harald Hieronymus Hein ensemble singer
Rolf Hind composer
Dante Micheaux and Jalal al-Din Rumi words
Frederic Wake-Walker director
Aaron Holloway-Nahum music director
Sasha Balmazi-Owen designer
Rosabel Huguet movement director
Sir Antonio Pappano conducting
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Sir Antonio Pappano opens a new chapter as Chief Conductor of the LSO, conjuring stunning landscapes from Nielsen and Sibelius - and a world premiere from James MacMillan. 

Carl Nielsen Helios Overture
Sir James MacMillan Concerto for Orchestra (world premiere, LSO commission) *
Jean Sibelius Symphony No 1
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Sir Antonio Pappano conducting the LSO on the Barbican stage, with LSO cellos and violas in the background.
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Two giants of British music, two blistering orchestral works from the early 20th century, as Sir Antonio Pappano begins his first season as Chief Conductor of the LSO.

Edward Elgar Violin Concerto
Gustav Holst The Planets – Suite
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Vilde Frang violin
Tenebrae
Organist Anna Lapwood
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Hector Berlioz goes to a Roman Carnival, Saint-Saëns gives a Symphony from the organ, and Serge Rachmaninoff shows youthful exuberance in his First Piano Concerto.

Hector Berlioz Roman Carnival
Serge Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 1
Camille Saint-Saëns Symphony No 3, Organ Symphony
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Yuja Wang piano
Anna Lapwood organ
Peter Moore holding his trombone
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Classical music

London Schools Symphony Orchestra

Back from their recent tour of Belgium, London’s young musical ambassadors bring another eclectic programme to the Hall.

Gustav Mahler Totenfeier
Jonathan Dove Stargazer
Anna Clyne Masquerade
Edward Elgar Enigma Variations
London Schools Symphony Orchestra
Timothy Redmond conductor
Enyi Okpara conductor
Peter Moore trombone
The three members of Voice Trio singing on stage, with purple lights and a purple projection behind them
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Classical music

Hildegard Transfigured: Medieval Trance for the 21st Century

The soaring, timeless 12th century arabesques of Hildegard of Bingen meet 21st century transfiguration in Voice Trio’s intimate and illuminating portrait. 

Hildegard von Bingen 'Antiphona: O successores', Psalm antiphon for Confessors
'Responsorium: Favus distillans', Responsory for St Ursula and Companions, likely for Matins
Marcus Davidson Musical Harmony
Laura Moody 'Humility and Universe as Body' from Hildegard Portraits
Tim Lea Young Three Wings, Part 1
Hildegard von Bingen 'Antiphona: O virtus sapientie', Votive antiphon for Divine Wisdom
Stevie Wishart Azeruz
Laura Moody 'Sermon and Sing' from Hildegard Portraits
Hildegard von Bingen 'Antiphona: O mirum admirandum', Psalm antiphon for St Disibod
Stevie Wishart 'O Choruscans Lux Stellarum', On a cantus firmus by St Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard von Bingen 'Antiphona: O orzchis Ecclesia', Antiphon for Dedication of a Church
Marcus Davidson O Boundless Ecclesia
Laura Moody 'O Woman' and 'Love' from Hildegard Portraits
Emily Levy How Sweetly You Burn
Hildegard von Bingen 'Antiphona: Unde quocumque venientes', Antiphon for St Ursula
Laura Moody 'The Living Light' from Hildegard Portraits
Voice Trio
Roopa Panesar on stage playing an instrument smiling
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Classical music

Roopa Panesar

One of the UK’s finest sitar players, Roopa Panesar returns for a concert of Indian classical music, collaborating with trailblazing Indian classical and contemporary musicians.

Roopa Panesar sitar
Sudarshan Singh tabla
R N Prakash carnatic percussion
Camilo Tirado electroacoustics
Yuja Wang at the piano
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

A celebration of pure romance in Frédéric Chopin’s lyrical Second Piano Concerto, while Gustav Mahler embraces the earth in his brilliant, bold First Symphony.

Karol Szymanowski Concert Overture
Frédéric Chopin Piano Concerto No 2
Gustav Mahler Symphony No 1
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Yuja Wang piano
A person wearing black and blue walks with their hands in the air across the stage as a live band plays behind them.
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Contemporary music Theatre & dance

The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady

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Share the floor with outstanding artists as two leading companies transform the stage into a vibrant cabaret venue, with a live jazz orchestra and dynamic dancers. 

Sakari Oramo conductor
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Classical music

Oramo conducts Mahler

Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s tragic Sixth Symphony: a powerful opening to our new concert season.

Gustav Mahler Symphony No 6
Sakari Oramo conductor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Two people stand on stage with a minimal set of furniture while tall scaffold towers line the edge of the stage.
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Cinema Theatre & dance

House:  La Colline – théâtre national (Paris)

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La Colline – théâtre national in Paris presents a large-scale, international ensemble theatre production based on the historic documentary film trilogy by Amos Gitai.