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Samantha Ege sat in front of a grand piano
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Classical music

Her Stories with Samantha Ege

‘Bold, brilliant, and daring women’ nourish Samantha Ege’s recital of 20th and 21st century piano music, including a work by Havanan ‘fusionista’ Camila Cortina Bello. 

Florence Price Piano Sonata
Camila Cortina Bello Bravura
Odaline de la Martinez Studies in Rhythm
Chen Yi Variations on Awariguli
Gabriela Ortiz Preludio e Estudio No 3
Samantha Ege piano
So Percussion and Caroline Shaw sitting in a row.
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Classical music Contemporary music

Sō Percussion with Caroline Shaw

Powerhouse percussion ensemble Sō Percussion and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and singer Caroline Shaw return to perform music from their upcoming album, Rectangles and Circumstance.

Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion Songs from Rectangles and Circumstance
Let the Soil Play its Simple Part
Sō Percussion
Caroline Shaw vocals
Danni Lee vocals
Ringdown
Mark DeChiazza staging and design
A building in construction, with cement blocks forming the frame and a partial timber frame roof. There are large piles of sand on the floor.
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Art & design Talks & events

Architecture on Stage: Ken De Cooman

Co-founder of BC Architects & Studies and BC Materials, Ken De Cooman’s work focuses on the decarbonisation of the construction industry. 

Stephen Hough sitting on a concrete bench
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Classical music

Stephen Hough in Recital

Appearing as both pianist and composer, Stephen Hough wraps fiery Schumann and Chopin around the London premiere of his own sonatina. 

Cécile Chaminade Automne
Autre Fois
Les Sylvains
Robert Schumann Fantasie in C major
Stephen Hough Sonatina Nostalgica
Frédéric Chopin Sonata No 3 in B minor
Stephen Hough piano
orange painting on a brick wall in a gallery
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Art & design Tours & public spaces

The Imaginary Institution of India: Tour with Amber Li

Join Amber Li, Assistant Curator, as she leads a tour of The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998.

Abel Selaocoe playing his cello against a black background, with purple and pink triangular shapes framing the photo
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Classical music

Abel Selaocoe: Christmas From Around the World

The BBC Singers join forces once more with their Artist in Association Abel Selaocoe, for a concert of music for the Christmas season from around the world. 

Abel Selaocoe Ancestral Affirmations
Arr Karl Jenkins Gaudete
Abel Selaocoe Emmanuele
Ariel Ramírez (arr Peter Knight) La Peregrinación
Mateo Flecha Ríu Ríu Chíu
Vasyl Barvinsky Szczo to za prediwo
Abel Selaocoe Tsohle Tsohle
Anon There is no rose
William Walton Make we joy now in this fest
Abel Selaocoe Tshepo
Johannes Eccard Vom Himmel hoch
Anon, ed Stephen Cleobury Nowell sing we
Francis Grier Alleluia! I bring you news of great joy
Abel Selaocoe Lerato/Love
Hieronymus Praetorius Joseph, lieber Joseph mein
Michael Praetorius Ein Kind geborn in Bethlehem
Michael Praetorius Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Abel Selaocoe iBuyile
Jacobus Gallus Canite tuba
Hans Leo Hassler Hodie Christus natus est
Christian Onyeji Amuworo ayi otu nwa
Abel Selaocoe cello/vocals
Sidiki Dembélé african percussion
Alan Keary double bass
Fred Thomas piano
BBC Singers choir
Grace Rossiter conductor
Photograph of Somali funk band Dur Dur Band on stage
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Contemporary music

Dur Dur Band

Somali funk legends Dur Dur Band are joined by some very special guests and perform alongside the next generation of Somali singer/songwriters making waves internationally. 

A group of people on a stage with instruments and a microphone
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Contemporary music

Guildhall Studio Ensemble feat Bill Laurance

Pianist, keyboardist and composer Bill Laurance leads the inaugural performance of the Guildhall Studio Ensemble.

Guildhall Studio Ensemble
Bill Laurance pianist, keyboardist and composer
Yeol Eum Son
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Classical music

Yeol Eum Son plays Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto

Respighi’s Roman spectacular and a new American classic frame Prokofiev’s most thrilling piano concerto in this BBC Symphony Orchestra debut for conductor Jonathon Heyward and pianist Yeol Eum Son. 

James Lee III Sukkot Through Orion's Nebula (UK premiere)
Sergei Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 2
Ottorino Respighi Fountains of Rome
Pines of Rome
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward conductor
Yeol Eum Son piano
Junior Guildhall violinists performing
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Classical music

Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra and String Ensemble

Two Junior Guildhall ensembles – the Symphony Orchestra and String Ensemble – take to the stage to perform pieces by Nino Rota, Finzi, Strauss and Borodin.

Nino Rota Concerto for Strings
Gerald Finzi Clarinet Concerto
Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus Overture
Alexander Borodin Symphony No 2
Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra
Junior Guildhall String Ensemble
Thomas Young clarinet
The members of Connaught Brass sitting in a row in front of a white wall, their instruments placed on the floor in front of them.
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Classical music

Christmas with Connaught Brass

For its Barbican debut, multi-prize-winning Connaught Brass despatches season’s greetings in a cracker of a programme that gift wraps festive joy with interludes of serene reflection.

Robin Haigh Get Good
Antonio Vivaldi (arr Jeffrey Stone) Concerto in F major
Lili Boulanger Two Pieces (arr for trumpet and piano)
Terry Johns Paolozzi’s Windows
Billy Moore (arr Every) When Santa Got Stuck Up The Chimney
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 'Yuletide' from The Seasons
Gustav Holst (arr Blaskowski) 'Venus' from The Planets
Mark-Anthony Turnage 'Elegy for Andy' and 'Tune for Toru' from True Life Stories
Sergei Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite
Trad (arr Sarah Latto) Little Girl Blue/O come Emmanuel
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr Simon Hogg) Christmas Oratorio
Connaught Brass:
Aaron Akugbo trumpet
Harry Plant trumpet
Zoë Tweed french horn
Chris Brewster trombone
Aled Meredith-Barrett tuba
Zeynep Ozsuca piano
Khatia Buniatishvili wearing a coral pink dress, resting her head on her hand
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Classical music

Khatia Buniatishvili and Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Following last year’s solo recital, accompanied by the perennially stylish Academy of St Martin in the Fields, pianist Khatia Bhuniatishvili returns for two strongly contrasted Mozart concertos. 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni Overture
Piano Concerto No 20
Joseph Haydn Symphony No 104
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No 23
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Khatia Buniatishvili piano
Sir Antonio Pappano conducting the LSO on the Barbican stage, holding a baton, with LSO string players in the foreground of the image and audience members in the background.
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

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La rondine, Puccini’s story of love thwarted by society’s conventions, an opera glowing with melody and orchestral colour.

Giacomo Puccini La rondine
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Nadine Sierra Magda
Serena Gamberoni Lisette
Michael Fabiano Ruggero
Paul Appleby Prunier
Ashley Riches Rambaldo
Sarah Dufresne Yvette/Giorgette
Angela Schisano Bianca/Gabriele
Marvic Monreal Suzy/Lolette
Hector Bloggs Crebillon
Tom McGowan Perichaud
Sang Eup Son Gobin
London Symphony Chorus
Lisa O'Neill
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Contemporary music

Lisa O’Neill with Britten Sinfonia

The compelling folk singer-songwriter Lisa O'Neill returns alongside the Britten Sinfonia performing new orchestrations by Terry Edwards. 

Sakari Oramo conductor
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Classical music

BBC Symphony Orchestra: Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius

A tribute to Sir Andrew Davis: Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus perform Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius.

Edward Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor
Dame Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Nicky Spence tenor
Roderick Williams baritone
BBC Symphony Chorus