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London SymphonyOrchestra string section performing on the Barbican Hall stage.
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Half Six Fix – Lachenmann

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

Helmut Lachenmann My Melodies (Music for Eight Horns and Orchestra)
Ludwig van Beethoven Excerpt from Symphony No 7
London Symphony Orchestra
François-Xavier Roth conductor & presenter
LSO Horns
London SymphonyOrchestra performing on the Barbican Hall stage.
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/François-Xavier Roth

Two sound worlds, two centuries apart: Lachenmann’s Melodies meets Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. 

Helmut Lachenmann My Melodies (Music for Eight Horns and Orchestra)
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No 7
London Symphony Orchestra
François-Xavier Roth conductor
LSO Horns
Hannu Lintu
Event
Classical music

Haydn and Strauss: Nelson Mass and A Hero’s Life

Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life), Haydn’s Nelson Mass and pure sonic wonder from Samy Moussa. Hannu Lintu conducts a concert of outsize emotions and truly spectacular sounds. 

Samy Moussa Elysium
Joseph Haydn Nelson Mass (Hob XXII/11)
Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu conductor
BBC Symphony Chorus
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha soprano
Jennifer Johnston mezzo-soprano
Derek Welton bass-baritone
Photo of Vishwa Mohan Bhatt playing the Mohan veena
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Contemporary music

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Desert Slide

Celebrated as one of the world's most versatile and expressive Mohan Veena (slide guitar) players, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt brings his Desert Slide ensemble to the Hall. 

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. 

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.

Sō Percussion
Caroline Shaw vocals
Yotam Ottolenghi: The Comforr Tour
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Talks & events

Yotam Ottolenghi: The Comfort Tour

Spend a delicious evening with the inimitable chef and restaurateur Yotam Ottolenghi, as he celebrates his anticipated new cookbook, Comfort, Ottolenghi’s most personal work since Simple and Flavour. 

A person in a suit has a pair of glowing antlers above their head while standing against a red and green background.
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Theatre & dance

RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter. 

A person in a suit has a pair of glowing antlers above their head while standing against a red and green background.
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Theatre & dance

RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter. 

Stephen Hough sitting on a concrete bench
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Classical music

Stephen Hough: Sonatina Nostalgica

Appearing as both pianist and composer, Stephen Hough wraps fiery Schumann and Chopin around his own sonatina trip down memory lane. 

Cécile Chaminade Automne
Theme Varie
Les Sylvains
Robert Schumann Fantasie in C major
Stephen Hough Sonatina Nostalgica
Frédéric Chopin Sonata No 3 in B minor
Stephen Hough piano
A baby in the arms of their mother look at hanging tungsten style light bulbs, bathed in a warm glow. Behind them is a red exposed brick wall. The mother is looking intently at the child.
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Theatre & dance

First Light

Bathe in sound and light with your baby as you explore the wonders of how their senses develop. Sit, lie down or stand while sharing this immersive, intimate experience.

A person in a suit has a pair of glowing antlers above their head while standing against a red and green background.
Event
Theatre & dance

RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter. 

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

BBC Singers
Abel Selaocoe director, vocals & cello
Photograph of Somali funk band Dur Dur Band on stage
Event
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 baby in the arms of their mother look at hanging tungsten style light bulbs, bathed in a warm glow. Behind them is a red exposed brick wall. The mother is looking intently at the child.
Event
Theatre & dance

First Light

Bathe in sound and light with your baby as you explore the wonders of how their senses develop. Sit, lie down or stand while sharing this immersive, intimate experience.

A person in a suit has a pair of glowing antlers above their head while standing against a red and green background.
Event
Theatre & dance

RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter. 

Yeol Eum Son
Event
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 Hayward 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
A baby in the arms of their mother look at hanging tungsten style light bulbs, bathed in a warm glow. Behind them is a red exposed brick wall. The mother is looking intently at the child.
Event
Theatre & dance

First Light

Bathe in sound and light with your baby as you explore the wonders of how their senses develop. Sit, lie down or stand while sharing this immersive, intimate experience.

A person in a suit has a pair of glowing antlers above their head while standing against a red and green background.
Event
Theatre & dance

RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter. 

Singers in the gospel choir performing on stage
Event
Classical music

A Gospel Christmas

Join Flames Collective for A Gospel Christmas. A choir like no other in the UK, they have received huge praise for their sensational performances with RAYE at the 2024 Brit Awards and at the O2. 

Includes:
Joyful Joyful
Holy Night
Shackles
Love Theory
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Flames Collective
A baby in the arms of their mother look at hanging tungsten style light bulbs, bathed in a warm glow. Behind them is a red exposed brick wall. The mother is looking intently at the child.
Event
Theatre & dance

First Light

Bathe in sound and light with your baby as you explore the wonders of how their senses develop. Sit, lie down or stand while sharing this immersive, intimate experience.

Musicians from Connaught Brass standing together in a line, smiling at the camera
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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
Annemarie Federle french horn
Chris Brewster trombone
Aled Meredith-Barrett tuba
Zeynep Ozsuca piano
A baby in the arms of their mother look at hanging tungsten style light bulbs, bathed in a warm glow. Behind them is a red exposed brick wall. The mother is looking intently at the child.
Event
Theatre & dance

First Light

Bathe in sound and light with your baby as you explore the wonders of how their senses develop. Sit, lie down or stand while sharing this immersive, intimate experience.

A person in a suit has a pair of glowing antlers above their head while standing against a red and green background.
Event
Theatre & dance

RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter. 

Khatia Buniatishvili wearing a coral pink dress, resting her head on her hand
Event
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
Piano Concerto No 23
Joseph Haydn Symphony No 104
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.
Event
Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

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
London Symphony Chorus
A person in a suit has a pair of glowing antlers above their head while standing against a red and green background.
Event
Theatre & dance

RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter. 

A baby in the arms of their mother look at hanging tungsten style light bulbs, bathed in a warm glow. Behind them is a red exposed brick wall. The mother is looking intently at the child.
Event
Theatre & dance

First Light

Bathe in sound and light with your baby as you explore the wonders of how their senses develop. Sit, lie down or stand while sharing this immersive, intimate experience.

A person in a suit has a pair of glowing antlers above their head while standing against a red and green background.
Event
Theatre & dance

RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter.