This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.
Event
Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
Event
Art & design
Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha
Within a new, intimate gallery in the Barbican, contemporary artist Huma Bhabha's monumental sculptures forge new dialogues with works by 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
Event
Cinema
Land and Freedom - 30th Anniversary Screening + Screentalk
Thirty years on, Ken Loach's stirring, epic and award winning drama about international volunteers fighting for the Republic in the Spanish Civil War, followed by a ScreenTalk.
Event
Cinema
Looking for an Angel + ScreenTalk
The death of a young gay man in Tokyo prompts two friends to recollect the time they spent with him, in Akihiro Suzuki's 1999 drama.
Event
Classical music
Academy of Ancient Music: Bach's The Art of the Fugue
Four actors, four musicians, one unparalleled musical genius. From the theatrical imagination of Bill Barclay, a completely new journey into Bach’s astonishing The Art of Fugue.
Event
Contemporary music
Terry Riley 90th Birthday Tribute
Celebrate Terry Riley's 90th with a mesmerising tribute featuring Pete Townshend, Bang on a Can All-Stars, SHABAKA and Valentina Magaletti.
Event
Library
Black Sound: The Story of British Black Music
Free
This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.
Event
Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
Event
Art & design
Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha
Within a new, intimate gallery in the Barbican, contemporary artist Huma Bhabha's monumental sculptures forge new dialogues with works by 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
Event
Cinema
Ocean with David Attenborough
Join David Attenborough in this breath-taking documentary, showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean.
Event
Classical music
Slobodeniouk conducts Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet
From the depths to the stars; from romance to tragedy: Dima Slobodeniouk pairs Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet with Lili Boulanger’s mighty shout of hope and praise.
Lili Boulanger Psalm 130 – From the Bottom of the Abyss
James MacMillanThree Interludes from ‘The Sacrifice’
Sergei Prokofiev Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
Dima Slobodeniouk conductor
Marta Fontanals-Simmonsmezzo-soprano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Chorus
Event
Library
Black Sound: The Story of British Black Music
Free
This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.
Event
Cinema
Family Film Club: Mary and the Witch's Flower
When Mary follows her neighbour Peter’s cats, she finds a flower that grants her magical powers. Flying a broomstick is fun, but what can she do when Peter is in trouble?
Event
Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
Event
Art & design
Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha
Within a new, intimate gallery in the Barbican, contemporary artist Huma Bhabha's monumental sculptures forge new dialogues with works by 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
Event
Cinema
MET Opera Live: Salome
Based of the biblical tale of Herod, Herodias and Salome, this opera follows Salone's infatuation with John the Baptist, full of desire, lust and tragedy.
Event
Contemporary music
Fatoumata Diawara
Malian artist Fatoumata Diawara invites us on a cosmic journey through Afrofuturism.
Event
Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
Event
Art & design
Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha
Within a new, intimate gallery in the Barbican, contemporary artist Huma Bhabha's monumental sculptures forge new dialogues with works by 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
Event
Cinema
RBO Live 24-25: Die Walkure
Gods and mortals battle in the second chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle.
Event
Classical music
London Symphony Orchestra/Susanna Mälkki
Showpieces for the orchestra meet a dazzling concerto, brimming with characteristic Stravinsky flair and melody.
Julia PerryA Short Piece for Large Orchestra
Igor StravinskyViolin Concerto
Béla BartókConcerto for Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Mälkkiconductor
Leila Josefowiczviolin
Event
Classical music
Quatuor Diotima: Boulez Anniversary Concert
Performed by one of its outstanding interpreters, Boulez’s uncompromising Livre pour quatuor is at the heart of a centenary tribute to the composer referencing Webern, Bach, and impassioned Debussy.
Johann Sebastian Bach'Contrapunctus I' from Die Kunst der Fuge
Pierre BoulezI, Livre pour quatuor
Johann Sebastian Bach'Contrapunctus IX' from Die Kunst der Fuge
Pierre BoulezII, Livre pour quatuor
Anton WebernString Quartet Op 28
Pierre BoulezIII, Livre pour quatuor
Johann Sebastian Bach'Contrapunctus XVIII' from Die Kunst der Fuge
Claude DebussyString Quartet in G minor
Quatuor Diotima
Event
Library
Black Sound: The Story of British Black Music
Free
This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.
A Russian in exile, an Englishman in despair, and a Puerto Rican take on fantastical fandangoes: a welcome visit from the RLPO under its charismatic Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan.
Roberto SierraFandangos
Edward ElgarCello Concerto
Sergei RachmaninoffSymphonic Dances
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Domingo Hindoyanconductor
Pablo Ferrandezcello
Event
Library
Black Sound: The Story of British Black Music
Free
This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.
Event
Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
Event
Art & design
Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha
Within a new, intimate gallery in the Barbican, contemporary artist Huma Bhabha's monumental sculptures forge new dialogues with works by 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
Event
Library
Black Sound: The Story of British Black Music
Free
This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.
