| Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937) | Pavane pour une infante défunte | |
| Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937) | Mother Goose (Ma Mère l'Oye) | |
| Adams, John (b. 1947) | Scheherazade.2 |
| John Adams | Musikalische Leitung |
| Leila Josefowicz | Violine |
| London Symphony Orchestra |
Essential American composer John Adams brings his own take on storytelling to the Barbican including a new dramatic symphony for violin and orchestra.
Performed by close collaborator and new music champion Leila Josefowicz, Adam’s latest work takes the idea of the original Scheherazade into the present day and 'imagines a modern woman storyteller/hostage whose strength of character and powers of endurance are tested over and over'. There are more traditional tales to be told in the first half with Ravel’s youthful ballet score Mother Goose, featuring Sleeping Beauty, Tom Thumb and Beauty and the Beast.
Tickets: £10 £16 £22 £29 £40
£3 online booking fee, £4 telephone booking fee per transaction.
Tickets on sale online from Wednesday 4 February 2015 and on the phone and in person from Wednesday 18 February 2015
