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| Address | Silk Street London EC2Y 8BQ United Kingdom |
| Contains | Art Gallery Cinema 1 Cinema 3 Conservatory Fountain Room Frobisher Rooms The Curve The Pit Barbican Foyer Barbican Hall Barbican Theatre Guildhall School of Music & Drama: Milton Court Concert Hall |
| Google maps | 51° 31' 12.372" N 0° 5' 38.089" W |
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LondonOum – A Son’s Quest for His Mother
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LondonQuartz Saxophone Quartet
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Quartz Saxophone Quartet; Paul Stevens; Christian Forshaw; Brad Grant
LondonOramo conducts Mahler's Ninth Symphony
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Mahler: Symphony no. 9 in D major
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Sakari Oramo
LondonEstonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir: Adam's Lament
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Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Tõnu Kaljuste; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Maria Listra; Harry Traksmann
LondonJohn Luther Adams' 'Become Ocean'
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Thorvaldsdottir, Ligeti, Adams
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Dalia Stasevska
LondonSerenity with Aaron Azunda Akugbo
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Pritchard, Daley, Rajasekar, Debussy, Gjeilo, Muhly, Hazrati, Whitacre, MacMillan, Frances-Hoad, Boulanger, Ešenvalds, Park
Owain Park; Aaron Azunda Akugbo; Dominika Mak; BBC Singers
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Galloping demons: Pappano and the LSO in Shostakovich 10
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Sir Antonio Pappano the charioteer whips his forces to attack the fleeing Shostakovich in the Tenth Symphony at the Barbican.
Victory Symphonies? Pappano and the LSO in Leningrad and Vienna
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Prokofiev opens Seong-Jin Cho’s LSO Artist Portrait series, sandwiches between symphonies by Shostakovich and Beethoven.
Pappano launches the new LSO season with a gripping pair of works
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To launch his second season with the LSO, Sir Antonio Pappano parades his American inheritance with a blazing evocation of faith, hope and resilience.
Decadence and decay: Asmik Grigorian leads a sensational Salome
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Even locked behind a music stand, like a caged panther in a sleek black gown, Grigorian’s Salome bristles with dramatic energy in Barbican concert performance of Strauss’ “scherzo with a fatal conclusion”.
Mockery and mock-heroism from the LSO and Pappano in Richard Strauss
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Till Eulenspiegel and Ein Heldenleben frame Lisa Batiashvili playing Mozart's "Turkish" concerto.
Shimmering Syzmanowski and buccaneering Berlioz from the LSO
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An exciting programme of Berlioz and Szymanowski makes for a delectable concert under Sir Antonio Pappano with violinist Lisa Batiashvili.
Dancing down south: Hindoyan and the RLPO at the Barbican
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Hindoyan, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Pablo Ferrández prompt musings on life, death, dance and the pursuit of beauty in London’s Barbican.
Made in America: Mälkki, Josefowicz and the LSO in a fine showcase
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Julia Perry and two Europeans exiled to America feature in Susanna Mälkki's London Symphony Orchestra programme, featuring Leila Josefowicz as soloist in Stravinsky's Violin Concerto.