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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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LondonThomas Adès & Bertrand Chamayou

Nørgård, Adès, Sibelius
London Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Adès; Bertrand Chamayou
LondonSinfonia of London: Scheherezade

Bacewicz, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov
Sinfonia of London; John Wilson; Benjamin Grosvenor
LondonThomas Adès & Anna Dennis

Sibelius, Saariaho, Adès
London Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Adès; Anna Dennis; London Symphony Chorus
LondonPygmalion: Mozart's Great Mass in C minor

Bruckner, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Mozart, Haydn
Raphaël Pichon; Pygmalion; Chœur de Pygmalion; Sabine Devieilhe; Lea Desandre
LondonInmo Yang plays Bartók’s First Violin Concerto

Enescu, Bartók, Brahms
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Sakari Oramo; Inmo Yang
LondonL'incoronazione di Poppea

Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308
Laurence Cummings; Academy of Ancient Music; Ed Lyon; Anna Dennis; Katie Bray
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Searching for Barber: Randall Goosby and the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Dalia Stasevska rarely lacks ambition, but her programme of Barber, Lyatoshynsky and Caroline Shaw is something of a curate's egg.
A Resurrection to die for: Sir Antonio Pappano and the LSO

After a busy tour, the London Symphony Orchestra opens its home season with a performance of Gustav Mahler’s mighty Resurrection Symphony.
Pappano and the LSO’s Mahler 5: less than the sum of its parts

In a mismatched pairing of Elgar and Mahler, the London Symphony Orchestra produce immaculate instrumental sound quality, but is that enough?
More gold than corn: María Dueñas plays Korngold at the Barbican

The young Spanish violinist proves an ardent advocate for a work originally dismissed as a “Hollywood Concerto” as the BBC Symphony Orchestra closes its Barbican season.
Heavenly Mahler – and Strauss – from Lucy Crowe and the LSO

Songs and symphonies from Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, concluding with a vision of “heavenly life” from Gustav Mahler.
Billy Childs' Saxophone Concerto sings a song of America

Billy Childs Diaspora receives its UK premiere at the Barbican, performed by saxophonist Steven Banks.
A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus

Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons.
Pappano and the LSO: a thrilling collision between heaven and hell

Vilde Frang joins Sir Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican for transcendent Korngold alongside darker fare.


