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Venue: Barbican Centre, London

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AddressSilk Street
London
EC2Y 8BQ
United Kingdom
ContainsArt 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 maps51° 31' 12.372" N 0° 5' 38.089" W
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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308
Laurence Cummings; Academy of Ancient Music; Ed Lyon; Anna Dennis; Katie Bray

LondonEFG London Jazz Festival: Soweto Kinch – Trilogy

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London Symphony Orchestra; Tom Richards; Soweto Kinch

LondonHalf Six Fix: Vaughan Williams

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Vaughan Williams
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Antonio Pappano

LondonSir Antonio Pappano & Bruce Liu

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Vaughan Williams, Beethoven
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Antonio Pappano; Bruce Liu

LondonSemyon Bychkov conducts Mahler's Seventh Symphony

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony no. 7
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Semyon Bychkov

LondonApollo’s Fire: Echoes Across the Atlantic

Barbican
Jeannette Sorrell; Apollo's Fire; Jeanine De Bique

LondonLSO Artist Portrait: Janine Jansen

© Marco Borggreve
Sibelius, Dubugnon, Vaughan Williams
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Antonio Pappano; Janine Jansen; London Symphony Chorus

LondonExplore Ensemble with Beatrice Dillon

Barbican
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Explore Ensemble; Beatrice Dillon; Sam Cave; Johan Lofving
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Joyful and exhilarating Mozart and more from Pygmalion at 20

Raphaël Pichon conducts Pygmalion © Mathilde Assier
At the Barbican, Raphaël Pichon's Pygmalion celebrate their 20th birthday in style, with joyful Mozart alongside Mendelssohn, Bruckner and Schubert.
*****
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Searching for Barber: Randall Goosby and the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Randall Goosby and Dalia Stasevska © Mark Allan
Dalia Stasevska rarely lacks ambition, but her programme of Barber, Lyatoshynsky and Caroline Shaw is something of a curate's egg.
***11
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A Resurrection to die for: Sir Antonio Pappano and the LSO

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

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symphony Orchestra © LSO | Mark Allan
In a mismatched pairing of Elgar and Mahler, the London Symphony Orchestra produce immaculate instrumental sound quality, but is that enough?
***11
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More gold than corn: María Dueñas plays Korngold at the Barbican

María Dueñas and the BBC Symphony Orchestra © Mark Pullinger
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.
****1
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Heavenly Mahler – and Strauss – from Lucy Crowe and the LSO

Lucy Crowe and Sir Simon Rattle with the London Symphony Orchestra © LSO | Mark Allan
Songs and symphonies from Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, concluding with a vision of “heavenly life” from Gustav Mahler. 
****1
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Billy Childs' Saxophone Concerto sings a song of America

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

David Butt Philip and Sir Antonio Pappano © LSO | Mark Allan
Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons. 
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