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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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LondonSir Antonio Pappano & Sheku Kanneh-Mason

© Mahaneela
Finnis, Bruckner
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Antonio Pappano; Sheku Kanneh-Mason

LondonColin Currie Group: Steve Reich Celebration

Barbican
Reich
Colin Currie Group, Percussion

LondonSir Antonio Pappano & Fleur Barron

© No credit
Lyadov, Kendall, Tchaikovsky
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Antonio Pappano; Fleur Barron

LondonRandall Goosby plays Barber’s Violin Concerto

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Lyatoshynsky, Barber, Shaw
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Dalia Stasevska; Randall Goosby; Lotte Betts-Dean; Florian Störtz; BBC Symphony Chorus

LondonJlin + Third Coast Percussion

Barbican
Patton
Third Coast Percussion

LondonThomas Adès & Bertrand Chamayou

© Mark Allan
Nørgård, Adès, Sibelius
London Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Adès; Bertrand Chamayou

LondonSinfonia of London: Scheherezade

Barbican
Bacewicz, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov
Sinfonia of London; John Wilson; Benjamin Grosvenor

LondonThomas Adès & Anna Dennis

© Mark Allan
Sibelius, Saariaho, Adès
London Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Adès; Anna Dennis; London Symphony Chorus
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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. 
****1
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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. 
****1
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Pappano and the LSO: a thrilling collision between heaven and hell

Vilde Frang, Sir Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra © LSO | Mark Allan
Vilde Frang joins Sir Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican for transcendent Korngold alongside darker fare.
****1
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Cummings and the AAM win ‘Leipzig's Got Talent’

Helen Charlston, Rowan Pierce, Nick Pritchard and Ben Kazez with the AAM © Mark Allan
The Academy of Ancient Music poses the question what might have been in Leipzig with stunning performances of Bach and his competitors to be the new Thomaskantor. 
*****
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