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Total Immersion: Meet Shiva Feshareki
Barbican Centre, Fountain Room (London)
BBC Radio 3’s Tom Service talks to composer Shiva Feshareki and sound systems designer Daniel Hulme about Feshareki’s new work Bab-Khaneh: Gatehouse of Memory.
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Young Musicians
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Symphony Concert
45
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Vocal Music
27Feature
Contemporary music
16Feature
Raymond Gubbay Christmas Festival 2024
14ProgramFrequently performed
Works by
Maurice Ravel
18
Works by
Dmitri Shostakovich
17
Works by
Pierre Boulez
13
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Johann Sebastian Bach
12
Works by
Ludwig van Beethoven
12MusiciansFrequently performs
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Sir Antonio Pappano
13New Arrivals
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Chris Thile and Special Guest with Britten Sinfonia
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Mandolinist, singer, songwriter and composer Chris Thile is described by The Guardian as 'that rare being: an all-round musician who can settle into any style, from bluegrass to classical.'
Jacob Collier and Chris Thile with Britten Sinfonia
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Grammy-winning musical phenomenon Jacob Collier will perform with a UK orchestra for the very first time in January 2025, joining forces with the 50-piece orchestra Britten Sinfonia.
January 24, 2025
Oramo conducts Mahler's Tenth and The Lark Ascending
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
An evening-long meditation on life and the hereafter, devised by Sakari Oramo and featuring the UK premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s astonishing final masterpiece Hush.
January 26, 2025
London Symphony Orchestra/Maxime Pascal
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Celebrating Pierre Boulez and his influences, in the composer’s centenary year: his beloved Debussy, alongside three intriguing world premieres.
January 31, 2025
Hrůša conducts Beethoven and Shostakovich
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
The Year 1905: Shostakovich’s monumental symphony meets Beethoven at his brightest. Unchained energy from conductor Jakub Hrůša, pianist Jonathan Biss and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
February 2, 2025
London Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Harding
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Night music and love songs – Mahler and Schumann at their romantic best.
February 5, 2025
London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Walton
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Kick-start your evening with a Half Six Fix concert. One piece in a 60-minute concert, introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.
February 6, 2025
London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Bringing together Walton’s turbulent first Symphony with passionate statements of love and outrage from two American greats.
February 7, 2025
Jacquot conducts Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Grand passions and big tunes from Mendelssohn, Korngold and Augusta Holmès, as conductor Marie Jacquot makes her debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
February 9, 2025
London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Evocative portraits of night and the sea in an all-British programme: enigmatic Maconchy, meditative Walton, and awe-inspiring Vaughan Williams.
February 11, 2025
India’s Music of Today: Niladri Kumar
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Indulge in an evening of dazzling sitar playing and evocative romanticism by one of today’s most maverick performers. This is pure Indian classical music, evolved, refined and elementally powerful.
February 12, 2025
London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Vaughan Williams
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Kick-start your evening with a Half Six Fix concert. One piece in a 60-minute concert, introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.
February 13, 2025
Hindoyan conducts Barber's Violin Concerto
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Big skies and new worlds: Domingo Hindoyan conducts three musical salutes to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, including Barber’s glorious Violin Concerto.
February 14, 2025
Music of the Movies: From the Heart
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
On Valentine's Day, experience music from some of the greatest love stories in film, performed by violinist Esther Abrami, soprano Carly Paoli and a live orchestra.
February 16, 2025
Ennio Morricone and 100 Years of Cinema
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
In tribute to Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone, the Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra takes us on a journey through 100 years of cinema with music from some of the greatest films of all time.
Sketches of Spain
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
The Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra takes us to sunny Spain in a celebration of some of the best classical music from and about their homeland.
February 17, 2025
Commemorating Shostakovich: Evgeny Kissin and friends
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
A glittering constellation of string players joins Evgeny Kissin for an immersive dive into three sonatas that together span Shostakovich’s creative evolution – the last a soul-searing farewell.
February 23, 2025
Total Immersion: Meet Steven Daverson
Barbican Centre, Fountain Room (London)
BBC Radio 3’s Tom Service talks to composer Steven Daverson, creative sound engineers and others about symphonic electronics.
Total Immersion: Meet Steven Daverson
Barbican Centre, Fountain Room (London)
BBC Radio 3’s Tom Service talks to composer Steven Daverson, creative sound engineers and others about symphonic electronics.
Total Immersion: Meet Shiva Feshareki
Barbican Centre, Fountain Room (London)
BBC Radio 3’s Tom Service talks to composer Shiva Feshareki and sound systems designer Daniel Hulme about Feshareki’s new work Bab-Khaneh: Gatehouse of Memory.
Total Immersion: Meet Shiva Feshareki
Barbican Centre, Fountain Room (London)
BBC Radio 3’s Tom Service talks to composer Shiva Feshareki and sound systems designer Daniel Hulme about Feshareki’s new work Bab-Khaneh: Gatehouse of Memory.
Total Immersion: Meet Shiva Feshareki
Barbican Centre, Fountain Room (London)
BBC Radio 3’s Tom Service talks to composer Shiva Feshareki and sound systems designer Daniel Hulme about Feshareki’s new work Bab-Khaneh: Gatehouse of Memory.
Total Immersion: Shiva Feshareki and Stockhausen
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Vintage Stockhausen plus a new adventure from British-Iranian composer and sonic explorer Shiva Feshareki – the world premiere of her Barbican commission for the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Total Immersion: Shiva Feshareki and Stockhausen
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Vintage Stockhausen plus a new adventure from British-Iranian composer and sonic explorer Shiva Feshareki – the world premiere of her Barbican commission for the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
February 24, 2025
Martha Argerich with the Oxford Philharmonic
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Following sensational concerts in Oxford and Germany last season, Martha Argerich returns to perform with the Oxford Philharmonic with concerts in both Oxford and London.
February 27, 2025
Louis Lortie
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Across a single evening the Chopin pianist par excellence revisits the complete Chopin Études – a set of ground-breaking, multi-faceted works.
February 28, 2025
Chan conducts Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Conductor Elim Chan and pianist Benjamin Grosvenor: a dream-team joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich, Britten and the UK premiere of Elizabeth Ogonek’s ravishing Moondog.
March 6, 2025
Guildhall Symphony Orchestra: An Alpine Symphony
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Join Guildhall Symphony Orchestra for an awe-inspiring evening of music in Barbican Hall, conducted by alumnus Roberto González-Monjas.
March 7, 2025
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Bychkov: Shostakovich 5
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
An orchestra blazing burnished colours, rich string tone, and boundless refinement, the Czech Philharmonic launches a two-day residency with a concert of Shostakovich.
Czech Philharmonic/Semyon Bychkov: Shostakovich 5
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
An orchestra blazing burnished colours, rich string tone, and boundless refinement, the Czech Philharmonic launches a two-day residency with a concert of Shostakovich.