Barbican Presents

Wed 30 Oct 2019, 17:30

Head to the Members' Lounge before Philip Glass & the Philip Glass Ensemble and catch a pre-show set with nonclassical.

Wed 23 Oct 2019

Steve Reich and Gerhard Richter – two giants of contemporary culture – come together in a major new collaboration: a cinematic exploration of Richter’s intense, abstract painting 946-3.

Tue 22 Oct 2019, 19:30

Scandinavia’s super-orchestra bring their silken strings and luminous woodwind to bear on Strauss and Shostakovich, before joining forces with another giant of Norwegian music, Leif Ove Andsnes.

Mon 21 Oct 2019, 19:30

All human life is here: Samuel Adamson’s theatrical celebration of Baroque music brings to life the sights, sounds and stories of 17th-century London through the eyes of a court trumpeter.

Mon 14 Oct 2019, 19:30

Few living composers communicate with the emotional directness of James MacMillan, and the opportunity to hear two substantial new works in one concert is genuinely rare.

Sat 5 Oct 2019, 19:30

Richard Tognetti sweeps the Australian Chamber Orchestra from inter-war England to the dark heart of the Viennese psyche.

Fri 4 Oct 2019, 19:30

Photographer Bill Henson’s dramatic night-time landscapes and moody explorations of sensuality form the backdrop to a meditative soundscape of music in this arresting multi-sensory journey.

Thu 3 Oct 2019, 19:30

There are as many ways to unlock the miracles of Bach’s Goldberg Variations as there are performers – and when those performers are Tognetti and the ACO, the possibilities grow exponentially.

Sat 21 Sep 2019, 20:00

Hard-grooving ensemble Third Coast Percussion perform new works by two musical visionaries – iconic minimalist composer Philip Glass, and pop polymath Devonté Hynes (Blood Orange).

This performance will now be taking place in the Hall on Sun 6 Jun. All bookers have been notified.

Sir Antonio Pappano accompanies Georgian mezzo Anita Rachvelishvili, a singer whom esteemed conductor Ricardo Muti has named ‘without doubt the best Verdi mezzo-soprano today on the planet’.

Three of Beethoven’s most celebrated violin sonatas from one of the world’s pre-eminent violinists.

The music of friends – Yuja Wang joins regular collaborators Gautier Capuçon and Andreas Ottensamer for a chamber concert with a dazzling difference. 

Mozart’s awe-inspiring Requiem makes even more of an impact in an imaginative musical context – a real speciality of Laurence Equilbey and her energising, uncompromising Insula Orchestra. 

Brilliant saxophonist Jess Gillam opens a new ECHO Rising Stars series featuring Europe’s most vibrant young musicians, performing a selection of classics spanning four centuries.

Short in length but limitless in imagination, all 24 of Debussy’s magical Préludes for piano are performed by one of their supreme living interpreters, Jean-Yves Thibaudet.

The freshness and communicative power of the Aris Quartett has to be heard to be believed. It’s no surprise they’ve been earmarked among Europe’s most exciting new musical talent as ECHO Rising Stars.

Join the 125th anniversary celebrations of one of the world’s top orchestras as they perform the beloved masterpiece of their nation’s greatest composer: Dvořák’s New World symphony.

Rossini pours his heart out, and Antonio Pappano and friends join in the fun, in this authentically Italian performance of the irresistible Petite Messe Solennelle.

A supreme Bach interpreter brings a lifetime’s experience to one of Bach’s greatest sacred masterpieces in this Good Friday performance.