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Browse concerts from the Barbican Classical Music programme featuring leading orchestras and soloists from around the world.

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Arcangelo
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Classical music

Arcangelo: St Matthew Passion

The internationally acclaimed period performance ensemble Arcangelo performs J S Bach’s mighty oratorio St Matthew Passion.

Ennio Morricone conducting, with an image of a reel of film in glowing red colours overlaid
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Classical music

Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra: 100 Years of Cinema

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.

Conductor Fernando Furones leads an orchestra in the foreground with an image of a choir on the left hand side and an image of Symphonic standing behind a DJ deck on the right hand side
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Classical music

Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra & DJ Symphonic

The Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra and DJ Symphonic perform an eclectic musical repertoire blending pop with a symphonic flair. 

 Maki Namekawa and Thomas Enhco
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Contemporary music Classical music

The Köln Concert

Pianists Thomas Enhco and Maki Namekawa present a unique and innovative version of Keith Jarrett's The Köln Concert where classical traditions meet jazz. 

Sir Antonio Pappano standing on the conductor's podium, facing the audience, talking into a microphone with his right-hand raised
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Shostakovich

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert, featuring an iconic symphony by Shostakovich. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.

Sir Antonio Pappano and Vilde Frang performing on the Barbican stage
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Korngold tugs at the heart in his Hollywood-flavoured concerto, while Shostakovich’s Fifth unleashes big tunes and white-hot intensity. 

A painting of a satyr
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Classical music

Academy of Ancient Music: The Chosen One

Leipzig’s got talent: in 1723 Bach competed for one of Germany’s top musical jobs. Today, Laurence Cummings and Academy of Ancient Music reveal exactly what he was up against.

ZRI Quintet
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Classical music

Britten Sinfonia: Re-folking Viennese classics

Chamber music by composers who adored the traditional music of central and eastern Europe re-imagined for orchestra and folk band.

Maria Joāo Pires
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Classical music

Maria Joāo Pires and Marc-André Hamelin in Recital

Legendary pianists Maria João Pires and Marc-André Hamelin join forces for the first time to perform seminal works for piano duo.

A portrait photo of Sir Antonio Pappano, against a grey background, looking away from the camera into the distance.
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Elgar’s oratorio includes some of his most deeply felt music, sumptuously scored and plumbing every emotion from anguish to elation. 

Musicians in a blue lit hall
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Classical music Contemporary music

Soundhub Showcase

Join us for an evening of cutting-edge contemporary music with four world premieres from the LSO Soundhub 2025/26 Members.

Paraorchestra on stage
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Contemporary music Classical music

Paraorchestra and The Breath present Symbiosis

Ríoghnach Connolly and Stuart McCallum of folk duo The Breath, join forces with Paraorchestra for Symbiosis, a soulful fusion of folk and orchestral soundscapes.

Abel standing and playing the cello
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Classical music Contemporary music

Tracing the Echoes

Cellist Abel Selaocoe is joined by a brilliant line-up of South African friends, including Nduduzo Makhathini and Mbuso Khosa (African Heritage Ensemble), for an evening of shared stories and songs.

Selina Ott
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Classical music

Making America: Blanchard, Herrmann & Latimer

Hollywood dreams meet all-American nightmares. Fabien Gabel conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music from Vertigo and The Sea Hawk and dives into the myths and memories of a new American century.

An image of Mthuthuzeli November in black and white
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Classical music Theatre & dance

Sithunyiwe/ We have been sent

A new dance work by Mthuthuzeli November channels the deep spirituality of South Africa with music by Abel Selaocoe, Nduduzo Makhathini and Mbuso Khoza