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Two people sit and stand, bathed in patterned blue lights being projected onto screens
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Immersive Contemporary music

Feel the Sound

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Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time. Our new immersive exhibition will rearrange what you think sound is.

Architecture Tour
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

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Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

Mona Hatoum's sculpture Orbital - a spherical structure, resembling a globe, made from steel reinforcement bars and clumps of rough concrete
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Art & design

Encounters: Giacometti x Mona Hatoum

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Works by contemporary artist Mona Hatoum and 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti are seen together for the first time in this ground-breaking exhibition, part of Encounters: Giacometti.

Barrault Pressacco
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Art & design Talks & events

Architecture on Stage: Barrault Pressacco

French Practice Barrault Pressacco presents this year's Rick Mather lecture, celebrating the work of architects who are making important contributions to thinking about sustainability today.

Fernand Pouillon
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Art & design Talks & events

Architecture on Stage: Fernand Pouillon

A screening of the award-winning documentary about Fernand Pouillon's spectacularly dramatic life, followed by a conversation with the director, Jean-Marie Montangerand.

A woman crouches in front of another woman who is kissing her forehead, showcasing a moment of care and companionship.
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Contemporary music

ganavya: Daughter of a Temple

ganavya shares a transcendent live journey through Daughter of a Temple – an immersive blend of spiritual jazz and South Asian devotional music.

Black and white photo of Loraine James
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Contemporary music

Loraine James: Whatever The Weather

Join visionary electronic music producer Loraine James for a special live presentation of her ambient-leaning alias Whatever The Weather.

Everything Seemed Possible
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Cinema

Everything Seemed Possible + ScreenTalk

Ramón Rivera Moret's compelling archival documentary revisiting a utopian chapter in Puerto Rico’s history through dozens of short films made in rural communities from the late 1940s to the 1960s.

Enhanced photo of Australian Ensemble Hand To Earth
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Contemporary music

Hand to Earth & SHABAKA

A harmony of culture and sound through the blend of Wägilak song and British Jazz. Celebrating the launch of Hand to Earth’s new album Ŋurru Wäŋa (ROOM40).

A black and white photo of a flute performer in front of an audience
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Contemporary music Take part

Hand To Earth: Performance and Masterclass

Experience the much-anticipated Hand to Earth & SHABAKA concert and join the artists for a workshop exploring Australian First Nations music, dance and storytelling traditions.

Sir Antonio Pappano conducting the LSO on the Barbican stage, holding a baton, with LSO string players in the foreground of the image and audience members in the background.
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts two dramatic, emotionally intense American symphonies, both born of 20th-century tumult. 

Leonard Bernstein Symphony No 3, Kaddish (revised version)
Aaron Copland Symphony No 3
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Dame Felicity Palmer narrator
Katharina Konradi soprano
Tiffin Boys' Choir
London Symphony Chorus
Image of an orchestra performing with multiple people stood in line playing the flute
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Classical music

London Schools Symphony Orchestra

The LSSO returns to the Barbican following its summer tour of Yorkshire and Birmingham, with a programme including Sibelius' Finlandia and Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony.

Sir Antonio Pappano standing on the podium facing the audience, talking to the audience, with the London Symphony Orchestra sat on-stage behind him
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Copland

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Sir Antonio Pappano introduces and conducts Copland's Third Symphony, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.

Aaron Copland Symphony No 3
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Seong-Jin Cho sat at a piano, facing towards the keys, with his arm resting on the lid of the instrument
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Beethoven’s defiant Symphony No 5 meets the sneering mockery of Shostakovich and Prokofiev in exhilarating mood.

Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No 9
Sergei Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 2
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No 5
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Seong-Jin Cho piano
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Cinema

The Sound of Music [4k Restoration]

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Restored and remastered in 4K for its 60th anniversary, The re-release of The Sound of Music is a testament to the enduring power of this iconic masterpiece.