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Rev Richard Coles standing in a walled garden, smiling at the camera
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Classical music

BBC Singers with Rev Richard Coles: Murder at the Monastery

Ahead of the June publication of his new novel, Rev Richard Coles reads extracts of his new book, joining the BBC Singers who perform iconic choral classics to set the scene.

Sofi Jeannin conductor
Rev Richard Coles* narrator
BBC Singers
Jean Toussaint playing the saxophone
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Contemporary music

Guildhall Big Band presents Wayne Shorter's 60s

Guildhall Big Band and tenor saxophone legend Jean Toussaint celebrate Wayne Shorter's 60s, including a newly arranged suite for Big Band from Shorter's 1966 album All Seeing Eye.

Guildhall Big Band
Matt Skelton director
Jean Toussaint tenor saxophone
Lise de la Salle looking at the camera, with purple and pink circular lines framing her face
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Classical music

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Rakitina: Rachmaninov's Rhapsody

Three composers, three dramatic meditations on Fate and the Day of Judgement.  Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony maps a journey from darkness to light, reflecting the crisis of his collapsed marriage.

Sofia Gubaidulina The Wrath of God
Sergei Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Anna Rakitina* conductor
Lise de la Salle piano
Feliciano Centurión, Eye with ñandutí, from the series La Mirada (Gazing), c. 1994.
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Art & design Cinema Tours & public spaces

Unravel: BSL Tour with John Wilson

A British Sign Language tour of Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, exclusively for D/deaf and hard of hearing visitors, highlighting key artworks. 

Photo of Fatma Said from the side, her head partially obscured by the red sleeve of her raised arm
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Classical music

Fatma Said and Joseph Middleton

Soprano Fatma Said and pianist Joseph Middleton give a recital that contrasts songs on nocturnal theme by Mozart, Schubert and Robert Schumann with sunnier Spanish repertoire.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Als Luise die Briefe ihres Liebhabers verbrannte
Abendempfindung
Der Zauberer
Franz Schubert Rastlose Liebe
Nachtviolen
Ganymed
'Ständchen' from Schwanengesang
Robert Schumann 'Meine Rose' from Sechs Gedichte von Nikolaus Lenau und Requiem
'Frühlingsnacht' from Liederkreis
'Mond meiner Seele Liebling' from 7 Lieder
'Liebeslied' from Lieder und Gesänge, Vol 2
'Singet nicht mit Trauertönen' from Lieder und Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister
'Widmung' from Myrthen
Manuel De Falla Siete canciones populares
Tus Ojillos Negros
Fernando Obradors 'Del cabello más sutil' from Canciones Clásicas Españolas, Vol 1
Jose Serrano Marinela
Najib Hankash Aatini al Naya Wa ghanni
Fatma Said soprano
Joseph Middleton piano
Fatma Said leaning against a while pillar looking at the camera
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Classical music

Masterclass with Fatma Said

A soprano with a 'startlingly beautiful voice' (Limelight), Fatma Said shares the stage with talented young musicians from Guildhall School in an intimate evening masterclass.

Fatma Said soprano
Guildhall School musicians
Director Rachel sits at her custom built tech desk. Her sister Flo stands next to her, smiling.
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Theatre & dance

Zoo Co/Improbable: Perfect Show for Rachel

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Step into Rachel's world as this ★★★★★ (Guardian) show returns following a sold-out run. Discover how a learning disabled artist has the power to lead the creation of her ‘Perfect Show’.

Sakari Oramo conducting, with blue circular swirls framing him
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Classical music

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Oramo: A Sea Symphony

Full sail for new shores: Sakari Oramo conducts Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony, Britten’s Double Concerto and an enchanting, newly uncovered late work by Oliver Knussen.

Oliver Knussen Cleveland Pictures
Benjamin Britten Double Concerto for Violin and Viola
Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No 1, A Sea Symphony
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor
Vilde Frang violin
Lawrence Power viola
Sija Aalto soprano
Morgan Pearse baritone
BBC Symphony Chorus
Ghostly figure in black and white
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Theatre & dance

Jane Eyre

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Orphaned as a young girl and raised by her cruel aunt, follow the thrilling tale of Jane Eyre on her journey to find love and belonging.

Guildhall Session Singers in recording
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Contemporary music

Guildhall Session Singers

The official launch concert of Guildhall Session Singers, a new professional vocal ensemble founded by Guildhall School of Music & Drama's Electronic and Produced Music Department.

Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason smiling at each other. Sheku is holding his cello and bow and they are standing in front of a white background.
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Classical music

Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason

Isata and Sheku Kanneh-Mason team up for a recital of cello sonatas by Felix Mendelssohn, Fauré, Chopin and Beethoven, who pioneered the form.

Felix Mendelssohn Cello Sonata No 1 in B-flat major
Ludwig van Beethoven Cello Sonata No 5 in D major
Gabriel Fauré Cello Sonata No 1 in D minor
Frédéric Chopin Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
Isata Kanneh-Mason piano
Anne-Sophie Mutter holding a violin
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Adès

Threads of the past are woven into a radiant future in four ingenious compositions, presented by Thomas Adès, Anne-Sophie Mutter and the LSO.

Igor Stravinsky Orpheus
Witold Lutosławski Partita
Thomas Adès Air – Homage to Sibelius: Violin Concerto (UK premiere)
Igor Stravinsky Agon
London Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Adès conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
Painting of Ignatius Sancho
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Classical music

Academy of Ancient Music: Sons of England

Countertenor Reginald Mobley and AAM explore a different vision of the English baroque: in which the music of Purcell, Handel and Ignatius Sancho redefined the culture of a nation.

John Dowland Lachrimæ Antiquae from Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares
Henry Purcell 'Britain, thou art now great' from Why, why are all the Muses mute?
'Music for a while' from Oedipus
Keyboard Ground in D minor
'Here the deities approve' from Welcome to all the pleasures
'Strike the viol' from Come, Ye Sons of Art
Trio Sonata in E minor
O solitude, my sweetest choice
John Blow 'So ceased the rival crew', 'We beg not hell, our Orpheus to restore' and 'The power of Harmony too well they know' from An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell
Attrib Cesare Morelli, Samuel Pepys Ah! Happy Isle!
Go, perjured man! And if thou e'er return
Phoebus God, beloved by men
Beauty retire
Francesco Geminiani Concerto Grosso in D minor, La Follia (after Corelli Op 5 No 12)
Thomas Arne Sweet muse inspire thy suppliant bard
Jean Baptiste Loeillet Sonata in A minor for Flute and Continuo, Op 3 No 4
George Frideric Handel Harpsichord Concerto in G major
Mi palpita il cor
Charles Ignatius Sancho (arr Nico Canzano) Suite of Songs and Dances
Roderick Williams From Ignatius Sancho (world premiere)
Academy of Ancient Music
Laurence Cummings director and harpsichord
Reginald Mobley countertenor
Lee Gamble + Marina Herlop
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Contemporary music

Lee Gamble presents Models with Candela Capitán

Lee Gamble collaborates with choreographer Candela Capitán to bring his new album Models to the stage. Marina Herlop sheds her classical past and performs Nekkuja in her only UK show this year. 

Image of previous young poets showcase. Black woman performing on stage.
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Talks & events Theatre & dance

Young Poets Showcase

Join the latest cohort of Barbican Young Poets to explore the boundaries of poetry through workshops, installations, film and live performances.

Amani Saeed
Beth Phillips
Bluey Little
Geraint Ellis
Henry Stone
Ishita Uppadhayay
Jess Rahman-González
Katie O'Pray
Kerrica Kendall
Lucas Sheridan
Maeve Slattery
Marianne Habeshaw
Nathalia Samhil Gonzalez Gutierrez
Noah Jacob
Nomakhwezi Becker
Oli Isaac
Rachel Lewis
Shyamli Badgaiyan
Vera Kate Yuen
Zad El Bacha