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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
Gustavo Dudamel conducting the LA Phil
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Classical music

Los Angeles Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel: Dvořák 9

Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a concert of bold themes and dazzling orchestral colours, including the UK premiere of the Violin Concerto Altar de cuerda by Gabriela Ortiz.

John Williams Olympic Fanfare and Theme
Gabriela Ortiz Violin Concerto (UK premiere)
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No 9, From the New World
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
María Dueñas violin
Lion's head on a black background
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Classical music

Handel's Alcina

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A charming sorceress. A dashing knight. A daring fiancée.

Georgie Malcolm Alcina
Yolisa Ngwexana Morgana
Samantha Hargreaves Oberto
Shana Moron-Caravel Ruggiero
Julia Sanchez Merino Bradamante
Jonah Halton & Emyr Jones Oronte
Alaric Green Melisso
John Ramster director
James Henshaw conductor
Louis Carver designer
Andy Purves lighting designer
Sam Bernstein associate lighting designer
Jono Strutt video designer
Michael Rose assistant conductor & chorus master
William Byram assistant director
Meghan Rhoades, Henry Reavey & Samuele Piccinini répétiteurs
Gustavo Dudamel conducting the LA Phil
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Classical music

Los Angeles Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel: Fidelio

Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil give a landmark performance of Beethoven’s Fidelio with Deaf West Theatre, in which the drama is played out between Deaf actors, with signed recitatives and arias.

Ludwig van Beethoven Fidelio
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Deaf West Theatre
White Hands Choir
Tyler Glover lighting designer
Tyler Lambert-Perkins lighting designer
Gabriela Camejo artistic producer
Adrian Dunbar and Stephanie J block pose beside each other. Behind them, other members of the Kiss Me Kate cast also pose.
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Theatre & dance

Kiss Me, Kate

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To be or not to be...in love. That's the question in the star-packed, sizzling new production of Cole Porter's legendary backstage musical comedy.

abstract image for Mica Levi + Ailie Ormston
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Contemporary music

Mica Levi + Ailie Ormston: mixed ensemble

A programme of compositions by Mica Levi and Ailie Ormston performed by a mixed ensemble of harps, guitar, saxophones and strings. 

Members from Collegium Vocale Gent dressed in black, standing in front of a concrete wall
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Classical music

Collegium Vocale Gent/Philippe Herreweghe: Bach B Minor Mass

Philippe Herreweghe directs Collegium Vocale Gent in Bach’s glorious Mass in B minor, joined by outstanding soloists Dorothee Mields, Hana Blažíková, Alex Potter, Guy Cutting and Johannes Kammler.

Johann Sebastian Bach Mass in B minor
Collegium Vocale Gent
Philippe Herreweghe conductor
Dorothee Mields soprano
Hana Blažíková soprano
Alex Potter countertenor
Guy Cutting tenor
Johannes Kammler baritone
Five members of MOSS: Bleckmann, Eldridge, Kinhan and McGarry
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Contemporary music

Guildhall Jazz Vocal Ensembles feat. MOSS

Guildhall’s jazz vocal ensembles welcome vocal super-group MOSS for a performance culminating their week-long teaching residency at Guildhall’s Jazz Department.

James Vincent McMorrow standing in front of a field
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Contemporary music

James Vincent McMorrow

Irish singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist James Vincent McMorrow invites us to come together to experience his latest album Wide Open, Horses in his headline show. 

dirk brosse
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: LSO on Film

Since 1935, the LSO has contributed soundtracks to over two hundred movies, including some of the greatest ever made.

London Symphony Orchestra
Dirk Brossé conductor & curator
Side profile photo of Katia and Marielle Labèque standing close together. Behind them is an illustration of the side profile of two women, mirroring the position of Katia and Marielle. The hair of the illustrated women flows backwards, turning into the keys of a piano.
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Classical music

Philip Glass: Cocteau Trilogy

Legendary sibling pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque present their recent collaboration with American minimalist composer Philip Glass: arrangements for two pianos of his Cocteau Trilogy.

Philip Glass Orphée
La Belle et La Bête
Les Enfants Terribles
Katia and Marielle Labèque piano
Cyril Teste artistic director
Nina Chalot stage designer