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Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art
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Using textiles, fibre and thread, 50 international artists challenge power structures and reimagine the world in this major group exhibition.
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Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
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Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.
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Classical music
Kate Atkinson and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
The author of Life After Life, Case Histories and Behind the Scenes at the Museum, joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra to read from her own work, and share the music that has moved and inspired her.
Leevi MadetojaA Comedy Overture
Ermanno Wolf‐FerrariOverture to Il Segreto di Susanna
George Gershwin (arr Simon Nathan)Someone to Watch Over Me
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson'Song Form: Largo' from Sinfonietta No 1
Charles WilliamsDevil's Galop
Anna ClyneFractured Time
Joseph Haydn'Chaos' from The Creation
Thomas AdèsOverture to 'Hotel Suite' from Powder Her Face
George GershwinPromenade – Walking the Dog
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Kate Atkinsonauthor & speaker
Jamie Parkersinger
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Classical music
Anthony McGill: Gran Partita
Clarinettist Anthony McGill collaborates with the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective and stars of the next generation from Guildhall School, as he closes his Milton Court residency.
Samuel Coleridge-TaylorClarinet Quintet (with Kaleidoscope Collective)
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartGran Partita (with Guildhall musicians)
Kaleidoscope Collective
Anthony McGillclarinet
Guildhall School musicians
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Contemporary music
Adrianne Lenker With Friends
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American indie-folk singer, songwriter and musician Adrianne Lenker (of Big Thief) performs solo material from her forthcoming album and catalog.
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Classical music
Masterclass with Leonidas Kavakos
'A great violinist at the top of his game' (Gramophone), Leonidas Kavakos shares his expertise with burgeoning young musicians from Guildhall School.
Leonidas Kavakosviolin
Guildhall School musicians
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Theatre & dance
Boy Blue: Cycles
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The Olivier award-winning dance theatre company returns with a world premiere that celebrates change and the beauty of perpetual motion.
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Classical music
The Gold Medal 2024
The final of Guildhall School's most prestigious music prize returns with a concert at Barbican Hall, offering the chance to enjoy three concertos by outstanding Guildhall instrumentalists.
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Contemporary music
Lucinda Chua & Galya Bisengalieva with LCO
Singer & musician Lucinda Chua performs music from her debut album YIAN and new EP Reclaiming The Rose with Kazakh composer & violinist Galya Bisengalieva performing her latest album Polygon.
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Classical music
Kavakos Plays Bach: Part 1
In the first of two concerts, Leonidas Kavakos performs three works from J S Bach’s Six Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas, each one an intimate, intricate masterpiece.
Johann Sebastian BachViolin Partita No 3 in E major
Sonata No 2 in A minor
Sonata No 3 in C major
Leonidas Kavakosviolin
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Classical music
Kavakos Plays Bach: Part 2
Leonidas Kavakos gives the second of his two recitals devoted to the Six Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas by J S Bach, including the extraordinary Chaconne.
Johann Sebastian BachSonata No 1 in G minor
Partita No 1 in B minor
Partita No 2 in D minor
Leonidas Kavakosviolin
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Contemporary music
Cairokee
The trailblazing Egyptian rock band debut new music and perform their classic anthems as part of their sold out European tour.
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CinemaClassical music
BBC SO Total Immersion: Voyage to Cythera (15)
Directed by Frank Scheffer, Voyage to Cythera explores Italian composer Luciano Berio's tribute to Gustav Mahler.
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Classical music
BBC SO Total Immersion: Italian Radicals Talk
Professor Jonathan Cross (University of Oxford) and Associate Professor Harriet Boyd-Bennett (University of Nottingham) introduce Bruno Maderna, Luciano Berio, Luigi Nono and Luigi Dallapiccola.
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Classical music
BBC SO Total Immersion: Italian Radicals
Miniatures by Berio, Maderna, Nono and Dallapiccola, introduced and performed live by virtuoso instrumentalists and singers from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.