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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
Rachel sits at a desk filled with different round buttons. She is wearing a red coat and blue jeans with her hair tied up. Her sister Flo is sitting next to her looking up and 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
Event
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
Event
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
Melancholy Galliard
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 Beauty retire
Ah! How pleasant 'tis to love
Go, perjured man! And if thou e'er return
Beauty, thou scene of love
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 Keyboard Sonata
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
Event
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
Event
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.
Event
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.