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Arcadi Volodos sitting at the piano
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Classical music

Arcadi Volodos in Recital

The Russian born master pianist Arcadi Volodos returns to the Barbican for a journey to the heart of the Romantic spirit.

Franz Schubert Sonata in A major D959
Robert Schumann Davidsbündlertänze Op 6
Franz Liszt arr. Volodos Hungarian Rhapsody No 13 in A minor, S. 244/13
Arcadi Volodos piano
Black and white image of Ute Lemper sat backwards on a chair with her hand on her chin
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Classical music Contemporary music

Ute Lemper: Rendezvous with Marlene

Based on the true story of their remarkable phone call, Ute Lemper channels Marlene Dietrich in this show where she'll sing some of Marlene's most beautiful songs and share captivating secrets.

Derek Bailey
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Cinema

So Watt Special: Derek Bailey - New Sights, Old Sounds

A film screening of rare, unseen footage of Derek Bailey from the Incus Records archive and beyond, capturing his performances and collaborations across decades and continents.

A painting of a young woman and donkey
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Classical music

Academy of Ancient Music: Handel's Messiah

Laurence Cummings and Academy of Ancient Music perform Handel’s Messiah – a Christmas tradition that they’ve made their own.

George Frederic Handel Messiah
Academy of Ancient Music
Nardus Williams soprano
Reginald Mobley alto
Thomas Walker tenor
Ashley Riches bass
Laurence Cummings director & harpsichord
Sir Antonio Pappano conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, facing the Orchestra on the conductor's podium, with both hands raised in the air
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

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Relive the golden age of Hollywood and beyond with music by some of cinema’s most brilliant and influential composers.

Miklós Rózsa Prelude, The Mother’s Love and Parade of the Charioteers from ‘Ben Hur’; Movements 2 & 3 from Violin Concerto
Bernard Herrmann Scène d’amour from ‘Vertigo’
David Raksin Laura; Love is for the Very Young from ‘The Bad and the Beautiful’ Suite
Max Steiner Opening Title Sequence from ‘Gone with the Wind’
William Walton Selections from ‘Henry V’ Suite
Nino Rota ‘The Godfather’
Ennio Morricone ‘The Mission’, Music from ‘Cinema Paradiso’ and ‘Once Upon a Time in America’
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Roman Simovic violin
An image of Roderick Williams surrounded by a green circle against a green background
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Classical music

MacMillan's Christmas Oratorio

Sir James MacMillan conducts a starry performance of his huge, life-affirming Christmas Oratorio – music that speaks to listeners of all faiths and none.

James MacMillan Christmas Oratorio
BBC Symphony Orchestra
James MacMillan conductor
Rhian Lois soprano
Roderick Williams baritone
BBC Symphony Chorus
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
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Classical music

The National Youth Orchestra

Experience the unique energy of The National Youth Orchestra as they radiate their passion for orchestral music across the nation.

Claude Debussy Ibéria
Karim Al-Zand City Scenes
Anna Clyne DANCE for cello and orchestra
Maurice Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole
The National Youth Orchestra
Alexandre Bloch conductor
Inbal Segev cello
A person writing in a book
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Writing Ecologies: 11 Jan

Deepen your connection with nature through this writing workshop in the midst of our Conservatory, guided by an established author. 

Aaron Akugbo crouching while holding a trumpet
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Classical music

London Schools Symphony Orchestra

The Nigerian-Scottish trumpeter performs Armenian composer Alexander Arutiunian’s showpiece mid-20th century trumpet concerto with its jaw-dropping moments in abundance.

Sir Simon Rattle standing on the podium on the Barbican stage, facing the audience and smiling, with the London Symphony Orchestra standing behind him
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle

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A 300-year-old woman confronts mortality, identity and lost love in this concert performance of Janáček’s intense operatic drama.

Leoš Janáček The Makropulos Affair (concert performance)
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Marlis Petersen Emilia Marty
Aleš Briscein Albert Gregor
Jan Martiník Dr Kolenatý
Peter Hoare Vitek
Svatopluk Sem Baron Jaroslav Prus
An image of Guy Johnston surrounded by a red circle against a red backdrop
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Classical music

Clemens Schuldt conducts Strauss and Phibbs

Clemens Schuldt and the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Shakespearean classics, Strauss at his most sumptuous, and a new British concerto for cellist Guy Johnston.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Fantasy-Overture, 'Hamlet'
Joseph Phibbs Cello Concerto
Mel Bonis Ophélie
Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Suite
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Clemens Schuldt conductor
Guy Johnston cello
Sir Simon Rattle with London Symphony Orchestra
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle

Two showcases of Bartók’s unbridled passion for Hungarian folk music, plus de Falla’s sun-drenched tale of love and deception. 

Béla Bartók Violin Concerto No 2
Béla Bartók Five Hungarian Folksongs for Voice and Orchestra (1933)
Manuel de Falla The Three Cornered Hat – Ballet
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin
Rinat Shaham mezzo-soprano
A blurred picture of a classical ensemble on stage
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Classical music

Riot Ensemble: Too Much is Never Enough

Step into a kaleidoscopic world of sound as one of the UK’s leading new-music ensembles, Riot Ensemble, brings an electrifying programme by a new generation of creatives.

Corie Rose Soumah Limpidités IV
Anna Meredith Brisk Widow
Eden Lonsdale Tränen und Ozean
Alex Paxton Shrimp BIT Babyface
Riot Ensemble
Unearth
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Classical music

Julia Wolfe: unEarth

US composer Julia Wolfe’s new work unEarth receives its UK premiere, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Finchley Children's Music Group, and Danish soprano Else Torp.

Works to include Julia Wolfe's unEarth
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Else Torp soprano
BBC Singers
Finchley Children's Music Group
Julia Wolfe composer
Anne Kauffman director
Lucy Mackinnon projection designer
Ben Stanton lighting designer
Kenny Savelson executive producer
Asher Lloyd Ehrenberg associate director
Produced by Bang on a Can
A hand writing in a book
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Writing Ecologies: 25 Jan

Surrounded by the greenery of our Conservatory, join an established author for a workshop that invites you to explore how writing can illuminate our connection to the natural world.