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Portrait of Jóhann Jóhannsson against a blue and black background
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Classical music

Jóhann Jóhannsson / London Contemporary Orchestra

This special performance of Jóhann Jóhannsson's Cinematic Suites, brings to life the evocative musical landscapes of three acclaimed films: Prisoners, Sicario and Arrival.

Tamara Stefanovich
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Classical music

Tamara Stefanovich in Recital: Labyrinth

Tamara Stefanovich presets Labyrinth - a curated sequence including works by JS Bach (Art of Fugue), Claude Debussy (Preludes), Franz Liszt and Gyorgy Kurtag (Jatekok).

two violinist playing the violin diagonally from each other
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Ryoji Ikeda: music for strings

Ensemble Modern is a curious loudspeaker for music of our times: courageous, uncompromising, energetic. An essential, aesthetically polyglot amplifier for trend-setting sound concepts.

 4 percussionists standing around an installation of 12 suspended cymbals
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Ryoji Ikeda: music for percussion 1 & 2

Alongside his monumental installations combining video and electronic sounds, Japan’s leading electronic composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda has also been working on pure acoustic sounds projects.

Solem Quartet group photo (from left to right) with William Newell holding a violin Stephanie Tress holding a cello, Amy Tress holding a violin and Stephen Upshaw holding a violin
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Ryoji Ikeda: op. 2+3

An exciting premiere of the joint musical composition by acclaimed Japanese visual artist and composer Ryoji Ikeda and the Solem Quartet. 

Musicians in a blue lit hall
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Jerwood Composer+ Showcase

One-of-a-kind performances curated and developed by early-career composers as part of LSO Jerwood Composer+.

Choir dressed in dark blue singing
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Classical music Contemporary music

Ryoji Ikeda: music for choir

In 2024 Ryoji Ikeda created music for choir for the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conducted by Tõnu Kaljuste, as part of the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024. 

Valerie Fritz holding a cello in front of a stage light
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Classical music

ECHO Rising Stars: Valerie Fritz

Austrian cellist and ECHO Rising Star Valerie Fritz performs with acclaimed Bosnion accordionist Goran Stevanovich in the atmospheric setting of LSO St Luke’s. 

Conductor Gianandrea Noseda holds a microphone and presents his pre-concert Half Six Fix talk
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Rachmaninoff

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action. 

Patricia Kopatchinskaja on stage at the Barbican Hall playing her violin
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda

Two of Debussy’s restless, impressionistic Nocturnes, Berg’s anguished Violin Concerto; plus Rachmaninoff’s sweeping early symphony, full of youthful energy. 

Image of Sofi Jeannin
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Classical music

Howells’ Hymnus Paradisi

The BBC Singers join the strings from the BBC Concert Orchestra, organist Iain Farrington and Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin for an emotive programme of music to touch the very heavens.

An image of Kristiina Poska surrounded bya green circle against a green background
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Classical music

Montero plays Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto

Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto, Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, and a UK premiere from Julia Adolphe. Big emotions and natural wonders from Kristiina Poska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Yuja Wang
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Tarmo Peltokoski

Feel the energy of Rautavaara’s joyously rhythmic concerto, and journey to Wagner’s fantastical world of gods, giants and river-maidens.

Ian Bostridge
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Classical music

Fretwork with Ian Bostridge & Elizabeth Kenny

Tenor Ian Bostridge is joined by Elizabeth Kenny on the lute, and viol consort Fretwork for an exploration of music by John Dowland.

A portrait photo of Barbara Hannigan, wearing a grey jumper and facing the camera
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Laura Bowler

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.

Barbara Hannigan conducting the LSO, arms outstretched to either side.
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Barbara Hannigan

New music by Laura Bowler preludes Ligeti’s ethereal, dreamlike soundworld and Richard Strauss’s colossal, awe-inspiring homage to Nietzsche.

Image of Sakari Oramo surrounded by a blue circle against a blue background
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Classical music

Oramo conducts Brahms' Second Symphony

Sakari Oramo pairs flair and exoticism with idyllic cheer in this dual outing of Romantic masterpieces: Saint-Saëns’ fifth piano concerto and Brahms’ Second Symphony.

LSO Discovery Family Concert
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Family Concert

A fun opportunity for families to learn more about music and the instruments of the orchestra, with music based on a theme and free workshops before the concert. 

Painting fragment of a woman's hand
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Classical music

Academy of Ancient Music: Gambarini: English Impresaria

Elegance, exuberance, and one remarkable woman: Academy of Ancient Music travels to Georgian London and the lost world of musical innovator Elisabetta da Gambarini.

Recycling concerto
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Classical music

Britten Sinfonia: Recycling Concerto

Nature and conservation are at the heart of this uplifting programme of orchestral works. 

Dalia Stasevska
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Classical music

Stravinsky's Firebird

A magical bird, a dream of England, and the sheer magic of pianist Yeol Eum Son, as Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra bring a blaze of colour to the Barbican.

LSO Helen Hamlyn Panufnik Composers' Scheme Workshops
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LSO Helen Hamlyn Panufnik Composers' Scheme Workshops

In these free public workshops, witness a pivotal point in the process of writing a new three-minute orchestral piece, as the LSO play works by the latest cohort of Panufnik composers.

A brunette woman stars at her own reflection, repeated multiple times
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MET Opera Live: Tristan und Isolde

Wagner's transcendent meditation on love and death is bought to life after year's of anticipation.

Hildur Guðnadóttir
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Classical music

Hildur Guðnadóttir & Friends: Where to From

Academy award-winning composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, known for her film scores to Chernobyl, Tar and The Joker, makes a rare appearance on stage to perform her new project, Where to From. 

RBO Live Giselle
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RBO Live: Giselle

Peter Wright’s atmospheric and bewitching production of the quintessential Romantic ballet.

Dunedin Consort
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Classical music

Tansy Davies: Passion of Mary Magdalene

The third and final work in a cycle of commissions with the Dunedin Consort, British composer Tansy Davies’ Passion of Mary Magdalene receives its premiere at the Barbican.

Conductor Anja Bihlmaier
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Dvořák

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.

Gareth Davies playing his flute
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Anja Bihlmaier

An American dream: Dvořák’s ode to the US and Bernstein’s gritty portrait of New York frame a new concerto. 

Tallis Scholars
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Classical music

The Tallis Scholars: Mysteries & Miracles

Performed by the world-renowned Tallis Scholars, this programme explores music inspired by miraculous events in the life of Jesus, as told through the works of a diverse range of composers.

A view of the Jerwood Hall in LSO St LUke's from the balcony, with a chamber group of LSO musicians sat performing on the stage, an audience watching, and sun coming through the venue windows
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Classical music

LSO Chamber Orchestra/Jaime Martín

An irresistible, intimate triple-bill of Mozart – a chance to hear three of his lesser-performed concertos, each one as beautiful, refined and vibrant as anything he composed.