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Barbican Centre

Barbican Centre
Silk Street
London, EC2Y 8DS
Phone: 020 7638 8891
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Bauhaus: Art As Life
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The most extensive Bauhaus display in the UK in more than 40 years, featuring paintings, sculpture, design, architecture, films, photography, textiles, ceramics, performances and installations by members including Josef and Anni Albers, Marianne Brandt, Marcel Breuer, Walter Gropius and Johannes Itten.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Art Gallery
11 May12 Aug From May 3, Mon & Tue, Fri–Sun 11am–8pm, Wed 11am–6pm, Thu 11am–10pm, ends Aug 12
020 7638 8891 £12; £10 adv (£8; £7 adv; Children £7 ages 13-17; Children £6 adv, ages 13-17)
Brad Mehldau Trio
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Contemporary jazz by the well-established pianist and group.
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Barbican Centre 14 Nov Nov 14, 7.30pm 020 7324 1880 £10–£30
Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
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Jazz fusion by the American pianist and accompanying musicians
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Barbican Centre 17 Nov Nov 17, 7.30pm 020 7324 1880 £10–£50
The Cinematic Orchestra
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The band plays acid jazz and electronica from the album In Motion.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Hall
30 Jun Jun 30, 7.30pm
020 7638 8891 £24.50–£35
Cymbeline
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Japanese director Yukio Ninagawa re-imagines Shakespeare's rarely performed romance tragedy about a princess who secretly marries for love. A Ninagawa Company production for the World Shakespeare Festival starring Hiroshi Abe and Shinobu Otake, performed in Japanese with English surtitles.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Theatre
29 May2 Jun May 29–31, Jun 1 & 2, 7.15pm
020 7638 8891 £16–£50
Desdemona
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Othello's tragic lover and her African nurse Barbary reconnect from beyond the grave in an intimate performance created by Malian singer-songwriter Rokia Traore, Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison and director Peter Sellars for the World Shakespeare Festival.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Hall
19 Jul20 Jul Jul 19 & 20, 7.30pm
020 7638 8891 £15–£55
Dexys
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Soul influenced pop and rock from singer-songwriter Kevin Rowland and the band formerly known as Dexys Midnight Runners.
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Barbican Centre 16 Sep Sep 16, 7.30pm 020 7638 8891 £30–£32.50
Efterklang & Northern Sinfonia
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The Danish indie-rock band performs classical influenced songs from the album Piramida with the orchestra.
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Barbican Centre 30 Oct Oct 30, 7.30pm 020 7638 8891 £15–£22.50
Goran Bregovic
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The guitarist and band perform his own piece Margot, Diary Of An Unhappy Queen.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Hall
6 Jul Jul 6, 8pm
020 7638 8891 £20–£35
Highgate Choral Society/New London Orchestra
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Ronald Corp conducts Elgar's Imperial March and Coronation Ode, Walton's Coronation Te Deum and Orb And Sceptre, Britten's Gloriana 'The Courtly Dances', his own This Sceptr'd Isle, Parry's I Was Glad and Handel's Zadok The Priest, with soprano Geraldine McGreevy, alto Frances McCafferty, tenor Phillip Sheffield and bass Mark Stone.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Hall
9 Jun Jun 9, 7.30pm
020 7638 8891 £12–£36
Jaga Jazzist, Britten Sinfonia, Lars Horntveth, Susanne Sundfor
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Improv and experimental jazz by the Norwegian collective.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Hall
16 Jun Jun 16, 7.30pm
020 7638 8891 £15–£22.50
John McLaughlin
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Contemporary and fusion jazz by the well-established guitarist from Doncaster.
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Barbican Centre 11 Nov Nov 11, 7.30pm 020 7324 1880 £10–£35
Kayhan Kalhor And Erdal Erzincan
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The fiddler and lutenist perform Classical Persian and Turkish pieces.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Hall
15 Jun Jun 15, 7.30pm
020 7638 8891 £22–£35
London Symphony Orchestra
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Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Berg's Chamber Concerto and Mahler's Symphony No 1 'Titan'. With pianist Yefim Bronfman and violinist Gil Shaham.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Hall
31 May May 31, 7.30pm
020 7638 8891 £10–£35
London Symphony Orchestra
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Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mozart's Violin Concerto No 5 'Turkish' featuring violinist Gil Shaham and Mahler's Symphony No 5.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Hall
3 Jun Jun 3, 7.30pm
020 7638 8891 £10–£35
London Symphony Orchestra
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Bernard Haitink conducts Purcell's Chacony In G Minor, Mozart's Piano Concerto No 20 featuring pianist Maria Joao Pires, and Schubert's Symphony No 9 'The Great'.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Hall
10 Jun Jun 10, 7.30pm
020 7638 8891 £10–£35
London Symphony Orchestra
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Bernard Haitink conducts Purcell's Funeral Music For Queen Mary, Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 featuring pianist Maria Joao Pires, and Bruckner's Symphony No 7.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Hall
14 Jun Jun 14, 7.30pm
020 7638 8891 £10–£35
London Symphony Orchestra
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Gianandrea Noseda conducts Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod, Berg's Three Fragments and Beethoven's Symphony No 5, with Angela Denoke, soprano.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Hall
21 Jun Jun 21, 7.30pm
020 7638 8891 £10–£35
London Symphony Orchestra
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Kristjan Jarvi conducts Jeff Moore's River Journey, Falla's The Three Cornered Hat Suite and Howard Moody's Terrors Of Red Flame.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Hall
28 Jun Jun 28, 7.30pm
020 7638 8891 £4
London Symphony Orchestra
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Joseph Wolfe conducts Khachaturian's Adagio from Spartacus And Phrygia, and Sabre Dance, Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight Of The Bumblebee, Rossini's William Tell Overture, Sik's Toward A New Life and John Williams's Main Title from Star Wars.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Hall
24 Jun Jun 24, 2.30pm
020 7638 8891 £10 (Children £4 under 16s)
London Symphony Orchestra/London Symphony Chorus
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Francois-Xavier Roth conducts Villa-Lobos's Zoe Act 1: Danca Frenetica, Amazonas and Choros No 10 'Rasga O Coracao' and Milhaud's Saudades Do Brasil.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Hall
4 Jul Jul 4, 7.30pm
020 7638 8891 £20–£35
Melody Gardot
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Grammy-nominated jazz, blues, folk and country singer-songwriter from Philadelphia.
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Barbican Centre 10 Nov Nov 10, 7.30pm 020 7324 1880 £10–£27.50
Murray Perahia
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The pianist performs Beethoven's Sonata No 14 'Moonlight', Schumann's Faschingschwank Aus Wien, Schubert's Sonata In A Major and Chopin's Polonaise In C Sharp Minor, Prelude In F Sharp Minor, Mazurka In C Sharp Minor and Scherzo In B Minor.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Hall
7 Jun Jun 7, 7.30pm
020 7638 8891 £11–£45
Neil Cowley Trio With Goldsmiths Strings
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The pianist plays contemporary jazz with his group.
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Barbican Centre 17 Nov Nov 17, 2pm 020 7324 1880 £7.50–£12.50
Opera North: Rodgers And Hammerstein's Carousel
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The American musical featuring the classic song You'll Never Walk Alone, conducted by James Holmes and Jonathan Gill, with choreography by Kim Brandstrup. Director is Jo Davies.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Theatre
15 Aug15 Sep Aug 15–18, 20, 22–25, 29–31, Sep 1, 3, 5–8, 10–15, 7.30pm, Aug 26, Sep 9, 5pm, mats Aug 18, 23, 25, 30, Sep 1 & 2, 6, 8, 13, 15, 2.30pm
020 7638 8891 £12.50–£75
Oxford Philomusica/London Symphony Chorus/New London Children's Choir
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Marios Papadopoulos conducts Martyn Harry's Galgenhumoreske, Grieg's Piano Concerto In A Minor and Orff's Carmina Burana, with pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, soprano Elena Xanthoudakis, baritone Robert Davies and counter-tenor Tom Verney.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Hall
12 Jun Jun 12, 7.30pm
020 7638 8891 £10–£30
Paul Heaton
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Those familiar with the sound of the Housemartins and Beautiful South have experiences the lyrical talents and biting wit of Paul Heaton. Heaton first started out as the lead in the Housemartins in the 1980s. Like the Smiths, the Housemartins were college radio all-stars in the US; although the group's jangly riffs and brainy, humorous songs couldn't draw mainstream acceptance in America, the band shared a portion of the Smiths' sizable cult of devotees. In 1986, the video for the…
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Barbican Centre 5 Jul Jul 5, 7pm 020 7638 8891 £18–£28
Rokia Traore
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The award-winning Malian singer and guitarist performs songs from her 2008 album Tchamantche as well as some of her other hits. Rokia Traore is known for her unique ability to push the boundaries of the so-called world genre, blending folk, jazz and rockabilly music with her traditional African vocal style. As a member of the Bambara ethnic group and daughter of a diplomatic it is not considered appropriate in her culture for Traore to perform in public. Despite this she has become a highly…
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Barbican Centre Barbican Hall
22 Jun Jun 22, 7.30pm
020 7638 8891 £15–£25
Song Dong: Waste Not
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An installation of more than 10,000 items collected by the artist's mother over a period of 50 years, inspired by childhood memories of China's cultural revolution.
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Barbican Centre The Curve
11 May12 Jun From Feb 15, Mon–Wed, Fri–Sun 11am–8pm, Thu 11am–10pm, ends Jun 12
Free
Sonny Rollins
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Modern and mainstream jazz by the veteran American saxophonist.
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Barbican Centre 16 Nov Nov 16, 7.30pm 020 7324 1880 £10–£75
Sparks
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Veteran American pop-rock band featuring brothers Ron and Russell Mael best known for the hit song This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us.
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Barbican Centre 26 Oct Oct 26, 7.30pm 020 7638 8891 £20–£27.50
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: World Cities 2012: Agua
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Exploring the contrasts of the country of Brazil, this dance-theatre work offers a homage to the country.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Theatre
28 Jun29 Jun Jun 28 & 29, 7.30pm
0845 120 7550 £15–£55
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: World Cities 2012: Bamboo Blues (Koltaka)
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A dance-theatre work accompanied by a range of Indian music and containing filmic images of the country.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Theatre
21 Jun22 Jun Jun 21 & 22, 7.30pm
0845 120 7550 £15–£55
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: World Cities 2012: Nur Du (Only You)
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A dance-theatre work featuring pop music from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, which explores a particular Californian obsession with perfection.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Theatre
9 Jun10 Jun Jun 9 & 10, 7.30pm
0845 120 7559 £15–£55
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: World Cities 2012: Ten Chi
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A dance-theatre piece featuring visual imagery, hand gestures, kabuki, Polynesian dance movement and more, offering a sympathy with modern Japanese culture.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Theatre
15 Jun16 Jun Jun 15 & 16, 7.30pm
0845 120 7550 £15–£55
Van Dyke Parks & Britten Sinfonia, Gaby Moreno
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The singer-songwriter and the orchestra performs pop, psychedelic and rock. With Robin Pecknold from Fleet Foxes and Grizzly Bear's Daniel Rossen as guest vocalists.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Hall
23 Jun Jun 23, 7.30pm
020 7638 8891 £15–£25
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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Sir Simon Rattle conducts Brahms's Symphony No 3, Webern's Six Pieces For Orchestra and Schumann's Symphony No 3, 'Rhenish'.
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Barbican Centre Barbican Hall
17 Jun Jun 17, 7.30pm
020 7638 8891 £25–£85

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