An evening introducing three new interconnected works by Sin Wai Kin premiering in 2024 on themes of time, reality and human ...

The Barbican, Europe’s leading Arts and Conference Centre, presents an unparalleled variety of performing and visual arts of world class calibre, as well as hosting extensive commercial activity. The ...

Chris Gollon's pioneering use of music, lyrics from Bob Dylan, and collaborations with musicians Thurston Moore, Yi Yao and Eleanor McEvoy, helped him keep painting alive. This screening will be ...

From esk film, in association with Netflix and Silverback Films, comes a natural history concert experience: Netflix’s Life on Our Planet, with highlights from the series and an incredible live score.

The beloved Christmas film will be presented live in concert this winter, featuring its musical score performed live alongside the film by a full concert orchestra. The Holiday, from Universal ...

Wynton Marsalis and Sir Antonio Pappano blend jazz, blues and classical music in the crossover collaboration with the Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra Wynton Marsalis’ Symphony No 4, The Jungle, is a ...

Shostakovich in both revolutionary and festive mood alongside a MacMillan Concerto, written for Nicola Benedetti. The Festive Overture is exactly that: a sprightly, light-touch of a piece composed in ...

Kick-start your evening with a Half Six Fix concert. One piece in a 60-minute concert, introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action. Golfam Khayam’s Je ne ...

Albert Roussel and Maurice Ravel paint vivid portraits of the animal kingdom, Benjamin Britten conjures up a savage parade, and Joseph Haydn takes a trip to London for his final symphony. Roussel’s Le ...

Tippet's moving pacifist oratorio meets Beethoven’s immense Choral Symphony. A Child of our Time was Tippett’s response to Kristallnacht, a Nazi pogrom against German Jews. In a unique, utterly ...

An innovative new ‘AfrOpera’ brings Bizet, Handel, Aretha Franklin and Lady Gaga together with African rhythms to explore an ...

Join us in celebration of the art of poetry and over 15 years of the Barbican Young Poets programme. This foyer exhibition celebrates poetry as an artform as well as highlighting the work of the ...