| Classical Music all events 2011-12
21 September 2011 - 15 July 2012
Enjoy a fantastic new season of concerts featuring world-class international orchestras, conductors and soloists.
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| Summer Music 2012
As London prepares to welcome the world in 2012, we present another music season packed with what we have always enjoyed the most - innovative, enthralling artists from all over the globe.
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| Great Performers 2011 - 2012
7 October 2011 - 17 June 2012
Great Performers features the very best international soloists, conductors and orchestras
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| London Jazz Festival in association with BBC Radio 3
9 - 18 November 2012
London Jazz Festival in association with BBC Radio 3
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| LSO 2011-2012
21 September 2011 - 21 September 2012
The Barbican is home to the London Symphony Orchestra, the UK's leading orchestra.
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| BBC Symphony Orchestra 2011 - 2012
12 October 2011 - 24 May 2012
An exciting and distinctive season of concerts from the Barbican's Associate Orchestra
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| Barbican International Associates
16 February 2012 - 20 May 2012
Our international family of orchestras includes five of the world’s leading ensembles, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
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| London 2012 Festival
3 March 2012 - 26 July 2012
Major Barbican events featured in the London 2012 Festival programme
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| Oratorios, opera and choral
13 October 2011 - 6 June 2012
This season we present a selection of some of the most well-loved English oratorios including Mendelssohn's Elijah, Haydn's The Seasons and Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius. Plus Dvorak's The Jacobin, Mozart's La clemenza di Tito and much more
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| Autumn Contemporary Events 2012
Look out for some of the boldest music from around the world, in London this autumn
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| A Journey Through Nordic Landscapes
30 May 2012
The 20th and 21st centuries has seen a phenomenal musical creativity emerge from the Nordic countries. We celebrate this with two further Symphony Cycles, this time Sibelius and Nielsen, and an exciting project from Esa-Pekka Salonen and Karita Mattila which showcases some of today’s best Nordic music.
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| Gergiev's Russians
21 September 2011 - 15 July 2012
LSO Prinicpal Conductor Valery Gergiev treats us to his uniquely charismatic and inspiring interpretations of many masterpieces of the Russian repertoire.
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| Rokia Traore: Donguili - Donke - Damou
Rokia Traoré: Donguili - Donke - Damou (Sing - Dance - Dream)
The award-winning Malian singer-songwriter presents a special series of three concerts, featuring a wide range of her exciting new work
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| Back2Black Festival
An unprecedented celebration of the African roots in music and culture, the acclaimed Back2Black festival travels from Rio de Janeiro to London this summer.
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| Premieres
25 October 2011 - 30 May 2012
This season we have no fewer than five World premieres, one European premiere and 23 UK premieres!
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| Met Opera Live in HD 2012-13
Met Opera Live in HD returns to the Barbican for the 2012-13 season, featuring 12 new transmissions streamed live via satellite in high definition from The Metropolitan Opera, New York.
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| Recitals
21 October 2011 - 8 June 2012
This season the Barbican plays host to some of classical music's biggest stars including Andreas Scholl, Joshua bell, Evgeny Kissin and Olga Borodina
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| City of London Festival 2012
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| freeB 11/12
1 January 2010 - 31 December 2013
Don't miss out - grab a freeB!
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| Classical Music all events 2012-13
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| Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Barbican International Associate Residency 2012
The world-renowned jazz orchestra are back this July for their second Barbican residency, with a spectacular series of exclusive premieres and collaborations.
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| Barbican Productions 2012 - 2013
This season we are delighted to present some of the biggest names in classical music.
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| LSO 2012-2013
The Barbican is home to the London Symphony Orchestra, the UK's leading orchestra.
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| BBC Symphony Orchestra 2012 - 2013
An exciting and distinctive season of concerts from the Barbican's Associate Orchestra
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| Academy of Ancient Music 2012 - 2013
The AAM’s energised, sparky and engaged performances of baroque and classical music have thrilled audiences worldwide for nearly 40 years, with live concerts on every continent except Antarctica and over 300 Brit-and Grammy-Award-winning recordings.
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| Britten Sinfonia 2012 - 2013
One of the world’s finest chamber orchestras, Britten Sinfonia has built its outstanding reputation on stellar playing and intelligent, illuminating programming developed alongside guest artists from across the musical spectrum.
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| International Associates 2012 - 2013
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| 2012 - 2013 Special Anniversaries
The best musicians are brilliant in youth but become truly great with age. Join us this season as five artists, all regular guests at the Barbican, celebrate great milestones with you, our audience.
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| 2012 - 2013 Opera Season
Opera in all its multi-faceted glory comes to the Barbican this season, with a multi-media staged concert by Oliver Knussen and concert performances of works by Donizetti, Britten, Stravinsky, Ravel, Lully and Handel.
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| 2012 - 2013 Artist Spotlight
2012 – 2013 sees the return of some of the world’s finest artists each of whom has had a longstanding relationship with the Barbican.
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| 2012 - 2013 Composer Focus
Michael Tippett and Mark-Anthony Turnage are two of the most fascinating voices in Britain in the 20th Century. Over the course of the season we will explore some of their cornerstone works including all four of Tippett’s Symphonies and Turnage’s kaleidoscopic From the Wreckage.
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| 2012 - 2013 Premieres and commissions
11 world premieres, 2 European premieres, 11 UK premieres and 3 London premieres
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| 2012 - 2013 Recitals
This season, the Barbican welcomes some of today's greatest classical artists including Cecilia Bartoli, Renée Fleming, Evgeny Kissin and Juan Diego Flórez.
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| 2012 - 2013 Opera, Oratorio, Choral
The world's leading artists and ensembles perform some of the most exciting and popular oratorios, operas and choral works.
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| Total Immersion 2012 - 2013: New from the North
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and friends celebrate the best of new music from Finland and Denmark.
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| Total Immersion 2012 - 2013: Sounds from Japan
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and friends celebrate music from Japan.
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| LSO 2012 - 2013 Multibuy
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| BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts 2012-2013 Multibuy
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| BBC Symphony Orchestra 2012 - 2013 Multibuy
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| Academy of Ancient Music 2012 - 2013 Multibuy
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| Britten Sinfonia 2012 - 2013 Multibuy
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