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Complicité’s acclaimed production is based on the life-changing experience of impact a photographer lost in the rainforest. The different reactions it provoked around the world reveal the power of its messages, says co-director of The Kirsty Housley. Encounter

Complicté’s Simon McBurney interacts with the binaural head, affectionately known as ‘Fritz’. © Robbie Jack

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Since it was first performed at the Barbican in to put headphones on people: it’s a real 2016, Complicité’s The Encounter has travelled contradiction because it’s a collective the world. From Broadway to Berlin, it’s met experience, but it’s also an individual one.’ people of different cultures and backgrounds What is Yet no matter where it’s been performed, one and provoked some interesting responses in thing comes through clearly, says Housley: those who’ve seen it. ‘Most audiences have more in common than For this is no ordinary production. they have differences, which is really what the show is about.’ binaural It is the story of National Geographic photographer Loren McIntyre, who in 1969 Directing the work had a significant impact on found himself lost among the people of the Housley, she admits. remote Javari Valley in Brazil. It was an ‘It’s something that was already in me, but as a encounter that was to change his life. sound? result of the show, I’ve tried even harder to adapt my lifestyle to be as ecologically sound as possible. I try to be conscious of what I Binaural recordings People in different countries consume and how I consume it. I don’t buy reproduce sound the respond in different ways anything new. You become aware of what you eat, what you buy, how you travel and just the way human ears hear it. sheer quantity of everything. That’s the real It creates an illusion To tell the tale, Complicité founder Simon problem – we consume too much. McBurney asks audiences to don headphones of a distinct and ‘These tribal people and indigenous and transports them to the world of the communities understand what we’re doing to 360-degree sound. rainforest, through binaural technology. The the planet and what we’re doing wrong. It’s results are powerfully intimate. led me to produce work about climate change ‘People in different countries respond in because I think it’s the most important question different ways,’ says co-director Kirsty Housley. of our times. ‘The reaction from audiences in Australia and ‘But there are lots of themes in the story and New Zealand was quite extraordinary. There’s that’s just one of them that spoke particularly a theme in the work about how indigenous to me. If you’re pre-disposed to notice that and populations are treated which resonated very you’re already thinking about it, it jumps out at strongly with those theatre-goers. you. But at the heart of it is how we live and ‘Interestingly, it didn’t have the same reaction why, and whether there’s another way for us in the USA. to live.’ ‘In the UK, people often key into the narrative about how we communicate with people who The Encounter are different to us. 14 Apr–5 May See page 9 for details ‘There’s a certain way of looking at consciousness that’s very Western, very individualistic – and that’s why it’s interesting

Simon McBurney with the binaural head

To make such lifelike sounds, it requires a special microphone which simulates a human head. Two microphones are built into its ear canals, which allow it to detect the location of noises around it in the same way a human ear does. This means you can hear sounds as if they were in front, behind, left, right, above or below you. If someone whispers in the ear of the head, it’s like they’re whispering in your own ear. Binaural recording itself isn’t new – there were performances of binaural stereo in some shape or form as far back as 1881. Then in the 1970s the special dummy head microphones became commercially available; they’ve been used since in some radio plays and by a number of playwrights and musicians. But a buzz has really picked up recently with the increasing interest in Virtual Reality headsets.

Kirsty Housley © Helen Murray

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Kind of Life , from Disquiet The Igor Palmin, Untitled

Featuring LGBTQ communities, outlaws, Our new exhibition romantic rebels, survivalists, the economically highlights the work of dispossessed and those who openly flout social convention, these works present the 20 photographers who outsider as an agent of change. From street share deeply personal and photography to portraiture, vernacular albums to documentary reportage, the show intimate portraits includes Bruce Davidson, Casa Susanna of people from collection, Paz Errázuriz, Seiji Kurata, Mary disenfranchised Ellen Mark and Dayanita Singh. communities. Another Kind of Life: Photography on the Margins Until 27 May Part of The Art of Change See page 7 for details

3 barbican.org.uk now soon always How to perform a huge orchestral piece on just two pianos

Musician and composer Timo Andres explains that by stripping back a work, it reveals hidden subtleties.

The sheer physicality of The Rite of Spring is one of the reasons for its reputation. In the hands of a full symphonic orchestra, the rhythms feel like the thunder of the pagan gods to whom the dancer is sacrificed. So isn’t playing this monster of a piece on just two pianos akin to covering Iron Maiden on the recorder? Absolutely not. In fact, Stravinsky played piano versions of The Rite of Spring for trusted colleagues during preparation of the orchestral score. He also wrote piano arrangements of all of his ballets for use in planning choreography and in rehearsing dancers. So when Timo Andres and David Kaplan perform The Rite of Spring on two pianos, it’s actually the blueprint upon which the orchestral arrangement was built. But how much of a difference does it make to the music when it’s stripped back like this? ‘One does hear different things when it’s played by pianos because you take out the element of sustain,’ says Andres. ‘So what you’re hearing is a greater degree of transparency and harmonic clarity. That allows the harmony, which is sometimes obscured by the orchestra, to come through. It means you can hear the inner working of the music. ‘I’ve loved The Rite of Spring since I was 14 years old, but there’s no room for a pianist Timo Andres © Michael Wilson in the orchestration so it’s incredibly satisfying to be able to get the music and get my hands music: it can translate to different mediums – on it.’ it doesn’t so much depend on just sheer volume or massed sound. There’s another important benefit of playing it this way, he says: ‘I can’t hope to be as loud as ‘This work has different subtleties on the piano. a full orchestra, but I can be much softer, For me, it sounds much more rational in its which works out to be a powerful experience. instrumentation, it’s not total chaos, it’s actually That’s one of the things about a great piece of very clearly put together.’ Barbican

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The Latin American musicians who transformed Hollywood Did you know that many of the most recognisable film themes were written by Latin American composers?

The role of Latin American musicians in arranger in the 1950s. People loved him and really sound like Esquivel, but the fact they Hollywood is what’s been called an ‘open would say he was “the only gringo composer asked an experimental Mexican record secret’. It’s not hidden in the sense that it’s who gets Latin music”, but his name was composer for this work says a lot about been suppressed from the top down, but actually Juan Manuel Cascales, and he’d his value as a composer.’ certainly it’s not talked about openly. changed it to be more Western in order to ‘Something else that’s not as well-known is just be accepted.’ Professor Josh Kun of the University of how many Latin American musicians have Southern California researched the strong ties Lalo Schifrin played in some of the biggest groups in the between the most famous centre of Western ‘Composer of the Mission Impossible theme. world. Musicians such as Alex Acuña, played film and its immigrant musicians for This piece of music couldn’t have been created with the likes of Elvis, Diana Ross, Paul Sonorama!, which celebrates the work of these by anyone who didn’t have a knowledge of McCartney, Whitney Houston and many more.’ key cultural influencers. He picks some of his South American musicians or percussion.’ favourite composers… Juan García Esquivel Sonorama! Johnny Richards ‘Often simply known as Esquivel, he was 20 Apr ‘His story is one I’d never heard before. People chosen by Universal Studios to create the See page 8 for details will know him because he wrote a song called unique two-second sound blast which ended ‘Young at Heart’ for Frank Sinatra; he also all their television programmes. The result worked with Dizzy Gillespie and was a major doesn’t sound ‘Mexican’, it doesn’t even

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Globe-trotting, time-travelling ‘There’s inspiration something vital, humane and hopeful about this play’ Cheek by Jowl director Declan Donnellan tells us about the company’s forthcoming production of Périclès, Prince de Tyr. The Suffragette (1913)

It’s been 100 years since women were first given the right to vote in the UK. This momentous anniversary is a great opportunity to look back at a history of courageous battles by women the world over, as they have been depicted on film. Our season Nevertheless, She Persisted: Suffrage, Cinema and Beyond – named after the recent feminist meme – is a globespanning, time-travelling look at women fighting for equality. Films come from as far back as 1913 and as recently as 2017; and from places such as Iran, the USA, Lebanon, France and New Zealand. ‘Nevertheless, She Persisted shows how film can enlighten and inspire shifts in representation and power structures,’ says film curator Gali Gold. ‘This series is an ode to the women filmmakers who have brought poignant stories to the screen and in so doing have contributed Cheek by Jowl’s Ubu Roi at the Barbican in 2013 featured some of the same ensemble as will appear in Pericles (Périclès, Prince de Tyr) © Johan Persson to the way we see the world, with women’s experiences and points of view being seen ‘Why are we doing Shakespeare in French for ‘Shakespeare never uses a sledgehammer. In and heard as a crucial part of the spectrum. the first time? One simple reason is that we Pericles he suggests that perhaps we are being ‘The title Nevertheless, She Persisted refers to a love working with our French ensemble and looked after – and that things will be OK. recent event in politics, but it applies to all Pericles fits the actors we have and want to Sometimes we may feel we’re fleeing these films – you see the ongoing struggle that work with – the nucleus of which we have been constantly, trying to escape our fears – but we is involved in trying to bring change and make working with for over 10 years. don’t realise that sometimes when we are a difference. escaping, we’re also arriving somewhere new, ‘But also we love the play. perhaps somewhere more positive despite our Change is happening, but the route is always ‘Pericles is often seen as part of a quartet with best efforts to the contrary. It’s about coming full of obstacles. You need an incredibly strong Cymbeline, The Winter’s Tale and The Tempest. home – and about how coming home can will and determination to create change; but It moves from the wild, the random, the sometimes be quite painful. In other hands this you also see it’s never brought about by just arbitrary, into something else – a sense of might seem naive or sentimental. But it never one individual. In a time when women’s order and a subtle realisation that there may seems like that with Shakespeare.’ demand for equality had gained a new just perhaps be an order that comes from the momentum this season is a timely contribution chaos. There’s something very vital, very Pericles (Périclès, Prince de Tyr) to the current debate.‘ humane and very hopeful about that structure. 6–21 Apr At one moment everything seems to be Nevertheless She Persisted: Suffrage, random and going in such strange ways, and A live stream of the show is on Cinema and Beyond then after a while you realise that everything 19 Apr at 7.30pm 18–24 Apr isn’t quite as random as you thought. This play See page 9 for details Part of The Art of Change asks that very quietly is there just chaos or is See page 12 for details there a mystery?

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Until 20 May 2018, The Curve Yto Barrada: Agadir For her Curve commission, Yto Barrada takes as her starting point a surreal text about the devastating earthquake in Agadir, Morocco, in 1960; exploring how a city and its people might address the process of reinvention following disaster. Free

Until 12 May, The Curve Yto Barrada: Agadir performances On selected Saturdays throughout the exhibition, a series of live performances by actors and actresses from Guildhall School of Music & Drama will take place throughout the space.

Until 27 May 2018, Art Gallery Another Kind of Life: Photography on the Margins Uncover the stories of those living on the fringes of society through the work of 20 photographers who spent months, years or even decades with their subjects. A series of talks and events accompanies the exhibition.

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All concerts take place in the Barbican Hall unless otherwise stated

Wed 4 Apr 8pm Simian Mobile Disco with Deep Throat Choir The Experimental Techno duo collaborate with the all-female singing collective on a new project where vocal harmonies meet syncopated beats.

Fri 6 Apr 7.30pm Carl Craig Synthesizer Ensemble Stepping out from behind the turntables, the Techno forefather reinvents his dancefloor productions as symphonic anthems.

Sat 7 Apr 8 & 10.30pm Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein: The Music of Stranger Things Grab your BMX and backpack as the musicians behind the score to the smash TV hit recreate the synth heavy soundtrack that made the series so atmospheric.

Sat 14 Apr 7.30pm Thurston Moore: 12x12 With an ability to manipulate the guitar like no other, Moore leads a twelve strong ensemble Carl Craig Synthesizer Ensemble © Ariel Martini of players in this two part programme – the first part acoustic, the second electric. Sun 29 Apr 7.30pm Fri 20 Apr 7.30pm Mexrrissey: La Reina is Dead Sonorama! Latin American La Linea 2018 Composers in Hollywood Raised in Mexico but taking inspiration from Contemporary La Linea 2018 one of Manchester’s favourite sons, Mexrrissey return to the Barbican for a full Find out how musicians from Latin America reinterpretation of The Smiths’s classic Music such as Esquivel and Lalo Schifrin influenced record The Queen is Dead. the music of our favourite movies in this live Podcast cine-concert. Mon 30 Apr 7.30pm, Milton Court Alessandro Cortini + Sarah Dig a little deeper with our fortnightly Fri 27 Apr 7.30pm Davachi Contemporary Music Podcast, featuring exclusive interviews and music from the world’s Orchestra Baobab A double-bill that brings together Alesandro La Linea 2018 greatest artists in Jazz, Folk, Contemporary Cortini’s atmospheric audio-visual project Classical and the more experimental ends of Senegal’s finest musical exports celebrate their AVANTI with a live performance from Pop, Rock and Electronica. Subscribe on iTunes, Afro-Cuban roots as they perform a special minimalist composer Sarah Davachi. Acast or Spotify. concert as part of London’s Latin Music Festival – La Linea.

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29 Mar–7 Apr, Theatre The Royal Opera Coraline ‘He expressed himself through dance’ Fantasy and imagination run wild in this new operatic adaptation by Mark-Anthony World-renowned ballerina Viviana Why did you select these pieces? Turnage, a leading light in British music whose Durante tells us about her tribute to ‘I feel that the themes the ballets explore work bristles with brazen energy yet expresses renowned choreographer Kenneth are all particularly relevant today. House deep tenderness. MacMillan, in the 25th anniversary of Birds is based on a the Brothers Grimm year of his death. story exploring the fight between good 6–21 Apr, Silk Street Theatre You performed MacMillan’s works and evil; Laiderette means “ugly girl” and Cheek by Jowl while at the Royal Ballet – did you it’s about a woman who feels the need know him personally? to hide behind an identity, which is very Pericles (Périclès, Prince de Tyr) much like how we portray ourselves online ‘I wasn’t close to him as a person – Astute, arresting and vital, Cheek by Jowl’s these days.’ Shakespeare productions have inspired nobody got close to him, apart from audiences around the world. At their heart, his wife. He was very quiet in rehearsals, ‘vivid performances like a laser of light set the a very private person who kept himself to text ablaze’ (Guardian). himself – you never really knew what was going on behind the dark glasses he wore all the time, even in rehearsals. But it was 14–15 Apr, Rehearsal Room through dance that he expressed himself. Weekend Lab: Cheek by Jowl He was great at understanding people, Join assistant director Marcus Roche for an at understanding exactly what a person intensive weekend workshop responding to was about, their fears and joys, and Pericles (Périclès, Prince de Tyr). casting exactly the right dancers. I found that amazing.’ 14 Apr–5 May, Theatre Why did you choose to stage these Complicité/Simon McBurney works now? The Encounter ‘This is my way of honouring Kenneth Simon McBurney’s unmissable solo MacMillan. There are quite a few of his performance returns following a hit Broadway ballets that haven’t been seen for a long run and international tour. ★★★★★ Daily time. All three are from the 1950s. They Telegraph, Evening Standard, Independent, have been researched right down to the Time Out, WhatsOnStage and more. last detail, to be faithful to the original, but with a modern feel.’ 18–21 Apr, The Pit Viviana Durante Company Kenneth MacMillan: Steps Back in Time In honour of the hugely influential Kenneth MacMillan, a choreographer who was way ahead of his time, the legendary ballerina Viviana Durante directs a programme from his enthralling earliest works.

21–22 Apr, Rehearsal Room for The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House Covent Garden in © Bill 1996 Cooper Weekend Lab: The Encounter Co-director Kirsty Housley explores how to find the form in narrative in this practical weekend workshop from Complicité.

Viviana Durante in Anastasia

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The twelve poets included in Subject To Change, with Jacob Sam-La Rose The words of change A group of talented young poets are giving their take on The Art of Change.

This year we’re looking at how the arts reflect single moment of change in the same way that change in society through our season, The Art visual art does; the poem becomes a snapshot of Change. Twelve of our Young Poets are of the process of transformation, like exploring the themes it raises, and responding photographing a hatchling that’s halfway to them through poetry. between egg and chick. Each month, one of the poets will write and ‘But at the same time, poetry works with meter perform a piece that speaks to our changing and rhythm. Because of this, there is always a world, in a series called Subject to Change. sense of moving on in poetry: it becomes a The performances are filmed for our YouTube discussion between past and future, a tension channel, and the words can be found on between the current state and the possible.’ our blog. Led by internationally renowned poet and In January, Katie Hale launched the series with performer Jacob Sam-La Rose, Barbican a poem called Honey, about the way words Young Poets is a programme for writers aged are used to minimise women – taking an 14-25 who have something to say and are incident on a train as her starting point. searching for a new way to say it. ‘Poetry is the perfect way to talk about change, Read the poems and learn about the poets at because its form is both static and mutable at barbican.org.uk/subjecttochange. the same time,’ she says. ‘Poems are (often) Part of The Art of Change. brief. This means that they can capture a

April 2018 10 now Film

From Fri 6 Apr From Fri 20 Apr New releases Wonderstruck# Funny Cow15 Todd Haynes (Carol) directs this wonderful Maxine Peake’s formidable performance From Fri 6 Apr coming-of-age tale of two children from drives this cracking portrait of a comedienne’s 120 Beats Per Minute# different times, dreaming of a different life. rise to fame on the Northern club circuit in the Pulsating with life, Robin Campillo’s future Based on the novel by Brian Selznick. 1970s and ‘80s. queer classic reveals the vital history of ACT UP, an activist group fighting against the AIDS From Fri 20 Apr From Fri 20 Apr epidemic in 1990s Paris. Let the Sunshine In# The Guernsey Literary and Juliette Binoche stars in Claire Denis’ Potato Peel Pie Society# From Fri 6 Apr adaptation of Roland Barthes’s text A Lover’s This drama follows a writer as she forms an 15 Thoroughbreds Discourse: Fragments, in which a middle-aged unexpected bond with the residents of In suburban Connecticut, two teenage girls artist looks for true love. Guernsey Island after the Second World War. rekindle their childhood friendship, bringing Starring Lily James, Matthew Goode and out each other’s most destructive side, in this Michiel Huisman. pulpy psycho-thriller. Special events and seasons

Thu 12 Apr 6pm, Cinema 2 London Bengali Film Festival Opening Gala Bringing the rich, artistic and modern culture of Bengal to London, this annual celebration of films centring on the Bengali Diaspora has its red carpet launch at the Barbican.

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Wed 18 Apr–Tue 24 Apr, Cinema 1, 2 & 3 Sat 28 Apr 5.55pm, Cinema 1 Nevertheless, She Persisted: Performance Cinema Cendrillon12A Suffrage, Cinema and Beyond Met Opera Live in HD Wed 4 Apr 7.15pm, Cinema 2 The Art of Change Massenet’s sumptuous version of the Macbeth12A A century since (some) women got the right to Cinderella story comes to the Met in this vote in the UK, we present films from around Royal Opera House Live imaginative storybook production directed by the world celebrating women’s rebellious and Richly-hued, and shot through with black, red Laurent Pelly, starring Joyce DiDonato. often dangerous efforts to gain equality. and gold, Phyllida Lloyd adapts Verdi’s celebrated opera based on Shakespeare’s Every Saturday 11am, Cinema 2 Sun 22 Apr 4pm, Cinema 1 tale of ruthless ambition, murder and Framed Film Club The Suffragette PG disloyalty. This month we continue our screenings with a PG programme exploring extraordinary worlds – + Make More Noise! Shorts Wed 11 Apr 7pm, Cinema 2 perfect for 4–11yrs olds. + live musical accompaniment Macbeth12A by Wendy Hiscocks and an RSC Live Sat 31 Apr 10am, Cinema 2&3 foyer introduction by Naomi Paxton This contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s Framed Film Club Extra Silent Film and Live Music tragedy of boundless greed and lust for power Come along for a free creative workshop before our screening. Silent film diva Asta Nielsen plays a British stars Christopher Eccleston as Macbeth and suffragette, who gets involved in a plot to Niamh Cusack as Lady Macbeth. Free murder a government official. Part of Nevertheless, She Persisted: Suffrage, Cinema Thu 12 Apr, Cinema 1 and Beyond. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Information Live in Copehagen# Wed 25 Apr 6.30pm, Cinema 2 This film, shot live in Copenhagen, showcases Parent and Baby Screenings Night Accident 15* + ScreenTalk Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ formidable live Enjoy the best new films every Monday New East Cinema presence, as they returned to the road morning with your little ones of twelve performing the new album Skeleton Tree. months and under, at our specially tailored A minimalist and poetic piece of slow cinema, screenings. Sign up to the mailing list at Night Accident is a tale about an old man who barbican.org.uk/parentandbaby finds love and purpose in a moment of Sat 14 Apr 5.30pm, Cinema 1 complete despair. Luisa Miller12A Relaxed Screenings Met Opera Live in HD One Friday afternoon in every month, we screen a film, in a specially tailored Plácido Domingo adds yet another chapter to environment for adults who may be on the his legendary Met collaboration with this autistic spectrum, have Tourette Syndrome, rarely performed Verdi gem, a heart- anxiety, sensory or other learning difficulties. wrenching tragedy based on Friedrich Friends and carers go free. Schiller’s novel Intrigue and Love.

Wed 18 Apr 6pm, Cinema 2 La Bohème# Teatro Comunale Di Bologna Four exciting new talents lead this production of one of opera’s classic stories. Set in 19th century Paris, it recounts the love affair between a poor poet and a seamstress. Screen Talks Archive

Since the early 1990s, we’ve been recording Night Accident our ScreenTalks – building up a formidable collection of interviews with some of the world’s leading filmmakers and film fans. Hear the likes of Ken Loach, Terry Gilliam, Carol Morley, Asif Kapadia and B. Ruby Rich talk about their work, lives and passions. Listen on barbican.org.uk/screentalksarchive

April 2018 12 now Classical Music

All concerts take place in the Barbican Hall unless otherwise stated

Thu 5 Apr, Milton Court A Further Shore: The Journey to Good Friday, 1998 To mark 20 years of the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement, Ireland’s finest poets, actors, musicians and artists tell the powerful story of Northern Ireland’s continuing journey to peace and reconciliation.

Fri 6 Apr 1pm, LSO St Luke’s BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert British clarinettist Michael Collins partners with the Heath Quartet for the Clarinet Quintets by Brahms and Howells – revealing each composer at their peak.

Sun 8 Apr 7pm LSO/Noseda Gianandrea Noseda pits Shostakovich’s Eighth Symphony, a deeply affecting poem of suffering, against Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto, a theatrical tour-de-force performed by soloist Nikolai Lugansky.

Wed 11 Apr 7.30pm Piotr Anderszewski plays Beethoven Diabelli Variations The Guardian describes Anderszewski’s Piotr Anderszewski playing as ‘like a chef building cathedrals from spun sugar’. Alongside Beethoven’s Fri 13 Apr 6pm, Fountain Room Fri 13 Apr 7.30pm, Milton Court monumental Diabelli Variations he will perform Journey Through Music Academy of Ancient Music: a selection of Bach’s Preludes and Fugues. An interactive, family-friendly exploration Saint and Sinner – of the music played in the evening’s 1790s London BBC Symphony Orchestra concert. Fri 13 Apr 1pm, LSO St Luke’s Dussek was a ‘bad boy’ of 18th-century BBC Radio 3 London. Hear the music of this once widely- Lunchtime Concert Fri 13 Apr 7.30pm admired composer whose vanity got the better Michael Collins brings his four-concert BBC Symphony Orchestra/ of him alongside that of his saintly residency to a close with iconic clarinet works Davis contemporary Haydn. by Stanford and Brahms, joined by pianist Sir Andrew Davis opens and closes Michael McHale. tonight’s concert with two large-scale Elgar Sun 15 Apr 7pm masterpieces, alongside the London premiere LSO/Mälkki Fri 13 Apr 6pm, St Giles’ Cripplegate of Raymond Yiu’s The World Was Once All Susanna Mälkki introduces us to her diverse Miracle and a rarely performed work by world of musical inspirations, from Sibelius’s Singers at Six Lilian Elkington. Ahead of the BBC SO’s concert, the BBC Fifth Symphony to Elgar’s Cello Concerto Singers offer an all-Elgar programme. Elgar’s performed by Daniel Müller-Schott, and way with words was wonderfully sensitive and a new work by Patrick Giguère. this concert explores some of his smaller-scale choral works.

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With thanks We are very grateful to all those listed below who support our work, the Barbican Patrons, contributors to the Barbican Fund and those who donate when purchasing a ticket. If you’re interested in donating towards world-class arts and learning at the Barbican, please contact [email protected], call 020 7382 6185 or visit barbican.org.uk/ donate Mon 16 Apr 7.30pm Fri 27 Apr 7.30pm, Milton Court The City of London Corporation, founder and Vengerov plays the Brahms Timo Andres and David principal funder Violin Sonatas Kaplan: The Rite of Spring Major Supporters Maxim Vengerov offers a fascinating slant on and Rachmaninov’s A New Direction – Brahms’s three violin sonatas – by turns tender, Symphonic Dances London Cultural Education Challenge tormented and ardently romantic. Two great orchestral scores are stripped back Arts Council England and re-energized by this livewire piano duo Christie Digital Wed 18 Apr 7.30pm opening up new perspectives on these familiar City Bridge Trust London Schools masterpieces. Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Paul Hamlyn Foundation Symphony Orchestra: The Sackler Trust Classic Italian Comedy Sat 28 Apr 8.30pm, LSO St Luke’s SHM Foundation Baritone Christopher Purves and the London Jerwood Composer+ Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement Schools Symphony Orchestra offer an uplifting Showcase: London Jazz x LSO UBS evening of Stravinsky and Puccini. Genre-defying composer, trumpeter and Youth Music producer Emma-Jean Thackray curates a new Trusts, Foundations and Public Funders Thu 19 & 26 Apr 7.30pm collaboration between London Jazz musicians Australian High Commission in London LSO/Rattle and members of the London Symphony Cockayne Grants for the Arts, Orchestra. a donor-advised fund of the London Mahler’s Ninth Symphony meets a new work Community Foundation by British composer Helen Grime, Woven Sat 28 Apr 7.30pm The Dorothy Slate Trust Space, in this double-bill with the LSO’s Music Europa Cinemas Director Sir Simon Rattle. BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Government of Flanders Madaras Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Sun 22 Apr 10am–5pm, Barbican Hall The programme of this concert reflects on The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust and LSO St Luke’s the role of those who care for the injured, The Worshipful Company of Barbers LSO Discovery Day: Tippett including John Adams’s The Wound Dresser Business Supporters The LSO rehearses Tippett’s The Rose Lake and the UK premiere of Ross Harris’s Face. Aberdeen Asset Management and Mahler’s Tenth Symphony with Sir Simon Allen & Overy Rattle, followed by talks with Oliver Soden and Allford Hall Monaghan Morris performances of Tippett’s chamber music with Bank of America Merrill Lynch LSO musicians. Bloomberg Crédit Agricole Sun 22 Apr 7pm Christie Digital DLA Piper LSO/Rattle Hawkins Brown From blissful radiance to a final lament, Sir Leigh Day Simon Rattle conducts two composers’ final Linklaters LLP works: Tippett’s The Rose Lake and Mahler’s Classical Music Nomura unfinished Symphony No 10. Redleaf Communications Podcast Reed Smith Fri 27 Apr 12.30pm, LSO St Luke’s Slaughter and May Free Friday Lunchtime Concert Taittinger Tune in to our Classical Music Podcast for Time Out Discover more about music and instruments of tp bennett the orchestra in this informal concert by LSO exclusive interviews, performances and tracks by world-leading musicians from around the UBS musicians and students from the Guildhall Warehouse School, presented by Rachel Leach. globe, Barbican resident orchestras and our international associates. Subscribe on iTunes, Leading Patrons Free event Acast or Spotify. SHM Foundation Platinum Patrons Anonymous (1) Crystal Amber Fund Emma Kane The Porter Foundation The Barbican Centre Trust, registered charity no. 294282

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28–30 Jun, Theatre Taylor Mac A 24-Decade History of Popular Music: The First Act Taylor Mac retells American history through a fabulous, no-holds barred immersive performance involving music, art and activism. This production will chart the years 1776–1806, telling of rebellions, revolutions, triumphs and tragedies. Pub songs, sea shanties and subversive anthems are rearranged to explore the defining early years of America’s history. Part of LIFT 2018. Part of The Art of Change

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Film still from First and Last Men

1 Dec, Barbican Hall Jóhann Jóhannsson: Last and First Men Best-known for his soundtrack work on films such as Arrival, Sicario and The Theory of Everything, Jóhannsson created this multimedia work based on the cult British sci-fi novel. Featuring music and film, plus narration by Tilda Swinton, it is a meditation on memory, loss and the idea of Utopia.

Cover of the Voyager Golden Record Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California, 1936 Assa (1988) © The Dorothea Lange Collection, the Oakland Museum of California

8 Jul, Barbican Hall 22 Jun–2 Sep, Art Gallery 26–30 Sep, Cinema LSO Family Concert: Voyager Dorothea Lange: Politics of Generations Blast off for a musical adventure into space Seeing / Vanessa Winship Explore a century of political change in the inspired by the Voyager probes and the A double-bill of exhibitions to celebrate world’s largest country through this season of golden records they carry, guided by Gareth pioneering American documentary films, programmed in partnership with eastern Davies, the LSO’s principal flautist. Without photographer Dorothea Lange (1895–1963), European cinema collective, The New Social. the formality of some concerts, this hour- who used her camera as a political tool to Exploring self-expression, independence and long programme is a great way to introduce capture injustice, inequality and displacement sheer defiance, the programme includes children to classical music. during the Great Depression and beyond; and Abram Room’s A Severe Young Man (1936), Henri Cartier-Bresson prize-winning British through to Sergei Solovyov’s cult classic Assa photographer Vanessa Winship, whose poetic (1988), which portrays the hidden subcultures gaze explores the fragile nature of landscape that flourished in the perestroika era. and society in America and on the frontiers of Part of The Art of Change Eastern Europe. Part of The Art of Change

April 2018 16 always A fashion icon British fashion brand Warehouse has designed a range of women’s clothing inspired by the Barbican. In this special photoshoot, Barbican staff and a Barbican Young Poet model some of the collection and tell us what their favourite space within the Centre is…

Amina (Barbican Young Poet): My favourite The collection’s botanical patterns are inspired space in the Barbican is the Conservatory. by the Conservatory and textured fabrics It’s beautiful to walk around and take it all in. mirror the concrete buildings. Warehouse It’s always busy when it’s open to the public, director of brand communications Jill Gate but it’s such a lovely space and you can find said, ‘Our head office is only five minutes quiet pockets. from the Barbican and we all spend time there catching up both for work and pleasure. Maria (Assistant Project Manager): Although Inspired by the details in the building, from it’s not open to the public, my favourite the green spaces to the iconic concrete, our space is the art gallery roof, I think I have a design team have created an exciting range connection with that place. You can literally for spring.’ see 2,000 years of history of London from that point and it enables me to switch off; it’s great. In addition to the collection, Warehouse will also be supporting a Barbican Guildhall Emma (Retail Manager): My favourite space is Creative Learning Creative Careers session the Lakeside Terrace, because no matter which for young people looking to get into the perspective you look at it from, it really varies. fashion industry. In the summer months you can see all the people out on the lakeside, soaking up the See the full collection at warehouse.co.uk/ sun, enjoying the lake; it almost has a barbican, and look out for a pop-up Barbican Mediterranean feel. shop at Warehouse’s flagship store in Argyll Street, where you’ll find items from Lindsey Isabel (Cinema Assistant): There are so many Lang’s Lauderdale collection, inspired by the areas to discover – you’re always finding new Barbican’s brutalist architecture. A limited shortcuts and favourite areas to eat your lunch, edition tote bag, kimono and scarf are also or places to take your friends. I love being in available from the Barbican Shop. a building that inspires me in that way.

Amina wears Songbird Wrap Midi Dress: £69; Maria wears Climbing Bamboo Polo-neck: £29, Climbing Bamboo Skirt: £36 Emma wears Printed Jacket: £66, Printed Trouser: £46; Isabel wears Climbing Bamboo Silk Dress: £149

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Changing films A unique look We’ve asked emerging filmmakers to respond to the themes raised by our season The Art of Change – and you can see the results every month. inside the most First up was London-based Swedish animation director Amanda Eliasson, who hand-painted a film called Square Face in response to the theme of censorship. famous studio ‘Censorship is a difficult subject because on one hand it’s put in place to protect vulnerable people, and on the other hand it’s restricting the spirit of free expression,’ she says. ‘My biggest concern about censorship, as in the world an artist, is the governmental violation of the free speech.’ Other themes in the series include community, activism, disability and identity. One is released every first Friday of the month on our YouTube channel, and they’ll be screened before selected new release films in the Barbican Cinema.

Pink Floyd recording Wish You Were Here at Abbey Road 1975 © Jill Furmansky Jill Furmanovsky has been photographing rock Explore the past and present of the world- stars at Abbey Road Studios since 1975 when renowned studios through Furmanovsky’s lens she worked with Pink Floyd during the Wish in this special exhibition of prints, photographs, You Were Here recording sessions. artefacts and unique paraphernalia. Her career has seen her photographing the biggest names in rock and pop ever since Inside Abbey Road Studios Still from Square Face by Amanda Eliasson then, including Pink Floyd, Bob Marley, Eric Barbican Music Library Clapton, Blondie, The Police, Led Zeppelin 9 Apr–27 Jun and many more.

have never been there before, and I try to What’s it like be as broad as possible when reaching out being a Barbican to groups. ‘One thing I’ve found interesting is that some Ambassador? groups are really surprised that the Barbican is so welcoming. A lot of the time it’s about Our Ambassadors identify potential educating people that it is very accessible. community partnerships and encourage As an Ambassador, people have very honest local engagement with the Barbican, so conversations with you.’ everyone can access world class art and Sophie Taylor, 24, moved to London from her learning. We caught up with two of them native Dundee to study drama at Queen Mary to find out what their role involves. University of London. Oribi Davies, 25, is a music artist manager, ‘I’ve always been involved in theatre and I did director of creative talent and marketing a lot of creative learning stuff back at home so agency Intent, and runs Barking-based I wanted to do more in London. arts organisation Studio3Arts’ artist development programme. ‘Being an Ambassador has really opened up London for me – I’ve travelled all over He says, ‘I identify community and arts and I’ve been involved in excited events organisations that would benefit from such as Barbican OpenFest, Walthamstow attending the Barbican for the first time. The Garden Party and the under fives soft Barbican Ambassador, Oribi Davies goal is to bring people to the Barbican that play adventure.’

April 2018 18 Booking Online booking with seat selection and reduced booking fee at barbican.org.uk By telephone 0845 120 7511 Open 10am–8pm, Mon–Sat; 11am–8pm, Sun and bank holidays In person Barbican Centre Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS Advance Box Office open 10am–9pm, Mon–Sat; 12 noon–9pm, Sun and bank holidays Stay in touch For the latest on sale dates, special events and news straight to your inbox, sign up to our email list at barbican.org.uk