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Classical Music 2018–19 2 Classical Music 2018–19 to exclusive multibuys andevents throughout theyear Members alsodon’tpaybookingfees, andhave access today atbarbican.org.uk/membership Don’t missoutontheseatsthatyou want –getmembership 10am Wednesday 21 February All telephone and in person booking: General public (online only) 10am Friday 2February Members PlusMembers onBarbican Members the following dates: Online and postal booking will open to calculated automatically andappliedatcheckout. immediate confirmation. Allmultibuydiscountsare day. Chooseyour exact seatinglocationandreceive Book onlinefor thebestchoiceof seats24hoursa barbican.org.uk/classical1819 transaction. easy inone bookings make and your year of concert-going you your plan so that season can Music 2018–19of our complete Classical bring to youwe delighted are asummary and Ensembles, Associate and our Resident with partnership In season Music Classical Welcome Barbican’s the to new

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Our Family lso.co.uk François-Xavier Roth, Michael TilsonThomasandAndré Previn. conductors comprisesSirSimonRattle, Gianandrea Noseda, LSO St Luke’s promotes over 50concertsevery year. Itsfamily of offers 1,000 musicalexperiences to 60,000peopleannually, and Its pioneeringmusiceducationprogramme, LSODiscovery, Culture Mileto bringaboutthefuture of great musicinLondon. on tour. TheOrchestra works alongsideitspartnersintheCity’s recorded for itsown label,LSOLive –andafurther 70worldwide year asResident attheBarbican–many of whichare the greatest numberof people.TheLSOperforms 70concertsa on artisticownership andamissionto bringthegreatest musicto an inimitable signature sound.Asamusicalcollective, itisbuilt The LSOwas established in1904 andhasauniqueethos Barbican the at Resident SymphonyLondon Orchestra barbican.org.uk the Barbican’sAssociate Ensembles. world-class chamberperformances upclose,alongsidethework of state-of-the-art acoustic, you canexperience adistinctive range of Hall programme. Inthisintimate modernhall,whichboastsa Drama’s Milton Courtprovides anenrichingcontrast to themain perfectly formed programme intheGuildhallSchoolof Music& rewarding andartistically outstanding experience. Asmallbut by anaspiration to provide ouraudiences withanengaging, to familiar works. Allare distinctive intheirown way, andunited long composerexplorations; andfrom adventurous new premieres to bespoke multimediaprojects; from lunchtimeconcertsto day- formats to explore –from oldto new music;from celebrityrecitals and Baroque music.There’s arewarding variety of musicand stimulating andeclecticmixof classical,contemporary, orchestral, classical artists,orchestras andensemblesto ,ina Barbican Presents bringssomeof thegreatest international Presents Barbican .co.uk/symphonyorchestra the world andrunsaninnovative educationprogramme. recordings atitsMaidaVale home,performs throughout Bychkov andSirAndrew Davis, theorchestra makes numerous closely withitsconductingteam of Sakari Oramo, Semyon heart of classicalmusicto contemporary premieres. Working a thrillinganddistinctive range of music,from works atthe Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo, theBBC SOperforms is oneof theUK’sfinest orchestras. Inpartnershipwith The backbone of theBBC Proms, theBBC Symphony Orchestra Orchestra Associate SymphonyBBC Orchestra

3 Classical Music 4 Classical Music &Drama of Music School Guildhall brittensinfonia.com all of whichpromise to surprise,inspire andilluminate. Muhly andaChristmasperformance of Handel’sMessiah, Mark ElderandThomasAdes, anew arrangement by Nico season offers anoutstanding line-upof guestsincludingSir insight, commitmentandenergy. Theorchestra’s 2018–19 across themusicalspectrumlead to performances of rare The resulting collaborations withthefinest guestartistsfrom or director, choosinginstead to focus onitsvirtuosomusicians. Britten Sinfonia isuniqueinnot having aprincipalconductor Famed for itsdazzlingmusicianshipandthrillingprogrammes, Ensemble Associate Sinfonia Britten gsmd.ac.uk pioneering cultural alliancetransforming 21st-century learning. Guildhall musicians.BarbicanCreative Learningisa exceptional professional development opportunities for collaborations withBarbicanartistsandassociates provide venue for anumber of Barbicanconcerts, andregular partnership. Milton Court’sintimate settingprovides the Guildhall Schoolenjoy auniqueeducationalandcultural in theperforming arts.Asneighbours,theBarbicanand and drama schools,offering inspiring professional training The GuildhallSchoolisoneof theworld’s leading conservatoires aam.co.uk anniversary performance of Handel’smasterpiece, . period ,NigelKennedy re-invigorating Bach, anda300th- season AAM looks forward to Michael Collinsmakinghisdebuton under thedynamicleadership of Richard Egarr. Inthe2018–19 and AAMremains attheforefront of theearlymusicscene today was founded in1973 by scholar-conductor Christopher Hogwood, informed approach was ground-breaking whentheorchestra to Mozartintheway itwas first intended to beheard. Its historically The Academy of AncientMusic bringsto life musicfrom Monteverdi Ensemble Associate Music of Ancient Academy Associate Ensemble. Court, andJazzat LincolnCenter Orchestra are ourInternational Orchestra are ourInternational Associate EnsembleatMilton are ourInternational Orchestral Partner, theAustralian Chamber partnerships withthree inparticular:theLosAngelesPhilharmonic every seasonandhave developed specialandground-breaking We are proud to hostmany of theworld’s greatest orchestras Associates International Barbican

Season highlights unflinchingly, withboth heartandsoul. on war –andthepityof war –from composerswhospeak, the HillsandVales Alongby JamesMacMillan: timelessreflections overdue revival, alongsidetheworld orchestral premiere of All Turnage’s heartfelt Great War opera TheSilver Tassie getsalong- Roderick Williamscreates anew choral tribute. AndMark-Anthony quietly devastating songcycle TheLastLetter for Britten Sinfonia. chamber musicof alostgeneration, andNicoMuhlyremakes his between thatmomentandnow. AnLSODiscovery Day shares the shaped by thepast,withaseriesof concertsthatbridgethecentury the gunsfell silent,FortheFallenlooks to afuture haunted and unanswered –andsomewounds thatwon’t heal.100 years since World War, it’sbecomeclearthatthere are questionsthatremain After four years of reflection andcommemoration of theFirst WorldFirst War Centenary the For Fallen: the Marking to listen. found artistswhoare burningto helpthemsay it–you onlyhave and Anahita Abbasi:they allhave somethingurgent to say. We’ve Uaxuctum. SunleifRasmussen, Osvaldo Golijov, ThomasLarcher movie and(atlast)theUKpremiere of Giacinto Scelsi’scolossal Frances-Hoad to OlgaNeuwirth’spowerful score for alostsilent at theBarbicanthisseasonrange from asong-cycle by Cheryl more explosive thanatany timeinrecent history, andpremieres contemporary classicalmusicismore diverse, more original and is, it’ssimultaneously rightandgloriouslywrong: theworld of the psychedelic apocalypseof alostcivilisation?Whatever it ‘misunderstanding’ Bach? Thecriesof imaginary animals,or harpsichords from theFaroes oranArgentinian outsiderjoyously Reich ortheelemental force of HarrisonBirtwistle?Electronic What’s your ideaof new music?Theurbanpulseof Steve Commissions and Premieres that she sounds glorious. that shesoundsglorious. intelligence’ wrote theFinancialTimesof herStrauss. We justknow a combinationof vocal noblesse, emotional warmth andinstinctive – to soarinto thesunset of theFourLastSongs . ‘Damrau’s artistry is great Strauss orchestras – the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Capriccio alongsidetheLSO.Andshe’lljoin one of theworld’s lovelorn Countess Madeleine, heroine of Strauss’s final opera Deutsch partneringheronpiano.She’llportray thesensitive, the mostintimate cornersof hislieder, withthesuperb Helmut three concertsthisseasonshe’llindulgethatpassion.She’llexplore created. Nowonder DianaDamrau adores hismusic–andover of themostcomplex, fascinating and believable female roles ever other 20th-centurycomposers,andhisoperatic heroines are some love-affair. Hissongsfind depthsandscaleheightsmatched by few Richard Strauss’s relationship withthefemale voice was alifelong Strauss sings Damrau Diana

5 Classical Music 6 Classical Music dynamic cities. dynamic cities. creative energy from theirencounter withoneof theworld’s most fearlessly innovative orproudly traditional, they’ll each draw new its headline-making musicdirector Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla. ˙ Whether London appearance by theCityof BirminghamSymphony under Orchestra inJohnLutherAdam’s BecomeOcean,andarare of apocalypticproportions by theLondonContemporary of atypicallyimaginative three-concert residency –aperformance Associate atMilton Court,theAustralian ChamberOrchestra –part it alsoincludesspectacular multimediawork by ourInternational Richard Strauss from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, but explore abit,too. Thisseasonfeatures Mahlerfrom Viennaand Cecilia. It’saplace where ensemblescangive of theirbest–and for, say, theViennaPhilharmonicorItaly’s Orchestra of Santa orchestras. Thatmakes itmore thanjusttheUK’sleading stage The BarbicanisLondon’shome-from-home for theworld’s great Orchestras International Williams by Ryan Wigglesworth. features theworld premiere of anew cycle written speciallyfor singer, inarecital thatcelebrates EnglishandFrench song,and And, of course,asanincomparably generous andperceptive a compellingnew dramatization of HugoWolf’s Italian Songbook. Singers to markthecentenary of theArmistice.Ascollaborator: in of abrand new choral work, speciallycommissioned for theBBC and mostengaging livingmusiciansinallhisaspects.Ascomposer: character. Thisseason,theBarbicancelebrates oneof ourfinest love of musicaseffortlessly ashecanfind theheartof anoperatic perform would take issuewiththat:he’sanartistwhoprojects his I be?I’msingingwonderful music”.’No-one who’sheard Williams baritone Roderick Williams.‘AndIjustsay to them,”Why shouldn’t ‘People often askmewhy Ialways seemsocheerful,’says the Artist-in-Residence Court Milton Williams: Roderick insight andpassion to musicthat’snever felt more alive. Baroque stars thisseason,they bringuncompromising commitment, approach Bach’s sacred works very differently. Butlike allour Collegium Vocale GentandLesArts Florissants,meanwhile, and thefar lessfamiliar Brockes Passion willleapvividlyto life. either: withworld-class soloistsandensembles,Handel’sMessiah (with TheEnglishConcert).Anddrama doesn’tstop withopera, Music) andthestartlingly modernsensualityof Handel’sSemele Purcell’s a Barbicanspeciality:thisseasonembraces both thetragedy of (with DiDonato inthetitlerole) butSersetoo. Baroque opera is Ensemble thisseason–andto perform not justHandel’sAgrippina sensational Italian group to beourFeatured International Baroque at theBarbicanwe already know that:it’swhy we’ve invited this and Joyce DiDonato scoopeda2017 Gramophone Award. Here ‘Drama iseverything’ declared Gramophone whenIlPomo d’Oro Baroque of the Drama Dido andAeneas (performed by theAcademy of Ancient

Sun 9Sep3pm Rachel Leach presenter LSO Musicians Landscapes Concert: LSO Discovery Free Lunchtime Fri 7Sep12.30pm, LSOSt Luke’s Part of International multibuy Soloists Presents Barbican of Part fee* booking Tickets plus £20–75 Emmanuel Axpiano Yo-Yo Macello Leonidas Kavakos Trio No1inBmajor Brahms Kavakos/Ma/Ax Trio Piano Trio No3inCminor Barbican the by Presented and Irish National Opera Production Landmark by Produced fee* booking Tickets £16–40 plus Benedict Nelson Sharon Carty Máire Flavin Aaron Monaghan Chorus of Irish NationalOpera Ryan McAdams conductor Crash Ensemble Walsh Created by Donnacha Dennehy andEnda driven alongby ahauntingscore An unnervingthrillerof amodernopera, Second Violinist The 6–8 Sep7.45pm, Theatre September 2018 unless otherwise stated areAll concerts intheHall Piano Trio No2inCmajor

multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Tiffin chorusdirector Allan Clayton tenor Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Watts soprano Philip Cobb,GáborTarkövi Sir SimonRattle conductor London Symphony Orchestra Britten Mark-Anthony Turnage Holst premiere; BarbicanandLSOco-commission) Sir HarrisonBirtwistle Rattle London Symphony Orchestra/ Sun 16 Sep7pm fee*Tickets £14 booking plus (£12 concessions) Ingrid Fliter piano Chopin Selected pianoworks Ingrid Fliter BBC Radio 3Lunchtime Concert: Fri 14 Sep1pm,LSOSt Luke’s *  and Young Barbican do not pay booking fees. booking pay not do Youngand Barbican Members Barbican Office. Box the from person in purchased are tickets when fee booking no is transaction: £3 online, £4 by telephone. There The following booking fees are applicable per fees Booking Egdon Heath

Fanfare (world

Dispelling theFears

7 Classical Music 8 Classical Music multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Tiffin Choirs Simon Halsey chorusdirector London Symphony Chorus Allan Clayton tenor Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Watts soprano Sir SimonRattle conductor London Symphony Orchestra Britten Janác ˇ ek Dvor ˇ ák Rattle London Symphony Orchestra/ Tue 18 Sep7.30pm Promoted by Guildhall School of Music & Drama Music of School Guildhall by Promoted fee* booking plus Tickets £10–15 concessions) (£5 David Vindenchorusmaster James Blairconductor Verdi and Chorus Guildhall Symphony Orchestra Thu 27Sep7.30pm fee*Tickets £14 booking plus (£12 concessions) Vikingur Ólafssonpiano Bach Selected pianoworks Vikingur Ólafsson BBC Radio 3Lunchtime Concert: Fri 21 Sep1pm,LSOSt Luke’s Janác ˇ ek Rattle London Symphony Orchestra/ Wed 19 Sep7.30pm multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Janine Jansenviolin Sir SimonRattle conductor London Symphony Orchestra Sibelius Symphony No5 Szymanowski ViolinConcerto No1 Spring Symphony Slavonic Dances Sinfonietta Sinfonietta

*  fee* booking plus Tickets £20 Simon Halsey conductor Haydn Day: NelsonMass LSO Discovery Choral Singing Sun 30Sep11am, LSOSt Luke’s fee*Tickets £12–48 booking plus Brian Cox presenter Ben Gernonconductor BBC Symphony Orchestra Holst The Planets BBC Symphony Orchestra: Sat 29Sep7.30pm Presents Barbican of Part Tickets £12 fee* booking plus Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kölner Philharmonie, Konzerthaus and Dortmund Nominated by Baden-Baden, Festspielhaus Programme to beannounced Piano TrioAmatis ECHO RisingStars: Fri 28Sep1pm,LSOSt Luke’s Booking fees Booking and Young Barbican do not pay booking fees. booking pay not do Youngand Barbican Members Barbican Office. Box the from person in purchased are tickets when fee booking no is transaction: £3 online, £4 by telephone. There The following booking fees are applicable per The Planets Nelson Mass(accompanied by piano)

Part of BBC SO multibuy multibuy SO BBC of Part fee*£12–40 booking plus Jeremy Denkpiano Cristian Macelaru conductor BBC Symphony Orchestra Beethoven PianoConcerto No5,Emperor (UK premiere) Mason Bates Prometheus Beethoven Overture to TheCreatures of Macelaru BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Fri 5Oct7.30pm Rachel Leach presenter LSO Musicians Landscapes Concert: LSO Discovery Free Lunchtime Fri 5Oct12.30pm, LSOSt Luke’s Music Ancient of Academy and Barbican the by Produced Presents Barbican of Part Free to ticket-holders 6.30pm Pre-concert talk fee* booking Tickets £10–50 plus Neal DaviesSorcerer Rowan Pierce Belinda Christine RiceDido Richard Egarrdirector of AAM Academy of AncientMusic Dido andAeneas (semi-staged performance) Purcell Musicfrom Dioclesian Purcell’s Didoand Aeneas: Tue 2Oct7.30pm October 2018

Anthology of Fantastic Zoology

multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Nikolaj Znaiderconductor London Symphony Orchestra Smetana Znaider London Symphony Orchestra/ Sun 14 Oct7pm Part of International Orchestras multibuy Ravel Mirga conducts The Rite of Spring Sat 13 Oct7.30pm fee*Tickets £14 booking plus (£12 concessions) Nash Elgar PianoQuintet Ireland PianoTrio No2 War’s Embers BBC Radio 3Lunchtime Concert: Fri 12 Oct1pm,LSOSt Luke’s multibuy SO BBC of Part fee*Tickets £12–40 booking plus Martin Fröst clarinet Sakari Oramo conductor BBC Symphony Orchestra Prokofiev Copland ClarinetConcerto Shostakovich Symphony No9 Oramo BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Wed 17 Oct7.30pm event Free LSO Platforms: GuildhallArtists 5.30pm Presents Barbican of Part fee* Tickets £15–55 booking plus CBSO Chorus Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla ˙ ofCity BirminghamSymphony Orchestra Stravinsky Lithuanian folksongs Trad arrMirga Gražinyte-Tyla ˙ Selected

Ensemble Daphnis et Chloé (complete)

Má Vlast Symphony No6 The Rite of Spring

conductor

9 Classical Music 10 Classical Music multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Christian Tetzlaff violin Jaime Martínconductor Sun 21 Oct7pm Tickets £12–25 fee* booking plus Sofi Jeanninconductor Academy of AncientMusic Aakash Odedra Company BBC Singers Rameau Programme to includemusicby Lullyand BBC Singers/Sofi Jeannin Fri 19 Oct7.30pm, Milton Court Rachel Leach presenter Guildhall Musicians Landscapes Concert: LSO Discovery Free Lunchtime Fri 19 Oct12.30pm, LSOSt Luke’s *  London Symphony Orchestra Stravinsky Lalo The Three-Cornered Hat,Part II De FallaThree Dancesfrom The Three-Cornered Hat,Part I De FallaScenesandDancesfrom Martín London Symphony Orchestra/ and Young Barbican do not pay booking fees. booking pay not do Youngand Barbican Members Barbican Office. Box the from person in purchased are tickets when fee booking no is transaction: £3 online, £4 by telephone. There The following booking fees are applicable per fees Booking Symphonie espagnole The Firebird Suite (1945)

Presents Barbican of Part and Cinema Sherpas production in with Camp association 4 Collective Chamber Orchestra, a Stranger Than Fiction Films Australian the and Australia Screen by Presented fee* booking plus Tickets £25 Jennifer Peedom writer, director &producer Richard Tognetti musicaldirector &composer Australian ChamberOrchestra Mountain (Filmscreening withlive score) Tognetti. by Arvo Pärt,Vivaldi, Beethoven and Richard sublime force of highplaces, setto live music obsession withmountains, wildernessandthe A breath-taking exploration of humanity’s Mountain Australian ChamberOrchestra: Tue 23Oct8pm Part of International Orchestras multibuy Court Milton at Associate ACO: International of Part Presents Barbican of Part fee* Tickets £15–35 booking plus Richard Tognetti director Australian ChamberOrchestra Symphony No41 inCmajor, Jupiter Symphony No40,Great Gminor Mozart Symphony No39 in E-flat major Last Mozart’s Three Symphonies Australian ChamberOrchestra: Mon 22Oct7.30pm, Milton Court Part of International Orchestras multibuy Court Milton at Associate ACO: International of Part

Presents Barbican of Part fee* Tickets £15–30 booking plus Nicole Carsoprano Richard Tognetti director Australian ChamberOrchestra Bartók Divertimento Beethoven Aria,‘ Beethoven SceneandAria,‘ Sufjan Stevens Suite from RunRabbit, Run multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Nikolaj Znaiderviolin Philippe Jordan conductor London Symphony Orchestra Tchaikovsky Symphony No5 Szymanowski ViolinConcerto No2 Jordan London Symphony Orchestra/ Thu 25Oct7.30pm 2018 Festival Darbar of Part Barbican with partnership in Darbar by Presented announced to be Ticket prices Tanmay Deochakeharmonium Mukundraj Deo tabla Meeta Pandit khayal vocal Ojas Adhiya tabla Rupak Kulkarni bansuri Rupak Kulkarni +Meeta Pandit Thu 25Oct6.30pm,Milton Court Part of International Orchestras multibuy Court Milton at Associate ACO: International of Part Musical Offering Bach Bach, Beethoven andBartók Australian ChamberOrchestra: Wed 24Oct7.30pm, Milton Court arr Tognetti Ricercar a6from The

No, nonturbati’

Ah! perfido’

Fri 26Oct6.30pm,Milton Court Ensemble Baroque International Pomo d’Oro: Featured Il Handel Il Pomo d’Oro Handel: Serse Delius War’s Embers BBC Radio 3Lunchtime Concert: Fri 26Oct1pm,LSOSt Luke’s Part of Darbar Festival 2018 Festival Darbar of Part Barbican with partnership in Darbar by Presented announced to be Ticket prices Giridhar Udupaghatam Trichy Sankaran mridangam Embar S.Kannan violin Malladi Brothers Sukhvinder Singhtabla Soumik Datta sarod Soumik Datta +MalladiBrothers Presents Barbican of Part fee* Tickets £15–55 booking plus Biagio PizzutiElviro Francesca Aspromonte Atalanta Inga Kalna Romilda Delphine GalouAmastre Vivica GenauxArsamene Franco Fagioli Serse Maxim Emelyanychev director &harpsichord Il Pomo d’Oro Fri 26Oct6.30pm fee*Tickets £14 booking plus (£12 concessions) Nash Ensemble Gurney Bliss Vaughan Williams Elgar Conversations Sospiri Sospiri arr Fenby Serse Ludlow andTeme

(concert performance)

Air andDance

Romance

11 Classical Music 12 Classical Music Part of Darbar Festival 2018 Festival Darbar of Part Barbican with partnership in Darbar by Presented announced to be Ticket prices Tanmay Deochake harmonium Shahbaz Hussaintabla Omkar Dadarkar khayal vocal Giridhar Udupaghatam Trichy Sankaran mridangam 2018 Festival Darbar of Part Barbican with partnership in Darbar by Presented announced to be Ticket prices Tanmay Deochake harmonium Sanju Sahaitabla solo Sanju Sahai Sat 27Oct2pm,Milton Court 2018 Festival Darbar of Part Barbican with partnership in Darbar by Presented announced to be Ticket prices Sukhad Mundepakhwaj Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar dhrupad vocal Ustad WasifuddinDagar Sat 27Oct10am, Milton Court & Lalgudi GJRKrishnan Omkar Dadarkar &Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi + Lalgudi GJRKrishnan Sat 27Oct6.30pm,Milton Court multibuy LSO of Part 7to 12-year-olds for Suitable fee* booking Tickets £10–16 plus children £5 adults, London Symphony Orchestra LSO Discovery Family Concert Sat 27Oct2.30pm Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi

Part of Darbar Festival 2018 Festival Darbar of Part Barbican with partnership in Darbar by Presented date alater at announced to be events, foyer free of aseries be will there day the During announced to be Ticket prices Tanmay Deochake harmonium Mukundraj Deo tabla Parveen Sultana Ojas Adhiya tabla Shahid Parvez sitar Shahid Parvez +Parveen Sultana Sun 28Oct5.30pm Ensemble Baroque International Pomo d’Oro: Featured Il Presents Barbican of Part Tickets £17.50 fee* booking plus Shunske Sato violin and director Maxim Emelyanychev harpsichord/organ Il Pomo d’Oro Trio Sonata inGmajor, Op5No4 Handel Brandenburg No5inDmajor inEmajor JS Bach ViolinConcerto inAminor Handel Il Pomo d’Oro play Bach and Sat 27Oct7.30pm, St Giles’Cripplegate Part of International Orchestras multibuy Presents Barbican of Part fee*Tickets £15–25 booking plus Universal AssemblyUnitvisuals Robert Amesconductor and Choir London Contemporary Orchestra Giacinto Scelsi Orchestra:Other Worlds London Contemporary Wed 31 Oct7.30pm John LutherAdams reasons Maya City, destroyed by themselves for religious (UK premiere) Concerto for Organ inGminor, Op4No1

Uaxuctum:

Become Ocean

The Legend of the The Legendof the

Elgar Nesterowicz BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Bridge War’s Embers BBC Radio 3Lunchtime Concert: Fri 2Nov 1pm,LSOSt Luke’s event Free LSO Platforms: GuildhallArtists 6pm multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Peter Moore Gianandrea Nosedaconductor London Symphony Orchestra Shostakovich Symphony No4 James MacMillan Trombone Concerto Kodály Noseda London Symphony Orchestra/ Thu 1Nov 7.30pm November 2018 multibuy SO BBC of Part fee*Tickets £12–40 booking plus Janina Fialkowska piano Michał Nesterowicz conductor BBC Symphony Orchestra Symphonia Witold Lutosławski Symphony No1, BBC co-commission) Paweł Szyman ´ ski New work (world premiere; Ignacy JanPaderewski PianoConcerto Fri 2Nov 7.30pm fee*Tickets £14 booking plus (£12 concessions) Ashley Wass piano Bridge PianoSonata Elgar ‘Echo’sDance’from TheSanguineFan Bax Dream inExile

Polonia Miniature Pastorals (Set1No3) Dances of Galánta

*  War Centenary World First the Marking Fallen: the For of Part 14-18 and Orchestra NOW † James MacMillan Noseda London Symphony Orchestra/ Sun 4Nov 7pm War Centenary World First the Marking Fallen: the For of Part plus booking fee* Tickets £20 (£16 £15 concessions), tickets afternoon World War I. and adiscussionaboutcreative responses to MacMillan premiere followed by chambermusic Attend amorningLSOrehearsal of theJames James MacMillan LSO Discovery Day: Barbican HallandLSOSt Luke’s Sun 4Nov 10am–5pm, multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Great Britain National Youth Brass Bandof Simon Halsey chorusdirector London Symphony Chorus Ian Bostridgetenor Gianandrea Nosedaconductor London Symphony Orchestra Shostakovich Symphony No4 Commissioned by theCommissioned London Symphony Booking fees Booking and Young Barbican do not pay booking fees. booking pay not do Youngand Barbican Members Barbican Office. Box the from person in purchased are tickets when fee booking no is transaction: £3 online, £4 by telephone. There The following booking fees are applicable per

All theHillsandVales Along

13 Classical Music 14 Classical Music Nico Muhly Rudi Stephan Nachspiel Fri 9Nov 7.30pm, Milton Court fee*Tickets £14 booking plus (£12 concessions) Nash Ensemble Clarke PianoTrio Hadley Scenefrom TheWoodlanders War’s Embers BBC Radio 3Lunchtime Concert: Fri 9Nov 1pm,LSOSt Luke’s Presents Barbican of Part fee* Tickets £15–35 booking plus Emerson String Quartet Op 59No1, Razumovsky Beethoven Britten Op 110 Shostakovich Emerson StringQuartet Thu 8Nov 7.30pm, Milton Court First World War Centenary World First the Marking Fallen: the For of Part Kelly Gurney Britten Sinfonia: The LastLetter Butterworth Bax Tickets £15–32 plus booking fee* Tickets £15–32 booking plus Jonathan McGovern baritone Thomas Gouldleader/director Britten Sinfonia Wilfred Owen Mary Borden, Vera Brittain, Ivor Gurney and of orchestral version) withpoetryandletters by Elegiac Trio Elegy

String Quartet No3inGmajor, Op94 The Western Playground

String Quartet No7inFmajor, The LastLetter (world premiere Love Blows astheWindBlows String Quartet No8inCminor,

*  Pass holders to Day guaranteed admission but capacity Limited event Free with Mark-Anthony Turnage Talk: Anintroduction to TheSilver Tassie 5.30pm, Fountain Room Free performances 5pm &6.10pm, FreeStage Tickets £12 fee* booking plus Guildhall Musicians sides of theconflict Vocal andchambermusicby composersonboth Concert 3pm, Milton Court Pass holders to Day guaranteed admission but capacity Limited event Free Talk: Soldier Composers of WW1 1pm, Fountain Room fee* booking plus Tickets £8 mins 60 2013 Flowers UK, Clive Dir Ivor Gurney Film: ThePoet WhoLoved TheWar: 10.45am, Cinema RemembranceIn World WarI BBC SO Total Immersion: Sat 10 Nov Booking fees Booking and Young Barbican do not pay booking fees. booking pay not do Youngand Barbican Members Barbican Office. Box the from person in purchased are tickets when fee booking no is transaction: £3 online, £4 by telephone. There The following booking fees are applicable per

Memorial Ground

First World War Centenary World First the Marking Fallen: the For of Part Milton Artist-in-Residence Court Williams: Roderick of Part Presents Barbican of Part Barbican and Singers BBC by Promoted Tickets £12–25 fee* booking plus Sofi Jeanninconductor BBC Singers Kammerchor) co-commissioned by theBarbicanandRIAS Roderick WilliamsNew work (UKpremiere; Bob Chilcott Move himinto thesun BBC Singers/Sofi Jeannin Sun 11 Nov 3pm,Milton Court Centenary War World First the Marking Fallen: the For of Part multibuy SO BBC of Part fee*Tickets £12–40 booking plus Finchley Children’s MusicGroup BBC Singers Andrew RuppCorporal Anthony Gregory DrMaxwell/Staff Officer Mark LeBrocq Sylvester Susan Bickley MrsHeegan Louise AlderJessie Charles RiceBarney Marcus Farnsworth Teddy Claire Booth MrsForan Sir JohnTomlinson Croucher Sally Matthews Susie Ashley RichesHarry Ryan Wigglesworth conductor BBC Symphony Orchestra Mark-Anthony Turnage The Silver Tassie BBC Symphony Orchestra: 7pm

The Silver Tassie

Presents Barbican of Part fee* Tickets £15–45 booking plus Jean-Yves Thibaudetpiano Gautier Capuçoncello Lisa Batiashvili violin Ravel Op 66 Mendelssohn multibuy LSO of Part Tickets £12–36 fee* booking plus François-Xavier Roth conductor London Symphony Orchestra Strauss Shostakovich Thibaudet Trio Batiashvili/Capuçon/ Mon 12 Nov 7.30pm Ligeti Roth London Symphony Orchestra/ Sun 11 Nov 7pm Debussy LSO HalfSixFix:Zarathustra Tue 13 Nov 6.30pm Part of International multibuy Soloists multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Simon Halsey chorusdirector London Symphony Chorus Matthew Rose bass Julien Behrtenor Adèle Charvet mezzo-soprano Camilla Tillingsoprano François-Xavier Roth conductor London Symphony Orchestra Haydn Bartók

Lontano Piano Trio Nelson Mass Cantata profana Also Sprach Zarathustra Prélude àl’après-midi d’unfaune

Piano Trio No1inCminor, Op8 Piano Trio No2inCminor,

15 Classical Music 16 Classical Music Thu 15 Nov 7.30pm, Milton Court event Free LSO Platforms: GuildhallArtists 6pm multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Jean-Guihen Queyras François-Xavier Roth conductor London Symphony Orchestra Strauss Dvor ˇ ák CelloConcerto Debussy Roth London Symphony Orchestra/ Wed 14 Nov 7.30pm Sakari Oramo conductor BBC Symphony Orchestra Ethel Smyth MassinD (original version) Tchaikovsky PianoConcerto No1 & Chorus/Oramo BBC Symphony Orchestra Thu 15 Nov 7.30pm Change of Art The of Part ZDF/ARTE and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Sinfonieorchester Basel Konzerthaus, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Commissioned by , Wiener Presents Barbican of Part fee* booking plus Tickets £25 Nacho dePaz conductor PHACE Ensemble score by OlgaNeuwirth(UKpremiere) Silent film directed by HKBreslauer The CityWithoutJews (1924) Die Stadt ohneJuden multibuy SO BBC of Part fee*Tickets £12–40 booking plus BBC Symphony Chorus Pavel Kolesnikov piano Duncan Rock bass-baritone Ben Johnsontenor Catriona Morisonmezzo-soprano Lucy Crowe soprano

Also Sprach Zarathustra Prélude àl’après-midi d’unfaune

with new

multibuy LSO of Part November to 22 20 from rehearsal final and rounds earlier to the entry allow Tickets also fee*Tickets £16–26 booking plus Vadim Repin violin London Symphony Orchestra Kodály Wed 28Nov 7.30pm fee* booking plus (£16Tickets £20 concessions) Simon Halsey conductor Puccini Day: PucciniMass LSO Discovery Choral Singing LSO Musicians Landscapes Concert: LSO Discovery Free Lunchtime Fri 23Nov 12.30pm, LSOSt Luke’s Prokofiev Nürnberg Wagner Prelude to DieMeistersinger von Competition 2018Final Donatella Flick LSOConducting Thu 22Nov 7pm Promoted by Guildhall School of Music &Drama Music of School Guildhall by Promoted fee* booking plus Tickets £10–15 concessions) (£5 Takuo Yuasaconductor Guildhall Symphony Orchestra Stravinsky Programme to include: Guildhall Symphony Orchestra Sun 25Nov 11am–4.30pm, LSOSt Luke’s Rachel Leach presenter Messa diGloria(accompanied by piano) Dances of Galánta

ViolinConcerto No2 The Rite of Spring

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multibuy SO BBC of Part fee*Tickets £12–40 booking plus Marcus Farnsworth baritone BrabbinsMartyn conductor BBC Symphony Orchestra Vaughan WilliamsSymphony No4 (world premiere; BBC commission) Cheryl Frances-Hoad Bax Brabbins BBC Symphony Orchestra/ ‘There isnorose’ ‘Floodlight, Starlight’ ‘From thebeginningof theworld’ ‘This timeachildisborn’ Cheryl Frances-Hoad ‘GaudeetLaetare’ BBC Singers/Singers atSix Fri 30Nov 6pm,St Giles’Cripplegate *  Fri 30Nov 7.30pm fee* booking plus evening) same the concert SO BBC the for Tickets £10 to ticket-holders (£8 BBC Singers ‘Five Greek Folksongs’ ‘This Worldes Joie’ ‘Isingof amaiden’ and Young Barbican do not pay booking fees. booking pay not do Youngand Barbican Members Barbican Office. Box the from person in purchased are tickets when fee booking no is transaction: £3 online, £4 by telephone. There The following booking fees are applicable per fees Booking November Woods

Last ManStanding

17 Classical Music 18 Classical Music Barbican the by Produced announced to be Ticket prices Daníel Bjarnasonconductor London Symphony Orchestra Cinematography by Sturla Brandth Grøvlen Film narrated by TildaSwinton A film andlive score by JóhannJóhannsson Last andFirst Men Jóhann Jóhannsson: Sat 1Dec7.30pm December 2018 Part of International multibuy Soloists Boccherini Sheku Kanneh-Mason inrecital Tue 4Dec7.30pm, Milton Court LSO Ensemble Simon Halsey conductor LSO Sing: A Choral Christmas Sun 2Dec7pm Presents Barbican of Part fee* Tickets £15–30 booking plus Isata Kanneh-Mason piano Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello Brahms CelloSonata No2inFmajor Debussy Poulenc multibuy LSO of Part Tickets £12–32 fee* booking plus LSO Discovery Choirs Choir LSO Community Cello Sonata Cello Sonata Cello Sonata No6inAmajor

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Ich willdirsingeneinHohelied

Till Eulenspiegel

A Shropshire Lad

Symphony No5

Stravinsky Part of LSO multibuy multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Simon Halsey chorusdirector London Symphony Chorus Katia andMarielleLabèque Sir SimonRattle conductor London Symphony Orchestra Bernstein Nazareno for two pianosand orchestra Osvaldo Golijov arrGonzalo Grau Szymanowski Bartók Rattle London Symphony Orchestra/ Thu 13 Dec7.30pm multibuy LSO of Part Tickets £12–36 fee* booking plus Katia andMarielleLabèquepianos Sir SimonRattle conductor London Symphony Orchestra Bernstein Nazareno Osvaldo Golijov arrGonzaloGrau Stravinsky LSO HalfSixFix:JazzRoots Wed 12 Dec6.30pm multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Simon Halsey chorusdirector London Symphony Chorus Sir ThomasAllenDrPangloss, Narrator Anne Sofie von Otter TheOldLady Jane Archibald Cunegonde Leonardo Capalbo Candide Marin Alsopconductor London Symphony Orchestra Bernstein Alsop London Symphony Orchestra/ Sat 8Dec3pm,Sun97pm Hungarian Peasant Songs for two pianosandorchestra Prelude, andRiffs Prelude, Fugue andRiffs Candide (concertperformances) Ebony Concerto Ebony Concerto Harnasie

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Images Kavakos violin

19 Classical Music 20 Classical Music multibuy SO BBC of Part fee*Tickets £12–40 booking plus BBC Symphony Chorus Matthew Rose bass É Robert Murray tenor Karen Cargill mezzo-soprano Edward Gardner conductor BBC Symphony Orchestra Berlioz Chorus/Gardner BBC Symphony Orchestra & Mon 17 Dec7.30pm *  reception interval exclusive to an invitation an plus seats Tickets: £70 best Premium –the Britten Sinfonia Handel Britten Sinfonia: Wed 19 Dec7.30pm Tickets £10–50 plus booking fee* booking Tickets £10–50 plus Director Eamonn DouganBritten Sinfonia Voices Britten Sinfonia Voices Roderick Williamsbaritone Allan Clayton tenor DaviescountertenorIestyn Sophie Bevan soprano Jacqueline Shave leader &director tienne Dupuisbaritone and Young Barbican do not pay booking fees. booking pay not do Youngand Barbican Members Barbican Office. Box the from person in purchased are tickets when fee booking no is transaction: £3 online, £4 by telephone. There The following booking fees are applicable per fees Booking L’Enfance duChrist Messiah

Hans Abrahamsen Symphony No7 LSO HalfSixFix:Sibelius Wed 9Jan6.30pm fee*Tickets £10–27 booking plus Kirill Karabits conductor National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Sibelius Programme to include: of Great Britain National YouthOrchestra LSO Musicians FuturesConcert: LSO Discovery Free Lunchtime Fri 4Jan12.30pm, LSOSt Luke’s January 2019 Part of LSO multibuy multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Barbara Hannigansoprano Sir SimonRattle conductor London Symphony Orchestra Nielsen Symphony No4,Inextinguishable Hans Abrahamsen Sibelius Symphony No7 Barbara HanniganPortraitArtist London Symphony Orchestra: Thu 10 Jan7.30pm multibuy LSO of Part Tickets £12–36 fee* booking plus Barbara Hannigan soprano Sir SimonRattle conductor London Symphony Orchestra Sibelius Symphony No7 Sat 5Jan7.30pm Rachel Leach presenter Symphony No2

Let metell you Let metell you

Part of International multibuy Soloists Strauss sings Damrau Diana of Part Presents Barbican of Part fee* Tickets booking £15–50 plus Helmut Deutschpiano Diana Damrau soprano Schubert andRachmaninov Programme to includesongsby Strauss, Diana Damrau inrecital Wed 16 Jan7.30pm Free events LSO Platforms: GuildhallArtists Sun 13 Jan5.30pm multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Sir SimonRattle conductor London Symphony Orchestra Bruckner Symphony No6 Bartók Musicfor strings,percussion andceleste Rattle London Symphony Orchestra/ Sun 13 Jan,Sun20Jan7pm plus booking fee* Tickets £20 (£16 £15 concessions), tickets afternoon with achambermusicperformance. Bartók andtheinfluence of Hungarianfolk music, Sir SimonRattle, followed by atalk onBéla Attend amorningLSOrehearsal conducted by LSO Discovery Day: Bartók Barbican HallandLSOSt Luke’s Sun 13 Jan10am–5pm,

Presents Barbican of Part Tickets £12 fee* booking plus Centre Barbican the by Nominated Programme to beannounced (trombone) ECHO RisingStars: Peter Moore Fri 18 Jan1pm,LSOSt Luke’s fee* booking Tickets £15–40 plus Sir MarkElderconductor Britten Sinfonia Brahms Symphony No2 Mahler Delius Mahler andBrahms Britten Sinfonia: Elderconducts Thu 17 Jan7.30pm Sunleif Rasmussen and Harpsichord HPSCHD: Musicfor Electronics Thu 17 Jan7.30pm, Milton Court multibuy SO BBC of Part fee*Tickets £12–40 booking plus James Ehnesviolin Lothar Koenigs conductor Schoenberg Beethoven Koenigs BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Fri 18 Jan7.30pm Xenakis Berio (world premiere; Barbicanco-commission) John Cage Excerpts Anahita Abbasi New work (UKpremiere) Part of Barbican Presents Presents Barbican of Part Tickets £17.50–25 fee* booking plus Mahan Esfahani harpsichord Rounds North CountrySketches Lieder einesfahrenden Gesellen Khoaï Violin Concerto

Pelléas et Mélisande

from Quadroforone HPSCHD

21 Classical Music 22 Classical Music multibuy SO BBC of Part fee*Tickets £12–40 booking plus Steven Isserliscello Sakari Oramo conductor BBC Symphony Orchestra Brahms Symphony No3 Schumann CelloConcerto premiere; BBC commission) Richard Causton Oramo BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Wed 23Jan7.30pm Presents Barbican of Part fee* Tickets £15–45 booking plus Hervé Niquetconductor Le ConcertSpirituel Louis XVI Cherubini Requiem inCminor, inmemoryof Berlioz Marie-Antoinette Plantade and Marie-Antoinette Tristia: for LouisXVI LSO FuturesConcert: LSO Discovery Free Lunchtime Fri 25Jan12.30pm, LSOSt Luke’s Fri 25Jan7.30pm Rachel Leach presenter Musicians Tristia Requiem inDminor, inmemoryof

Ik zeg:Nú(Isay: Now) (world

Presents Barbican of Part fee* booking Tickets £15–65 plus Diana Damrau soprano Mariss Jansonsconductor Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Part of LSO multibuy multibuy LSO of Part 12–2.15pm Free FamilyWorkshops 7to 12 for year–olds Suitable fee* booking Tickets £10–16 plus children £5 adults, London Symphony Orchestra LSO Discovery Family Concert Sun 27Jan2.30pm Part of International Orchestras multibuy Strauss sings Damrau Diana of Part Strauss Strauss sings Strauss’s Four LastSongs Diana Damrau Sat 26Jan7.30pm *  and Young Barbican do not pay booking fees. booking pay not do Youngand Barbican Members Barbican Office. Box the from person in purchased are tickets when fee booking no is transaction: £3 online, £4 by telephone. There The following booking fees are applicable per fees Booking Ein Heldenleben Four LastSongs

multibuy SO BBC of Part fee*Tickets £12–40 booking plus BBC Symphony Chorus Edward Grintbass-baritone Samuel Bodentenor Mary Bevan soprano Sophie Bevan soprano John Buttconductor BBC Symphony Orchestra JS Bach MassinBminor Chorus: Bach BMinorMass BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sat 2Feb7.30pm Presents Barbican of Part fee* Tickets £15–35 booking plus Narrator to beannounced Casals Quartet Haydn Words of Christ Casals Quartet: The Seven Last Fri 1Feb7.30pm, Milton Court Presents Barbican of Part Tickets £12 fee* booking plus & Amsterdam Het Concertgebouw Brussels Bozar by Nominated Programme to beannounced ECHO RisingStars: Quatuor Arod Fri 1Feb1pm,LSOSt Luke’s February 2019 The Seven LastWords of Christ

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(selection) (selection)

director

23 Classical Music 24 Classical Music Part of LSO multibuy multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Kristian Bezuidenhoutpiano Isabelle Faustviolin Sir JohnEliot Gardiner conductor London Symphony Orchestra Schumann Symphony No3,Rhenish Mendelssohn Concerto for violinandpiano Weber Overture from Euryanthe Gardiner London Symphony Orchestra/ Thu 7Feb7.30pm *  fee*Tickets £12 booking 18s) plus under (£6 Sofi Jeanninconductor BBC Singers Programme to beannounced BBC Singers Family Concert Sun 10 Feb3pm,Milton Court fee* under-18s £5 booking plus Tickets £7 adults, Showcase LSO Discovery: Soundhub Sat 9Feb7pm,LSOSt Luke’s multibuy SO BBC of Part fee*Tickets £12–40 booking plus Karina Canellakisconductor BBC Symphony Orchestra Beethoven Symphony No7 Thomas Larcher AlleTage (UKpremiere) Canellakis BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Fri 8Feb7.30pm and Young Barbican do not pay booking fees. booking pay not do Youngand Barbican Members Barbican Office. Box the from person in purchased are tickets when fee booking no is transaction: £3 online, £4 by telephone. There The following booking fees are applicable per fees Booking

multibuy SO BBC of Part fee*Tickets £12–40 booking plus Helen Vollam trombone Alexander Vedernikov conductor BBC Symphony Orchestra Shostakovich Symphony No4 premiere; BBC commission) Gavin HigginsTrombone Concerto (world Presents Barbican of Part fee* Tickets £15–30 booking plus Benjamin Grosvenor piano Doric String Quartet Fauré Chopin PianoConcerto No2 multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Piotr Anderszewski piano Sir JohnEliot Gardiner conductor London Symphony Orchestra Symphony No1, Spring Pe¯ teris Vasks Vedernikov BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Wed 13 Feb7.30pm Schubert Doric Quartet Benjamin Grosvenor withthe Mon 11 Feb7.30pm, Milton Court Schumann Gardiner London Symphony Orchestra/ Sun 10 Feb7pm Rachel Leach presenter Guildhall Musicians FuturesConcert: LSO Discovery Free Lunchtime Fri 15 Feb12.30pm, LSOSt Luke’s Piano Quintet No1inDminor Quartettsatz Manfred Overture

Cantabile for Strings

Part of LSO multibuy multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Daniil Trifonov piano Sir SimonRattle conductor London Symphony Orchestra Ravel Poulenc Betsy Jolas Part of International Orchestras multibuy Presents Barbican of Part fee* booking plus Tickets £25–80 Á Vienna PhilharmonicOrchestra Mahler Mahler’s NinthSymphony Vienna PhilharmonicOrchestra: Wed 20Feb7.30pm Part of International multibuy Soloists Milton Artist-in-Residence Court Williams: Roderick of Part Presents Barbican of Part fee* Tickets £15–30 booking plus Christopher Glynn piano Nicky Spencetenor James Newby baritone Kathryn Rudgemezzo-soprano Rowan Pierce soprano Roderick Williamsbaritone Glynn directed by Jeremy SamsandChristopher A new, dramatized Englishversion created and Wolf An Italian Songbook Roderick Williams: Tue 19 Feb7.30pm, Milton Court Ravel Rameau Daniil TrifonovPortrait Artist London Symphony Orchestra: Sun 17 Feb7pm dám Fischerconductor Italianisches Liederbuch

PianoConcerto inG La valse Symphony No 9 Symphony No9 Les biches–Suite Les Indesgalantes Suite A LittleSummerSuite

multibuy AAM of Part Free to ticket-holders 6.30pm Pre-concert talk fee* Tickets £15–32 booking plus Lucie Horschrecorder Richard Egarrdirector &harpsichord Academy of AncientMusic Op 10 No2RV439 Vivaldi Concerto inGminor‘LaNotte’, BWV1058 Bach Concerto for Harpsichord No7inG minor for Recorder) Bach OboeConcerto inDminorBWV1059r (arr Bach ‘ErbameDich’from St Matthew Passion major F in Concerto Recorder Sammartini V1054 Bach Harpsichord Concerto No3in D major BW in Gmajorfor Recorder) Vivaldi FlautinoConcerto inCmajor, RV443 (arr Lucie Horsch andRichard Egarr Academy of Ancient Music/ Sun 24Feb7.30pm, Milton Court multibuy SO BBC of Part fee*Tickets £12–40 booking plus tenor Elisabeth Kulman mezzo-soprano Sakari Oramo conductor BBC Symphony Orchestra Mahler Mozart Symphony No35 Thomas Larcher Nocturne–Insomnia Oramo BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Adam Walker flute Dutilleux, Programme to includeworks by Jolivet, Les Sonores deFrance BBC Radio 3Lunchtime Concert: Fri 22Feb1pm,LSOSt Luke’s Fri 22Feb7.30pm fee*Tickets £14 booking plus (£12 concessions) Alasdair Beatsonpiano

Das Liedvon derErde

Milhaud andBoulez

Widor,

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‘Santa Chiara’

Petrushka

A Shropshire Lad

Rhapsody on a Theme of Rhapsody onaThemeof Songs of Travel

Tickets £12 fee* booking plus Sofi Jeanninconductor BBC Singers Nonsense Madrigals Magány Betlehemi királyok Húsvét Idegen földön Dri Phantasien Zwei Kanons Ligeti Concert 5pm, St GilesCripplegate holders Pass to Day guaranteed admission but capacity Limited event Free Talk: Ligeti,themanandmusic 3.15pm, Fountain Room Tickets £12 fee* booking plus Guildhall Musicians Síppal, Dobbal,Nádihegedüvel Horn Trio 10 Piecesfor WindQuintet Ligeti Concert 1pm, Milton Court fee* booking plus Tickets £8 1976/1991UK, mins 60 Megahey Leslie Dir Clocks Are Clouds All Film: 11am, 2 Cinema BBC SO Total Immersion: Ligeti Sat 2Mar fee*Tickets £14 booking plus (£12 concessions) Joseph Middleton piano Carolyn Sampson soprano and Programme to includeworks by Debussy Les Sonores deFrance BBC Radio 3Lunchtime Concert: Fri 1Mar1pm,LSOSt Luke’s March 2019 Fauré Éjszaka –Reggel Musica ricerata

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Messa diGloria

Elegia

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Prelude inC-sharpminor,

O ClapYour Hands Five MysticalSongs

27 Classical Music 28 Classical Music multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Anna LuciaRichter soprano Isabelle Faustviolin conductor Guildhall Symphony Orchestra Wed 13 Mar7.30pm multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Till Fellnerpiano Bernard Haitink conductor London Symphony Orchestra Bruckner Symphony No4 Mozart PianoConcerto No22 Haitink at90 London Symphony Orchestra: Sun 10 Mar7pm Berg Haydn Symphony No86 Ligeti Barbara HanniganPortraitArtist London Symphony Orchestra: Sun 17 Mar7pm event Free LSO Platforms: GuildhallArtists Thu 14 Mar6pm London Symphony Orchestra Mahler Symphony No4 Dvor ˇákViolinConcerto Haitink at90 London Symphony Orchestra: Thu 14 &21 Mar7.30pm &Drama Music of School Guildhall by Promoted fee* booking plus Tickets £10–15 concessions) (£5 Programme andconductor to beannounced multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Barbara Hanniganconductor &soprano London Symphony Orchestra Girl Crazy Suite Gershwin Lulu Suite Concerto Românesc arr HanniganandElliot

Philippe Manoury In BarbicanHall David Lang Performed onthefoyers LSO Futures: Poem of Ecstasy LSO Musicians FuturesConcert: LSO Discovery Free Lunchtime Fri 22Mar12.30pm, LSOSt Luke’s Presents Barbican of Part fee* booking Tickets £15–65 plus Alex Rosen bass-baritone Renato Dolcinibass-baritone Carlo Vistoli Katherine Watson soprano Anthony Gregory Christus Reinoud Van MechelenEvangelist William Christiedirector Les ArtsFlorissants JS Bach St JohnPassion Florissants Les Arts Bach: StJohnPassion Tue 19 Mar7pm Free entry, booking essential François-Xavier Roth conductor London Symphony Orchestra Composers Workshops LSO Futures: Panufnik Mon 25Mar10am, 2.30pm,LSOSt Luke’s multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Simon Halsey conductor François-Xavier Roth conductor London Symphony Orchestra Scriabin Symphony No4,ThePoem of Ecstasy Donghoon ShinNew work (world premiere) Sun 24Mar6pm,Foyer andBarbicanHall Rachel Leach presenter Public Domain

Ring

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Till Eulenspiegel

Islamey

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Till Eulenspiegel Don Juan The HiddenPlace String Quartet

29 Classical Music 30 Classical Music Presents Barbican of Part fee* Tickets £15–55 booking plus Steven Fox ClarionChoirartisticdirector The ClarionChoir Ailish Tynan Iris Christopher Lowrey Athanus Benjamin HulettJupiter Soloman Howard Somnus/Cadmus Elizabeth DeShongJuno/Ino Brenda Rae Les Sonores deFrance BBC Radio 3Lunchtime Concert: Fri 5Apr1pm,LSOSt Luke’s Part of International multibuy Soloists Presents Barbican of Part fee* booking Tickets £15–40 plus Khatia Buniatishvili piano Programme to beannounced Khatia Buniatishvili inrecital Mon 1Apr7.30pm April 2019 fee* booking plus Tickets £8 1977 Dir BrunoMonsaingeon Film: Nadia Boulanger–Mademoiselle 10.45am, Cinema2 Lili andNadiaBoulanger BBC SO Total Immersion: Sat 6Apr director The EnglishConcert Handel The EnglishConcert Handel: Semele Fri 5Apr6.30pm fee*Tickets £14 booking plus (£12 concessions) Ensemble Nevermind Guerre Marais, Works for flute, violinandbassocontinuoby Semele Jacqueat de la Couperin andJacqueat dela (concert performance)

63 mins

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La source Hymne auSoleil Sous-bois Les sirènes Cantique

Les heures

*  Part of Barbican Presents Presents Barbican of Part Tickets £12 fee* booking plus Musikverein Wien and Konzerthaus Wiener the by Nominated Programme to beannounced Kian Soltani (cello) ECHO RisingStars: and Independent Opera Sinfonia Britten by Co-produced fee Tickets £15–35 booking plus director Eamonn DouganBritten Sinfonia Voices Britten Sinfonia Voices Natalie Murray-Beale conductor Britten Sinfonia Mendelssohn Joby Talbot Independent Opera Britten Sinfonia/ Thu 11 Apr, 7.30pm multibuy SO BBC of Part fee*Tickets £12–40 booking plus Alexei Volodin piano Semyon Bychkov conductor BBC Symphony Orchestra Symphony No11, TheYear 1905 Variations onaThemeby Glinka Shostakovich PianoConcerto No2 Shostakovich, TheYear1957 BBC Symphony Orchestra: Wed 10 Apr7.30pm Fri 12 Apr1pm,LSOSt Luke’s and Young Barbican do not pay booking fees. booking pay not do Youngand Barbican Members Barbican Office. Box the from person in purchased are tickets when fee booking no is transaction: £3 online, £4 by telephone. There The following booking fees are applicable per fees Booking A Sheenof Dew onFlowers

Symphony No3,Scottish

Handel’s Brockes Passion Academy of Ancient Music: Fri 19 Apr3pm Free to ticket-holders 2pm Pre-concert talk multibuy AAM of Part £10–50 plus booking fee* Choir of AAM Tim Mead countertenor Louise Aldersoprano Richard Egarrdirector &harpsichord Academy of AncientMusic Handel multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Simon Halsey chorusdirector London Symphony Chorus Kirill Gerstein piano Sir MarkElderconductor multibuy SO BBC of Part fee*Tickets £12–40 booking plus Lisa Batiashvili violin Sir Andrew Davisconductor BBC Symphony Orchestra Pelléas et Mélisande (UKpremiere) Debussy arrAlainAltinogluSuite from Szymanowski ViolinConcerto No1 Tippett TheRose Lake BBC Symphony Orchestra/Davis Wed 17 Apr7.30pm London Symphony Orchestra Ives Symphony No4 Beethoven PianoConcerto No3 Elder London Symphony Orchestra/ Sun 14 Apr7pm Brockes Passion

31 Classical Music 32 Classical Music multibuy SO BBC of Part fee*£12–40 booking plus Nicola Benedettiviolin Sakari Oramo conductor BBC Symphony Orchestra Dvor ˇ ák Symphony No7 multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Nicolas CourjalGomez Stanislas deBarbeyrac Gonzalves Thomas DoliéRamiro Jean-Paul FouchécourtTorquemade Isabelle DruetConception François-Xavier Roth conductor London Symphony Orchestra L’heure espagnole Boléro Ravel Roth London Symphony Orchestra/ Thu 25Apr7.30pm Elgar Concerto for Violin Oramo BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Fri 26Apr7.30pm Rachel Leach presenter LSO Musicians Origins Concert: LSO Discovery Free Lunchtime Fri 26Apr12.30pm, LSOSt Luke’s event Free LSO Platforms: GuildhallArtists 6pm

Rhapsodie espagnole

Fri 3May1pm,LSOSt Luke’s Festival Music Tanglewood and Orchestra Symphony Paris, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Swedish Radio de Orchestre Foundation, Music Siemens von Ray Chenviolin Programme to beannounced Alice Sara OttandFriends BBC Radio 3Lunchtime Concert: † Sir HarrisonBirtwistleNew work Rattle London Symphony Orchestra/ Wed 1May7.30pm May 2019 Fri 3May6pm,St Giles’Cripplegate fee*Tickets £14 booking plus (£12 concessions) Alice Sara Ottpiano Pablo Ferrándezcello concert the same evening) plus booking fee* booking plus evening) same the concert SO BBC the for Tickets £10 to ticket-holders (£8 Sofi Jeanninconductor BBC Singers Stravinsky Mass ‘Bogoroditsie Dievo’ air’ Stravinsky ‘TheDove DescendingBreaks the ‘Simvol very’ Tchaikovsky ‘Otche nash‘ BBC Singers/Singers atSix multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Sir SimonRattle conductor London Symphony Orchestra John Adams (world premiere) Co-commissioned by the LSO, Barbican, Ernst Ernst Barbican, LSO, the by Co-commissioned

Harmonielehre

*  multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Sir SimonRattle conductor London Symphony Orchestra Mahler Symphony No5 Britten Rattle London Symphony Orchestra/ Wed 8May7.30pm multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Sir SimonRattle conductor London Symphony Orchestra Berlioz John Adams Berlioz 150 London Symphony Orchestra: Sun 5May7pm multibuy SO BBC of Part fee*Tickets £12–40 booking plus Igor Yuzefovich violin Sakari Oramo conductor BBC Symphony Orchestra Stravinsky Shostakovich Stravinsky Oramo BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Fri 3May7.30pm and Young Barbican do not pay booking fees. booking pay not do Youngand Barbican Members Barbican Office. Box the from person in purchased are tickets when fee booking no is transaction: £3 online, £4 by telephone. There The following booking fees are applicable per fees Booking Sinfonia daRequiem Symphonie Fantastique Funeral Song The Rite of Spring

Harmonielehre Violin Concerto No1

Presents Barbican of Part fee* Tickets £15–30 booking plus Simon Lepperpiano Measha Brueggergosman soprano Bolcom Selected Cabaret Songs Montsalvatge Cage La vieantérieure Phydilé L’Invitation auvoyage Fri 10 May7pm fee*Tickets £14 booking plus (£12 concessions) Christian IhleHadland piano selection Janác ˇ ek Vorˇ Sonata inB-flatíšek minor Martinu˚Etude inAminor Czech Roots BBC Radio 3Lunchtime Concert: Fri 10 May1pm,LSOSt Luke’s Part of International multibuy Soloists Duparc Debussy Ravel in recital Measha Brueggergosman Tue 8May7.30pm, Milton Court Tickets £12–25 fee* booking plus Gergely Madaras conductor Academy of AncientMusic BBC Singers Handel Israel inEgypt BBC Singers: Israel in Egypt Fri 10 May7.30pm, Milton Court &Drama Music of School Guildhall by Promoted fee* booking plus Tickets £15–20 concesions) (£5 Finalists to beannounced The GoldMedal

The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs Shéhérazade

Chanson Triste Chansons deBilitis On anOvergrown Path –BookII

Cinco CancionesNegras

33 Classical Music 34 Classical Music multibuy SO BBC of Part fee*Tickets £12–40 booking plus BBC Symphony Chorus Nora Fischersoprano Joana Carneiro conductor BBC Symphony Orchestra John Adams Golijov Augusta Read ThomasRadiant Circles Chorus/Carneiro BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sat 11 May7.30pm Rachel Leach presenter Guildhall Musicians Origins Concert: LSO Discovery Free Lunchtime Fri 17 May12.30pm, LSOSt Luke’s Part of International multibuy Soloists Schumann Benjamin Grosvenor inrecital Thu 16 May7.30pm Britten Injured Raymond Yiu Robertson BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Wed 15 May7.30pm Presents Barbican of Part fee* booking Tickets £15–40 plus Benjamin Grosvenor piano Liszt/Bellini Prokofiev Janác ˇ ek PianoSonata 1.X.1905 Schumann multibuy SO BBC of Part fee*Tickets £12–40 booking plus Martin Owen horn David Robertson conductor BBC Symphony Orchestra Shostakovich Symphony No1 Serenade for Tenor andHorn Oceana (UKpremiere) Visions Fugitives Kreisleriana Blumenstück Réminicences deNorma Naïve andSentimental Music The LondonCitizenExceedingly

Presents Barbican of Part fee* Tickets £15–45 booking plus Danielle DomingueSumicostumedesigner Jim F. Ingallslightingdesigner Peter Sellarsdirector Grant Gershonconductor Los AngelesMaster Chorale Peter Sellars A Renaissance choral masterpiece, staged by (The Tears of St Peter) multibuy Adès/Beethoven of Part fee* Tickets £15–35 booking plus Thomas Adès conductor Britten Sinfonia Beethoven Symphony No7 Beethoven Symphony No8 Lasso Lasso: LagrimediSanPietro Thu 23May8pm Gerald Barry Beethoven Symphony Cycle Britten Sinfonia/Adès: Tue 21 May7.30pm Part of International multibuy Soloists Presents Barbican of Part fee* Tickets £15–45 booking plus Yefim Bronfman piano Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano Bartók Shostakovich Satires, Op109 Mussorgsky Selected songsfrom TheNursery Brahms Selected songs Yefim Bronfman inrecital Magdalena Kožená and Mon 20May7.30pm *  and Young Barbican do not pay booking fees. booking pay not do Youngand Barbican Members Barbican Office. Box the from person in purchased are tickets when fee booking no is transaction: £3 online, £4 by telephone. There The following booking fees are applicable per fees Booking Lagrime diSanPietro Village Scenes

Dead March

Part of International Orchestras multibuy Presents Barbican of Part fee* Tickets £15–55 booking plus Sir Antonio Pappano conductor Santa Cecilia Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionaledi Mahler Symphony No6 Sir AntonioPappano Orchestra of Santa Cecilia/ Sat 25May7.30pm multibuy SO BBC of Part fee*Tickets £12–40 booking plus Sakari Oramo conductor BBC Symphony Orchestra Mahler Symphony No7 Thomas Larcher Oramo BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Fri 24May7.30pm fee* booking plus evening) same the concert SO BBC the for Tickets £10 to ticket-holders (£8 BBC Singers Brahms Programme to includemusicby Mahlerand BBC Singers/Singers atSix Fri 24May6pm,St Giles’Cripplegate fee*Tickets £14 booking plus (£12 concessions) Alice Sara Ottpiano Messaien Progamme to include: Alice Sara OttandFriends BBC Radio 3Lunchtime Concert: Fri 24May1pm,LSOSt Luke’s Quartet for theEndof Time

Chiasma (UKpremiere)

Tilson Thomas London Symphony Orchestra/ Thu 30May7.30pm multibuy Adès/Beethoven of Part fee* Tickets £15–35 booking plus director Eamonn DouganBritten Sinfonia Voices Britten Sinfonia Voices Claudia Boyle soprano Thomas Adès conductor Britten Sinfonia Beethoven Symphony No9 Gerald Barry Beethoven Symphony Cycle Britten Sinfonia/Adès: Sun 26May7.30pm Free event Free LSO Platforms: GuildhallArtists 6pm multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Julia Fischerviolin Michael TilsonThomasconductor London Symphony Orchestra Bartók Concerto for Orchestra Beethoven ViolinConcerto Cage Presents Barbican of Part fee* Tickets £15–30 booking plus Doric String Quartet Benjamin Grosvenor piano Dvor ˇákPianoQuintet Chopin PianoConcerto No2 Janác ˇ ek String Quartet No1, Kreutzer Sonata the DoricQuartet Benjamin Grosvenor with Sun 26May7.30pm, Milton Court

The Seasons The Eternal Recurrence

35 Classical Music 36 Classical Music Joyce DiDonato IlPomo d’Oro with Handel: Fri 31 May6.30pm fee*Tickets £14 booking plus (£12 concessions) Danny Driver piano Chloe Hanslipviolin Schulhoff ViolinSonata No2 Suk Janác ˇ ek ViolinSonata Czech Roots BBC Radio 3Lunchtime Concert: Fri 31 May1pm,LSOSt Luke’s *  Ensemble Baroque International Pomo d’Oro: Featured Il Joyce DiDonato Agrippina Maxim Emelyanychev director &harpsichord Il Pomo d’Oro Handel Presents Barbican of Part Tickets £15–75 fee* booking plus Jakub JósefOrlinskiNarciso Andrea Mastroni Pallante Luca Pisaroni Claudio Franco Fagioli Nerone Marie-Nicole LemieuxOttone Katryn Lewek Poppea and Young Barbican do not pay booking fees. booking pay not do Youngand Barbican Members Barbican Office. Box the from person in purchased are tickets when fee booking no is transaction: £3 online, £4 by telephone. There The following booking fees are applicable per fees Booking Four Pieces Agrippina (concertperformance)

Hasse Tartini Durante Platti Barbican HallandLSOSt Luke’s Sun 2Jun10am–5pm, Ensemble Baroque International Pomo d’Oro: Featured Il Handel Il Pomo d’Oro/Edgar Moreau Sat 1Jun7.30pm, Milton Court multibuy LSO of Part 12–2.15pm Free family workshops 7to 12-year-olds for Suitable fee* booking Tickets £10–16 plus children £5 adults, London Symphony Orchestra LSO Discovery Family Concert Sat 1Jun2.30pm June 2019 plus booking fee* Tickets £20 (£16 £15 concessions), tickets afternoon performances. town bandsto folk fiddler) andchamber followed by atalk aboutCharlesIves (from Conductor Laureate Michael TilsonThomas Attend amorningLSOrehearsal withLSO LSO Discovery Day: Charles Ives Presents Barbican of Part fee* Tickets £15–30 booking plus Edgar Moreau cello Maxim Emelyanychev director &harpsichord Il Pomo d’Oro Boccherini Corelli inDmajor Sinfonia inGminor, Op5No6 Cello Concerto inAmajor Concerto Grosso, Op6No1 Concerto Grosso Concerto for stringsinFminor Cello ConcertinDmajor, B479

Tickets £14 (£12 concessions) plus booking fee*Tickets £14 booking plus (£12 concessions) LSO WindEnsemble Dvor ˇákSerenade in Dminor Programme to include: Czech Roots BBC Radio 3Lunchtime Concert: Fri 7Jun1pm,LSOSt Luke’s multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £10–16 plus children £5 adults, LSO Discovery groups Elim Chanconductor London Symphony Orchestra Programme to beannounced LSO Discovery Showcase Thu 6Jun7.30pm Part of International multibuy Soloists Presents Barbican of Part fee* Tickets booking £15–50 plus Murray Perahia piano Programme to beannounced Murray Perahia inrecital Mon 3Jun7.30pm multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Simon Halsey chorusdirector London Symphony Chorus Daniil Trifonov piano Michael Tilson Thomasconductor London Symphony Orchestra Beethoven PianoConcerto No5,Emperor Ives Daniil TrifonovPortrait Artist London Symphony Orchestra: Sun 2Jun7pm A Symphony: New EnglandHolidays

Part of LSO multibuy multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Alice Sara Ottpiano Elim Chanconductor London Symphony Orchestra multibuy LSO of Part fee* Tickets £16–32 booking plus Daniil Trifonov piano Prokofiev Beethoven PianoSonata No18 inE-flat major Programme to include: Daniil Trifonov inrecital Portrait: LSO Artist Mon 10 Jun7.30pm Rimsky-Korsakov Tchaikovsky PianoConcerto No1 Liam MattisonNew work (world premiere) Elim Chan London Symphony Orchestra/ Sun 9Jun7pm Rara Opera and Sinfonia Britten by Co-produced fee* booking Tickets £15–40 plus Albina Shagimuratova soprano Sir MarkElderconductor Britten Sinfonia Donizetti Donizetti’s IlParia Britten Sinfonia/Opera Rara: Sat 8Jun7.30pm Tickets £14 (£12 concessions) plus booking fee*Tickets £14 booking plus (£12 concessions) Meccore Quartet Dvor ˇák String Quartet Janác ˇekString Quartet No 2,Intimate Letters Czech Roots BBC Radio 3Lunchtime Concert: Fri 14 Jun1pm,LSOSt Luke’s Il Paria (concertperformance) PianoSonata No8inB-flat major

Scheherazade

37 Classical Music 38 Classical Music multibuy LSO of Part fee*Tickets £16–41 booking plus Guildhall Musicians Sir SimonRattle conductor multibuy LSO of Part fee* booking Tickets £16–56 plus Antoine Tamestit Philip Cobbtrumpet Daniil Trifonov piano Gianandrea Nosedaconductor Presents Barbican of Part fee* Tickets £15–55 booking plus Thomas Hobbstenor Alex Potter countertenor Hanna Blazikova soprano Dorothee Mieldssoprano Philippe Herreweghe conductor Collegium Vocale Gent JS Bach MassinBminor Collegium VocaleGent Bach: MassinBminor Fri 14 Jun7.30pm London Symphony Orchestra Bruckner Symphony No4 Grainger Vaughan Williams Bruckner plus GuildhallMusicians: London Symphony Orchestra Thu 20Jun7.30pm London Symphony Orchestra Berlioz andstrings Shostakovich Concerto No1for piano, Beethoven Overture from Egmont Daniil TrifonovPortrait Artist London Symphony Orchestra: Sun 16 Jun7pm Harold inItaly Lincolnshire Posy for Winds

Fantasia onaThemeby

Multibuy and group discounts do not apply not do discounts group and Multibuy Janác ˇek The CunningLittle Vixen LSO Musicians Free Origins Lunchtime Concert: LSO Discovery Fri 21 Jun12.30pm, LSOSt Luke’s 27 &29Jun7.30pm Rachel Leach presenter Barbican and LSO by Produced 2018–19LSO season the and Presents Barbican of Part fee* booking Tickets £25–75 plus Hans Georg Lenhardt assistant director Nick Hillelvideodesigner Ben Zamora lightingdesigner Simon Halsey chorusdirector London Symphony Chorus Willard White Badger, Parson Peter Hoare Schoolmaster, Cock,Mosquito Sophia Burgos Fox, Chocholka Gerald Finley Forester Lucy Crowe Vixen Peter Sellars director Sir SimonRattle conductor London Symphony Orchestra (semi-staged performances, sunginCzech) The CunningLittleVixen

Tickets £27 adults, £5 under-18s, plus booking fee* under-18s, booking £5 plus adults, Tickets £27 Soundhub Showcase LSO Discovery: Sat 20Jul7pm,LSOSt Luke's Rachel Leach presenter LSO Musicians Origins Concert: LSO Discovery Free Lunchtime Fri 19 Jul12.30pm, LSOSt Luke’s Presents Barbican of Part Tickets £12 fee* booking plus Lisbon Foundation Gulbenkia Calouste the and Paris de Musique-Philharmonie la de Cité the by Nominated Programme to beannounced Gaudemard (harp) ECHO RisingStars: Anaïs Fri 5Jul1pm,LSOSt Luke’s In associationwithTheGrange Festival multibuy AAM of Part Free to ticket-holders 6pm Pre-concert talk fee* booking plus Tickets £10–60 An international castof soloiststo beannounced Richard Egarrconductor Academy of AncientMusic (concert performance) Mozart FigaroMozart’s Academy of Ancient Music: Thu 4Jul7pm July 2019 The Marriage of Figaro

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