JUST ANNOUNCED Lisa Hannigan & s t a r g a z e Thursday 4 October 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £20 – 30 plus booking fee Irish singer-songwriter Lisa Hannigan teams up with classical trained collective of European musicians, s t a r g a z e, for a concert featuring reworkings of songs from her three albums; Sea Sew (2008, Hoop), Passenger (2011, PIAS) and her most recent critically-acclaimed release, At Swim (2016, PIAS). Before becoming a solo artist in her own right, Lisa Hannigan appeared on two of Damien Rice's albums and toured with him until 2007. Since establishing herself as a solo artist Hannigan has scored two number one albums in the Irish charts, two Choice Music Prize nominations and a Mercury Prize nomination for Sea Sew. Lisa has stretched her musical expertise in many directions: collaborating with artists as diverse as Ray LaMontagne, Richard Hawley, Herbie Hancock and Glen Hansard. She made an acting debut as a mermaid in the Oscar-nominated animation Song of the Sea, and her haunting voice featured on soundtracks for the TV series Fargo and the Oscar-winning score for Gravity. s t a r g a z e is an ever-evolving project, marrying modern composition with alternative attitudes and sounds. They have appeared at the Barbican several times in recent years, including performances with Julia Holter, Nils Frahm and The Dodos. Most recently they appeared in a Barbican-produced concert alongside POLIÇA at Oval Space in February 2018 where the two groups performed tracks from the collaborative album Music For The Long Emergency. On sale to Barbican members on Thursday 24 May 2018 On general sale on Friday 25 May 2018 Produced by the Barbican Find out more Tim Hecker (with Gagaku ensemble) + Kara-Lis Coverdale Saturday 6 October 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £17.50 – 22.50 plus booking fee Canadian sound artist Tim Hecker will return to the Barbican this autumn for the first time since 2016 with a special ensemble concert. The night will be both a celebration of his forthcoming project, fusing electronic production with traditional Japanese gagaku court music. Hecker has released a number of records exploring intersections between noise, dissonance, and melody. In his varied and celebrated works, digital and organic sources tightly intertwine. The result is a hybrid aesthetic that recalls electronic abstraction and psychedelic American minimalism. Opening the evening, regular collaborator Kara-Lis Coverdale creates colourful and dense arrangements with a unique approach to melody, harmony and sonic detail. On sale to Barbican members on Thursday 24 May 2018 On general sale on Friday 25 May 2018 Produced by the Barbican in association with Bird on the Wire Supported by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Find out more Andy Irvine & Paul Brady Accompanied by Dónal Lunny & Kevin Burke Monday 15 October 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £25 – 35 plus booking fee Following their 40th anniversary tour of Ireland in 2017 - which saw three consecutive sell-out nights in Dublin - Andy Irvine and Paul Brady bring the music of their 1976 eponymous album Andy Irvine/Paul Brady to the Barbican on Monday 15 October 2018. Once again, they will be joined by musicians Dónal Lunny and Kevin Burke who featured on the original recording. Irvine and Brady first came together in 1974 when Brady joined dynamic trad-folk group Planxty, replacing the departing Christy Moore. Sadly, fatigue and financial difficulties brought the band to a standstill in 1975. Whilst Brady never got to record with Planxty his friendship with Irvine resulted in this album released by Mulligan Records, one of the most important Irish independent labels. Andy Irvine/Paul Brady captures two of the great interpreters of the Irish folk song, side by side, relishing in a magical musical chemistry. They were accompanied by fiddler Kevin Burke and Dónal Lunny of Planxty and The Bothy Band, who also produced the album recorded in Wales. On sale to Barbican members on Thursday 24 May 2018 On general sale on Friday 25 May 2018 Produced by the Barbican Find out more amiina: Fantômas Sunday 18 November 2018 / LSO St Luke’s / 19:30 Tickets £20 plus booking fee Icelandic neo-classical group amiina will perform the music of their 2016 album, Fantômas (Mengi), live to a screening of silent film Juve Contre Fantômas (1913), in a Barbican-produced concert at LSO St Luke’s on 18 November 2018. Melancholic and ethereal, yet full of suspense, pounding rhythms and haunting melodies these compositions are full of contrasts, from darkness and utter terror to heavenly melodies. Featuring violin, cello, drums, percussion, metallophone, table harp, ukulele and electronics, amiina employ their intelligent and imaginative use of different instruments and their varied textures. Fantômas premiered in Paris in 2013 at the prestigious, Théâtre du Châtelet, in a special Halloween event, celebrating the centenary of the Fantômas series, directed by the French film director Louis Feuillade. Fantômas is the sadistic and ruthless serial killer initially born of the crime fictions of French writers Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre in 1911. He went on to appear in various films, television and comic book adaptations throughout the century. amiina formed as a string quartet in the late 1990s at the Reykjavík College of Music; Edda Rún Ólafsdóttir, Hildur Ársælsdóttir, María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir and Sólrún Sumarliðadóttir spent much of the following decade performing with the ethereal rock group, Sigur Rós. In 2009 the group expanded, welcoming new members, drummer Magnús Trygvason Eliassen and electronic artist Kippi Kaninus. On sale to Barbican members on Thursday 24 May 2018 On general sale on Friday 25 May 2018 Produced by the Barbican Find out more ALSO ANNOUNCED Charles Watson + sivu Saturday 26 May 2018 / LSO St Luke’s / NOTE NEW START TIME 20:00 Tickets £12.50 – 15 plus booking fee Find out more Keaton Henson: Six Lethargies Performed by Britten Sinfonia Friday 20 July 2018 / Barbican Hall / 20:00 Tickets £17.50 – 25 plus booking fee Further details of this multi-sensory experience have been announced, confirming that a portion of the audience will contribute to the performance via bio-metrics. Keaton Henson, as well as working with neuroscientists to develop the evening, has collaborated with 'thrill engineer' prof. Brendan Walker, to monitor the audience and allow their emotional state to control the ambience of the show in real time. Six Lethargies, written over several years, aims to express and explain the feelings associated with Keaton’s experiences with mental health and severe anxiety. This additional element of the experimental performance delves deeper into answering the simple question the piece aims to ask; if I write how it feels to me, will it make you feel the same? Produced by the Barbican Find out more COMING UP IN 2018 Field Music with the Open Here Orchestra Friday 25 May 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £17.50 – 22.50 plus booking fee Find out more Actress + London Contemporary Orchestra + Duval Timothy, Silvia Kastel and Toxe Saturday 26 May 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £17.50 – 22.50 plus booking fee Find out more / Watch Barbican meets Charles Watson + sivu Saturday 26 May 2018 / LSO St Luke’s / 20:00 Tickets £12.50 – 15 plus booking fee Find out more Tigran Hamasyan & Nils Petter Molvaer Saturday 2 June 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £20 – 35 plus booking fee Find out more Thomas Bartlett + Nico Muhly Peter Pears: Balinese Ceremonial Music Friday 8 June 2018 / LSO St Luke’s / 20:00 Tickets £25 – 30 plus booking fee Find out more Microdisney perform The Clock Comes Down the Stairs Saturday 9 June 2018 / Barbican Hall / 20:00 Tickets £25 – 35 plus booking fee Find out more / Watch the Barbican session [Modern Ritual] featuring Charles Hayward + Laura Cannell + Hoofus + Jennifer Lucy Allan + Luke Turner Saturday 16 June / LSO St Luke’s / 19:30 Tickets £15 plus booking fee Find out more / Watch the Barbican session Wynton Marsalis Quartet + Headspace Quartet Tuesday 19 June 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £15 – 35 plus booking fee Find out more Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto: Two Wednesday 20 June 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 SOLD OUT returns only Find out more Light in the Attic: Haruomi Hosono, Acetone, Willie Thrasher & Linda Saddleback Saturday 23 June 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £17.50 – 30 plus booking fee Find out more Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante: Outliers Saturday 30 June 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £17.50 – 25 plus booking fee Find out more / Watch Barbican in conversation Oneohtrix Point Never: MYRIAD 7 July 2018 / Barbican Hall / 2018 SOLD OUT returns only Find out more Yasuaki Shimizu + Carl Stone Sunday 8 July 2018 / LSO St Luke’s / 19:30 SOLD OUT returns only Find out more Naseer Shamma Quartet - Spirits Wednesday 11 July 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £25 – 35 plus booking fee Find out more monumental: Godspeed You! Black Emperor & The Holy Body Tattoo Friday 13 & Saturday 14 July 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £20 – 30 plus booking fee Find out more Walthamstow Garden Party Cero39, London African Gospel Choir, Adrian Sherwood + Creation Rebel, Fatoumata Diawara, 47 Soul and Dona Onete + more TBA Lloyd Park Saturday 14 July – Sunday 15 July 2018 12–9.30pm (Sat) / 12–8pm (Sun) Free Find out more Afro-Cuban All Stars 15 July 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £20 – 30 plus booking fee Produced by the Barbican Find out more Keaton Henson: Six Lethargies Performed by Britten Sinfonia