classical music
2014 – 15
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2014 – 15
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Welcome to the Barbican’s
new classical music season
We are delighted that, in partnership with
our resident and associate orchestras
and ensembles, we are able to bring
you our complete 2014–15 classical
season so that you can plan your
year of concert-going and make your
bookings in one easy transaction.
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Barbican Presents is the Barbican’s curated season
comprising the very best international ensembles and
artists. Alongside our resident and associate concerts,
these performances form an engaging and rewarding
season that is remarkable in its quality and variety.
Recitals, an extensive Baroque series, residencies by our
five international associate orchestras, opera in concert,
and the best of the contemporary classical music scene
are all key features of Barbican Presents. Working closely
with artistic partners close to home and from across the
world, in the Barbican’s venues and beyond, Barbican
Presents tells multi-faceted stories about composers, artists
and repertoire. Complementing the concerts, Barbican
Guildhall Creative Learning provides opportunities for
audiences and local communities of all ages and levels
of experience to get more involved in the programme.
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Sensational performances have made the LSO one of
the best-loved and most inspiring orchestras in the world.
A typical week might see them on stage in the Barbican
Hall with Principal Conductor Valery Gergiev; recording
the soundtrack to the latest Hollywood blockbuster (the
LSO have an 80-year partnership with Abbey Road Studios
where they recorded Star Wars and Harry Potter); or making
ground-breaking contributions to digital music-making (they
pioneered the YouTube Symphony Orchestra, the world’s
first online youth orchestra, and set up their own label,
LSO Live, to capture the excitement and power of the live
concert experience). The last two years have been special
for the LSO: they appeared at both the opening and closing
ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympics as well as at every
major European summer festival (including the BBC Proms)
over the summer, and gave annual outdoor concerts with
Valery Gergiev in Trafalgar Square to over 10,000 people.
They have been the Barbican’s Resident Orchestra for 32
years, ever since the Barbican first opened its doors, and in
March 2013 they celebrated ten years since LSO St Luke’s
was transformed from a former church to the dynamic
music education and performance centre it is today –
the home of LSO Discovery – with community at its heart.
lso.co.uk
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London Symphony Orchestra
Resident at the Barbican
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Barbican Presents
BBC Symphony Orchestra Associate Orchestra
The BBC Symphony Orchestra is one of the UK’s finest
orchestras, performing a distinctive and exciting range of
music from works at the heart of classical music to premieres
from today’s finest composers, performing extensively as
Associate Orchestra of the Barbican and as the backbone
of the BBC Proms. Led by its conducting team of Sakari
Oramo, Semyon Bychkov, Jiří Bélohlávek and Sir Andrew
Davis, and new Artist in Association Brett Dean, the orchestra
makes numerous recordings at its home in Maida Vale,
performs throughout the world and runs an innovative
education programme. All BBC SO concerts at the Barbican
are broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and streamed online.
bbc.co.uk/symphonyorchestra
Academy of Ancient Music Associate Ensemble
From Monteverdi’s operas to Mozart concertos, north African
folk music to Handel’s Messiah, the AAM’s performances at the
Barbican this season uncover neglected music and celebrate
favourite masterworks. Join the orchestra that ‘blazes a trail
followed by ensembles everywhere’ (The Independent, 2013)
for an array of music-making in Barbican Hall and Milton
Court Concert Hall.
aam.co.uk
Britten Sinfonia
Associate Ensemble
One of the world’s finest chamber orchestras, Britten Sinfonia
has built its outstanding reputation on stellar playing and
intelligent, illuminating programming developed alongside
guest artists from across the musical spectrum. ‘A spirit of
adventure has won Britten Sinfonia a reputation as one of
the UK’s most forward-thinking musical ensembles.’
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Barbican international associates
Our international family of orchestras includes five of the
world’s leading orchestras with whom we’ve developed
innovative new partnerships. Regular residencies at the
Barbican involve symphonic and chamber music concerts,
family events, new commissions and creative learning work
that bring opportunities to engage with and participate in great
music-making to young people in east London.
Described by Alex Ross in the New Yorker as ‘a singer not only
of flair and power but of intelligence and taste’, Joyce
DiDonato is the subject of this season’s artist spotlight.
Opening with an exuberant evening of bel canto opera and
closing with a glittering concert with the New York
Philharmonic, the series takes in Handel’s Alcina and an
intimate chamber recital and masterclass in Milton Court
along the way, providing an unmissable opportunity to
appreciate the many facets of ‘the perfect 21st-century diva’
(New York Times).
Joyce DiDonato Artist Spotlight: 25 Sep, 10 Oct 2014;
14, 15, 17 Apr 2015
In Celebration of John Tavener
In what would have been his 70th birthday year we celebrate
Sir John Tavener’s remarkable musical legacy. To open their
Barbican season Britten Sinfonia gives the world premiere of
one of Tavener’s last completed works, Flood of Beauty, a
setting of a Sanskrit poem through which Tavener returned to
his perennial theme of the Eternal Feminine. This is followed
by a BBC Symphony Orchestra Total Immersion day devoted
to the composer’s life and work.
Flood of Beauty: 28 Sep 2014
Total Immersion: John Tavener Remembered:
5 Oct 2014
This season three major highlights in our Baroque
programme unfold around the eternal themes of love,
intrigue, war and betrayal. Monteverdi’s Coronation of
Poppea, the second in the Academy of Ancient Music’s
three-year Monteverdi opera cycle, provides the intrigue and
dirty dealing, while a unique opportunity to hear his complete
Eighth Book of Madrigals (Les Arts Florissants) explores the
themes of love and war. Finally, Betrayal is the title and the
theme of a new, site-specific project by the adventurous
ensemble I Fagiolini: a ‘polyphonic crime drama’ inspired by
the life and work of Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa and music’s
most infamous murderer.
Monteverdi Coronation of Poppea: 4 Oct 2014
Betrayal: 13–15 May 2015
Monteverdi Eighth Book of Madrigals: 24 May 2015
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season
highlights
Joyce DiDonato Artist Spotlight
Valery Gergiev with the
London Symphony Orchestra
and Mariinsky Opera
a sumptuous concert of late-Romantic orchestral
showpieces, an innovative staged performance
of Stravinsky’s Petrushka, and a concert from
their cutting-edge contemporary CONTACT! series.
The Barbican is the place to enjoy the very best
of Russian music in London this season, as
Valery Gergiev brings his own Mariinsky Opera
to London and embarks upon his final complete
London season with the London Symphony
Orchestra. With the Mariinsky Opera as one of
the highlights of the programme for UK-Russia
Year of Culture 2014 he showcases two
contrasting operas dealing with archetypal
aspects of Russian identity: Mussorgsky’s Boris
Godunov, the ultimate Russian Nationalist epic,
and the UK premiere of Rodion Shchedrin’s The
Left-Hander, based on a famous satirical fable
about Russia’s relationship with the West. With
the LSO, Gergiev returns to the iconic repertoire
of his homeland with five all-Russian
programmes including Prokofiev’s Piano
Concerto No 3 and Tchaikovsky’s Piano
Concerto No 2 with Russian pianist Denis
Matsuev, the subject of this season’s UBS
Soundscapes: LSO Artist Portrait.
Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner
Philharmoniker: 10, 11, 12, 14 & 15 Feb 2015
Mariinsky Opera: 3, 4 & 5 Nov 2014
LSO/Gergiev 21 & 23 Sep,
11 & 13 Nov 2014, 19 Feb, 12 May 2015
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International Orchestras:
Sir Simon Rattle and the
Berliner Philharmoniker
New York Philharmonic
international associate
residency
Residencies by the best international orchestras
are key feature of the Barbican’s classical music
programme, and there are two to enjoy this
season. Sir Simon Rattle has chosen to mark his
60th birthday with a major London Residency at
the Barbican and Southbank Centre, focussing
on the music that means the most to him: a
complete cycle of Sibelius symphonies in honour
of the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth,
Mahler’s Resurrection symphony and music by
Helmut Lachenmann. Later in spring 2015, for
their second Barbican International Associate
residency, Alan Gilbert and the New York
Philharmonic bring three programmes including
New York Philharmonic international
associate residency: 17, 18 & 19 Apr 2015
New Opera and vocal music
The Barbican’s commitment to working with its
artistic partners to present exciting new opera
and vocal music continues. In addition to
Shchedrin’s The Lefthander, the Barbican and
BBC Symphony Orchestra present Netia Jones’
stunning new production of Unsuk Chin’s
exhilarating opera Alice in Wonderland. Later in
the season, the Barbican and Britten Sinfonia
have co-commissioned Sentences, a substantial
new work by Nico Muhly for counter-tenor Iestyn
Davies, inspired by the life and tragic death of
war-time code-breaker Alan Turing. To close the
season the LSO presents a new children’s opera
by Jonathan Dove based on the Greek myth
Theseus and the Minotaur. It will be conducted
by Sir Simon Rattle with a cast and orchestra
made up of professional and community singers
and muscians.
Alice in Wonderland: 8 Mar 2015
Sentences: 6 Jun 2015
Jonathan Dove new opera: 5 Jul 2015
Boulez at 90
Pierre Boulez is one of the most important voices
in post-war European culture. As a composer he
has defined the sound of 20th and 21st century
music; as conductor he has re-defined the
possibilities of Mahler, Wagner and more; as
cultural thinker he has shaken up the
establishment; and as a teacher he has inspired
the next generation. In 2015 we celebrate his
90th year with a BBC Symphony Orchestra
Total Immersion day and concerts by the London
Symphony Orchestra and the pioneering
Ensemble Intercontemporain, founded by Boulez
himself in1976.
Boulez at 90: 21 Mar, 23 & 28 Apr 2015
Wed 24 Sep 7.30pm
September 2014
Kevin Volans new work (world premiere)
John Adams My Father Knew Charles Ives
Ives Symphony No 4
Tishchenko Dante Symphony No 1,
Among the Living
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 3
Shostakovich Symphony No 10
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev conductor
Denis Matsuev piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton conductor
David Hill conductor
Pumeza Matshukiza soprano
William Wolfram piano
BBC Singers
Tickets £10–£34
Part of BBC SO multibuy
Tickets £10–£38
6pm St Giles’ Cripplegate
Singers at Six: BBC Singers at 90
Part of LSO multibuy
Part of UBS Soundscapes
David Hill, Paul Brough,
Stephen Cleobury, Bob Chilcott conductors
Tue 23 Sep 7.30pm
On their 90th birthday, the BBC Singers perform
music written for them including works by leading
British composers.
UBS Soundscapes:
LSO Artist Portrait
Denis Matsuev
Prokofiev Symphony No 1, Classical
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 2
Prokofiev Symphony No 5
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev conductor
Denis Matsuev piano
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Part of UBS Soundscapes
Tickets £10 or £8 to ticket-holders for the evening
concert in the Barbican Hall
Thu 25 Sep 7.30pm
Joyce DiDonato Artist Spotlight:
Stella di Napoli
Bel canto arias by Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini,
Carafa, Mercadante and Pacini
Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon
Riccardo Minasi conductor
Joyce DiDonato mezzo-soprano
Tickets £15–£65
Sun 28 Sep 7.30pm
Tavener: Flood of Beauty
Tavener Flood of Beauty (world premiere)
The world premiere of Sir John Tavener’s last
major concert work.
Britten Sinfonia
Britten Sinfonia Voices
Tickets £15–£25
Part of Transcender
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Sun 21 Sep 7.30pm
BBC SO celebrates the BBC
Singers at 90
sep 2014
All concerts are in the Hall
unless otherwise stated
sep–oct 2014
Mon 29 Sep 7.30pm, Milton Court
Sun 5 Oct
Britten Sinfonia/Kaleidoscopes
BBC SO Total Immersion:
John Tavener Remembered
Mozart Adagio for cor anglais and string trio
K580a
Gyorgy Kurtag arr. Thomas Adès In
Memoriam Andreas Mihaly
Lutosławski Preludes and Fugue
Tavener Kaleidoscopes
Britten Sinfonia
Nicholas Daniel oboe/director
Jacqueline Shave violin/director
Tickets £10–£30
UK 1992 Dir. Geoffrey Haydon 52mins
1pm, Hall
Musicians from the Guildhall School
October 2014
Choral and chamber music by John Tavener
Thu 2 Oct 7.30pm
Tickets £12
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Mendelssohn/Schumann
3pm Film & Roundtable
Barbican cinemas
Mendelssohn Overture, Calm Sea and
Prosperous Voyage
Schumann Cello Concerto in A minor
Mendelssohn Symphony No 5,
The Reformation
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor
Gautier Capuçon cello
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Film: South Bank Show: Beyond the Veil
A profile of John Tavener, presented by
Melvyn Bragg.
UK 1997. 56 mins
Roundtable: The Legacy of John Tavener
Experts discuss the impact and legacy of
Tavener’s music.
Tickets £6
5.30pm Concert St Giles’, Cripplegate
Academy of Ancient Music/
Monteverdi: L’incoronazione
di Poppea
Programme to include:
Tavener
Coplas
The Lamb
Song for Athene
Missa brevis (London premiere)
Monteverdi L’incoronazione di Poppea
BBC Singers
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr director/harpsichord
Anna Caterina Antonacci Poppea
Sarah Connolly Nerone
Marina de Liso Ottavia
Iestyn Davies Ottone
Matthew Rose Seneca
Tickets £12 (unreserved seating)
Sat 4 Oct 7pm
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A beautifully-shot documentary film on the life of
the composer. With footage of the young Tavener
as pianist and organist, performances of his
music, and contributions from family, friends and
experts.
Tickets £6
Part of Britten Sinfonia multibuy
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11am Film, Barbican Cinema
John Tavener: Glimpses of Paradise
Tickets £10–£35
7pm Free event, Barbican foyer
The culmination of a BBC Family Orchestra
learning project
Sat 11 Oct 7.30pm
Little Ceremonial (London premiere)
Akhmatova: Requiem
The Protecting Veil
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6, Pathétique
Mozart Violin Concerto No 4 in D major, K218
Nielsen Symphony No 1
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Vedernikov conductor
Brindley Sherratt baritone
Nicolas Altstaedt cello
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor
Augustin Hadelich violin
Day passes available. See page 32 for details.
Day passes and multibuy discounts cannot
be combined.
Thu 9 Oct 7.30pm
LSO/Elisabeth Leonskaja/
Beethoven
Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 2
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
London Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Payare conductor
Elisabeth Leonskaja piano
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Fri 10 Oct 7pm
Part of BBC SO multibuy
Thu 16 Oct 7.30pm
Sir Antonio Pappano/
Tchaikovsky
Bartók Violin Concerto No 1
Tchaikovsky Act Two from The Nutcracker
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Janine Jansen violin
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Fri 17 Oct 1pm, Milton Court
ECHO Rising Stars: Quatuor Ardeo
Mendelssohn String Quartet in E flat major
Op 12
Ravel String Quartet in F
Quatuor Ardeo
The English Concert/Handel: Alcina
Nominated by Bozar Brussels and Het
Concertgebouw Amsterdam
Part of Joyce DiDonato Artist Spotlight
Tickets £10 (£8 concessions)
Handel Alcina
English Concert
Harry Bicket director/harpsichord
Joyce DiDonato Alcina
Alice Coote Ruggiero
Anna Christie Morgana
Christine Rice Bradamante
Ben Johnson Oronte
Wojtek Gierlach Melisso
Anna Devin Oberto
Tickets £15–£55
Fri 17 Oct 7.30pm
Kavakos/Brahms: The Violin
Sonatas
Brahms Sonata No 1 in G major
Brahms Sonata No 2 in A major
Brahms Sonata No 3 in D minor
Leonidas Kavakos violin
Yuja Wang piano
Tickets £15–£35
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7.30pm concert part of BBC SO Multibuy.
Tickets £10–£34
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Tickets £10–£34
BBC SO/Nielsen Cycle
oct 2014
7.30pm, Hall
Tavener
oct 2014
Sat 18 Oct 7.30pm, Milton Court
Tue 21 Oct 7.30pm
The Grand Tour: Handel in London
Elı-na Garanča in recital
Boyce Symphony No 3
Handel Organ Concerto Op 7 No 2
Arne Overture No 8
Boyce Symphony No 1
Handel Organ Concerto,The Cuckoo and
the Nightingale
Handel Concertos for two horns
Programme to include songs by Schumann
and Strauss
Elı-na Garanča mezzo-soprano
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr director / harpsichord / organ
Tickets £15–£45
Please note that this concert was rescheduled
from April 2013 and ticket availability may now
be limited.
Tickets £10–£30
Part of AAM multibuy
Thu 23 Oct 7.30pm
LSO/Bernard Haitink
Sun 19 Oct 7.30pm
Sir Antonio Pappano/
Piotr Anderszewski
Panufnik Symphony No 10
Schumann Piano Concerto
Strauss Ein Heldenleben
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Piotr Anderszewski piano
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
10am–5.30pm, Barbican and LSO St Luke’s
LSO Discovery Day: Andrzej Panufnik
Tickets £17 (concessions)
Tue 21 Oct 7.30pm, Milton Court
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BBC Singers/Stephen Cleobury
Striggio Ecce beatem lucem
Ivan Moody The Land that is Not (world premiere)
Carl Vine Inner World
Gabriel Jackson Sanctum est verum lumen
Robin Walker I have thee by the hand, O Man
Knut Nystedt Stabat mater
Tallis Spem in alium
Stephen Cleobury conductor
Nicolas Alstaedt cello
BBC Singers
Tickets £10–£25
Bruckner Symphony No 8
London Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink conductor
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Fri 24 Oct 7.30pm
BBC SO/Oramo conducts Grieg,
Strauss and Stravinsky
R Strauss Don Juan
Grieg Piano Concerto Sibelius En Saga
Stravinsky The Firebird – suite (1945)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor
Javier Perianes piano
Tickets £10–£34
Part of BBC SO multibuy
Sun 26 Oct 7.30pm
LSO/Mahler 9
Mahler Symphony No 9
London Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding conductor
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Mon 3 Nov 7pm
LSO/Bernard Haitink/
Mitsuko Uchida
Mariinsky Opera:
Boris Godunov
Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Mozart Piano Concerto No 22 in E flat
major K482
Brahms Symphony No 4
Mussorgsky Boris Godunov
Orchestra and Chorus of the
Mariinsky Opera
Valery Gergiev conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink conductor
Mitsuko Uchida piano
Cast to include:
Mikhail Kazakov Boris Godunov
Mikhail Petrenko Pimen
Evgeny Akimov Prince Shuisky
Alexei Markov Chelkalov
Andrei Popov Simpleton
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
oct–nov 2014
Thu 30 Oct 7.30pm
Tickets £15–£65
November 2014
Please note start time
Sat 1 Nov 7.30pm
Tue 4 Nov 7pm
Mariinsky Opera:
The Left-Hander
Rodion Shchedrin Levsha (The Left-Hander)
The Tale of the Cross-Eyed Left-Hander from Tula
(UK Premiere)
Sun 2 Nov 7.30pm
Orchestra and Chorus of the
Mariinsky Opera
Valery Gergiev conductor
Andrei Popov The Left-Hander
Edward Tsanga Ataman Platov
Vladimir Moroz Tsar Alexander I /
Tsar Nikolai I
Kristina Alieva The Flea
Maria Maksakova Princess Charlotte
Andrei Spekhov English Under-Skipper
Nelson Freire/Beethoven
Tickets £15–£45
Elgar Carillon
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5, Emperor
Sally Beamish Equal Voices (world premiere)
Please note start time
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conductor
Nelson Freire piano
Marcus Farnsworth baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Mariinsky Opera Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner conductor
Mark Padmore tenor
BBC Symphony Chorus
Tickets £10–£34
Part of BBC SO multibuy
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Wed 5 Nov 7.30pm, Milton Court
Programme to include:
Russian Orthodox Sacred Choral Music
Valery Gavrilin Perezvony (Chimes)
Chorus of the Mariinsky Opera
Andrei Petrenko conductor
Tickets £15
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Schubert Symphony No 8, Unfinished
Henze Erlkönig fantasy
Thomas Larcher A Padmore Cycle (world
premiere of orchestrated version)
John Adams Harmonium
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BBC SO/Mark Padmore
nov 2014
Sun 9 Nov 2.30pm
Wed 12 Nov 7.30pm, Milton Court
LSO Discovery Family Concert
Royal Northern Sinfonia/From
Player to Podium
Featuring music from Holst The Planets
Paul Rissman presenter
Tickets £10 (£5 under 18s)
Suitable for 7–12 year olds
Sun 9 Nov 7.30pm, Milton Court
The English Concert/
Elizabeth Watts
Scarlatti Se geloso e il mio core from Endimione
e Cinta; Ergiti, amor Scipione nella Spagne from
Sussurrando il venticello Tigrane; Figlio, tiranno!
from Griselda
Scarlatti Qui, dove al germogliar... Torbido, irato
from Erminia
Scarlatti Con voce festiva; Nacque, col Gran
Messia from Nacque, col Gran Messia; Ombre
opache from Correa nel seno amato; Mentre
io godo in dolce oblio (Il giardino di rose) from
Oratorio la Santissima Vergine; D’amor l’accesa
face from Venere, amore e ragione
Scarlatti Overture; Cara Tombe; Esci Omai from
Mitridate Eupatore
Scarlatti Sinfonia and Aria: A battaglia from A
battaglia
The English Concert
Laurence Cummings harpsichord/director
Elizabeth Watts soprano
Tickets £10–£30
Promoted by The English Concert
11 & 13 Nov 7.30pm
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LSO/Gergiev
Rachmaninov
Balakirev Russia
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2
Rachmaninov Symphony No 3
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev conductor
Denis Matsuev piano
Tickets 10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Mozart Violin Concerto No 5 in A major K219,
Turkish
Beethoven Symphony No 7
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Julian Rachlin conductor/violin
Tickets £10–£30
Wed 12 Nov 7.30pm
BBC SO/Gershwin, Hermann
and Bartók
Herrmann Psycho - suite
Schoenberg Piano Concerto
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan conductor
Kirill Gerstein piano
Tickets £10–£34
Part of BBC SO multibuy
Tue 18 Nov 7.30pm, Milton Court
ECHO Rising Stars:
Mike Fletcher Trio
Programme tbc
Mike Fletcher saxes and flutes
Olie Brice bass
Jeff Williams drums
Nominated by Town Hall Symphony Hall
Birmingham
Tickets £10 (£8 concessions)
Thu 20 Nov 7.30pm, Milton Court
Les Arts Florissants/Rameau:
Maître á danser
John Woolrich at 60
Choir and Orchestra of
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie conductor
Reinoud Van Mechelen Daphnis
Élodie Fonnard Églé
Arnaud Richard Grand Prêtre / Grand-Prêtre
de Jupiter
Magali Léger Amour / Pamilie
Pierre Bessière Jupiter
Sean Clayton Un Berger
Sophie Daneman staging
Françoise Denieau choreography
Alain Blanchot costumes
Christophe Naillet lighting
Tickets £15–£45
Britten Sinfonia
Sophie Bevan soprano
Clare Finnimore viola
Thomas Gould violin
Duncan Ward conductor*
Tickets £10–£30
Part of Britten Sinfonia multibuy
Tue 25 Nov 7.30pm, Milton Court
The Grand Tour: Vienna and Paris
Mozart Concerto in C major for flute and harp
K299/297c
Gluck Don Juan
Academy of Ancient Music
Bernard Labadie conductor
Wed 19 Nov 7.30pm
Tickets £10–30
BBC SO/Brett Dean’s
The Annunciation
Part of AAM multibuy
Respighi Trittico Botticelliano
Brett Dean The Annunciation
(UK premiere)
Strauss Le bourgeois gentilhomme
Wed 26 Nov 7.30pm
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Josep Pons conductor
BBC Singers
Jonathan Dove The Passing of the Year
Rachmaninov All-Night Vigil (Vespers)
London Symphony Chorus/
Rachmaninov Vespers
Tickets £10–£34
London Symphony Chorus
Simon Halsey conductor
Tickets £10–£22
6.00pm, St Giles Cripplegate
Singers at Six: Music from Renaissance
Spain and England
Part of LSO multibuy
Peter Phillips conducts the BBC Singers in a
programme of English and Spanish Renaissance
polyphony.
Tickets £10 or £8 to ticket-holders for the evening
concert in the Barbican Hall
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As part of the events marking the 250th
anniversary of Rameau’s death, the Barbican
presents a choreographed staging of two
exqusite court ballets.
Purcell arr. John Woolrich Three Songs
Wolf arr. John Woolrich Italian Songs
John Woolrich Ulysses Awakes
Stravinsky Eight Instrumental Miniatures*
Mozart Per pieta, non ricercate
Stravinsky Dumbarton Oaks*
John Woolrich Violin Concerto (London
premiere)*
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Rameau Daphnis et Églé (Pastorale héroïque)
Rameau La Naissance d’Osiris (Acte de ballet)
nov 2014
Tue 18 Nov 7.30pm
nov–dec 2014
Fri 28 Nov 1pm, Milton Court
ECHO Rising Stars: Aaron Pilsan
Bach Partita in G
Beethoven Eroica Variations
Chopin Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise
Brillante
Aaron Pilson piano
Tickets £10 (£8 concessions)
Nominated by Wiener Konzerthaus and
Musikverein Wien
ECHO Rising Stars:
Matosinhos String Quartet
Mozart String Quartet No 16 in E flat K428
José Vianna da Motta Cenas nas Montanhas
Shostakovich String Quartet No 8 in C minor
Op 110
Matosinhos String Quartet
Nominated by the Calouste Gulbenkian
Foundation Lisbon & Casa da Música Porto
Fri 28 Nov 7.30pm
Tickets £10 (£8 concessions)
BBC SO/Schubert and Mahler
Schubert Symphony No 4
Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Hans Rott Symphony No 1
Fri 5 Dec 7.30pm
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste conductor
Håkan Hardenberger trumpet
Part of BBC SO multibuy
Sun 30 Nov 7.30pm
Tickets £10–£34
The Sound of Chaplin
Part of BBC SO multibuy
Kid Auto Races in Venice
Easy Street
The Immigrant
Shoulder Arms
Sat 6 Dec 7.30pm
Live accompaniment with scores by Neil Brand,
Timothy Brock and Chaplin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Timothy Brock conductor
Tickets £15–£30
BBC SO/Saraste
Berlioz Excerpts from Roméo et Juliette
Brett Dean Dramatis Personae
(London premiere)
Prokofiev Symphony No 3
Tickets £10–£34
classical music
Fri 5 Dec 1pm, Milton Court
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Marc Minkowski conductor
Roderick Williams baritone
14
December 2014
Bach’s Magnificat with King’s
College Choir
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 2
Poulenc Quatre motets pour le temps de Noel
Respighi Lauda per la Nativita del Signore
Bach Magnificat
Britten Sinfonia
Stephen Cleobury conductor
Lucy Crowe soprano
King’s College Choir, Cambridge
Tickets £10–£35
Thu 11 Dec 7.30pm, Milton Court
Emanuel Ax/Brahms
BBC Singers/
French Songs
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Mon 8 Dec 7pm
The Final of the Donatella Flick
LSO Conducting Competition
Poulenc Un soir du neige
Messiaen O sacrum convivium
Poulenc Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël
Duruflé Quatre motets sur des thèmes
grégoriens
Poulenc Mass in G major
Debussy Trois chansons de Charles Orléans
Jolivet Épithalame
Françaix Trois poèmes de Paul Valéry
Ravel Trois chansons
David Hill conductor
BBC Singers
Beethoven Overture, Egmont
Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
Tickets £10–£25
London Symphony Orchestra
BBC SO/Nielsen Cycle
Tickets £10–£22
Part of LSO multibuy
Please note start time
Wed 10 Dec 7pm
Messiah
Handel Messiah
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr director/harpsichord
Ailish Tynan soprano
Tim Mead counter-tenor
Jonathan Lemalu bass-baritone
Choir of the AAM
Fri 12 Dec 7.30pm
Rachmaninov Spring Cantata
Nielsen Symphony No 2
Busoni Piano Concerto
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor
Igor Golovatenko baritone
Garrick Ohlsson piano
BBC Symphony Chorus
Tickets £10–£34
Part of BBC SO multibuy
Sun 14 Dec 7.30pm
Tickets £10–£45
LSO Brass and LSC Christmas
Concert
Part of AAM multibuy
Programme to be confirmed
Please note start time
LSO Brass Ensemble
London Symphony Chorus
LSO Community Choir
LSO Youth Choir
Simon Halsey conductor
Thu 11 Dec 7.30pm
LSO On Film/The music of
Alexandre Desplat
London Symphony Orchestra
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Tickets £10–£28
Part of LSO multibuy
classical music
London Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding conductor
Emanuel Ax piano
15
Brahms Symphony No 3
Brahms Piano Concerto No 2
dec 2014
Sun 7 Dec 7.30pm
dec 2014–jan 2015
Thu 18 Dec 7.30pm
LSO/Mahler 1
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4
Mahler Symphony No 1, Titan
London Symphony Orchestra
Nikolaj Znaider conductor
Rudolf Buchbinder piano
Sat 22 Nov 11am-4.30pm, LSO St Luke’s
LSO Singing Day: 19th Century Oratorios
Your chance to sing with the LSO’s professional
choral team working on choruses from
Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri and
Mendelssohn’s Elijah.
Tickets £17
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Mon 12 Jan 7.30pm
January 2015
Schubert Winterreise
Sun 4 Jan 7pm
National Youth Orchestra of
Great Britain
Ian Bostridge sings Winterreise
Ian Bostridge tenor
Thomas Adès piano
Tickets £15–£45
Programme to be confirmed
John Wilson conductor
Tickets £10–£28
Please note start time
Sun 11 Jan 7.30pm
Sir Simon Rattle/Das Paradies
und die Peri
Schumann Das Paradies und die Peri
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Sally Matthews Peri
Mark Padmore narrator
Kate Royal soprano
Bernarda Fink alto
Andrew Staples tenor
Florian Boesch bass
London Symphony Chorus
16
classical music
Tickets £10–£38
Thu 15 Jan 7.30pm
Sir Simon Rattle/
The Rite of Spring
Webern Six Pieces
Berg Three Fragments from Wozzeck
Ligeti Mysteries of the Macabre
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Barbara Hannigan soprano
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Fri 16 Jan 7.30pm
BBC SO/Nielsen Cycle
Sibelius The Dryad
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3
Nielsen Symphony No 3
Sun 11 Jan 10am-5.30pm,
Barbican and LSO St Luke’s
LSO Discovery Day: Robert Schumann
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor
Lucy Hall soprano
Marcus Farnsworth baritone
Yvgeny Sudbin piano
Tickets £17 (£13.50 concessions)
Tickets £10–£34
Part of LSO multibuy
Part of BBC SO multibuy
Sun 25 Jan 7.30pm
LSO/Valentina Lisitsa/Prokofiev
LSO/Mahler 4
Verdi Overture, La forza del destino
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 2
Falla The Three-Cornered Hat
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol
Toshio Hosokawa Blossoming II
Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major
Mahler Symphony No 4
London Symphony Orchestra
Xian Zhang conductor
Valentina Lisitsa piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Robin Ticciati conductor
Simon Trpčeski piano
Karen Cargill mezzo-soprano
Tickets £10–£38
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Part of LSO multibuy
Tue 20 Jan 7.30pm, Milton Court
Sat 31 Jan
Britten Sinfonia/Sarah Connolly
Total Immersion: Percussion!
Carter Elegy for Strings
Rodney Bennett A History of Thé Dansat
Copland Appalachian Spring
Crawford Seeger Andante for Strings
Copland Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson
1.30pm Talk, LSO St Luke’s
Admission free. Limited capacity but admission
guaranteed to Day Pass holders.
Part of Britten Sinfonia multibuy
Fri 23 Jan 7.30pm
Benjamin Grosvenor in recital
Rameau Gavotte and Variations in A minor
Bach-Busoni Chaconne in D minor
Franck Prélude, choral et fugue
Chopin Barcarolle
Chopin Two Mazurkas
Chopin Ballade No 3 in A flat
Granados Three pieces from Goyescas
Benjamin Grosvenor piano
Tickets £10–£35
Guildhall Percussion Ensemble
Tickets £12 (unreserved seating)
2.30pm–6.30pm Come and Drum!
An afternoon of free activities and events for all
ages in the Barbican foyers
6pm Talk, Frobisher Rooms
An introduction to Wolfgang Rihm’s Tutuguri
7.30pm, Hall
Wolfgang Rihm Tutuguri (UK premiere)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Kent Nagano conductor
Tickets £10–£34
This concert is not suitable for children under the
age of 12
7.30pm concert part of BBC SO Multibuy.
Day passes available. See page 32 for details.
Day passes and multibuy discounts cannot
be combined.
classical music
Tickets £10–£30
2pm Concert, LSO St Luke’s
Music for percussion from Germany, Holland
and France
17
Britten Sinfonia
Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Jacqueline Shave violin/director
jan 2015
Sun 18 Jan 7.30pm
feb 2015
February 2015
Sun 1 Feb 7.30pm
LSO/Nicholas Angelich/
Beethoven
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3
Brahms Symphony No 2
London Symphony Orchestra
David Afkham conductor
Nicholas Angelich piano
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Schumann Overture, Scherzo and Finale
Op 52
Kagel Three études for large orchestra
R Strauss Amor; Winterweihe; Das Rosenband;
Wiegenlied; Ständchen; Meinem kinde; Cäcilie Ryan Wigglesworth new work
(UK premiere) BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth conductor
Sophie Bevan soprano
Tickets £10–£34
Part of BBC SO multibuy
AAM/Hogwood conducts
Mozart
Sun 8 Feb 2.30pm
Mozart Overture, Le nozze di Figaro
Mozart Piano Concerto No 21 in C major, K 467
Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K 491
Mozart Symphony No 35 in D major, Haffner
LSO Discovery Family Concert
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood conductor
Robert Levin fortepiano
Tickets £10 (£5 under –18s)
Part of AAM multibuy
Programme to be confirmed
Suitable for 7–12 year olds
Tue 10 Feb 7.30pm
Thu 5 Feb 7.30pm
Berliner Philharmoniker/
Sir Simon Rattle: Sibelius Cycle 1
Sir Mark Elder/Tchaikovsky 6
The London Residency 2015
Berlioz Les nuits d’été
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6
Sibelius Symphony No 1
Sibelius Symphony No 2
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Mark Elder conductor
Alice Coote mezzo-soprano
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Tickets £10–£38
Returns only. This concert went on sale in December
2013 and is now sold out.
Part of LSO multibuy
classical music
BBC SO/Strauss, Kagel &
Wigglesworth
Wed 4 Feb 7.30pm
Tickets £10–£35
Fri 6 Feb 1pm, Milton Court
ECHO Rising Stars: Omo Bello
Programme to include bel canto arias by Bellini,
Rossini, Verdi, Respighi and Tosti
Omo Bello soprano
Clément Mao-Takacs piano
Nominated by Cité de la musique, Paris
Tickets £10 (£8 concessions)
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Fri 6 Feb 7.30pm
Tickets £25–£95
Nicola Benedetti also gives a lunchtime recital
at LSO St Luke’s on Thu 25 Jun.
Book at lso.co.uk/lunchtimeconcerts
Fri 13 Feb 7.30pm
Berliner Philharmoniker/
Sir Simon Rattle: Sibelius Cycle 2
BBC SO/Beethoven 8
The London Residency 2015
Sibelius Symphony No 3
Sibelius Violin Concerto
Sibelius Symphony No 4
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Leonidas Kavakos violin
Tickets £25–£95
Returns only. This concert went on sale in December
2013 and is now sold out.
Thu 12 Feb 7.30pm
Berliner Philharmoniker/
Sir Simon Rattle: Sibelius Cycle 3
The London Residency 2015
Beethoven Symphony No. 8
Brett Dean The Last Days of Socrates
(UK premiere)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Storgårds conductor
Sir John Tomlinson bass
BBC Symphony Chorus
Tickets £10–£34
Part of BBC SO multibuy
Sat 14 & Sun 15 Feb 7.30pm, Southbank
Centre’s Royal Festival Hall
Berliner Philharmoniker/
Sir Simon Rattle
The London Residency 2015
Helmut Lachenmann Tableau
Mahler Symphony No 2, Resurrection
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Kate Royal soprano
Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano
London Symphony Chorus
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
Tickets £25–£95
Tickets £25–£95
Returns only. This concert went on sale in December
2013 and is now sold out.
Returns only. This concert went on sale in December
2013 and is now sold out.
Sibelius Symphony No 5
Sibelius Symphony No 6
Sibelius Symphony No 7
feb 2015
Wed 11 Feb 7.30pm
Sun 15 Feb 7.30pm
Thu 12 Feb 7.30pm, Milton Court
LSO/Mahler 6
BBC Singers/James MacMillan
Liszt Piano Concerto No 2
Mahler Symphony No 6
BBC Singers
James MacMillan conductor
Brass players and percussionists from the
BBC SO
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conductor
Alice Sara Ott piano
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
classical music
James MacMillan After Virtue
Górecki Church Songs – selection (UK premiere)
James MacMillan Sun Dogs
James MacMillan Cum vidisset Jesus (When
Jesus had seen his Mother)
James MacMillan They Saw the Stone Had
Been Rolled Away
James MacMillan Alleluia (UK premiere)
James MacMillan Catherine’s Lullabies
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Tickets £10–£25
feb 2015
Wed 18 Feb 7.30pm
Fri 20 Feb 7pm
BBC SO/Nielsen Cycle
Europa Galante/Vivaldi:
L’Oracolo in Messenia
Sibelius Oceanides
Zemlinsky Maeterlinck Songs
Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin
Nielsen Symphony No 4
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor
Anne Sofie von Otter mezzo-soprano
Tickets £10–£34
Part of BBC SO multibuy
Tickets £15–£45
The Baroque Trumpet
Please note start time
Bach Sinfonias from cantatas 29, 150 and 31
Biber Sonata No 10
Corelli Sonata a quattro
Vivaldi Concerto in C major for two trumpets
Telemann Concerto in D major for three trumpets
Tickets £10–£30
Part of AAM multibuy
Thu 19 Feb 7.30pm
LSO/Gergiev
Balakirev Tamara
Glazunov Violin Concerto
Rachmaninov Symphony No 1
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev conductor
Roman Simovic violin
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
classical music
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi director/violin
Magnus Staveland Polifonte
Marianne B. Kielland Merope
Vivica Genaux Epitide
Marina De Liso Emira
Julia Lezhneva Trasimede
Franziska Gottwald Licisco
Xavier Sabata Anassandro
Wed 18 Feb 7.30pm, Milton Court
Academy of Ancient Music
Tine Thing Helseth trumpet
David Blackadder trumpet
20
Vivaldi L’Oracolo in Messenia
Sat 28 Feb 7.30pm
BBC SO/Bychkov conducts
Bruckner
Bach Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
Bruckner Selected motets
Bruckner Symphony No 8
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov conductor
James O’Donnell conductor
BBC Singers
Tickets £10–£34
Part of BBC SO multibuy
6pm, St Giles Cripplegate
Singers at Six: Bach and Leipzig
James O’Donnell and the BBC Singers explore
the musical world of the city of Leipzig where
J.S. Bach spent over 25 years as Cantor of St
Thomas’s Church.
Tickets £10, or £8 to ticket-holders for the evening
concert in the Hall.
Sun 8 Mar 7pm
Sun 1 Mar 7.30pm
Unsuk Chin Alice in Wonderland
London Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles conductor
London Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Baldur Brönnimann conductor
Netia Jones director/designer & live video
performer
Cast to be confirmed
BBC Singers
Tickets £10–£38
Tickets £10–£30
Not suitable for children under 12
Part of LSO multibuy
Please note start time
Sat 7 Feb 11am-4.30pm, LSO St Luke’s
LSO Singing Day: Duruflé Requiem
Tickets £17
Wed 4 Mar 7pm
Thu 12 Mar 7.30pm
Michael Tilson Thomas
70th Birthday Gala/LSO
The English Concert/Handel:
Hercules
Colin Matthews Hidden Variables
Gershwin Concerto in F
Shostakovich Symphony No 5
Handel Hercules
London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas conductor
Yuja Wang piano
The English Concert
Harry Bicket conductor
Matthew Rose Hercules
Alice Coote Dejanira
Lucy Crowe Iole
James Gilchrist Hyllus
Tim Mead Lichas
Choir of The English Concert
Tickets £15–£45
Please note start time
Thu 5 Mar 7.30pm
LSO Eclectica at the Barbican/
Roby Lakatos
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Fri 13 Mar 1pm, Milton Court
ECHO Rising Stars:
Michael Petrov & Ashley Fripp
Stravinsky Suite Italienne
Chopin Berceuse
Chopin Three Waltzes Op 70
Chopin Barcarolle
Franck Sonata in A major
Michael Petrov cello
Ashley Fripp piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Kristjan Järvi conductor
Roby Lakatos violin
Nominated by the Barbican Centre
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Tickets £10 (£8 concessions)
classical music
Debussy La damoiselle élue
Debussy La mer
Duruflé Requiem
21
LSO/Debussy La Mer
Unsuk Chin: Alice in Wonderland
mar 2015
March 2015
mar 2015
Fri 13 Mar 7.30pm
Fri 20 Mar 7.30pm
BBC SO/Bartók Duke
Bluebeard’s Castle
Evgeny Kissin in recital
Albert Schnelzer Tales from Suburbia
(BBC co-commission: world premiere)
Ravel Mother Goose - suite
Bartók Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Karabits conductor
Michelle deYoung Judith
Tickets £10–£34
Tickets £15–£65
Sat 21 March
Sun 15 Mar 7.30pm
10.30am Film & Talk,
Barbican Cinemas
Boulez on Film
Britten Four Sea Interludes
Shostakovich Concerto No 1 for Piano,
Trumpet and Strings
Sibelius Symphony No 2
London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas conductor
Yuja Wang piano
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Total Immersion: Boulez at 90
Two films exploring the man and his music.
Tickets £6
1pm, Hall
Pierre Boulez
Piano Sonata No 2
Éclat/Multiples
BBC Symphony Orchestra
François-Xavier Roth conductor
Jean-Frédéric Neuburger piano
Sun 15 Mar 10am-5.30pm
Barbican and LSO St Luke’s
LSO Discovery Day: Jean Sibelius
3pm Talk, Frobisher Rooms
Tickets £17 (£13.50 concessions)
Admission free. Limited capacity but admission
guaranteed to Day Pass holders
Fri 20 Mar 7.30pm, Milton Court
Britten Sinfonia/
Goldberg Variations
classical music
Evgeny Kissin piano
Part of BBC SO multibuy
Michael Tilson Thomas/
Sibelius 2
22
Beethoven Sonata No 21 in C, Waldstein
Prokofiev Sonata No 4 in C minor
Rachmaninov Preludes from Op 23 (Nos 1-7,
10) and Op 32 (Nos 8, 10, 12, 13)
Locatelli Concerto Grosso Op1 No 11 in C minor
Thomas Coult new work (London premiere)
Schnittke Piano concerto
Bach arr. Sitkovetsky Goldberg Variations
Britten Sinfonia
Thomas Gould violin/director
Alasdair Beatson piano
Tickets £10–£30
Part of Britten Sinfonia multibuy
The music of Pierre Boulez and an introduction to
the music in this evening’s concerts.
5pm Concert LSO St Luke’s
BBC Singers/Guildhall School musicians
Choral and chamber works by Boulez including
cummings ist der Dichter
Tickets £12
Sun 5 Apr 6pm
Boulez
Notations I-IV & VII
Pli selon pli
James MacMillan’s St Luke
Passion
BBC Symphony Orchestra
François Xavier Roth conductor
Tickets £10–£34
7.30pm concert part of BBC SO Multibuy.
Day passes available. See page 32 for details.
Day passes and multibuy discounts cannot
be combined.
James MacMillan St Luke Passion
(London Premiere)
Britten Sinfonia
James MacMillan conductor
Britten Sinfonia Voices
Children’s Choir TBC
mar–apr 2015
7.30pm, Hall
Tickets £10–£35
Fri 3 Apr 3pm
AAM/Bach St Matthew Passion
Bach St Matthew Passion
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr director/harpsichord
James Gilchrist Evangelist
Matthew Rose Jesus
Elizabeth Watts soprano
Sarah Connolly alto
Andrew Kennedy tenor
Christopher Purves bass
Choir of the AAM
Wed 8 Apr 7.30pm
LSO International Violin Festival/
Leonidas Kavakos
Shostakovich Violin Concerto No 1
Liszt A Faust Symphony
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conductor
Leonidas Kavakos violin
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Generously supported by Jonathan Moulds
Fri 10 Apr 7.30pm
Tickets £10–£45
BBCSO/Nielsen Cycle
Part of AAM multibuy
Ravel La Valse
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 3
Nielsen Symphony No 5
Ravel Bolero
Tue 4 Apr 7.30pm, Milton Court
BBC Singers/O Duo
Veljo Tormis Curse upon Iron
Eriks Ešenvalds Northern Lights
Judith Weir The Song sung True
Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare Songs
Jan Sandström Biegga luothe
Cecilia McDowall When time is broke
(world premiere)
Eriks Ešenvalds The Long Road
Bob Chilcott The Making of the Drum
Plus music for solo percussion
BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott conductor
O Duo
Tickets £10–£25
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor
Alexander Toradze piano
Tickets £10–£34
Part of BBC SO multibuy
classical music
April 2015
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apr 2015
Sun 12 Apr 7.30pm
Fri 17 Apr 7.30pm
LSO/Osmo Vänskä/
Shostakovich 6
New York Philharmonic
Arvo Pärt Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Britten Violin Concerto
Shostakovich Symphony No 6
London Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä conductor
Gil Shaham violin
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Generously supported by Jonathan Moulds
Barbican International Associate
Residency
Part of Joyce DiDonato Artist Spotlight
Salonen Nyx (UK premiere)
Ravel Shéhérazade
Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales
Strauss Rosenkavalier Suite
New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert conductor
Joyce DiDonato mezzo soprano
Tickets £15–£65
Tue 14 Apr 7.30pm, Milton Court
Joyce DiDonato Artist Spotlight:
Into the Fire
Sat 18 Apr 7.30pm, Milton Court
Debussy String Quartet
Renaldo Hahn Venezia
Jake Heggie Camille Claudel: Into the Fire
(European premiere)
Joyce DiDonato mezzo soprano
Jake Heggie piano
Brentano String Quartet
Tickets £25–£45
Wed 15 Apr 2pm, Milton Court
Joyce DiDonato Artist Spotlight:
Masterclass
Joyce DiDonato leads a masterclass with students
from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Tickets £30 (£10 students)
classical music
Wed 15 Apr 7.30pm
BBCSO/Vedernikov
Mahler arr. Glanert Lieder aus der Knaben
Wunderhorn (UK premiere)
With projections by Clara Pons.
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Vedernikov conductor
Dietrich Henschel baritone
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Tickets £10–£34
Part of BBC SO multibuy
New York Philharmonic
CONTACT! Concert
Barbican International Associate
Residency
Alan Gilbert introduces a concert from the
New York Philharmonic’s CONTACT! series, a
significant part of the new music landscape in
New York, featuring emerging US composers
and a performance of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s
string quartet Homunculus.
New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert conductor
Tickets £10–£25
Wed 22 Apr 7.30pm
New York Philharmonic
Young People’s Concert
Capuçon/Brahms: The Cello
Sonatas
Barbican International Associate
Residency
Beethoven Variations in E flat Major
Brahms Cello Sonata No 1 in E minor
Schumann Drei Fantasiestücke Op 73
Brahms Cello Sonata No 2 in F major
Stravinsky Petrushka
This theatrical spectacle uses live puppetry, circus,
dancers and visuals interacting with orchestra to
break the boundaries of the traditional classical
concert and introduce families to Stravinsky’s
colourful ballet.
New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert conductor, magician
Doug Fitch director, designer
Karole Armitage choreographer
Edouard Getaz producer, video director
Featuring Sara Mearns principal dancer
Tickets £20 (£10 under 16s)
All adults must be accompanied by a child.
apr 2015
Sun 19 Apr 4pm
Gautier Capuçon cello
Nicholas Angelich piano
Tickets £15–£35
Thu 23 Apr 7.30pm
LSO/Boulez at 90
Pierre Boulez Livre pour cordes
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Pierre Boulez Rituel: in memoriam Bruno Maderna
London Symphony Orchestra
Peter Eötvös conductor
Tickets £10–£38
Barbican International Associate
Residency
Bartok Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin
Debussy Jeux
Stravinsky Petrushka
Concert performances of two of the 20th
Century’s most glittering ballet scores, followed
by an exuberant semi-staged performance of
Petrushka created by New York’s innovative
production company Giants Are Small.
New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert conductor, magician
Doug Fitch director, designer
Karole Armitage choreographer
Edouard Getaz producer, video director
Featuring Sara Mearns principal dancer
A production created by Giants Are Small
Tickets £15–£45
Part of LSO multibuy
Fri 24 Apr 7.30pm
BBC SO/Dutilleux and
Lutosławski
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5
Christopher Rouse Prospero’s Rooms
(UK premiere)
Lutosławski Concerto for Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Joshua Weilerstein conductor
Nelson Freire piano
Tickets £10–£34
Part of BBC SO multibuy
6.00pm, St Giles’s Cripplegate
Singers at Six: Music from Poland
The BBC Singers conducted by Paul Brough
perform works by Polish composers including
Górecki and Penderecki.
Tickets £10, or £8 to ticket-holders for the evening
concert in the Barbican Hall.
classical music
New York Philharmonic/
Bartók, Debussy, Stravinsky
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Sun 19 Apr 7.30pm
apr–may 2015
Sun 26 Apr 2.30pm
LSO Discovery: Family Concert
Progamme to be confirmed
BBC SO/Smetana Dalibor
Tickets £10 (£5 under-18s)
Smetana Dalibor BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek conductor
Tickets £10–£22
Cast includes:
Ivan Kusnjer Vladislav, a Czech king
Pavel Černoch Dalibor, a knight
Aleš Voráček Vitek, a mercenary
Dana Burešova Miloda, Sister of the Burgrave
of Ploškovice
Alžběta Polaçková Jitka, a village maiden
BBC Singers
Part of LSO multibuy
Generously supported by Jonathan Moulds
Tickets £12–£40
Part of BBC SO multibuy
Tue 28 Apr 7.30pm
Sun 3 May 7.30pm
LSO String Ensemble
Progamme to be confirmed
LSO String Ensemble
Roman Simovic director
Ensemble Intercontemporain/
Boulez at 90
Debussy Syrinx
Boulez Memoriale
Matthias Pintscher Choc (Monumento IV)
Yann Robin Asymétriades
Boulez Sur Incises
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Matthias Pintscher conductor
Tickets £10–£30
LSO International Violin Festival/
Nicola Benedetti
Glinka Overture Ruslan and Lyudmila
Szymanowski Violin Concerto No 1
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
London Symphony Orchestra
Krzysztof Urbanski conductor
Nicola Benedetti violin
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Generously supported by Jonathan Moulds
Thu 30 Apr 7.30pm
Nicola Benedetti also gives a lunchtime recital
at LSO St Luke’s on Thu 25 Jun.
Book at lso.co.uk/lunchtimeconcerts
LSO/Tchaikovsky 4
classical music
Sat 2 May 7pm
Suitable for 7–12 year olds
Sun 26 Apr 7.30pm
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Messiaen Les offrandes oubliées
Bartók Violin Concerto No 2
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4
London Symphony Orchestra
Tugan Sokhiev conductor
Midori violin
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Generously supported by Jonathan Moulds
Tue 12 May 7.30pm
Britten Sinfonia/
Barbara Hannigan in Focus I
LSO International Violin Festival/
Nikolaj Znaider
Mozart Overture to La Clemenza di Tito
Stravinsky Souvenirs de mon enfance
Stravinsky Pastorale
Haydn Symphony No 49, La Passione
Stravinsky Act One, Scene 3 from The Rake’s
Progress
Mozart Overture to Idomeneo
Mozart Bella mia fiamma, addio
Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite
Balakirev arr. Lyapunov Islamey
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Shostakovich Symphony No 15
Thu 7 May 7.30pm
LSO/Tchaikovsky 5
Brahms Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5
London Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov conductor
Isabelle Faust violin
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Generously supported by Jonathan Moulds
Thu 7 May 7.30pm, Milton Court
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Generously supported by Jonathan Moulds Wed 13 May 9pm
Thu 14 May 9pm
Fri 15 May 8.30pm & 11pm
Village Underground
I Fagiolini/Betrayal: A Polyphonic
Crime Drama
Based on the exquisite but tortured music of
Carlo Gesualdo, combined with contemporary
dance, Betrayal is the long awaited follow-up to
The Full Monteverdi.
I Fagiolini
Robert Hollingsworth musical director
Conceived and directed by
John La Bouchardière
In association with Village Underground
Tickets £25 (Unreserved standing)
Britten Sinfonia /
Barbara Hannigan in Focus II
Thu 14 May 7.30pm, Milton Court
R Strauss Dance from Capriccio (1941)
Schoenberg Six pieces for piano duet
Berg Hier ist friede Op 4 No 5
Chausson Chanson Perpetuelle
Johann Strauss arr. Schoenberg
Lagunen Walzer
Mahler Piano Quartet
Schoenberg String Quartet No 2
A programme showcasing links between
European and north African music in the
baroque era, exploring the fluid relationship
between ‘folk’ and ‘art’ music that inspired
composers including Vivaldi and Corelli.
Britten Sinfonia
Barbara Hannigan soprano/director
Tickets £10–£30
Part of Britten Sinfonia multibuy
The Grand Tour: Venice and the
Mediterranean
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Tognetti director / violin
Tickets £10–£30
Part of AAM multibuy
classical music
Tickets £10–£35
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev conductor
Nikolaj Znaider violin
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Britten Sinfonia
Barbara Hannigan soprano/conductor
may 2015
Wed 6 May 7.30pm
may 2015
Fri 15 May 7.30pm
Sun 24 May from 2pm, Milton Court
BBC SO/Sir Andrew Davis
conducts Bliss
Les Arts Florissants/Monteverdi:
Madrigals of love and war
Berlioz The Trojans – Royal Hunt and Storm
Berlioz La mort de Cléopâtre
Bliss Morning Heroes
Monteverdi Madrigals Book 8
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis conductor
Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
BBC Symphony Chorus
Tickets £10–£34
An extraordinary complete performance of
Monteverdi’s crowning glory: his monumental
Eighth Book of Madrigals in two semi-staged
concerts interspersed with a discussion.
2pm Madrigali Guerrieri
4.30pm – 5.30pm Talk and discussion
7.30pm Madrigali Amorosi
Part of BBC SO multibuy
Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew Director
Sat 16 May 7.30pm
Tickets £20, £30 or £40 per concert or multibuy
package of £30, £40 or £50 when both concerts
booked together.
Hélène Grimaud in recital
Liszt Au bord d’une source
Liszt Les jeux d’eau à la villa d’Este
Liszt St François de Paule marchant sur les flots
Schubert/Liszt Auf dem Wasser zu singen
Ravel Jeux d’eau; Ondine
Debussy Préludes: La cathédrale engloutie;
Ondine;
Debussy Images: Reflets dans l’eau; Poissons d’or
Debussy Étude Pour les Arpèges composés
Debussy L’Isle joyeuse
Fauré Barcarolle No 5
Albeniz Almerìa from Iberia, book 2
The 4.30pm panel discussion is free to all same
day ticket holders, however early arrival is advised
to ensure entry – admittance is on a first come
first served basis.
Hélène Grimaud piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding conductor
Christian Tetzlaff violin
London Symphony Chorus
Tickets £10–£35
Sun 24 May 7.30pm
LSO/Brahms Requiem
Beethoven Violin Concerto
Brahms German Requiem
Tickets £10–£38
Sat 23 May 7.30pm
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BBC SO/Nielsen Cycle
Sibelius Tapiola
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 4 Foulds April England
Nielsen Symphony No 6
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor
Denis Kozhukhin piano
Tickets £10–£38
Part of BBC SO multibuy
Part of LSO multibuy
Generously supported by Jonathan Moulds
Christian Tetzlaff also gives a lunchtime recital at
LSO St Luke’s on Thu 21 May. Book at lso.co.uk/
lunchtimeconcerts
Sat 9 May 11am-4.30pm, LSO St Luke’s
LSO Singing Day: Brahms Connections
In the run up to the performance of Brahms’
Requiem on 24 May. Simon Halsey, the LSO’s
Choral Director runs a day exploring the music
that inspired it
Tickets £17
Sat 6 Jun 7.30pm
Matthias Goerne in recital
Britten Sinfonia/Iestyn Davies/
Nico Muhly: Sentences
Tickets £10–£35
Fri 29 May 1pm, Milton Court
ECHO Rising Stars:
SIGNUM Saxophone Quartet
Sibelius arr. Signum Quartet Andante Festivo
Glazunov Quartet Op109
GF Haas new work (commissioned by Kölner
Philharmonie)
Barber arr. Johan van der Linden Adagio
Op11
Gershwin arr. Sylvain Dedenon Suite on
themes from Porgy and Bess
Signum Saxophone Quartet
Nominated by the Kölner Philharmonie,
Laeiszhalle Elbphilharmonie Hamburg,
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and Konzerthaus
Dortmund
Tickets £10 (£8 concessions)
June 2015
Tue 2 Jun 7.30pm
LSO/Mahler 5
Edward Rushton new work
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Mahler Symphony No 5
London Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding conductor
Janine Jansen violin
Dowland If my complaints could passions move
Britten Lachrymae
Vivaldi Stabat Mater
Nico Muhly Sentences (world premiere)
Muhly’s Sentences is a substantial dramatic
monologue for Iestyn Davies, inspired by the life
of Alan Turing.
Iestyn Davies counter-tenor
Nico Muhly conductor
Lawrence Power viola
Britten Sinfonia
Tickets £10–£35
Sun 7 Jun 7.30pm
LSO International Violin Festival/
James Ehnes
Bartók Divertimento for Strings
Korngold Violin Concerto
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
London Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop conductor
James Ehnes violin
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Generously supported by Jonathan Moulds
Janes Ehnes gives a lunchtime recital at
LSO St Luke’s on Thu 11 Jun.
Book at lso.co.uk/lunchtimeconcerts
Wed 10 Jun 7.30pm
Tickets £10–£38
LSO/André Previn and
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Part of LSO multibuy
Generously supported by Jonathan Moulds
André Previn Violin Concerto
Rachmaninov Symphony No 2
Fri 5 Jun 7.30pm
London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
Murray Perahia in recital
Programme to be confirmed
Murray Perahia piano
Tickets £10–£45
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Generously supported by Jonathan Moulds
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Matthias Goerne baritone
Piotr Anderszewski piano
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Schumann Lieder
may–jun 2015
Thur 28 May 7.30pm
jun–jul 2015
Sun 14 Jun 7.30pm
Thu 2 Jul 7.30pm
Bernard Haitink/
Alina Ibragimova/LSO
LSO/Sir Simon Rattle/Dvořák
Mozart Violin Concerto No 3
Mahler Symphony No 1, Titan
Brahms Piano Concerto No 1
Dvorˇak The Wild Dove
Dvorˇak The Golden Spinning Wheel
London Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink conductor
Alina Ibragimova violin
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Krystian Zimerman piano
Tickets £10–£38
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Generously supported by Jonathan Moulds
Part of LSO multibuy
Sun 5 Jul 7.30pm
Sun 21 Jun 7.30pm
Beethoven 9 ‘Choral’/LSO/
Bernard Haitink
Mark-Anthony Turnage Frieze
Beethoven Symphony No 9, Choral
London Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink conductor
Erin Wall soprano
Karen Cargill mezzo-soprano
Steve Davislim tenor
Hanno Müller-Brachmann bass-baritone
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
LSO Community Choir
LSO Youth Choir
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Mon 7 Jul 7.30pm, Milton Court
Part of LSO multibuy
AAM/Mozart piano concertos
Sun 21 Jun 10am-5.30pm,
Barbican and LSO St Luke’s
LSO Discovery Day: Beethoven
Mozart Overture, Lucio Silla
Mozart Concerto No 5 in D, K175 (early version
for organ)
JC Bach arr. Mozart Concerto
in D major
Mozart orch. reconstr. Levin Allegro
to a concerto in G major
Mozart Symphony No 29, K201
Sun 28 Jun 7.30pm
LSO International Violin Festival/
Joshua Bell
classical music
Jonathan Dove new work
Walton Symphony No 1
Tickets £10–£38
Tickets £17 (£13.50 concessions)
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LSO/Sir Simon Rattle/
Youth Concert
Programme to include:
Sibelius Violin Concerto
London Symphony Orchestra
Pablo Heras-Casado conductor
Joshua Bell violin
Tickets £10–£38
Part of LSO multibuy
Generously supported by Jonathan Moulds Academy of Ancient Music
Pavlo Beznosiuk director/violin
Robert Levin director/harpsichord/organ
Tickets £10-£30
Part of AAM multibuy
Online booking will open to Barbican Members on the
following dates:
Red Members 10am Mon 27 Jan
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Yellow Members and general public 10am Mon 10 Feb
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Call the Box Office on 020 7638 8891.
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Booking Information
Multibuy
Buy more and save money with our series multibuys.
You can make great savings on your concert
tickets when you take advantage of our
multibuy discounts.
Multibuy discounts can be booked online at
barbican.org.uk/classical1415, you can choose
your exact seating location and all multibuy
discounts will be automatically applied at checkout.
Multibuy discounts are only available within each
series and not across different series.
For example, if you book two concerts from the
Britten Sinfonia series and one concert from the
London Symphony Orchestra series a discount
will not be applied.
Concerts must be booked in one transaction to
receive a multibuy discount. All discounts are
limited and cannot be combined.
To ensure that you receive the correct
multibuy discounts when booking online
please follow the multibuy links
highlighted on the website.
London Symphony Orchestra
The following discounts apply to concerts
marked with the line ‘Part of LSO multibuy’:
Groups of 10 or more save 20% on selected
concerts.
All tickets are half price for children aged 16
or under.
BBC SO concerts not taking place in the Barbican
Hall and lunchtime concerts as part of Total
Immersion days at 1pm are excluded from the
multibuy discount.
Total Immersion Day Passes
Day passes available by telephone or in person
from Sat 1 Mar.
There are a range of day pass prices reflecting
the prices for tickets in the Barbican Hall.
Total Immersion: John Tavener Remembered
£38–£58
Total Immersion: Percussion!
£18–£38
Total Immersion: Boulez at 90
£32–£50
Please note that a limited number of day passes
are available
Multibuy discounts and day passes cannot be
combined to create extra savings.
Book three or four concerts and save 15%
Academy of Ancient Music
Book five or more concerts and save 20%
The following discounts apply to concerts
marked with the line ‘Part of AAM multibuy’:
Book 8 or more concerts and receive a 20%
discount plus up to two free tickets for either the
London Symphony Chorus on 26 Nov,
Conducting Final on 8 Dec or LSO String
Ensemble on 26 Apr. To claim your free tickets
email tickets@lso.co.uk with your booking
reference number.
Book five or more Academy of Ancient Music
concerts in the season and save 15%
Exclusions: A discount will not apply to 4 Oct. This
concert will still count towards your multi-buy
total, e.g. book five concerts including 4 Oct and
you will still save 15% on four concerts.
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Britten Sinfonia
The following discounts apply to concerts
marked with the line ‘Part of BBC SO multibuy’:
The following discounts apply to concerts taking
place in Milton Court Concert Hall marked with
the line ‘Part of Britten Sinfonia multibuy’:
Book 3 – 5 BBC Symphony Orchestra concerts
and save15%
Book 6 or more BBC Symphony Orchestra
concerts and save 20%
Book all five Britten Sinfonia concerts in Milton
Court Concert Hall and save 20%
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