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Messiaen threw everything at his Turangalîla Symphony, and the result is a thrilling experience that can only really be appreciated to the full live in the concert hall
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Things To Do
The EFG London Jazz Festival 2016 is back with star-studded performances all over the capital this November
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Tried and Tested
Visual Arts
'More is more, kitsch is king, sex is in and shyness is sin' - welcome to The Vulgar
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Opera
An opera written for London comes to London, with a massive singing star on board
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Design
Japan's home design is far from domesticated. For the first time, a major London exhibition explores Japanese post-war architecture in all its wildly radical glory
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Visual Arts
The iceman cometh: not satisfied with defeating England at football, Iceland proves it can also slay us when it comes to installation art
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Classical Music
The popular American soprano visits the Barbican for their 2015-6 Artist Spotlight, singing alone and with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
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Visual Arts
Martin Parr's curation knocks this Barbican photography exhibition out of the park
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Design
Seen 'High Rise'? This Barbican exhibition 'Designing for a Living City' looks at the controversial design of residential developments
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Things To Do
Before the Easter eggs, the music: London Easter concerts feature both traditional, classical works and new pieces
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Classical Music
Maxim Vengerov plays the Sibelius Violin Concerto in a rarely heard version with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
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Food
Newly refurbished Barbican wine bar, Enoteca Rabezzana boasts the flavours of Northern Italy
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Gigs
Nils Frahm and friends come to the Barbican this July
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Gigs
Icon of chanson, Juliette Gréco comes to the Barbican
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Visual Arts
Leading Pakistani artist Imran Qureshi brings a site-specific installation to the Barbican Curve Gallery
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Gigs
Cutting edge techno finds an orchestral foil at the Barbican Centre
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Dance
Mime London 2016: get ready for a refreshing blast of innovative physical theatre from across the globe. Sponsored by LIMF.
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Festival
This January the Barbican presents a retrospective season of RSC productions of Shakespeare captured on screen.
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Festival
Not a fan of Christmas clichés? This December, the Barbican are sticking it to the man with a selection of films with a punk rock edge
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Kids
The London International Animation Festival 2015 presents a ten-day celebration of the world’s most talented stop-motion moviemakers.
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Features
The Barbican's lovely film club for kids is hosting its annual Framed Film Festival 2015, perfect for London's young film enthusiasts
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Design
Barbican Art Gallery celebrates trailblazing design couple Charles and Ray Eames with major new exhibition
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Talks
Discover the best of the old and the new of Brazilian cinema with the Rio + Film Festival at the Barbican Centre
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Talks
Check out The Colour of Money Barbican Film Season for flicks that take you from the gold rush to the credit crunch.
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Things to do
The best contemporary art exhibitions in London causing a stir over the Frieze art fair 2015
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Festival
This summer the Barbican Cinema celebrated the best of Benedict Cumberbatch with A (Cumberbatch) of Benedict: a season dedicated to his range of work on British film and television.
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Visual Arts
New British art star Eddie Peake continues to make a spectacle at Barbican Curve exhibition
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Classical Music
A unique four-hour immersive experience, with music, meditation and communal eating
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Dance
London itself becomes the wider stage for this year’s Dance Umbrella 2015 with performances in the streets and unexpected venues in October.
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Talks
World-famous ceramicist and award-winning author Edmund de Waal tells his remarkable story at the Barbican
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Gigs
Nils Petter Molvaer's London gig combines jazz trumpets with the reggae of Sly and Robbie, the guitar of Eivind Aarset and the electronics of Vladislav Delay into an audacious mixture.
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Theatre
After sell out success at Regent's Park, this charming stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s classic novel is just as magical at the Barbican, summer 2015.
