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Barbican Family Film Club
See a selection of great kids movies at the Barbican Family Film Club.
When
01 March 2008 -
02 March 2013 Various
Genre
Kids & Family -
Cost
Membership free
Film screenings £5.00
Song Dong: Waste Not
An installation of more than 10,000 items collected by the artist's mother over a period of 50 years, inspired by childhood memories of China's cultural revolution.
When
From Feb 15, Mon-Wed, Fri-Sun 11am-8pm, Thu 11am-10pm, ends Jun 12
Genre
Arts - none
Cost
free
Bauhaus: Art As Life
The most extensive Bauhaus display in the UK in more than 40 years, featuring paintings, sculpture, design, architecture, films, photography, textiles, ceramics, performances and installations by members including Josef and Anni Albers, Marianne Brandt, Marcel Breuer, Walter Gropius and Johannes Itten.
When
From May 3, Mon & Tue, Fri-Sun 11am-8pm, Wed 11am-6pm, Thu 11am-10pm, ends Aug 12
Genre
Arts - none
Cost
£12, adv £10, ages 13-17 £7, adv ages 13-17 £6, concs £8, adv concs £7, under 13s free
BBC Symphony Orchestra/BBC Symphony Chorus
Jiri Belohlavek conducts Brahms's Violin Concerto featuring violinist Isabelle Faust, and Suk's The Ripening.
When
May 24, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - class
Cost
£10-£30
Vinicio Capossela
Alt folk by the Italian singer-songwriter.
When
May 26, 8pm
Genre
Gigs - rock
Cost
£18-£28
London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 3 and Mahler's Symphony No 4. With pianist Yefim Bronfman and soprano Elizabeth Watts
When
May 27, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - class
Cost
£10-£35
Big Star
The American rock and power pop band reforms to perform its third album Sister Lovers, with special guests including Mike Mills, Alexis Taylor and Brendan Benson.
When
May 28, 8pm
Genre
Gigs - rock
Cost
£15-£25
Cymbeline
Japanese director Yukio Ninagawa re-imagines Shakespeare's rarely performed romance tragedy about a princess who secretly marries for love. A Ninagawa Company production for the World Shakespeare Festival starring Hiroshi Abe and Shinobu Otake, performed in Japanese with English surtitles.
When
May 29-31, Jun 1 & 2, 7.15pm
Genre
Theatre - dra
Cost
£16-£50
Cymbeline at Barbican
Get your tickets to see Cymbeline at Barbican when Yukio Ninagawa directs Shakespeare's tragic romance.
When
29 May 2012 -
02 June 2012 7.15pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
£16.00 - £50.00
London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Berg's Chamber Concerto and Mahler's Symphony No 1 'Titan'. With pianist Yefim Bronfman and violinist Gil Shaham.
When
May 31, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - class
Cost
£10-£35
London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mozart's Violin Concerto No 5 'Turkish' featuring violinist Gil Shaham and Mahler's Symphony No 5.
When
Jun 3, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - class
Cost
£10-£35
Murray Perahia
The pianist performs Beethoven's Sonata No 14 'Moonlight', Schumann's Faschingschwank Aus Wien, Schubert's Sonata In A Major and Chopin's Polonaise In C Sharp Minor, Prelude In F Sharp Minor, Mazurka In C Sharp Minor and Scherzo In B Minor.
When
Jun 7, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - class
Cost
£11-£45
Highgate Choral Society/New London Orchestra
Ronald Corp conducts Elgar's Imperial March and Coronation Ode, Walton's Coronation Te Deum and Orb And Sceptre, Britten' Gloriana, The Courtly Dances, Ronald Corp's This Sceptr'd Isle, Parry's I Was Glad and Handel's Zadok The Priest, with Geraldine Mc Greevy, soprano, Frances McCafferty, alto, Phillip Sheffield, tenor and Mark Stone, bass.
When
Jun 9, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - class
Cost
£12-£36
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: World Cities 2012: Nur Du (Only You)
A dance-theatre work featuring pop music from the 1940s, 50s and 60s, which explores a particular Californian obsession with perfection.
When
Jun 9 & 10, 7.30pm
Genre
Dance - modern
Cost
£15-£55
London Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink conducts Purcell's Chacony In G Minor, Mozart's Piano Concerto No 20 and Schubert's Symphony No 9, 'The Great', with Maria Joao Pires, piano.
When
Jun 10, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - class
Cost
£10-£35
Oxford Philomusica/London Symphony Chorus/New London Children's Choir
Marios Papadopoulos conducts Martyn Harry's Galgenhumoreske, Grieg's Piano Concerto In A Minor and Orff's Carmina Burana, with Benjamin Grosvenor, piano, Elena Xanthoudakis, soprano, Robert Davies, baritone and Tom Verney, counter-tenor.
When
Jun 12, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - class
Cost
£10-£30
London Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink conducts Purcell's Funeral Music For Queen Mary, Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23
When
Jun 14, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - class
Cost
£10-£35
Kayhan Kalhor And Erdal Erzincan
The fiddler and lutenist perform Classical Persian and Turkish pieces.
When
Jun 15, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - jazz
Cost
£22-£35
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: World Cities 2012: Ten Chi
A dance-theatre piece featuring visual imagery, hand gestures, kabuki, Polynesian dance movement and more, offering a sympathy with modern Japanese culture.
When
Jun 15 & 16, 7.30pm
Genre
Dance - modern
Cost
£15-£55
Jaga Jazzist, Britten Sinfonia, Lars Horntveth, Susanne Sundfor
Improv and experimental jazz by the Norwegian collective.
When
Jun 16, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - jazz
Cost
£15-£22.50
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle conducts Brahms's Symphony No 3, Webern's Six Pieces For Orchestra and Schumann's Symphony No 3, 'Rhenish'.
When
Jun 17, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - class
Cost
£25-£85
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conducts Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod, Berg's Three Fragments and Beethoven's Symphony No 5, with Angela Denoke, soprano.
When
Jun 21, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - class
Cost
£10-£35
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: World Cities 2012: Bamboo Blues (Koltaka)
A dance-theatre work accompanied by a range of Indian music and containing filmic images of the country.
When
Jun 21 & 22, 7.30pm
Genre
Dance - modern
Cost
£15-£55
Rokia Traore
The Malian guitarist and singer plays blues-flavoured world music.
When
Jun 22, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - jazz
Cost
£15-£25
Van Dyke Parks & Britten Sinfonia
The singer-songwriter and the orchestra performs pop, psychedelic and rock. With Robin Pecknold from Fleet Foxes and Grizzly Bear's Daniel Rossen as guest vocalist.
When
Jun 23, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - rock
Cost
£15-£25
London Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Wolfe conducts Khachaturian's Adagio from Spartacus And Phrygia, and Sabre Dance, Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight Of The Bumblebee, Rossini's William Tell Overture, Sik's Toward A New Life and John Williams's Main Title from Star Wars.
When
Jun 24, 2.30pm
Genre
Gigs - class
Cost
£10, under 16s £4
London Symphony Orchestra
Kristjan Jarvi conducts Jeff Moore's River Journey, Falla's The Three Cornered Hat Suite and Howard Moody's Terrors Of Red Flame.
When
Jun 28, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - class
Cost
£4
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: World Cities 2012: Agua
Exploring the contrasts of the country of Brazil, this dance-theatre work offers a homage to the country.
When
Jun 28 & 29, 7.30pm
Genre
Dance - modern
Cost
£15-£55
The Cinematic Orchestra
The band plays acid jazz and electronica from the album In Motion.
When
Jun 30, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - jazz
Cost
£24.50-£35
London Symphony Orchestra/London Symphony Chorus
Francois-Xavier Roth conducts Villa-Lobos's Zoe Act 1: Danca Frenetica, Amazonas and Choros No 10 'Rasga O Coracao' and Milhaud's Saudades Do Brasil.
When
Jul 4, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - class
Cost
£20-£35
Paul Heaton
Country and indie from the North West-based singer-songwriter.
When
Jul 5, 7pm
Genre
Gigs - folk
Cost
£18-£28
Goran Bregovic
The guitarist and band perform his own piece Margot, Diary Of An Unhappy Queen.
When
Jul 6, 8pm
Genre
Gigs - class
Cost
£20-£35
James Bond Exhibition London
The Barbican celebrates 50 years of Bond on screen with a dazzling, multi-sensory exhibition that explores the development of the iconic secret agent's style.
When
06 July 2012 -
05 September 2012 11am - 8pm daily
Open until 10pm every Thurs
Genre
Arts -
Cost
£8.00 - £12.00
Desdemona
Othello's tragic lover and her African nurse Barbary reconnect from beyond the grave in an intimate performance created by Malian singer-songwriter Rokia Traore, Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison and director Peter Sellars for the World Shakespeare Festival.
When
Jul 19 & 20, 7.30pm
Genre
Theatre - dra
Cost
£15-£55
The Lodger at Barbican
Watch Alfred Hitchcock's first suspense thriller in its newly restored format, accompanied by a brand new score.
When
21 July 2012 -
21 July 2012 8pm
Genre
Arts -
Cost
£15.00 - £35.00
Dexys
Soul influenced pop and rock from singer-songwriter Kevin Rowland and the band formerly known as Dexys Midnight Runners.
When
Sep 16, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - rock
Cost
£30 & £32.50
Sparks
Veteran American pop-rock band featuring brothers Ron and Russell Mael best known for the hit song This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us.
When
Oct 26, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - rock
Cost
£20-£27.50
Efterklang & Northern Sinfonia
The Danish indie-rock band performs classical influenced songs from the album Piramida with the orchestra.
When
Oct 30, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - rock
Cost
£15-£22.50
Melody Gardot
Grammy-nominated jazz, blues, folk and country singer-songwriter from Philadelphia.
When
Nov 10, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - jazz
Cost
£10-£27.50
John McLaughlin
Contemporary and fusion jazz by the well-established guitarist from Doncaster.
When
Nov 11, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - jazz
Cost
£10-£35
Brad Mehldau Trio
Contemporary jazz by the well-established pianist and group.
When
Nov 14, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - jazz
Cost
£10-£30
Sonny Rollins
Modern and mainstream jazz by the veteran American saxophonist.
When
Nov 16, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - jazz
Cost
£10-£75
Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
Jazz fusion by the American pianist and accompanying musicians
When
Nov 17, 7.30pm
Genre
Gigs - jazz
Cost
£10-£50
Neil Cowley Trio With Goldsmiths Strings
The pianist plays contemporary jazz with his group.
When
Nov 17, 2pm
Genre
Gigs - jazz
Cost
£7.50 & £12.50

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