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Barbican Family Film Club
See a selection of great kids movies at the Barbican Family Film Club.BarbicanSilk Street,London,EC2Y 8DS,United Kingdom
When
01 March 2008 -
02 March 2013 Various
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
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
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.
Vinicio Capossela
Alt folk by the Italian singer-songwriter.
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
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.
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
Cymbeline at Barbican
Get your tickets to see Cymbeline at Barbican when Yukio Ninagawa directs Shakespeare's tragic romance. BarbicanSilk Street,London,EC2Y 8DS,United Kingdom
When
29 May 2012 -
02 June 2012 7.15pm
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.
London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mozart's Violin Concerto No 5 'Turkish' featuring violinist Gil Shaham and Mahler's Symphony No 5.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
London Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink conducts Purcell's Funeral Music For Queen Mary, Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23
Kayhan Kalhor And Erdal Erzincan
The fiddler and lutenist perform Classical Persian and Turkish pieces.
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.
Jaga Jazzist, Britten Sinfonia, Lars Horntveth, Susanne Sundfor
Improv and experimental jazz by the Norwegian collective.
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'.
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.
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.
Rokia Traore
The Malian guitarist and singer plays blues-flavoured world music.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Cinematic Orchestra
The band plays acid jazz and electronica from the album In Motion.
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.
Paul Heaton
Country and indie from the North West-based singer-songwriter.
Goran Bregovic
The guitarist and band perform his own piece Margot, Diary Of An Unhappy Queen.
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.BarbicanSilk Street,London,EC2Y 8DS,United Kingdom
When
06 July 2012 -
05 September 2012 11am - 8pm daily
Open until 10pm every Thurs
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.
The Lodger at Barbican
Watch Alfred Hitchcock's first suspense thriller in its newly restored format, accompanied by a brand new score.BarbicanSilk Street,London,EC2Y 8DS,United Kingdom
When
21 July 2012 -
21 July 2012 8pm
Dexys
Soul influenced pop and rock from singer-songwriter Kevin Rowland and the band formerly known as Dexys Midnight Runners.
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.
Efterklang & Northern Sinfonia
The Danish indie-rock band performs classical influenced songs from the album Piramida with the orchestra.
Melody Gardot
Grammy-nominated jazz, blues, folk and country singer-songwriter from Philadelphia.
John McLaughlin
Contemporary and fusion jazz by the well-established guitarist from Doncaster.
Brad Mehldau Trio
Contemporary jazz by the well-established pianist and group.
Sonny Rollins
Modern and mainstream jazz by the veteran American saxophonist.
Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
Jazz fusion by the American pianist and accompanying musicians
Neil Cowley Trio With Goldsmiths Strings
The pianist plays contemporary jazz with his group.