BBC Radio 3’s Tom Service talks to composer Steven Daverson, creative sound engineers and others about symphonic electronics. Free event: Limited capacity – admission guaranteed to Day Pass holders.

BBC Radio 3’s Tom Service talks to composer Shiva Feshareki and sound systems designer Daniel Hulme about Feshareki’s new work Bab-Khaneh: Gatehouse of Memory. The Barbican is widely accessible by bus ...

Vintage Stockhausen plus a new adventure from British-Iranian composer and sonic explorer Shiva Feshareki – the world premiere of her Barbican commission for the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Feshareki says ...

The UK premiere of Juste Janulyte’s Iridescence by the BBC Singers opens a portal into the expanding musical universe of symphonic electronics – 'symphonic' in the ancient Greek meaning 'harmonious'. ...

Musicologist Professor Jonathan Cross talks to Dame Gillian Moore – a lifelong advocate for Boulez’s music – about his creative and cultural legacy. The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, ...

Musicologist Professor Jonathan Cross talks to former members of the BBC SO as well as former Radio 3 Controller Sir Nicholas Kenyon – about their personal experience of working with Pierre Boulez.

Two classic BBC Television documentaries - a compilation fronted by Tom Service, and Barrie Gavin presenting one of his own many Boulez films. Using archive footage and interviews to explore Pierre ...

Boulez’s shattering Second Piano Sonata, and two extraordinary works for solo clarinet, performed by the talented musicians of the Guildhall School and introduced by BBC Radio 3’s Kate Molleson.

Sufi music and poetry, Indian classical dance, the airborne vocals of Abi Sampa, and artful orchestrations converge in a free-spirited project whose transformative ecstasy holds audiences spellbound.

A sold-out hall greeted Seong-Jin Cho’s Barbican debut in 2023. His much-anticipated return navigates a scintillating all-Ravel programme, saluting the composer in his 150th anniversary year. Winner ...

Moin are a three-piece based in London featuring Tom Halstead and Joe Andrews of the electronic outfit Raime and percussionist visionary Valentina Magaletti. Their music re-contextualises a range of ...

A runaway hit at its 1724 premiere, Louise Alder stars in Giulio Cesare - arguably Handel’s most popular operatic creation – a drama teeming with passion and political skulduggery. Sparks fly as ...