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  <title>Gustav Mahler + New York Philharmonic Orchestra at Barbican Centre, London on 16 Feb 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Mahler Symphony No 9

New York Philharmonic 
Alan Gilbert conductor

America's oldest symphony orchestra - it was founded in 1842 - and certainly one of the most beloved of US music institutions, the New York Philharmonic last year gave its 15,000th concert, a figure which includes 430 cities in 63 countries on five continents. Despite a history of prestigious music directors including Boulez, Bernstein, Stowkowski, Barbirolli and Toscanini, the present incumbent Alan Gilbert - who took up the post in 2009 - is actually the first native New Yorker. His parents were both musicians in the orchestra: the ensemble, its heritage, reputation and spirit is part of his very identity. Perhaps his most famous predecessor, however, is the composer Gustav Mahler, whose last complete symphony, the Ninth, we hear tonight. It is a remarkable work, a symphony of astonishing intensity, of life-affirming beauty, an achievement both moving and majestic. 

The performance was Alan Gilbert’s triumph: having made all the right choices, he paid meticulous attention to every detail, yet sustained his grasp of the whole – a truly impressive achievement.' New York Concert Review]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>LSO: Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev &amp; Shostakovich on 21 Feb 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Tchaikovsky Overture: Romeo & Juliet
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 3
Shostakovich Symphony No 5

Valery Gergiev conductor
Denis Matsuev piano
London Symphony Orchestra


Change of programme
Please note the change of overture (Tchaikovsky Romeo & Juliet replaces Britten Four Sea Interludes ) from that published in some early listings.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-02-21T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>Lambchop + Cortney Tidwell at Barbican Centre, London on 1 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Long standing, Nashville-based music pioneers Lambchop are announcing a new record and a tour for early 2012. The new album Mr. M will be the first new material since 2008's Oh (Ohio) and from what can be gathered will turn out to be one of Lambchop's best, ever. 

The group's mastermind Kurt Wagner had taken a complete break from making music after the death of a close friend and musical collaborator, and instead focused on his original talents as a painter for the years to come and created a large series of small portraits of Southern debutantes called Beautillion Millitaire 2000 instead. It was while painting these, that Wagner pointed out that '... I felt Lambchop had at least one more good record in us'. 

This record will be released via City Slang early in 2012. It will be the band's 10th regular studio album, adding to a career that spans over 18 years and has seen them go on to sell more than a million records. Further information about the new album will be available from Lambchop.net, City Slang and Konzertagentur Berthold Seliger in the coming weeks.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 10:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-03-01T20:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>Urban Classic on 3 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Feat. Fazer, Ms. Dynamite, Devlin, Skepta and the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Urban Classic is a meeting of musical cultures, bringing together the BBC Symphony Orchestra with leading artists from the UK’s urban music scene. As part of the Music Nation weekend, this event will be the first performance of new arrangements by Ayanna Witter-Johnson and Jason Yarde. 

For Urban Classic, the BBC Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by Jules Buckley, fresh from his collaboration with Basement Jaxx and the Metropole Orchestra, where he is Principal Guest Conductor.

Part of Music Nation]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-03-03T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>Rufus Wainwright + BBC Symphony Orchestra at Barbican Centre, London on 4 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

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  <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 05:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-03-04T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>Andrew Bird at Barbican Centre, London on 5 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

On sale to Red & Orange Members - Mon 7 Nov 10am
On sale to the general public - Fri 11 Nov 10am

A rare UK appearance from the Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist and lyricist, to celebrate the release of his much anticipated new album. With his 2005 record Mysterious Production of Eggs recently named one of the ‘100 Greatest Indie Rock Albums of All Time’ on Amazon.com, now get ready for this casual musical genius’ first studio effort in over two years. 

‘Andrew Bird and his cohorts (…) decided to treat the whole past as a single body of work to draw freely from, rather than restricting themselves to an era or a style.’ Pitchfork 9/10 on The Swimming Hour]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3104625+Andrew+Bird+at+Barbican+Centre+on+5+March+2012</link>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>The Jayhawks + Chuck Prophet at Barbican Centre, London on 8 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Mockingbird Time is the brilliant new Jayhawks record capturing the ultimate lineup of this great American band in full flight. This CD marks the first time all five of these musicians—Gary Louris and co-leader Mark Olson, bassist Marc Perlman, keyboard player Karen Grotberg and drummer Tim O’Reagan – have been in a recording studio together.

During their heyday in the first half of the 1990s, The Jayhawks perfected a captivating sound that seamlessly blended the elegant folk-rock of the Byrds, the adventurousness of Buffalo Springfield, the hippiebilly soulfulness of the Flying Burrito Brothers and the soaring harmonies of the Beach Boys. So it’s richly ironic that their reappearance coincides with a dramatic resurgence of the musical approach they played such a central role in perpetuating—but this time around, The Jayhawks themselves are revered as icons by the young bands carrying on those same traditions, and it’s their own legacy that they’re advancing.]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/2052435+The+Jayhawks+at+Barbican+Centre+on+8+March+2012</link>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-03-08T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>Hugh Masekela on 10 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Hugh Masekela is a musician deserving of his legendary stature, having been at the heart of South African music for over half a century. An outspoken figure for civil rights on both sides of the Atlantic and universally considered one of jazz's greatest horn players, he's spent his career pushing both social and musical boundaries. 

His soaring, joyful trumpet sound brims with warmth and bristles with elements of township jazz, funk and hip-hop whilst his voice continues to speak out for the people of his country and their culture. At 72 he remains, in the words of the Independent: 'a musician of phenomenal grace and power...still blessed with a voice that can strip the leaves from the trees.'

Tonight he brings his brilliant young band back to London for the first time since his sell-out show at the London Jazz Festival 2010, in partnership with the Commonwealth Foundation.

'Hugh Masekela creates an instant party, leading from vocals and flugelhorn like a South African Louis Armstrong.' The Guardian]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3104638+Hugh+Masekela</link>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Nico Muhly, Owen Pallett, Britten Sinfonia &amp; guests on 16 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

"Inspired by the arrival of the Barbican's International Associate, the New York Philharmonic, Spring 2012 will include a series of concerts exploring the musical landscape of New York City.

On March 16th, the Britten Sinfonia will give the world premiere performance of Nico Muhly's new Cello Concerto, featuring soloist Oliver Coates. The concert also includes music by Missy Mazzoli and Owen Pallett, and a reprise of Muhly's recent, collaborative 802 Tour featuring Sam Amidon and Thomas Bartlett aka Doveman amongst the special guests.

Missy Mazzoli Violent, Violent Sea (European Premiere)
Owen Pallett New Violin Concerto (World Premiere)
Nico Muhly New Cello Concerto (World Premiere)

Interval

An 802 Moment: Nico Muhly with Owen Pallett, Sam Amidon, Doveman and guests.

Britten Sinfonia
André de Ridder conductor
Pekka Kuusisto violin/director
Oliver Coates cello"]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/2017145+Nico+Muhly%2C+Owen+Pallett%2C+Britten+Sinfonia+-+guests</link>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 09:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Bang On A Can All-Stars: Field Recordings on 20 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Field Recordings, the new evening-length project from Bang on a Can, is as much a mystery as a concert – a kind of ghost story. The ghosts aren’t the physical presence of people gone before, but they are the ghosts of sounds, images, ideas, and voices. Each composer has been asked to find and interact with something recorded before, using the power of music made right in front of us to reach out to other things not present. 

Using film, found sound and archival audio and video, Field Recordings builds a bridge between the seen and the unseen, the present and absent, the present and the past. The concert includes projections and specially commissioned new music by some of the world’s most questioning musical thinkers - from the indie pop world (Nick Zammuto from The Books), the art world (Christian Marclay), electronica (Mira Calix) and experimental classical (Michael Gordon, David Lang, Julia Wolfe, Evan Ziporyn). 


Music by: 

Tyondai Braxton
Mira Calix 
Michael Gordon 
David Lang 
Christian Marclay (Winner of the Golden Lion at the 2011 Biennale di Venezia for his video work The Clock)
Julia Wolfe 
Nick Zammuto (of The Books) 
Evan Ziporyn]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3104649+Bang+On+A+Can+All-Stars%3A+Field+Recordings</link>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Jonny Greenwood / Krzysztof Penderecki / AUKSO Tychy Chamber Orchestra on 22 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Music by Jonny Greenwood and Krzysztof Penderecki

Programme:
Krzysztof Penderecki Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima (1960-61)
Jonny Greenwood Popcorn Superhet Receiver* (2005)
Krzysztof Penderecki Polymorphia (1961) 
Jonny Greenwood 48 Responses to Polymorphia* (2011)

AUKSO Chamber Orchestra of the City of Tychy 
Krzysztof Penderecki conductor 
Marek Mos conductor*

An iconic figure in the struggle for freedom behind the Iron Curtain from the 1960s until the fall of the Wall and a leading composer in the international landscape of avant-garde classical music, Krzysztof Penderecki makes his first Barbican appearance in over 12 years, for an outstanding collaboration featuring music by Radiohead guitarist and radical innovator Jonny Greenwood.

This special concert celebrates the strong influence Penderecki's music has had on Greenwood's compositional career, featuring two pieces from the Polish master's avant-garde period -Polymorphia and Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima - which inspired Greenwood to write the other two pieces performed tonight, Popcorn Superhet Receiver and 48 Responses to Polymorphia. 

48 Responses to Polymorphia is a new piece that was performed for the very first time by the AUKSO Orchestra under Marek Mos during the European Culture Congress in Wroclaw on 9 September. 

The compositions by Krzysztof Penderecki and Jonny Greenwood to be performed during the concert have been recorded and a Nonesuch CD will be released in March 2012.]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3122585+Jonny+Greenwood+-+Krzysztof+Penderecki+-+AUKSO+Tychy+Chamber+Orchestra</link>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-03-22T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>London Symphony Orchestra at Barbican Centre, London on 25 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Glinka Overture: Ruslan and Ludmila
Bartók Piano Concerto No 2
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3153763+London+Symphony+Orchestra+at+Barbican+Centre+on+25+March+2012</link>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-03-25T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>Roberto Fonseca on 26 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

The fully-fledged Buena Vista Social Club prodigy leads a new generation of Cuban artists on a journey that weaves in and out of the island’s traditional music, picking up jazz, classical, and Afro-Cuban influences along the way to create an astonishingly original musical landscape. 

His new album YO – due for release next year - looks back to Cuba’s African roots while striking forwards with electronic elements, red-hot gooves and sultry lyricism that effortlessly updates the Cuban jazz lineage.]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3104657+Roberto+Fonseca</link>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-03-26T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>The Mountain Goats with Anonymous 4: Transcendental Youth on 2 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

The Mountain Goats are joined by the legendary vocal quartet Anonymous 4 in a collaborative presentation of selections from Transcendental Youth, a new work by John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats ('one of America's most startling lyricists' - Boston Globe). Anonymous 4, celebrating their 25th anniversary, are famous for their purity of tone and astounding blend, gaining wide recognition for their intense scholarship and attention to historical context, both in medieval and early American repertoire. 

A short solo Mountain Goats set begins the evening, followed by Anonymous 4 performing selections from their rich catalog in a program curated by both Darnielle and A4, and concluding with the collaborative performance.]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3122223+The+Mountain+Goats+with+Anonymous+4%3A+Transcendental+Youth</link>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>An Evening with Loreena McKennitt on 5 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Loreena McKennitt’s unique “eclectic Celtic” music continues to weave its magic in Europe. The Canadian singer announced dates next year in as part of her first European visit since the summer of 2008. 

'I’m really looking forward to bringing my music to my audiences again,' she said, announcing the tour. 'It’s always been a pleasure to meet so many people who have found a place in their lives for my music.' 

European audiences will once again meet guitarist Brian Hughes, violinist Hugh Marsh and cellist Caroline Lavelle, who have performed with McKennitt on several extensive tours in the past and will bring in some new guests on stage. 

Musically, audiences will hear pieces from many of the singer’s dozen albums, which have explored the roots of Celtic music, and carried her on a musical journey that has taken her from Asia Minor to Ireland. 

Originally from a small town of Canada’s Prairies, Loreena McKennitt made her first record in 1985 as something to sell while she was busking in downtown Toronto — a recording that took her across the country on the first of dozens of concert tours she has made since. Succeeding records reflected both her adventures around the world, and her ongoing search for the roots of Celtic music. 

She has always retained control of her music, her record label, and her active business, and is one of the most successful independent musicians in Canada. 

Along the way, Loreena McKennitt has won numerous prizes and awards, including her country’s highest civil honour, The Order of Canada. She has sold 14 million records, she’s written film and television scores, and created three concert DVDs. The international appeal of her music is reflected on her website, www.quinlanroad.com, which is available in 14 different languages.]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3104664+An+Evening+with+Loreena+McKennitt</link>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner &amp; Nico Muhly on 9 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

"An exceptional collaboration from perhaps the three most defining creative minds from today’s New York's inspirational music scene. 

With his The Age of Adz album tour this year, Sufjan Stevens once again confirmed his status as an inimitable singer-songwriter genius; Bryce Dessner delivered sell-out performances with The National and Nico Muhly brought us the soundtrack for the Oscar-winning film The Reader as well as the recent Two Boys opera at ENO.

Presenting a unique song cycle for seven trombones and string quartet with vocals from Sufjan Stevens, the concert opens with a series of beguiling string quartets – most of them UK premieres; to continue with Stevens’ first live performance of the vocals for Bryce Dessner's brand new quartet 'Tenebrae', which he wrote for Kronos Quartet and performed at the Babrican's Reverberations weekend in May 2011. 

Programme:

Nico Muhly Diacritical Marks 
Sufjan Stevens Run rabbit run (selection)
Bryce Dessner Tenebrae
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Muhly/Stevens/Dessner Song cycle for voice, string quartet and trombones (UK premiere)"]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3103069+Sufjan+Stevens%2C+Bryce+Dessner+-+Nico+Muhly</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/3103069</guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-04-09T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>Chick Corea and Gary Burton on 11 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Chick Corea joins forces with vibes player Gary Burton, in a rare reappearance of one of the most absorbing jazz partnerships around.  This remarkable collaboration between two of jazz’s longest-standing musical pioneers created the landmark album Crystal Silence in 1972, and has proceeded to grow, flourish and produce no fewer than three Grammy-Award winning albums over the ensuing years. Their latest offering is Hot House, due to be released on Concorde Records in early 2012, and the duo will perform both original music from this album as well as past works. 

 

‘One of jazz’s most celebrated collaborations.’ Los Angeles Times]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3104677+Chick+Corea+and+Gary+Burton</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/3104677</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>The Sinking of The Titanic on 15 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

A special concert for the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. 

Composed in 1969 and first recorded for Brian Eno’s Obscure label, Gavin Bryars’ The Sinking of the Titanic was inspired by reports that the ship’s string ensemble continued to play the hymn tune Autumn as the vessel sank in April 1912. Featuring projections of archival images curated by Bill Morrison and Laurie Olinder.]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/2017704+The+Sinking+of+The+Titanic</link>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>The Sinking of The Titanic on 15 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

A special concert for the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. 

Composed in 1969 and first recorded for Brian Eno’s Obscure label, Gavin Bryars’ The Sinking of the Titanic was inspired by reports that the ship’s string ensemble continued to play the hymn tune Autumn as the vessel sank in April 1912. Featuring projections of archival images curated by Bill Morrison and Laurie Olinder.]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3104683+The+Sinking+of+The+Titanic</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/3104683</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Madredeus on 16 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Pedro Ayres Magalhães’ Madredeus is onstage again after a six year sabbatical, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the start of their brilliant career. Tonight's show marks the return to active duty of Portugal's most atmospheric and enduring musical export. Together with the keyboards of long time member Carlos Maria Trindade, and the strings of Jorge Varrecoso, António Figueiredo and Luís Clode (two violins and cello, respectively), Pedro Ayres Magalhães reactivates the Madredeus project with the discovery of an amazing new voice: that of Beatriz Nunes. Tonight's very special show presents highlights of the group's catalogue.]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3122620+Madredeus</link>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-04-16T20:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>Camille on 27 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Celebrated for her innovative vocal effects, dexterous body percussion style and her ability to create unconventional tunes with catchy melodies, the iconoclastic French singer makes her Barbican debut to mark the release of her new album, Ilo Veyou.

Her three acclaimed studio albums – 2002’s Le Sac des Filles, 2005’s Les Fil and 2008’s Music Hole – were audacious while remaining exciting and accessible. Ilo Veyou is the work of an artist who relishes risk, craves contrast and appreciates beauty.

Such sentiments are reflected in her live work. Sold-out shows at venues including the Zenith in Paris and at KOKO, Shepherds Bush Empire and the Roundhouse in London have seen thousands of fans create instantaneous live mixes: clapping from the balcony; stamping their feet in the stalls; barking, honking and meowing with gusto. Men have parted with their shirts. Women have divulged the contents of their handbags. 

Ilo Veyou, then. An album that continues the artist’s musical search for her human roots; that celebrates mankind’s – and indeed, womankind’s – love of the voice. An album that continues the age-old tradition of making music in intimate spaces. Camille]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3139138+Camille</link>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-04-27T20:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>Total Immersion: Arvo P&#xE4;rt on 28 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

A day of music, talks and films celebrating the music of Arvo Pärt]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1858415+Total+Immersion%3A+Arvo+P%C3%A4rt</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1858415</guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-04-28T00:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-04-28T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Einstein on the Beach on 5 May 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Widely credited as one of the greatest artistic achievements of the 20th century, this rarely performed work launched its director Robert Wilson and composer Philip Glass to international success when it was first produced at the Metropolitan Opera in 1976. 

It is still recognised as one of their greatest masterpieces. Now, nearly four decades after it was first performed and twenty years since its last production, Einstein on the Beach will be reconstructed bringing this ground-breaking work to new audiences and an entirely new generation. 

Einstein on the Beach breaks all of the rules of conventional opera. Instead of a traditional orchestral arrangement, Glass chose to compose the work for the synthesisers, woodwinds and voices of the Philip Glass Ensemble. Non-narrative in form, the work uses a series of powerful recurrent images as its main storytelling device shown in juxtaposition with abstract dance sequences created by American choreographer Lucinda Childs. It is structured in four interconnected acts and divided by a series of short scenes or “knee plays”. Taking place over five hours, there is no intermission, however the audience is invited to enter and exit at liberty during the performance
 
An opera in Four Acts by Robert Wilson and Philip Glass
Lucinda Childs choreography

Please note: The house will be open and the audience will be invited to take their seats twenty-minutes prior to curtain up (18:00, 17:30, 16:00 – please check your curtain up time when booking). 

Running time: 5 hours from the house opening 

The 2012 production of Einstein on the Beach, An Opera in Four Acts was commissioned by: the Barbican, London; BAM; Cal Performances University of California, Berkeley; Luminato, Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity; De Nederlandse Opera/ The Amsterdam Music Theatre; Opera et Orchestre National de Montpellier Languedoc-Rousillon; University Musical Society of the University of Michigan.

Produced by Pomegranate Arts Inc.]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1900627+Einstein+on+the+Beach</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1900627</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-05-05T17:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>Einstein on the Beach on 9 May 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Widely credited as one of the greatest artistic achievements of the 20th century, this rarely performed work launched its director Robert Wilson and composer Philip Glass to international success when it was first produced at the Metropolitan Opera in 1976.

It is still recognised as one of their greatest masterpieces. Now, nearly four decades after it was first performed and twenty years since its last production, Einstein on the Beach will be reconstructed bringing this ground-breaking work to new audiences and an entirely new generation.

Einstein on the Beach breaks all of the rules of conventional opera. Instead of a traditional orchestral arrangement, Glass chose to compose the work for the synthesisers, woodwinds and voices of the Philip Glass Ensemble. Non-narrative in form, the work uses a series of powerful recurrent images as its main storytelling device shown in juxtaposition with abstract dance sequences created by American choreographer Lucinda Childs. It is structured in four interconnected acts and divided by a series of short scenes or “knee plays”. Taking place over five hours, there is no intermission, however the audience is invited to enter and exit at liberty during the performance
 
An opera in Four Acts by Robert Wilson and Philip Glass
Lucinda Childs choreography

Please note: The house will be open and the audience will be invited to take their seats twenty-minutes prior to curtain up (18:00, 17:30, 16:00 – please check your curtain up time when booking).

Running time: 5 hours from the house opening

The 2012 production of Einstein on the Beach, An Opera in Four Acts was commissioned by: the Barbican, London; BAM; Cal Performances University of California, Berkeley; Luminato, Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity; De Nederlandse Opera/ The Amsterdam Music Theatre; Opera et Orchestre National de Montpellier Languedoc-Rousillon; University Musical Society of the University of Michigan.

Produced by Pomegranate Arts Inc.]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1905824+Einstein+on+the+Beach</link>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-05-09T18:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>Einstein on the Beach on 10 May 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Widely credited as one of the greatest artistic achievements of the 20th century, this rarely performed work launched its director Robert Wilson and composer Philip Glass to international success when it was first produced at the Metropolitan Opera in 1976. 

It is still recognised as one of their greatest masterpieces. Now, nearly four decades after it was first performed and twenty years since its last production, Einstein on the Beach will be reconstructed bringing this ground-breaking work to new audiences and an entirely new generation. 

Einstein on the Beach breaks all of the rules of conventional opera. Instead of a traditional orchestral arrangement, Glass chose to compose the work for the synthesisers, woodwinds and voices of the Philip Glass Ensemble. Non-narrative in form, the work uses a series of powerful recurrent images as its main storytelling device shown in juxtaposition with abstract dance sequences created by American choreographer Lucinda Childs. It is structured in four interconnected acts and divided by a series of short scenes or “knee plays”. Taking place over five hours, there is no intermission, however the audience is invited to enter and exit at liberty during the performance
 
An opera in Four Acts by Robert Wilson and Philip Glass
Lucinda Childs choreography]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/1948884+Einstein+on+the+Beach</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/1948884</guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 15:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-05-10T18:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>Einstein on the Beach on 12 May 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

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  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3118658+Einstein+on+the+Beach</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/3118658</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-05-12T17:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>Einstein On The Beach on 13 May 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

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  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3150660+Einstein+On+The+Beach</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/3150660</guid>
  <pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-05-13T16:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-05-13T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Robert Glasper + Bilal at Barbican Centre, London on 14 May 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

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  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3180891+Robert+Glasper+at+Barbican+Centre+on+14+May+2012</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/3180891</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-05-14T20:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>J&#xF3;hann J&#xF3;hannsson + Hauschka + Dustin O'Halloran on 18 May 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

On sale to Red & Orange Members - Mon 21 Nov 10am
On sale to the general public - Tue 22 Nov 10am

A special triple bill of Fat Cat artists, all of whom are opening up very different pathways through the new musical zone where post-classical, electronica, ambient and song meet. 

Johann Johannsson was born in Iceland but currently lives in Copenhagen, Denmark. His first solo record - Englabörn - combined the influence of Baroque music, Erik Satie, Bernard Herrmann, Moondog and the electronic music of labels like Mille Plateaux and Mego, and it became a defining document of an emerging new sound. Subsequent releases like Virthulegu Forsetar (for brass ensemble, pipe organ, electronic drones and percussion) and IBM 1401 - A User's Manual (2006) (for 60-piece string orchestra) expanded both his musical vision and his influence. His most recent record The Miners' Hymns was a collaboration with the film-maker Bill Morrison, originally commissioned by the Brass Durham International Festival. For this show, Johann will perform with film projections and a string ensemble.


Hauschka is the alias of German pianist / composer Volker Bertelmann, who currently resides in Dusseldorf. He studied classical piano for ten years, but his work as Hauschka is based upon a playful exploration of the possibilities of the 'prepared' piano - a playfully disruptive intervention into the preconceived idea of the piano as a pure-toned, perfected instrument waiting for a gifted virtuoso to play on it. With the aid of his interventions, the piano becomes as much a machine for generating rhythms as it does for melody. His pieces are small rhythmic sound-vignettes inspired by East Asian harmonies, the minimalism of Reich, Glass and Nyman, and also by in Satie and Ravel. He is joined for this performance by Samuli Kosminen of Mum, which whom he toured successfully in 2011.
 

Dustin O'Halloran - born in Los Angeles but based in Berlin - is a pianist and composer of languid and contemplative melodies. A pair of solo piano recordings (made in 2005 and 2006) opened up a route away from Devics (the band he formed with Sarah Lov back in the 1990s) and towards a new voice. Since then, he has written soundtracks for Sofia Coppola and William Olsen and explored ever more expansive arrangements, bringing sighing strings, wistful harps and warm woodwind to recent records like Lumiere and Vorleben (both 2011). For this show, Dustin will perform with a string quartet.]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3121780+J%C3%B3hann+J%C3%B3hannsson+-+Hauschka+-+Dustin+O%27Halloran</link>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-05-18T20:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-05-18T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>The Lady: A Homage to Sandy Denny on 23 May 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

In the years since her tragic death, folk-rock icon Sandy Denny has emerged and been cited by many, including Mojo and Uncut magazines, as Britain’s finest female singer songwriter.  Her legendary song Who Knows Where the Time Goes has been recorded by as diverse a range of artists as Cat Power, Nina Simone and Judy Collins. 

The comprehensive re-issue of all Denny’s recordings in recent years, has seen her reputation continue to grow, and this very special performance showcases for the first time her entire musical legacy taking in her work with Fairport Convention, Fotheringay, her solo career as well as new songs discovered in Sandy’s archive and completed by Thea Gilmore on her acclaimed album Don’t Stop Singing.  

This special show brings together and reveals Sandy Denny’s work for a contemporary generation but also a new generation, who are beginning to understand her contribution and significance, as new artists such as Laura Marling, Cat Power, Joanna Newsom and Florence Welch are likened to Denny or cite her as a major influence. 

Alongside the completed archive, former colleagues and friends and young admirers will interpret work that has a particular resonance for them. Denny’s contemporaries including Maddy Prior, Jerry Donahue and Dave Swarbrick will perform alongside new generation artists Thea Gilmore, Lavinia Blackwall, Blair Dunlop, Sam Carter and diverse contributors such as PP Arnold and other special guests. They join members of Bellowhead, who form the core of a house ‘super group’, for a wonderful musical revelation of the lady described by Richard Thompson as ‘the greatest British female artist of her generation’.]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3159356+The+Lady%3A+A+Homage+to+Sandy+Denny</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/3159356</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-05-23T20:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>Big Star Third on 28 May 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

A fully-orchestrated performance of Big Star's legendary album Sister Lovers featuring Mitch Easter, Jody Stephens, Chris Stamey, Ken Stringfellow and Mike Mills (R.E.M.). 

Big Star’s third album has long been revered by musicians and critics as one of the most mysterious and influential records ever made. Its fragile, achingly beautiful songs have never been properly performed - but now an all-star band has unearthed the original string and wind orchestrations for this one-off London show. 

'Big Star aren't just rock's greatest cult band; they were arguably rock's first cult band' Pitchfork 

'A single remarkable evening.' Mojo]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3104701+Big+Star+Third</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/3104701</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-05-28T20:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-05-28T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Benjamin Grosvenor and Oxford Philomusica on 12 Jun 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16

Orff
Carmina Burana


Benjamin Grosvenor piano
London Symphony Chorus (chorus master Joseph Cullen)
Marios Papadopoulos conductor

Before the Sheldonian Concert on Thursday 14 June, the Orchestra, Benjamin Grosvenor and the London Symphony Chorus perform the programme at the Aylsebury Theatre and the Barbican.

Tickets £30 £25 £20 £15 £10
Box Office 020 7638 8891
www.barbican.org.uk
(reduced booking fee online)]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/2048554+Benjamin+Grosvenor+and+Oxford+Philomusica</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/2048554</guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-06-12T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>Jaga Jazzist + Lars Horntveth + Britten Sinfonia at Barbican Centre, London on 16 Jun 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

"A spectacular collaboration which underlines the fluidity, freedom and maverick brilliance of Norway's thriving music scene. 

Jaga Jazzist are unclassifiable, a 10 piece collective whose music rampages across boundaries, combining jazz, electronics, post-rock and more with exhilarating energy and precision. 

For this one-off show, they'll perform new versions of songs from all four of their albums in specially-commissioned, widescreen orchestral arrangements. The concert also includes the first UK performance of Kaleidoscopic, a radiant and sublimely beautiful 35 minute long composition for orchestra and electronics written by Jaga Jazzist's creative lynchpin Lars Horntveth. "]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3103075+Jaga+Jazzist+at+Barbican+Centre+on+16+June+2012</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/3103075</guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-06-16T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>Goran Bregovi&#x107; : Margot, Diary Of An Unhappy Queen on 6 Jul 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

This wonderful new project from the celebrated composer and bandleader Goran Bregovic combines music and drama in a captivating evening of entertainment. Working with a gypsy brass band, a string quartet, a six piece Bulgarian choir, and an actress, Bregovic conjures an emotionally-charged mediation on war, loss, love and life - garlanded, as ever, by infectious and resonant melodies.

*The Barbican show will be in English]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3104724+Goran+Bregovi%C4%87+%3A+Margot%2C+Diary+Of+An+Unhappy+Queen</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/3104724</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-07-06T20:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-07-06T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Pat Metheny at Barbican Centre, London on 8 Jul 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

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  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3173441+Pat+Metheny+at+Barbican+Centre+on+8+July+2012</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/3173441</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-07-08T00:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>Desdemona on 19 Jul 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

In response to Peter Sellars’ 2009 Othello, Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison and the Malian singer/song-writer Rokia Traoré collaborate with him to create an intimate and profound conversation between Shakespeare's Desdemona and her African nurse Barbary from beyond the grave. 

Rokia Traoré, the great young singer from Mali, has written the songs and sings the role of Barbary. The musical texture includes African and Western instruments, whose quiet, probing, and gently luminous qualities intensify the intimacy of the evening. 

Toni Morrison has written the text that weaves the multiple histories that transmute Shakespeare’s play, for four centuries one of the most iconic, central, and disturbing treatments of race in all of Western culture, into the new realities and potential outcomes that face a rising generation of the early 21st century. In responding to Shakespeare, and finally letting these women, who are mostly silent in Shakespeare, speak and sing in the fullness of their minds and their hearts, Toni Morrison, Peter Sellars and Rokia Traoré have created their own composite work of art that will speak and sing and bear witness to the stirrings of a new era. 

Part of World Shakespeare Festival]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3104732+Desdemona</link>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-07-19T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>Desdemona on 20 Jul 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

In response to Peter Sellars’ 2009 Othello, Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison and the Malian singer/song-writer Rokia Traoré collaborate with him to create an intimate and profound conversation between Shakespeare's Desdemona and her African nurse Barbary from beyond the grave. 

Rokia Traoré, the great young singer from Mali, has written the songs and sings the role of Barbary. The musical texture includes African and Western instruments, whose quiet, probing, and gently luminous qualities intensify the intimacy of the evening. 

Toni Morrison has written the text that weaves the multiple histories that transmute Shakespeare’s play, for four centuries one of the most iconic, central, and disturbing treatments of race in all of Western culture, into the new realities and potential outcomes that face a rising generation of the early 21st century. In responding to Shakespeare, and finally letting these women, who are mostly silent in Shakespeare, speak and sing in the fullness of their minds and their hearts, Toni Morrison, Peter Sellars and Rokia Traoré have created their own composite work of art that will speak and sing and bear witness to the stirrings of a new era. 

Part of World Shakespeare Festival]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3104743+Desdemona</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/3104743</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-07-20T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-07-20T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>BFI Hitchcock Silents: The Lodger on 21 Jul 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

On sale to the general public - Fri 4 Nov 10am

Be the first to see Alfred Hitchcock’s early British masterpiece 'The Lodger', restored to their former glory by the BFI National Archive and presented with live music accompaniment.

The Lodger is a suspense thriller shot against a back-drop of a fog-shrouded London and featuring matinee idol of the day, Ivor Novello in the title role. Multi-award winning composer and songwriter Nitin Sawhney’s has composed a brand new score for The Lodger. Nitin Sawhney is an Indian-British musician, producer and composer. His critically acclaimed work combines Asian and other worldwide influences with elements of jazz and electronica. His nine studio albums have won fifteen major international awards.

Performed live by Nitin Sawhney and the London Symphony Orchestra]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3104750+BFI+Hitchcock+Silents%3A+The+Lodger</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/3104750</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-07-21T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-07-21T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Wynton Marsalis' Swing Symphony (Symphony No. 3) on 25 Jul 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Barbican Centre

The world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis returns to the Barbican and venues around East London in 2012, following on from their critically acclaimed residency in 2010 and taking the programme in exciting new directions. 

Focusing on new commissions and collaborations, a highlight of the residency is the UK premiere of jazz legend Wynton Marsalis' symphonic meditation on the evolution of swing, Swing Symphony (Symphony No.3). 

Marsalis' new composition will be performed by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by the award-winning Chief Conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle.

The first half of the programme features the London Symphony Orchestra performing Rachmaninov’s dramatic Symphonic Dances – written in the US in 1940 yet infused with nostalgia for his Russian homeland.

Programme:

Rachmaninov  Symphonic Dances
Wynton Marsalis  Swing Symphony (Symphony No.3) - UK premiere
 
London Symphony Orchestra
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle conductor]]></description>
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The world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis returns to the Barbican and venues around East London in 2012, following on from their critically acclaimed residency in 2010 and taking the programme in exciting new directions. 

Focusing on new commissions and collaborations, a highlight of the residency is the UK premiere of jazz legend Wynton Marsalis' symphonic meditation on the evolution of swing, Swing Symphony (Symphony No.3). 

Marsalis' new composition will be performed by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by the award-winning Chief Conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle.

The first half of the programme features the London Symphony Orchestra performing Rachmaninov’s dramatic Symphonic Dances – written in the US in 1940 yet infused with nostalgia for his Russian homeland.

Programme:

Rachmaninov  Symphonic Dances
Wynton Marsalis  Swing Symphony (Symphony No.3) - UK premiere
 
London Symphony Orchestra
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle conductor]]></description>
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