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Barbican Classical Music

Hear interviews, performances and exclusive tracks from the world’s finest classical musicians and performers, Barbican resident orchestras and our international associates in Barbican Classical Music... Read more

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Jonathan Biss talks the late music of Beethoven, Brahms and more

Jonathan Biss talks the late music of Beethoven, Brahms and more

'There is something about mortality or the knowledge that time is not infinite that tends to focus artists' energy in a ... Read more

18 Jul 2016

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Evgeny Kissin exclusive

Evgeny Kissin exclusive

Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin may be only 41, but such has been his astonishing career that he is already considered a l... Read more

12 Oct 2012

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Peter Sellars on Ligeti’s Le grand macabre

Peter Sellars on Ligeti’s Le grand macabre

'This music is buzzing with intergalactic messages and surrealism…’ We speak to the inimitable director about the apocal... Read more

9 Dec 2016

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Leif Ove Andsnes talks Beethoven

Leif Ove Andsnes talks Beethoven

In 2012, multi award-winning Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes recorded the music of Beethoven for the first time in hi... Read more

29 Jan 2014

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Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music

The Academy of Ancient Music's energised, sparky and engaged performances of baroque and classical music have thrilled a... Read more

17 Jan 2012

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Philip Glass at 75 – Exclusive Podcast

Philip Glass at 75 – Exclusive Podcast

For this rare interview, the great American composer chats to Ben Eshmade in a London cab, ahead of the celebrations for... Read more

21 Aug 2012

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Ian Bostridge talks Winterreise

Ian Bostridge talks Winterreise

Ian Bostridge talks to the Guardian’s Tom Service about his special relationship with Schubert’s song-cycle and the dema... Read more

8 Jul 2015

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John Adams talks The Gospel According to the Other Mary

John Adams talks The Gospel According to the Other Mary

On 16 March, Barbican audiences will finally get to hear the European premiere of 'The Gospel According to the Other Mar... Read more

26 Feb 2013

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Joyce DiDonato talks Drama Queens

Joyce DiDonato talks Drama Queens

Superstar mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato chats with Warwick Thompson about the extreme emotions on display in her new albu... Read more

18 Dec 2012

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Mariss Jansons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam

Mariss Jansons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam

One of the world’s oldest and most prestigious symphony orchestras, The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam retur... Read more

26 Feb 2014

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Wagner Dream

Wagner Dream

On its world premiere in Luxembourg in 2007, the Guardian placed Jonathan Harvey's Wagner Dream on the lengthening list ... Read more

17 Jan 2012

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Christopher Hogwood on Handel's Imeneo

Christopher Hogwood on Handel's Imeneo

In this edition, Catherine Bott talks to AAM founder Christopher Hogwood as he continues his celebrated cycle of Handel ... Read more

3 May 2013

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Maxim Vengerov in recital – Part 1

Maxim Vengerov in recital – Part 1

In discussion with Jon Tolansky, Vengerov recalls his strict musical education in communist Russia, his attempt as a ten... Read more

29 Jan 2013

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John Adams at 70

John Adams at 70

'Music is above and beyond all else... It's about feeling.' As the pioneering American composer celebrates his 70th bir... Read more

4 Nov 2016

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Barbican Britten: Britten and the Voice

Barbican Britten: Britten and the Voice

For the second of our series of Barbican Britten podcasts, Jon Tolansky explores a selection of Britten's powerful and e... Read more

2 Oct 2013

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Chailly's Brahms with Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig

Chailly's Brahms with Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig

There’s no better way to experience Brahms’s music than this: the world’s oldest symphony orchestra, led by one of toda... Read more

24 Sep 2013

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William Christie / Les Arts Florissants – Handel's Belshazzar

William Christie / Les Arts Florissants – Handel's Belshazzar

When Les Arts Florissants return to the Barbican in December, they bring with them Handel's oratorio Belshazzar, a bibli... Read more

21 Nov 2012

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Barbican Britten: Exploring Curlew River

Barbican Britten: Exploring Curlew River

Ben Eshmade explores Britten's beautiful Church Parable, Curlew River, a work inspired by Japanese 'Noh' plays. This pod... Read more

30 Oct 2013

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The Dark Mirror: Zender's Winterreise with Ian Bostridge & Netia Jones

The Dark Mirror: Zender's Winterreise with Ian Bostridge & Netia Jones

‘Hans Zender has taken Schubert's Winterreise and exploded it, he's made a work of art about a work of art.’ As we prepa... Read more

7 Mar 2016

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American Soundscapes with the Los Angeles Philharmonic

American Soundscapes with the Los Angeles Philharmonic

We talk to composer Andrew Norman and video artist Deborah O'Grady about how the American landscape influences classical... Read more

7 Mar 2016

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