A comedy from James Griffiths, based on his BAFTA-winning short, where former lovers and bandmates reunite for a private ...

Kickstart your morning with music from some of the most influential composers of the late 19th and 20th centuries, performed by cellist Benjamin Kruithof. Benjamin Kruithof hails from Luxemburg and, ...

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy. Did you know the Barbican’s theatre and concert hall go deeper underground than the nearest Tube line; early plans for the Centre included a Pyramid; ...

Jazz-inspired music meets a brand new commission plus one of the cornerstones of the clarinet repertoire, with Portuguese clarinettist Carlos Ferreira. Carlos Ferreira pursues a twin career as an ...

Sofia Gubaidulina's Chaconne is a true tour de force that pulls apart the Baroque form and reconstructs it for the 20th century. It's an explosive opener, followed by Erik Satie's dreamy Gymnopédies ...

Cat Power performs a song-for-song recreation of one of the most fabled and transformative live sets of all time. Held at the Manchester Free Trade Hall in May 1966—but long known as the “Royal Albert ...

Spearheaded by France’s flagship contemporary music group, the new, the nearly new, and a 20th century classic are stitched into a programme that explores slavery and the Caribbean experience. Uniting ...

Become immersed in the sounds of a different world with French ensemble Le Poème Harmonique, exploring the mystical, ceremonial energy at the heart of music from the Counter Reformation. Counting ...

Co- writers and stars Tim Key, Tom Basden and director James Griffiths join us to discuss their warm and witty comedy based on their 2007 short film The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island.

Ensemble Modern is a curious loudspeaker for music of our times: courageous, uncompromising, energetic. An essential, aesthetically polyglot amplifier for trend-setting sound concepts. Ikeda came to ...

In 2024 Ryoji Ikeda created music for choir for the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conducted by Tõnu Kaljuste, as part of the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024. Japan’s leading electronic ...

Author Raynor Winn and screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz join us for a Screentalk, hosted by Reclaim the Frame’s Melanie Iredale. Following its premiere at Toronto Film Festival last year, Reclaim the ...