London's Barbican Arts Centre have announced a full line up of unique events in 2010:
Wed 13 January 8pm
Paul Carrack
Tickets £28.50
Tuesday 19 January
Jason Yarde Eclectica concert
LSO St Luke's
Tickets £ 7 / 14 / 21
part of UBS Soundscapes: Eclectica
Friday 22 January 7.30pm
Way To Blue: The Songs of Nick Drake
Vashsti Bunyan, Green Gartside, Lisa Hannigan, Scott Matthews, Danny Thompson, Teddy Thompson and Krystle Warren
Tickets £15/20/25
Produced by the Barbican and Joe Boyd.
Sunday 24 January 7.30pm
Latin Music USA: The Big 3 Palladium Orchestra featuring Machito Jr, Tito Rodriguez Jr, with special guests Jimmy Bosch, Larry Harlow & more tbc
+ La Excelencia
Tickets £15 / 20 / 25
Produced by the Barbican in association with BBC Four
Sunday 31 January 7.30pm
Jan Garbarek Group
Tickets £10/25/35
Wednesday 10 February 7.30pm
Pat Metheny: The Orchestrion Tour
Tickets £10/20/40/65
Saturday 20 February 8pm
African Soul Rebels: Oumou Sangaré, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, The Kalahari Surfers featuring Lesego Rampolokeng
Tickets £15/20/25
Produced by the Barbican and Music Beyond Mainstream
Sunday 21 February 7.30pm
London Symphony Orchestra with Marin Alsop conductor
LIFE: A Journey Through Time (Philip Glass)
Tickets £ 7 / 13 / 19 / 25 / 32
Promoted by LSO
Monday 1 March 7.30pm
Nitin Sawhney & LSO: Yogoto No Yume
Tickets £25/35
Produced by the Barbican and LSO
Monday 8 March 7.30pm
Portico Quartet + support
Tickets £10/15/20
Tuesday 9 March 8pm
Songs In The Key Of London, featuring Chris Difford, Blaine Harrison, Jools Holland, James Hunter, Mike Lindsay & Becky Jacobs (of Tunng), Natty, Rico Rodriguez, Chas Smith, Suggs, Kathryn Williams + more tbc.
Tickets £20/£25/£30
Tuesday 16 Mar 8pm
Dhafer Youssef: Abu Nawas Rhapsody
LSO St Luke’s
Tickets £7/14/21
Promoted by London Symphony Orchestra; part of UBS Soundscapes: Eclectica
Monday 22 March 8pm
The Magnetic Fields
£18/20/22.50
Produced by the Barbican
Saturday 27 March 7.30pm
Tomasz Stanko plays the music of Krysztof Komeda
Tickets £10/20/25
Promoted by Serious
Part of Kinoteka, London's Polish Film Festival
Tuesday 30 March 7.30pm
Abdullah Ibrahim and Ekaya
Tickets £10/20/27.50
Produced by Serious
Wednesday 7 April 7.30pm
Salif Keita
£10/20/25/27.50
Produced by Serious
Friday 9 Apr 7.30pm
The Triffids: A Secret In The Shape Of A Song
Tickets £15/20/25
Part of Only Connect
Produced by the Barbican
Friday 16 April 7.30pm
Dee Dee Bridgewater: To Billie with Love - A Celebration of 'Lady Day’ +
China Moses: This One’s For Dinah
Tickets £20-30
Produced by the Barbican in association with Serious
Tuesday 20 April 7.30pm
The Whale Watching Tour: Sam Amidon, Ben Frost, Nico Muhly and Valgeir Sigurdsson
Tickets £12.50/15
Produced by the Barbican
Thursday 22 April 7.30pm
Kid Creole & The Coconuts
Tickets £15/20/25
Part of La Linea
Produced by Como No!
Monday 26 April 7.30pm
Viva El Mariachi: Mariachi El Bronx, The La Linea Mariachi Horns + guest vocalists
Tickets from £15
Part of La Linea
Produced by the Barbican in association with Como No!
Saturday May 29 8pm
Bobby McFerrin
Tickets £20/25/30/35
Produced by the Barbican in association with Serious
Concerts at the Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS
Box Office: 0845 120 7550 www.barbican.org.uk
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