Scottish Ensemble & Caroline Shaw

Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall, London, Great Britain

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7:30 PM

Important Info

Type: Classical Concert

City: London, Great Britain

Starts at: 19:30

Duration:

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Programme

Overview

Don’t miss this rare collaboration as a Pulitzer Prize–winning composer and vocalist joins forces with a pioneering string ensemble, blurring the lines between Baroque and minimalism. Caroline Shaw performs her original songs alongside masterpieces by Bach, Adams and Glass, creating an unforgettable sonic tapestry. Tickets start at just £18.Caroline Shaw, Pulitzer Prize–winning composer and vocalist, steps into dialogue with the pioneering Scottish Ensemble in a programme that traverses centuries of musical innovation. The evening opens with the refined elegance of JS Bach’s counterpoint, where shimmering string textures ripple beneath Shaw’s clear, lyrical lines. From there, the ensemble ushers us into John Adams’s kinetic minimalism, each pulse and motif unfolding with precision, before drifting into the hypnotic loops of Philip Glass’s modern landscapes. Interspersed throughout are Shaw’s own compositions—intimate songs drawn from Scottish poetry and folklore—where her voice becomes both storyteller and instrument. Together, vocal and strings dissolve the barriers between past and present, inviting audiences on a sonic voyage that is at once historically rooted and startlingly new. This rare collaboration promises an evening of nuanced expression, where tradition and contemporary creativity intertwine in luminous harmony.

Venue Info

Barbican Centre - London
Silk Street

The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London and the largest of its kind in Europe. The centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions. It also houses a library, three restaurants, and a conservatory.

The London Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Orchestra are based in the center's Concert Hall. In 2013, it once again became the London-based venue of the Royal Shakespeare Company following the company's departure in 2001.

In to two theatre spaces play host to the finest international theatre, dance and performance by artists and companies who are challenging the idea of what theatre can be.

An icon of Brutalist architecture, the Barbican is one of the UK’s architectural treasures.

Working with a site almost completely razed by the Blitz, the Barbican’s architects, Chamberlain, Powell, and Bon, seized the opportunity to propose a radical transformation of how we live in buildings and cities.

The result is one of London’s most ambitious and unique architectural achievements: a city within a city that is raised above street level and draws on a rich palette of references, from ancient Roman fortresses and French Modernism to Mediterranean holidays and Scandinavian design.

Important Info

Type: Classical Concert

City: London, Great Britain

Starts at: 19:30

Duration:

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