JUST ANNOUNCED Alice Coltrane Ashram Project Part of EFG London Jazz Festival Saturday 18 November 2017 / LSO St Luke’s / 11:00 & 17:30 Tickets £25 plus booking fee A special celebration of the life, music and spirit of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda will take place at LSO St Luke’s on Saturday 18 November. The Ashram Community Singers will perform in this intimate and serene space, the perfect setting to extend the feeling and energy of Alice’s LA-based ashram to London. The performance will feature the devotional music Alice invented – inspired by the gospel music of the Detroit churches she grew up in, mixed together with the Indian devotional music of her religious practice. In the late 1970s Alice Coltrane adopted the Sanskrit name Turiyasangitananda as she embraced the spirituality that became so central to the last four decades of her life. By 1983 she had established a 48-acre Sai Anantam Ashram at which she began to record music which was released only within her spiritual community in the form of private cassette tapes. In May of 2017, with the blessing of Alice’s children, Luaka Bop released a compilation of these songs titled World Spirituality Classics, Volume 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane, making them available to the public for the first time. 2017 also marks what would have been Alice’s 80th year of life, as well as the 10th anniversary of her passing. The Ashram Project is an experiential and participatory event and as such attendees are encouraged to embrace several aspects of the ceremony. At its core this event is an opportunity to chant and sing along with The Ashram Community Singers, ‘bhajan books’ featuring the lyrics will be given to all members of the audience, and will also be available to download in advance. Loose clothing is encouraged and shoes will be removed upon entering the space. After the ceremony ‘prashad’, a religious offering of simple vegetarian food will be served. To mirror the traditional sunrise and sunset ceremonies the event will take place twice on Saturday 18 November, first at 11:00 and secondly at 17:30. These concerts precede A concert for Alice and John Coltrane at the Barbican Hall, featuring Pharoah Sanders Quartet, Denys Baptiste and Alina Bzhezhinska. Celebrating the profound musical legacy of Alice and John Coltrane, the stage will be graced by both a collaborator of John Coltrane in Sanders, and two prominent artists from the UK jazz scene – each drawing inspiration from the Coltranes. On sale to Barbican members on Thursday 21 September On general sale on Friday 22 September Produced by the Barbican Find out more John Cale (2018-1964): A Futurespective With the London Contemporary Orchestra Friday 9 & Saturday 10 March 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £35 - £45 plus booking fee Legendary songwriter, producer and musician, John Cale returns to the Barbican next spring for his first-ever career retrospective. This follows on from a series of original albums for Domino Records and historic re-imagining of the Velvet Underground's 50th Anniversary in two concerts in Paris and Liverpool, as well as his performance of Barbican co-commissioned audio-visual collaboration LOOP>>60Hz: Transmissions From The Drone Orchestra with Liam Young at the Barbican Theatre in autumn 2014. Marking his 76th birthday, the event in March 2018 spreads over two epic nights at the Barbican Hall and will see Cale revealing tracks from his forthcoming Domino studio album as well as addressing music going back to 1964 that he has rarely, if ever performed live. Audiences can expect to hear selections from the Velvet Underground

and Cale’s landmark solo albums recorded in his years with Island Records will feature prominently. The performances will also include material from the classic 1992 live solo album Fragments of a Rainy Season. In recent years, Cale has emphasised collaborative work. While reaching restlessly toward the future on his latest albums, he has also re-examined his past catalogue, including a reconfiguration of his milestone album Music for a New Society on M:Fans, released in 2016. In concerts dedicated to the music of Nico or the Velvet Underground, Cale has sought contemporary and emerging musicians who share his vision of breathing new life into this beloved back catalogue. For his Barbican concerts in March, Cale will team up with the London Contemporary Orchestra, who since 2007 have mined great experimental works of the 20th century, shedding new light and developing new audiences for avant-garde music. Highly-lauded collaborations with Jonny Greenwood, William Basinski, Matmos, Actress, Foals and Belle & Sebastian have made them the ''go-to'' orchestra for contemporary collaborations. The programme on both Barbican concert nights will evolve around a core set of repertoire including rarities and old-time favourites, but might differ slightly each night. With the fullness of the orchestra, to the stripped-down minimalism and the layers in-between, John Cale (2018-1964): A Futurespective promises to continue Cale's mantra of 'expect the unexpected'. These two Barbican performances are produced in association with Convergence. Now in its 5th year, Convergence is a series of concerts, exhibitions, and talks celebrating the latest technological developments of digital culture, elucidating issues, developments and innovation across art and society. More information on Convergence can be found at www.convergence-london.co.uk On sale to Barbican members on Thursday 21 September On general sale on Friday 22 September Produced by the Barbican in association with Convergence Find out more Field Music with the Open Here Orchestra Friday 25 May 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £17.50 – 22.50 plus booking fee A specially-staged Field Music concert comes to the Barbican on 25 May 2018, featuring an expanded orchestral line-up with strings, brass, wind and percussion. The band’s core line-up of Peter and David Brewis, along with Kevin Dosdale on guitar and synth, Andrew Lowther on bass and Liz Corney on keys and vocals, will be augmented by a team of players who have performed on the band’s most recent albums. Peter and David Brewis have been making records as Field Music since 2005. Their five previous album releases (including 2016’s Commontime and the Mercury-shortlisted Plumb) have been interspersed with solo albums, collaborations and film scores. The band last performed in a Barbican-promoted concert at Milton Court Concert Hall in February of 2017; Asunder, an audio/visual presentation, featured a film by Esther Johnson and music composed and performed live by Field Music and Warm Digits. The performance told the story of an English town during the First World War, and was creatively produced by Bob Stanley (Saint Etienne). On sale to Barbican members on Thursday 21 September On general sale on Friday 22 September Produced by the Barbican Find out more COMING UP IN AUTUMN 2017 Gainsbourg Symphonic with Jane Birkin Featuring Heritage Orchestra and conductor Geoffrey Styles

Artistic direction: Philippe Lerichomme Piano & musical arrangements: Nobuyuki Nakajima Tuesday 26 September 2017 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 SOLD OUT, returns only Find out more Ryoji Ikeda: Test Pattern Thursday 28 September 2017 / The Old Selfridges Hotel / 19:00 & 21:30 Tickets £22.00 plus booking fee Find out more Midori Takada + Visible Cloaks Part of Transcender 2017 Thursday 28 September 2017 / Milton Court Concert Hall / 19:30 SOLD OUT, returns only Find out more Kayhan Kalhor with the Rembrandt Trio + Awj Trio Part of Transcender 2017 Friday 29 September 2017 / Barbican Hall / 19.30 Tickets: £20 – 25 plus booking fee Find out more Sacred Imaginations 1: New and Ancient Music of the Christian East Part of Transcender 2017 Saturday 30 September 2017 / Barbican Hall / 19.30 Tickets: £20 – 27.50 plus booking fee Find out more Different Trains 1947 featuring audio-visual collaborations from Actress, Sandunes and Jack Barnett + Darkstar Part of Transcender 2017 Sunday 1 October 2017 / Barbican Hall / 19.30 Tickets: £15 – 22.50 plus booking fee Find out more Spacebomb Revue Friday 6 October 2017 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £20 – 30 plus booking fee Find out more Kid Creole & The Coconuts / Arto Lindsay + Justin Strauss Part of Basquiat: Boom for Real Saturday 7 October 2017 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £17.50 – 25 plus booking fee Find out more GAS Live + Huerco S Live Sunday 8 October 2017 / Barbican Hall / 20:00 Tickets £17.50 – 22.50 plus booking fee Find out more Darbar Festival: Kaushiki Chakraborty Sunday 8 October 2017 / Milton Court Concert Hall / 18:00 Tickets £18 – 50 plus booking fee

Find out more GoGo Penguin: Koyaanisqatsi A New Score Performed Live Wednesday 11 October 2017 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 SOLD OUT, returns only Find out more Shiraz: A Romance of India (1928) World premiere live screening of the BFI National Archive’s latest restoration Featuring a newly commissioned score composed and performed by Anoushka Shankar Saturday 14 October 2017 / Barbican Hall / 20:00 Tickets £17.50 – 25 plus booking fee Find out more Dasha Rush & LCC Wednesday 18 October / Milton Court Concert Hall / 19:30 Tickets £10 – 20 plus booking fee Produced by the Barbican in association with Clon Supported by the Goethe-Institut London Find out more Matthew Herbert’s Brexit Big Band Reisezehrung Monday 23 October 2017 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £15 – 30 plus booking fee Find out more Moondog for Gamelan: Performed by Iwan Gunawan & Stefan Lakatos Saturday 28 October 2017 / LSO St Luke’s / 19:30 Tickets £20 - 25 Plus booking fee Find out more Camille Monday 30 October 2017 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £20 – 35 plus booking fee Find out more Gilberto Gil + Cortejo Afro with Nucleo de Opera da Bahia and Orquestra Nova Lisboa Tuesday 31 October 2017 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £20 – 60 plus booking fee Find out more Saz’iso Saturday 4 November / LSO St Luke’s / 20:00 Tickets £20 – 25 plus booking fee Produced by the Barbican Find out more Basquiat and Jazz Featuring Black Top and guests Part of EFG London Jazz Festival and Basquiat: Boom for Real Friday 10 November 2017 / LSO St Luke’s / 19:30 Tickets £15 – 25 plus booking fee Find out more Chucho Valdés + Gonzalo Rubalcaba Part of EFG London Jazz Festival Saturday 11 November 2017 / Barbican Hall / 14:30

Tickets £20 – 40 plus booking fee Find out more RIOT DAYS – Pussy Riot Theatre Friday 17 November 2017 / Islington Assembly Hall / 20:00 Tickets £20 plus booking fee Produced by the Barbican Supported by the Tsukanov Family Foundation Find out more Pharoah Sanders Quartet + Denys Baptiste + Alina Bzhezhinska

A concert for Alice and John Coltrane

Part of EFG London Jazz Festival Saturday 18 November 2017 / Barbican Hall / 19:30

Tickets £15 - 35 plus booking fee

Find out more Terence Blanchard Quintet Joe Zawinul’s Stories of the Danube BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Kristjan Järvi Part of EFG London Jazz Festival Sunday 19 November 2017 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £20 – 35 plus booking fee Find out more Sō Percussion: From Out a Darker Sea Friday 24 & Saturday 25 November 2017 / St Giles Cripplegate / 20:00 Tickets £15 plus booking fee Find out more Tan Dun: The Martial Arts Trilogy with the London Symphony Orchestra Thursday 30 November 2017 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £17.50-35 plus booking fee Find out more Unsound Dislocation: London Friday 8 December 2017 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £17.50 – 22.50 plus booking fee Find out more COMING UP IN 2018 Planet Harmonik by Aloysius Suwardi Thursday 18 January 2018 / Milton Court Concert Hall / 19:30 Tickets £20 plus booking fee Find out more Video Jam x Basquiat Basquiat-inspired short films with original scores performed live by Young Fathers, Ibibio Sound Machine and more Part of Basquiat: Boom for Real Sunday 28 January 2018 / Barbican Hall / 20:00 Tickets £17.50 – £22.50 plus booking fee Find out more Jeff Tweedy Saturday 3 February 2018 / Barbican Hall / 20:00 Tickets £30 - 50 plus booking fee Find out more

Nils Frahm – All Melody Wednesday 21 Friday 23 & *Saturday 24 February 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30, *15:00 & 20:00 Tickets £25 – 35 plus booking fee Produced by the Barbican in association with Bird on the Wire Find out more Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Benny Goodman: King of Swing Tuesday 27 February 2018 / Barbican Hall / 20:00 Tickets £30 – 45 plus booking fee Find out more Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Leonard Bernstein at 100 Wednesday 28 February 2018 / Barbican Hall / 20:00 Tickets £30 – 45 plus booking fee Find out more The Next Generation of Jazz Showcase Thursday 1 March 2018 / Milton Court Concert Hall / 19:00 Tickets £8 plus booking fee Find out more Niladri Kumar: Seduced by the Sitar Tuesday 13 March 2018 / Milton Court Concert Hall / 19:00 Tickets £18 – 50 plus booking fee Find out more ENDS

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