Performances of Christian Karlsen at BBC Music

Sun 22 Feb 2026

• 19:00

  Total Immersion: Icelandic Chill - Soundworlds

  Barbican, London

  Europe’s most northerly capital city pulses with creativity. Tonight, the BBC Symphony Orchestra embraces the Reykjavík new music scene in all its diversity and flair.

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  Europe’s most northerly capital city pulses with creativity. Tonight, the BBC Symphony Orchestra embraces the Reykjavík new music scene in all its diversity and flair.

  Programme

  • • • Ólafur Arnalds
      • Another Kind of PeaceWorld Premiere
    • • Daníel Bjarnason
      • I WANT TO BE ALIVEUK Premiere
    • • interval
    • • Bára Gísladóttir
      • HringlaUK Premiere
    • • Valgeir Sigurðsson
      • Dreamland SuiteUK Premiere

  Performers

  • Christian Karlsen

    conductor
    conductor
  • Bára Gísladóttir

    double bass
    double bass
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra

  Composers

  • Ólafur Arnalds
  • Daníel Bjarnason
  • Bára Gísladóttir
  • Valgeir Sigurðsson

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  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2025-26 Barbican Season BBC Symphony Orchestra: Total Immersion - Icelandic Chill

  

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