Soweto Kinch: Trilogy
EFG London Jazz Festival
Barbican
Thursday 19 November 2026 • 7pm
Public booking opens Friday 24 April 10am
Priority booking for LSO Supporters:
Friday 17 April 10am Patrons, Pioneers and Ambassador Friends
Monday 20 April 10am All LSO Friends
Soweto Kinch Trilogy Suite
Soweto Kinch saxophone & vocals
London Symphony Orchestra
The concert will finish at approximately 9.45pm, including a 20-minute interval (timings subject to change).
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The Concert
The saxophonist, rapper and composer Soweto Kinch revisits the trilogy of works he has created with LSO since 2019, with music from The Black Peril, White Juju and Soundtrack to the Apocalypse.
Each work was inspired by a panoply of events, from commemorating the race riots of 1919 to the intensely fought culture wars in 2020 and lockdown, and the emergence of an apocalyptic, post-truth world. Covering the past, present and future they break beyond the boundaries of genre to explore these resonant themes. The layered storytelling, lyricism and musicality deliberately upends conventions – its often challenging messages are even more salient today.
In Soweto’s words, ‘I’ve been on an intense journey, playing with and subverting tropes, gaining confidence in my own compositional voice but also discovering new approaches to storytelling with each commission.’ The results are this mix of cerebral and guttural, danceable creations – multi-platform works which should ‘assail the senses, but enrich the soul’.
Part of the EFG London Jazz Festival.
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