--- title: "Barbican" url: "https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2016-05-04-barbican" school: "Riverside Secondary School" --- [Click here to apply for Riverside 6th Form](https://riversideschool.applicaa.com/year12) # Barbican ![Image of Barbican](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/news/294.jpg) 4 May 2016 The music GCSE students at Riverside went to the Barbican, Europe biggest cultural venue, on Tuesday the 3rd of May. We were treated 10 pieces by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Works such as J.S. Bach’s toccata and fugue in Dminor as well as Shostakovic for turntables and symphony orchestra, a strange and wonderful mix of new and old. There is nothing like seeing and hearing a full size symphony orchestr ![](https://riverside-secondary.com/images/294a.jpg)![](https://riverside-secondary.com/images/294b.jpg) [ Oxford University Visit](https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2016-04-28-oxford-university-visit) [Year 8 Options Evening ](https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2016-05-05-year-8-options-evening) ![Riverside Secondary School](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/logo/Logo_Footer.png) ### Riverside Secondary School Renwick Road Barking IG11 0FU 0203 946 5888 ### Social Media - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/riverside_campus/) [![Partnership Learning](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/logo/AAAPartnership-Learning_white.png)](https://partnershiplearning.com) © Copyright 2026 Riverside Secondary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://riverside-secondary.com/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)