Alan Menken, sung by the BBC Singers

Menken’s career connects the Off-Broadway success of Little Shop of Horrors with Disney animation and subsequent stage work.

His collaboration with Howard Ashman on The Little Mermaid helped establish that screen-musical period; Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin are other familiar entry points. His official biography records eight Academy Awards.

For listening beforehand, choose the original soundtracks or cast recordings rather than expecting a conventional solo-artist album tour.

The published selection includes A Whole New World, Part of Your World, Belle and Suddenly Seymour.

King David, Menken’s 1997 collaboration with Tim Rice, gives the evening a different theatrical context. That mix can reward both a listener arriving for the film songs and someone curious about the wider writing.

The programme includes an interval; keep the evening free after the concert because a complete runtime is not published on the page checked here.

The BBC Singers have been part of the UK’s choral scene since 1924.

Park’s appointment announcement places the start of his Chief Conductor role in autumn 2026, succeeding Sofi Jeannin. This concert opens their 2026/27 Milton Court series.

Listen for how a vocal ensemble changes the texture of a song you know from one character’s voice: that is our suggested way into the concert, not a claim about a particular arrangement or an eyewitness review.

The event page lists a standard starting total of £19, made up of £15 and a £4 transaction fee.

It also publishes an under-18 starting total of £11.50. At the 15 October 2026 recheck, the concert page lists £6 Young Barbican tickets for eligible members aged 16–29, with no transaction fee and subject to availability.

Use the official booking account for the relevant ticket category. The availability selector was not readable during this check, so no remaining-seat or sold-out claim is made.

Save Milton Court Concert Hall, Silk Street, EC2Y 9BH with the ticket.

It is inside the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, a separate building from the Barbican Hall. The venue lists Barbican, Moorgate, Old Street and St Paul’s among the nearby Underground approaches.

Choose the station that fits your journey, then allow a margin for the final street approach and finding the concert-hall entrance before 19:30.

The event’s access booking uses the Barbican Access Scheme, with an essential-companion ticket when needed.

Register the relevant requirements before choosing seats online, and use Milton Court’s own accessibility guide for the building route. A general under-18 discount does not establish a minimum admission age.

If bringing a younger child, ask the venue about suitability and admission before purchase rather than treating a familiar Disney title as a family-show designation.

Choose an early meal near your arrival route, or a flexible stop after the concert.

A walk around the Barbican estate can be an optional addition, weather and public access permitting; it should not compete with finding Milton Court. If a paid exhibition or theatre visit is the main goal instead, compare the current Barbican guides before buying.

The most manageable plan is one fixed booking, one nearby meal and a return route checked for the actual evening.