Kings Place Classical Season 2023/24

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CLASSICAL SEASON 2023/24

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Welcome to our 23/24 classical season at Kings Place, gathered up into a print brochure for the first time.

Our Sound Unwrapped series, exploring spatialised listening experiences, offers some gems this autumn, not least I Fagiolini’s performances of the 1610 Monteverdi Vespers, an exciting UK premiere by Caroline Shaw with Aurora Orchestra & Kit Armstrong and Voces8 presenting Lux Aeterna, Ligeti’s otherworldly clouds of micro-polyphony. City of London Sinfonia make their Kings Place debut with Bishi, reimagining Terry Riley’s In C, while the Gesualdo Six venture into the resonant spaces of St Martin in the Fields with trumpeter Matilda Lloyd. The Gildas Quartet return by popular demand with a new, memorised Surround Sound project. Do not miss the d&b Soundscape performances in Hall Two by Laura Jurd & Phaedra Ensemble, Sean Shibe & Shiva Feshareki, Christina McMaster & Tom Middleton and Aurora Orchestra.

We’re delighted to welcome the Piatti Quartet as our new Resident Quartet this autumn, reviving the popular Rush Hour Lates series with the joyous music of Dvořák. This bolt of musical happiness ought to be on prescription as the nights draw in.

The Parabola Foundation was established to further charitable and cultural projects that will bring benefit to the public. The Parabola Foundation is proud to support Kings Place Music Foundation 2023/24.

Master Series offers a host of international stars in this season, from soprano Danielle de Niese to Xuefei Yang and Johannes Moser.

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Look out, too, for an exciting new edition of the London Piano Festival, celebrating the twin anniversaries of Rachmaninov and Ligeti, and introducing Ukrainian star pianist Vadym Kholodenko.

2023 Artist in Focus Laura van der Heijden returns with some gifted friends to kick up their heels with Dances and Duos, while new Artist in Focus Rachel Podger offers three unmissable concerts, including The Goldberg Variations Reimagined with Brecon Baroque.

We are blessed by the quality of our Artistic Associates at Kings Place: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s highly original Bach, the Universe & Everything series continues to delight and stimulate with cutting-edge science and superbly-performed Bach. The Sixteen stop by on their Choral Pilgrimage, marking William Byrd’s 400th anniversary, and London Chamber Music Sundays introduces vibrant new talent alongside seasoned artists.

Look out for a Composer Focus on Oliver Leith in 2024, with Ruisi Quartet and EXAUDI presenting fascinating programmes contextualising his inimitable, subversive voice.

You’ll start to notice a common theme to the concerts in 2024.

No announcements yet, but we’re having the best time putting it together with our friends in the North…

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I Fagiolini | 29 Sep

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is that ‘just about everything starts with Bach’ and the recital culminates in his dazzling Partita No. 3 in E major.

Thu 21 Sep | Hall One | 8pm

£19.50-£49.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Rachel Podger Tutta Sola Master Series | Rachel Podger: Artist in Focus 23/24

Vilsmayr Partita No. 6 in A major from Artificiosus Concentus pro Camera (1715) Nogueira and Klagenfurt manuscripts: A Suite of short movements JS Bach arr. Chad Kelly Toccata and Fugue BWV 565 arr. for solo violin in A minor Chad Kelly Phantasia for solo violin Westhoff Suite for solo violin without basso continuo (appeared in Le Mercure galant, January 1683) JS Bach Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1006

Fri 22 Sep | Hall One | 7.30pm

Aurora Orchestra Anno with Anna Meredith

UK premiere of Nico Muhly’s All perfections keep, a set of variations for solo trombone and string quartet of the 16th-century lute song I saw my lady weep by John Dowland; and Anna Meredith’s Anno, which reimagines Vivaldi’s much-loved The Four Seasons into something at once familiar and wholly new. In association with d&b Audiotechnik. £19.50-£69.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

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Nico Muhly All perfections keep (UK premiere) Caroline Shaw Concerto for harpsichord and strings (UK premiere) JS Bach Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 Anna Meredith Anno

Rachel Podger violin

Kit Armstrong harpsichord Matthew Gee trombone Alexandra Wood violin / director Anna Meredith electronics

This intricate, intimate voyage of discovery presents the exciting new arrangement of Bach’s Toccata & Fugue by Chad Kelly and includes preludes, dances and fugal movements from European composers all living at the dawn of the 18th century. Rachel’s philosophy

Resident Ensemble Aurora Orchestra combines ancient and modern sound worlds through the work of three contemporary composers who are fascinated with the music of the past. It presents a new work by Caroline Shaw for strings and harpsichord; the

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Fri 29 & Sat 30 Sep | Hall One | 7.30pm

Monteverdi 1610 Vespers I Fagiolini Sound Unwrapped

Monteverdi 1610 Vespers I Fagiolini English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble Robert Hollingworth conductor For the first time in Hall One, a performance of Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers, using both stage and galleries. Much of the glory of the Vespers’ psalm settings is in their detail, too often lost in the vast acoustics of many venues. Monteverdi even suggests the smaller ‘chapels or chambers of princes’ for the book’s motets. Experimenting with Hall One’s acoustic coustic clarity and close balconies, and basing their performance on the latest research, I Fagiolini and the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble offer an intimate guide to this defining work. £24.50-£69.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

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Artist in Focus

Rachel Podger

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5 Éliane Radigue | 1 Oct

Sun 1 Oct | Hall Two | 4pm

Gavin Bryars at 80 Phaedra Ensemble + Laura Jurd Sound Unwrapped

In an immersive concert that reimagines some of Gavin Bryars’ most iconic music with new multimedia creations and spatialised sound, and that presents the UK premiere of his fourth string quartet, Phaedra perform an array of seminal works spanning four decades, including The Sinking of the Titanic and A Man in a Room, Gambling.

The concert also features a new, Bryars-inspired commission from acclaimed jazz trumpeter and composer Laura Jurd, who will perform with the ensemble. £20 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Sun 1 Oct | Hall One | 7pm

Éliane Radigue: Exploring Occam Rhodri Davies & friends Sound Unwrapped

Laura van der Heijden cello Misha Mullov-Abbado double bass Max Baillie violin Marcel Comendant cimbalom (Rivers) and trio (Delta) in varying configurations. The concert will showcase the premiere of a new duo piece for two harps, Occam River XX. This event is supported by the Ambache Charitable Trust: raising the profile of music by women. £22.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Wed 4 Oct | Hall One | 8pm

Laura van der Heijden & Friends Dances and Duos Laura van der Heijden: Artist in Focus 2023

Éliane Radigue Occam XXI Occam XIV Occam River XVII Occam XVII Occam River XX (world premiere) Occam Delta XIV Rhodri Davies harp Angharad Davies violin Hélène Breschand harp Dominic Lash double bass

Fresh from winning the 2023 BBC Music Magazine Recording of the Year and Instrumental Awards, internationally acclaimed violinist Rachel Podger will become our new Artist in Focus for the 2023/24 season. A leading interpreter of Baroque and Classical music, Rachel will perform three concerts as part of her residency, exploring well-known masterpieces, rarities and new arrangements of some of JS Bach’s best-loved music.

Thu 21 Sep Tutta Sola Sun 3 Dec The Goldberg Variations Reimagined

Fri 22 Mar From Darkness to Light

Éliane Radigue is regarded as one of the most innovative and influential composers working today. Up until 2000, she produced electronic works. Since then, she has composed mostly for acoustic instruments, and from 2011, exclusively in collaboration with individual performers. For their performance at Kings Place, this quartet of Radigue’s close associates will play various combinations of solo pieces (Occam), duo pieces

Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor Falla Selection from 7 Canciones populares españolas Bartók Selection from 44 Duos for Two Violins György Kurtág Selection from 8 Duos, Op. 4 Ravel Habanera Misha Mullov-Abbado Red Earth Jobim Águas De Março ahbez Nature Boy

Laura van der Heijden | 4 Oct

Some of the most creative musicians of their generation take us on an evocative journey through the sound worlds of folk, jazz, baroque and contemporary. Béla Bartók’s duos for two violins are earthy, buzzing, and vibrant, in contrast to the enticing melodies of Manuel de Falla and Maurice Ravel; Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre’s Violin Sonata dances through contrapuntal conversations, with many surprising harmonic moments to savour. The concert will also include personally selected favourites, with many surprises along the way. £25.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

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London Piano Festival

Thu 5 Oct | Hall One | 7.30pm

7 Charles Owen | 5-7 Oct

Rachmaninov 150 London Piano Festival

Rachmaninov Suite No. 1, Op. 5 (Fantaisie-Tableaux) Suite No. 2 Op. 17 Eleanor Alberga Two-Piano Suite (1986) Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 Katya Apekisheva & Charles Owen piano

Pianists and co-Artistic Directors Katya Apekisheva and Charles Owen reveal another dynamic line-up for the eighth London Piano Festival.

We celebrate Rachmaninov’s 150th anniversary with his masterpiece the Symphonic Dances. The work combines a vigorous rhythmic drive with an aching nostalgia.

The Two Suites were composed in pre-revolutionary Russia, the spirit of Tchaikovsky a guiding influence. Both pieces demonstrate Rachmaninov’s unique gift for creating breath-taking piano textures and unforgettable melodies. As a complimentary contrast, Katya Apekisheva & Charles Owen will also play Eleanor Alberga’s vibrant Two-Piano Suite, written to celebrate Katya Apekisheva | 5-7 Oct

Thu 5 Oct Rachmaninov 150 Fri 6 Oct Vadym Kholodenko

Vadym Kholodenko | 6 Oct

Sat 7 Oct | 12pm Ligeti 100: The Devil’s Staircase Sat 7 Oct | 3pm Ligeti Masterclass with Danny Driver

Sun 8 Oct Elégie: Rachmaninov – A Heart in Exile

the 25th anniversary of Jamaica’s Independence in 1987. £19.50-£44.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Fri 6 Oct | Hall One | 7pm

Vadym Kholodenko London Piano Festival

Handel Suite in B flat, HWV 440 Haydn Sonata in C sharp minor, Hob. XVI No. 36 Beethoven Sonata No. 27, Op. 90 Valentin Silvestrov Bagatelles, Op. 1 Thomas Adès Traced Overhead Liszt, Années de pèlerinage II (Italy) No. 7: Après une lecture de Dante No. 3: Tarantella in G minor Kholodenko is renowned for his individual interpretations, acute musical mind and extraordinary virtuosity. Winner of the 2013 Van Cliburn Competition, he has since established a worldwide reputation as a uniquely gifted musician. For this debut recital he has chosen a wideranging programme centred around three of the best-loved of all pianistcomposers: Haydn, Beethoven and Liszt. £19.50-£44.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

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October 2023 six mesmerising études by Ligeti’s most famous pupil, Unsuk Chin.

Also included are two of American maverick Conlon Nancarrow’s études arranged by Thomas Adès.

This music originally conceived for player-piano was one of the inspirations behind Ligeti’s own groundbreaking études.

Clare Hammond | 7 Oct

9 composer Tom Middleton that you will listen to while lying down, enabling you to indulge in conscious listening. The sources of inspiration for this performance are the vision, eco-activism and art of the 12th-century abbess Hildegard of Bingen. Expect to experience sound in new dimensions with real-time transformations across multiple modes via immersive surround speakers to fully envelop you as Tom leverages the d&b Soundscape system, while sculpting the acoustic piano.

Lucy Parham | 8 Oct

£22.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Sat 7 Oct | Hall Two | 3pm

Ligeti Masterclass with Danny Driver

£27.50 with Concessions Tickets

London Piano Festival

Sat 7 Oct | Hall One | 12pm

Ligeti 100 The Devil’s Staircase

listeners into the fascinating world of the composer, his influences and legacy. Clare Hammond will bring her exceptional playing to

London Piano Festival

Focusing on the music of Ligeti, Danny Driver will reveal and share his wide knowledge of this extraordinary music, offering rare insights and guidance. A perfect way to delve deeper into the inner workings of a pianist’s life. See website for more information as we announce the repertoire that will be explored in this masterclass. This event is supported

by Help Musicians. £15 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Sun 8 Oct | Hall One | 6pm

Strings from the Royal Opera House with Kristina Blaumane London Chamber Music Society

Sun 8 Oct | Hall One | 11.30am

Elégie: Rachmaninov A Heart in Exile London Piano Festival

£22.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Lucy Parham piano Tim McInnerny narrator

Sun 8 Oct | Hall Two | 2pm & 4pm

Pianist Lucy Parham presents Elégie, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Rachmaninov. The narrative, scripted from letters and diaries and read by actor Tim McInnerny, follows Rachmaninov from his youth in Russia, through his subsequent self-imposed exile in 1917 and finally to California, where he died in 1943. The concert features

Ligeti Sonatina (duet) CO/KA En Suspens, Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Entrelacs CH Nancarrow, arr. Thomas Adès Player Piano Study No. 6 KA/DD Ligeti Fém, Galamb Borong DD Unsuk Chin In C, Sequenzen, Scherzo ad Libitum CH Ligeti Arc-en-ciel, Autumn in Warsaw, Fanfares DD Three Wedding Dances (duet) CO/KA Chin Scalen, Toccata, Grains CH Ligeti Cordes à vide, The Devil’s Staircase DD Nancarrow, arr. Thomas Adès Player Piano Study No. 7 CO/DD

many of his best-loved works for solo piano, including the haunting Elégie and some of his own transcriptions, as well as works by Scriabin and Tchaikovsky.

Inner Temple Christina McMaster & Tom Middleton Sound Unwrapped

A unique electro-acoustic collaboration between pianist Christina McMaster and wellness music pioneer and ambient

R. Strauss String Sextet from Capriccio Mozart String Quintet in G minor Brahms String Sextet No. 1 in B flat Members of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, led by concertmaster Sergey Levitin, perform a selection of string chamber music classics. The magical string sextet from Strauss’s late opera Capriccio is followed by Mozart’s beautiful String Quintet in G minor. Their concert concludes with Brahms’s ever-popular First String Sextet, with its famous themeand-variations slow movement. £14.50-£29.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Christina McMaster & Tom Middleton | 8 Oct

Danny Driver (DD) piano Clare Hammond (CH) piano Charles Owen (CO) piano Katya Apekisheva (KA) piano Guest-curated by Danny Driver, one of today’s leading Ligeti interpreters, this immersion concert will take Danny Driver | 7 Oct

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October 2023 Diotima Quartet | 11 Oct

Sun 15 Oct | Hall One | 11.30am

11 The Sixteen | 26 Oct

The Genesis Quest Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Bach the Universe & Everything

JS Bach Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlösen (Wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me?), BWV 48 Michael Marshall speaker The OAE’s Sunday morning series continues its search for life and meaning beyond our planetary boundaries. The first concert features Bach’s cantata Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlösen, BWV 48, first performed in October 1723. They are joined by Michael Marshall, journalist and author of The Genesis Quest. £19.50 with Under 30s and Concession Tickets

Sun 22 Oct | Hall One | 6pm

Rosamunde Trio London Chamber Music Society

Wed 11 Oct | Hall One | 7.45pm

Diotima Quartet Master Series

Janáček String Quartet No. 1 Kreutzer Sonata Ligeti String Quartet No. 2 String Quartet No. 1 Métamorphoses nocturnes Janáček String Quartet No. 2 Intimate Letters In this programme, Diotima bring together Janáček’s famous quartets, whose electrifying mastery was inspired by his love for Kamila Stösslová, with those of Ligeti.

Métamorphoses nocturnes, Ligeti’s first quartet, reaches back to folk-inspired elements in a work of teeming nocturnal enchantment, while the second quartet of 1968 combines thrilling rhythmic energy with expansive sonic landscapes of great beauty, creating in Diotima’s own words, ‘an alphabet for the future’. £25 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Thu 12 Oct St Martin in the Fields | 7.30pm

The Gesualdo Six & Matilda Lloyd Radiant Dawn Sound Unwrapped

Matilda Lloyd | 11 Oct

Programme to include: Tallis O nata lux, Dum transisset Sabbatum Alec Roth Night Prayer Owain Park Phos hilaron Hildegard of Bingen O gloriosissimi Donna McKevitt Lumen Deborah Pritchard The Light Thereof James MacMillan O radiant dawn, In splendoribus sanctorum Vocal consort The Gesualdo Six join forces with trumpeter Matilda Lloyd to present a stunning programme that explores different sonorities and spatial relationships within the church of St Martin in the Fields.

Works from the Golden Age of polyphony by Tallis are juxtaposed with new compositions by Alec Roth and Donna McKevitt.

This concert will take place at St Martin in the Fields. Please contact the SMITF Box Office team on 020 7766 1100 or by emailing BoxOffice@smitf.org or by visiting www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org. £20-£35 with Under 30s Tickets

Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat major, Op. 70 No. 2 Lili Boulanger D’un soir triste D’un matin de printemps Smetana Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15 The celebrated Rosamunde Trio perform piano trios from Vienna, France and the Czech Republic.

Beethoven’s pair of Op. 70 trios were composed during his 1808 stay at Countess Marie von Erdödy’s estate, just north of Vienna. Two beautiful, characterful pieces from 1917-18 by Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment | 26 Oct

the French composer Lili Boulanger follow, and to end, Bedřich Smetana’s passionate piano trio from the 1850s. £14.50-£29.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Thu 26 Oct | Hall One | 7.30pm

The Sixteen’s Choral Pilgrimage William Byrd 400th Anniversary

Byrd Arise Lord into thy rest Ne irascaris / Civitas sancti tui Van Wilder O doux regard Monte O suavitas et dulcedo Dobrinka Tabakova Arise Lord into thy rest; Turn our captivity Clemens non Papa Tristitia et anxietas; Ego flos campi Byrd Tristitia et anxietas Turn our captivity Monte Super flumina Babylonis Byrd Quomodo cantabimus?

Vigilate The Sixteen Harry Christophers conductor 2023 marks the 400th anniversary of the death of one of the greatest composers of the Renaissance. The Sixteen’s 2023 Choral Pilgrimage is is exploring some of William Byrd’s most moving works and introducing audiences to the music of his influences and colleagues, bringing his legacy firmly into the modern day with performances of two new specially commissioned works by Dobrinka Tabakova. £19.50-£49.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

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Sound Unwrapped

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City of London Sinfonia with Bishi Riley – In C Sound Unwrapped

City of London Sinfonia | 29 Oct

Wed 25 Oct | Hall One | 6.45pm

Piatti Quartet Dvořák String Quartet No. 12 Rush Hour Lates

Schubert Quartettsatz Dvořák String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96 American Michael Trainor violin Emily Holland violin Miguel Sobrinho viola Jessie Ann Richardson cello

a presenter. Featuring her mentor, electronic pioneer and composer John Foxx, who will be playing a solo piano set alongside artists including oud player Maya Youssef, vocalist Hatis Noit and the Ruisi Quartet, this promises to be a spell-binding, intimate evening of performance and conversation, offering a glimpse into Hannah’s sound world, and some of the music and musicians who inspire her.

In Association with £30 with Concession Tickets

Debussy Syrinx Edmund Finnis Hymn Stravinsky Three Pieces for solo clarinet Bishi various Elena Kats-Chernin Fast Blue Village 2 Britten Six Metamorphoses after Ovid Max Richter On the Nature of Daylight Purcell Fantasia on C Terry Riley In C City of London Sinfonia joins forces with musical polymath Bishi to explore a multitude of sounds in the spaces of Hall One, culminating in Terry Riley’s communal classic In C. Curated in collaboration with London-born, internationally renowned singer-songwriter and sitarist Bishi Bhattacharya, this programme explores the glorious sonic architecture of Kings Place through pieces that span the centuries. £19.50-£34.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

In the third edition of our hugely popular hour-long series, we welcome our new Resident Quartet, the Piatti, to perform Dvořak’s ‘American’ Quartet, lovingly set up with a musical prelude: Schubert’s Quartettsatz – the first movement of an unfinished quartet. £17.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Sat 28 Oct | Hall One | 6.30pm

Hannah Peel presents BBC Radio 3 Night Tracks live Sound Unwrapped, the 15th edition of our awardwinning series, explores spatial dimensions in live performance and the creativity of sound artists.

We shine a light on pioneering artists and composers – past and present – who play with sound and space.

Sound Unwrapped

Hannah Peel, an Artist in Residence for Sound Unwrapped, introduces from the stage her own live event for Night Tracks, the award-winning BBC Radio 3 programme of which she is

Throughout 2023 See listings for details Hannah Peel | 28 Oct

Bishi | 29 Oct

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Master Series

November Wed 1 Nov | Hall One | 8pm

Brodsky Quartet Rachmaninov Anniversary Celebration Stravinsky Three Pieces Rachmaninov Two movements for String Quartet No. 2 Britten String Quartet No. 1 Shostakovich Two Pieces: Elegy & Polka Rachmaninov, arr. Paul Cassidy Vocalise Debussy String Quartet In a typically imaginative sequence, the Brodsky Quartet present Rachmaninov’s visionary, protoMinimalist Two Movements for String Quartet No. 2 through the prism of his Russian and European contemporaries. £16.50-£34.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Sun 5 Nov | Hall One | 6pm

Chamber Ensemble of London directed by Peter Fisher London Chamber Music Society

Handel La Réjouissance from Music for the Royal Fireworks Elgar Serenade for Strings Ireland Cavatina and Bagatelle Arnold Concerto for two violins, Op. 77 (Peter Fisher & Eri Konii, violins) Purcell, arr. Britten Chacony in G minor

Brodsky Quartet | 1 Nov

Clive Jenkins Sinfonietta for Strings Warlock Capriol Suite Returning by popular request, after their memorable concert last year, the Chamber Ensemble of London play a wide selection of British string orchestra favourites. As well as baroque music by Handel and Purcell, we hear more recent works including music by John Ireland, and Malcom Arnold’s Concerto for two violins and strings, commissioned

by Yehudi Menuhin and composed in the 1960s, when Arnold was at the height of his powers.

This concert is generously supported by the Malcolm Arnold Trust and the John Ireland Trust. £14.50-£29.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Thu 9 Nov | Hall One | 8pm

Danielle de Niese and Matthew Fletcher Master Series

Gounod The Jewel Song Handel Lascia ch’io pianga Mozart Parto, parto Bizet Chanson d’avril Adieux de l’hôtesse arabe Gershwin Summertime Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off Whiting & Mercer You’re Just Too Marvelous for Words Porter I Get a Kick Out Of You I Hate Men Gershwin I Got Rhythm Dvořák Song to the Moon Puccini O mio babbino caro Danielle de Niese soprano Matthew Fletcher piano

This annual series at Kings Place features some of the world’s finest soloists and ensembles. We invite them to explore the music they love best in the radiant acoustic of Hall One.

Thu 21 Sep Rachel Podger Wed 11 Oct Diotima Quartet Thu 9 Nov Danielle de Niese and Matthew Fletcher

Award-winning Australian soprano Danielle de Niese makes her Kings Place debut in Master Series, with pianist Matthew Fletcher. Join them for some treasured vocal repertoire, from classical and opera gems, to Broadway musical favourites, with a few standards from Hollywood’s Golden Age in between. £19.50-£49.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets Matthew Fletcher | 9 Nov Danielle de Niese | 9 Nov

Fri 1 Mar 2024 Xuefei Yang & Johannes Moser Wed 5 Jun 2024 Chiaroscuro Quartet

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Lux Aeterna VOCES8 and The VOCES8 Scholars Sound Unwrapped

Ligeti Lux Aeterna JS Bach Partita No. 2 with chorales Wood Hail, Gladdening Light Caroline Shaw and the swallow Pēteris Vasks Plainscapes Elgar Lux Aeterna VOCES8 VOCES8 Scholars Fenella Humphreys violin Matthew Sharp cello Barnaby Smith conductor This fascinating programme from VOCES8 will immerse you in the swirling and undulating sounds of György Ligeti (whose centenary we celebrate this year and whose Lux Aeterna found fame in Stanley Kubrik’s 2001: A Space Odyssey), Pēteris Vasks and Caroline Shaw – pieces that show off micropolyphony, extended vocal technique and abstract sounds.

VOCES8 welcomes violinist Fenella Humphreys for a performance marrying Bach’s Partita No. 2 with

Classical Season 2023/24 chorales, and cellist Matthew Sharp for Vasks’s captivating Plainscapes, all directed by Barnaby Smith. £19.50-£49.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Sun 19 Nov | Hall One | 11.30am

Mission to Mars Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Bach, the Universe & Everything

JS Bach Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott (Fortunate the person who upon his God), BWV 139 Professor Sanjeev Gupta Speaker The OAE’s Sunday morning series continues its search for life and meaning beyond our planetary boundaries. Professor Sanjeev Gupta, part of NASA’s Mars Rover mission, will speak about the landscapes and exploration of Mars, and the question of life. Bach’s cantata Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott (Fortunate the person who upon his God), BWV 139, encourages us to reject earthly things in favour of more heavenly aspirations. £19.50 with Under 30s and Concession Tickets

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The Swingles Bach and Beyond Programme to include: JS Bach, arr. Ward Swingle Badinerie Air on the G String Little Organ Fugue Traditional Bulgarian Dance Bučimiš Simon & Garfunkel America Radiohead 15 Step

Bach, the Universe & Everything

Bach, the Universe & Everything is a concert series with a difference.

Across six Sunday morning events, each featuring a guest scentific speaker, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment explore the human desire to understand our place in the cosmos, guided by the music of JS Bach.

The Swingles look back over almost six decades of vocal artistry with this programme, focusing on the group’s early repertoire and celebrating the five-time Grammy® winners’ extraordinary musical heritage.

Featuring everything from JS Bach fugues to fiendish Bulgarian folk, pop favourites and original songs reimagined for the 21st century. £19.50-£49.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Sat 25 Nov | Hall Two | 8pm

In the Light of Air Aurora Orchestra plays Anna Thorvaldsdottir Sound Unwrapped

Anna Thorvaldsdottir In the Light of Air Music by Takemitsu and Debussy Principal players of Aurora Orchestra Aurora presents an immersive performance of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s In the Light of Air. Scored for viola, cello, piano, harp, percussion and electronics, the piece is described by Gramophone as ‘an exquisite tetralogy in which melodies are thrown up by the music’s very exploration of sound and texture…’. Presented in the round in Hall Two with theatrical lighting and players within touching distance of the audience, Thorvaldsdottir’s 40-minute work is paired here with music by Tōru Takemitsu and Claude Debussy.

In partnership with d&b Soundscape. £24.50 VOCES8 | 19 Nov

Sun 15 Oct The Genesis Quest JS Bach Cantata, BWV 48 Speaker: Michael Marshall

Sun 19 Nov Mission to Mars JS Bach Cantata, BWV 139 Speaker: Professor Sanjeev Gupta

Sun 17 Dec Soul Music JS Bach Cantata, BWV 186a Speaker: TBC

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with Steven Devine director

Sun 21 Jan Here Comes the Sun JS Bach Cantata, BWV 3 Speaker: Professor Lucie Green

Sun 18 Feb Got To Have Faith JS Bach Cantata, BWV 22 Speaker: TBC

Sun 17 Mar To Infinity and Beyond JS Bach Cantata, BWV 148 Speaker: Stuart Clark

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Kathryn Stott | 2 Dec

Sat 2 Dec | Hall One | 6.30pm

Manchester Collective The End of Time Matteis Alla Fantasia Caroline Shaw Gustave le Gray Chopin Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4 Messiaen Theme and Variations Quartet for the End of Time

£26.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

audience as it glides and whirls within space, sculpted in the moment of performance. This hypnotic effect will be pushed to the maximum on the d&b Soundscape as she presents Seismic Wave Orchestra (2020) with special guest Sean Shibe, and live electronic manipulations of her major spatial work Opus Infinity (2019). £18.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Sun 3 Dec | Hall One | 11.30am

Sat 2 Dec | Hall Two | 8pm

Shiva Feshareki & Sean Shibe Sound Unwrapped

Shiva Feshareki Live turntable manifestations of Opus Infinity Steve Reich Electric Counterpoint Julius Eastman Buddha Shiva Feshareki Seismic Wave Orchestra (UK premiere) Shiva Feshareki is a British-Iranian composer celebrated for her thrilling spatialised compositions in which live sound immerses the

Mon 4 Dec | Hall One | 7.30pm

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Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque | 3 Dec

Chloé Piano Trio Kirckman Society Presents

Cécile Chaminade Piano Trio No. 2 in A minor, Op. 34 Kelly-Marie Murphy Give Me Phoenix Wings To Fly Haydn Piano Trio No. 45 in E flat major, Hob. XV:29 Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66

The return of Lucy Parham’s acclaimed Christmas Gala at Kings Place, with celebrities from outside the musical world joining her on stage to play music that has inspired them to play the piano. This Christmas Gala will once again be presented by BBC Radio 3’s Sean Rafferty, with narration and festive surprises.

The Chloé Piano Trio brings a vibrant and diverse programme to this concert. The trio in A minor by Cécile Chaminade is a dramatic work with folk influences. In Kelly-Marie Murphy's Give Me Phoenix Wings to Fly, the life cycle of a phoenix is portrayed through three movements representing destruction, desolation and rebirth. The players continue with Haydn’s playful last-published piano trio, written during a stay in London, a contrast with Mendelssohn’s monumental Trio No. 2. This is a Kirckman Society promotion.

£21.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

£15-£25 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Lucy Parham’s Celebrity Christmas Gala

Sergio Castelló López clarinet Rakhi Singh violin Nick Trygstad cello Kathryn Stott piano If you had to pick a single musical work to reflect the energy, chaos and trauma of the 20th century, you could do a lot worse than Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time. This is chamber music at its most dramatic and unfiltered – it’s a pure distillation of the time in which it was written. To perform this harrowing epic the Collective are thrilled to welcome musical treasure Kathryn Stott for the first time. Kathy will also perform Caroline Shaw’s exquisite Gustave le Gray alongside the Chopin mazurka that inspired the piece

December 2023

Wed 6 Dec | Hall One | 6.45pm

Piatti Quartet Dvořák String Quartet No. 13 Rush Hour Lates

Charlotte Harding Iorsa Dvořák String Quartet No. 13 in G, Op. 106 Michael Trainor violin Emily Holland violin Miguel Sobrinho viola Jessie Ann Richardson cello By 1895, Dvořák had returned from America to what is now

Sun 3 Dec | Hall One | 6pm

The Goldberg Variations Reimagined

Sun 10 Dec | Hall Two | 5pm, 7pm

Gildas Quartet Britten No. 3 in Surround Sound Determined to bring the visceral experience of string quartet performance to audiences at close quarters, the Gildas Quartet created their immersive project Surround Sound Sessions. Each performance brings a single great quartet work to listeners, inviting them to sit literally in ‘surround sound’ and experience the drama from the centre of the ensemble.

In this performance the players will explore Britten’s valedictory and deeply moving Third Quartet.

You will get to know the piece as they deconstruct and demonstrate aspects of the music. A complete memorised performance of the Britten ends the concert, with the audience surrounding the players.

JS Bach, arr. Chad Kelly The Goldberg Variations Reimagined Rachel Podger violin/director Brecon Baroque Employing a variety of instrumental combinations from a typical Bach ensemble of single strings, oboe, flute, bassoon and harpsichord, these newly-crafted Goldbergs illuminate this well-worn journey with exquisite responses to the genres expressed in Bach’s scores. From aria to overture, fugue to trio sonata, and concerto to quodlibet, the variations take flight in ways which would have graced his Sunday coffee concerts in Leipzig in the 1730s – and which transform the listening experience for today’s audience. £19.50-£49.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

£17.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Sound Unwrapped

Rachel Podger: Artist in Focus 23/24 Shiva Feshareki & Sean Shibe | 2 Dec

the Czech Republic to write his his mighty, life-affirming Quartet No. 13, full of the sounds of and the composer’s love for his Bohemian homeland. Charlotte Harding’s Iorsa wascommissioned by the Piatti Quartet and Three Choirs Festival in 2022. This short, effective work brings the listener to the windswept and rugged Glen Iorsa on the isle of Arran. It represents a place in which to listen or, at times, cry out.

Gildas Quartet | 10 Dec

£20 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

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December 2023

Classical Season 2023/24

New Resident Quartet

Piatti Quartet

‘Kings Place is cutting edge, it’s everything that’s innovative and fresh on the music scene.

It means a huge amount to us to have a home here where we feel supported… where we can plan and build connections with an audience over a long period of time.’

Piatti Quartet

Wed 13 Dec | Hall One | 7.30pm

Handel Messiah The Hanover Band and Chorus Soloists tbc Andrew Arthur director/harpsichord The goal of the Hanover Band, which is made up of some of the best period-instrument specialists in the UK, is to give audiences a feeling for what earlier music sounded like when heard in favourable circumstances.

With their gutsy playing ‘stripping decades of varnish from the score,’ as the Times says, Handel’s ever-popular Messiah will sound fresh and new.

Sun 17 Dec | Hall One | 11.30am

Soul Music Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Bach, the Universe & Everything

JS Bach Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht (Do not be confounded, o soul), BWV 186a The Hanover Band and Chorus | 13 Dec

Wed 25 Oct Piatti Quartet Schubert & Dvořák String Quartet No. 12 Wed 6 Dec Piatti Quartet Charlotte Harding & Dvořák String Quartet No. 13

Wed 14 Feb Piatti Quartet Webern, Anna Appleby & Dvořák String Quartet No. 14 Wed 20 Mar Piatti Quartet with Emmanuel Despax Ina Boyle & Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2

SANSARA | 20 Dec

Handel’s Messiah The Hanover Band

£19.50-£49.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

The Piatti Quartet become the Resident Quartet at Kings Place starting in October. They kick off their residency with four Rush Hour Lates concerts featuring Dvořák’s late quartets in addition to a world premiere by Anna Appleby.

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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment tbc speaker Bach, the Universe & Everything explores the human desire to better understand our place in the cosmos through Bach’s 200 cantatas. The December edition features one of his advent cantatas, the sublime Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht, BWV 186a, first performed in December 1716. £19.50 with Under 30s and Concession Tickets

Wed 20 Dec | Hall One | 7.30pm

SANSARA The Waiting Sky: a Christmas Meditation Valentin Silvestrov Two Christmas Lullabies Natalia Tsupryk A Quiet Night Tavener The Lamb Mother of God, here I stand Byrd Vigilate Tallis Videte miraculum Cecilia McDowall O Oriens Judith Weir Ave Regina caelorum Oliver Tarney The Waiting Sky Rhiannon Randle O magnum mysterium Away in a Manger arr. Jacques Silent Night arr. Rose Ease into the festive break with this meditative concert of stunning Christmas choral music presented by the acclaimed vocal collective SANSARA, which is known for creating captivating and impactful choral experiences. This specially curated sequence explores the poignancy of a war-torn Christmas through music by Ukrainian composers Valentin Silvestrov and Natalia Tsupryk, before finding consolation and hope in the anticipation of a new dawn in music from the choir’s seasonal album The Waiting Sky. ‘choral singing with real depth’ The Observer ‘SANSARA slips easily into the elite ranks of exceptional performers… breathtaking’ Choir & Organ £20 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

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January 2024

January 2024

Jasdeep Singh Degun | 13 Jan

Linos Piano Trio

Sat 13 Jan | Hall One | 7.30pm

London Chamber Music Society

Scottish Ensemble with Jasdeep Singh Degun Join Scottish Ensemble, acclaimed for their creative projects, and Jasdeep Singh Degun as they bring together traditions of Indian and European classical music, transporting you through layers of mesmerising melody. Leeds-born sitarist Jasdeep is one of Britain’s leading voices in the Indian Classical tradition. He complements the ancient traditions of raags with contemporary compositional techniques to create sparklingly cinematic music for sitar and strings.

Scottish Ensemble spin a musical tale featuring tracks from Jasdeep’s Anomaly album, a selection of classical European string repertoire, and the London premiere of a new work by Jasdeep.

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Sun 14 Jan | Hall One | 2pm

Scottish Ensemble In Sync Family

Sun 21 Jan | Hall One | 6pm

Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11 Prach Boondiskulchok Piano Trio No. 2 ‘Songs without Words’ Felix Mendelssohn Three Songs without Words Beethoven Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 ‘Ghost’

Join Scottish Ensemble and MishMash Productions for an energetic and interactive afternoon of string music for young people... and the young at heart! In Sync is a theatrical concert – suitable for audiences looking for a high-energy introduction to classical music, or anyone who loves their classical music live and uplifting. Through music, movement and storytelling, you’ll be whisked between centuries and continents experiencing

exhilarating works of classical and folk music from across the globe. A collaboration with Nottingham-based MishMash Productions – experts in introducing young audiences to classical music – this is a show to enjoy with all the family.

Recommended for 11+ On sale soon

Sun 21 Jan | Hall One | 11.30am

Here Comes the Sun Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

The award-winning Linos Trio return to the LCMS in an exciting programme exploring the ‘Song without Words’ genre made famous

by Felix Mendelssohn. Further reflections on the theme by Prach Boondiskulchok, in the London premiere of his Piano Trio No.2, are paired with Felix’s sister Fanny’s dramatic D minor Piano Trio. Their concert culminates in Beethoven’s famous ‘Ghost’ Trio, offering another perspective on music’s potent ability to conjure images without words. £14.50-£29.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Fri 26 Jan | Hall One | 7.30pm

The Sixteen Carver Choir Book Plainchant Dum sacrum mysterium Carver Credo from Mass Dum

sacrum mysterium James MacMillan O bone Jesu Fayrfax Eternae laudis lilium Cornysh Salve regina Ramsey In Monte Oliveti O vos omnes How are the mighty fallen Carver O bone Jesu a19 A special curation by Kings Place Artistic Associates The Sixteen focused on Robert Carver, considered to be the greatest Scottish composer of the 16th century. Carver created highly intricate masses and motets in a High Renaissance polyphonic style.

The massive granite-like choral writing of his magnificent 19-part motet O Bone Jesu, written for James IV of Scotland, proved an inspiration to James MacMillan who chose to clothe the same text in his own musical language of reflective beauty.

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Sun 28 Jan | Hall One | 6pm

London Firebird Orchestra with Elizabeth Karani, Harris Tsz-Chun Leung and George Jackson

23 Ruth Gipps Cringlemire Garden, Impression for string orchestra,Op. 39 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat major ‘Jeunehomme’ Mozart Concert Aria ‘A Berenice…

Sol nascente’, K70 Haydn Symphony No. 59 in A major ‘Fire’ Elizabeth Karani soprano Harris Tsz-Chun Leung piano George Jackson conductor London Firebird Orchestra The musicians of the Firebird Orchestra are joined by the pianist Harris Tsz-Chun Leung in Mozart’s beautiful piano concerto ‘Jeunehomme’, and soprano Elizabeth Karani in Mozart’s concert aria ‘A Berenice’. The spotlight falls on the string players for Ruth Gipps’ 1952 short tone poem depicting the garden of Cringlemire, a house in the Lake District, and the concert culminates in Haydn’s dramatic and colourful Symphony No. 59, nicknamed ‘Fire’ from the unusual ‘Presto’ marking of its first movement. £14.50-£29.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

London Chamber Music Society

Bach, the Universe & Everything

JS Bach Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid (Ah God, how much heartache?), BWV 3 Professor Lucie Green speaker In the first Bach, the Universe & Everything of 2024, as the days begin to grow longer we look to the sun with leading science communicator and solar expert Professor Lucie Green. The OAE perform Bach’s cantata Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 3, a work that begins elegiacally before it turns fiery then joyous. £19.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets Scottish Ensemble | 14 Jan

The Sixteen | 26 Oct, 26 Jan

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February 2024

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February 2024 Sat 3 Feb | Hall One | 7.30pm

Aurora Orchestra Scottish Symphony Maxwell Davies An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise R Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat, Op. 11 Mendelssohn Scottish Symphony Annemarie Federle horn Nicholas Collon conductor Aurora Orchestra

Resident Ensemble

Aurora Orchestra

Roaming across Scotland in the summer of 1829, the 20-year old composer Felix Mendelssohn was inspired to write what was to become his third symphony, with folkinspired melodies paying homage to the history, people and beauty of Scotland. In this programme, Aurora pairs the symphony with Maxwell Davies’ evocation of riotous wedding celebrations on his home island of Orkney (complete with its famous bagpipe solo) and Richard Strauss’s First Horn Concerto, a work in which the huge influence of Mendelssohn’s music can be clearly heard. £19.50-£69.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Annemarie Federle | 3 Feb

Sun 4 Feb | Hall One | 6pm

Solem Quartet with Shiry Rashkovsky London Chamber Music Society

Debussy String Quartet, Op. 10 Bartók String Quartet No. 3, BB 93 Lili Boulanger, arr. Newell Deux Morceaux Mendelssohn String Quintet No. 1 in A major, Op. 18 Solem Quartet Shiry Rashkovsky viola The renowned Solem Quartet perform Debussy’s beautiful early string quartet from the 1890s, following it with music inspired by Debussy’s radical new approach to

style – Bartók’s remarkable Third Quartet and two colourful pieces

by Lili Boulanger, completed in 1914.

The musicians are then joined by the violist Shiry Rashkovsky to perform Mendelssohn’s joyful and ebullient String Quintet in A major. £14.50-£29.50 with Under 30s and Concessions

Wed 14 Feb | Hall One | 6.45pm

Piatti Quartet Dvořák String Quartet No. 14 Rush Hour Lates

Webern Langsamer Satz Anna Appleby Piatti Commission Title tba (World Premiere) Dvořák String Quartet No. 14 in A flat major, Op. 105 Michael Trainor violin Emily Holland violin Miguel Sobrinho viola Jessie Ann Richardson cello A rare chance to hear Dvořák’s String Quartet No. 14 (1895), the composer’s last work in the genre and one which in which he is on inspired and joyous form. We nod to Valentine’s Day in this programme, with a work from the furthermost edges of Romantic music: Anton Webern’s Langsamer Satz. Webern wrote this beautiful slow movement in 1905, while he was on his honeymoon and hiking in the Alps.

It also represents his farewell love letter to tonal writing. This will be followed by a world premiere from brilliant young composer Anna Appleby.

Combining world-class performance with adventurous programming and presentation, Aurora Orchestra is one of Europe’s leading ensembles. Aurora collaborates widely across art forms and genres, championing new music and inspiring its audiences to develop a passion for orchestral music.

Fri 22 Sep Anno with Anna Meredith Caroline Shaw Concerto for Harpsichord & Strings (UK premiere) Aurora Orchestra

Sat 25 Nov In the Light of Air Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Takemitsu & Debussy

Sat 3 Feb Scottish Symphony Maxwell Davies, Mendelssohn & Strauss, with Annemarie Federle (horn)

Sat 27 Apr Outlanders with Sam Amidon and Emily Smith Folk ballad arrangements & Steve Reich

Solem Quartet | 4 Feb

£17.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

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February 2024

Oliver Leith | 15 Feb, 28 Feb

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EXAUDI | 28 Feb

Ruisi Quartet Big House Oliver Leith A different Fantasie from Suite No. 5 in G minor (after Matthew Locke) Monteverdi & Scodanibbio Selections from the Books of Madrigals and Mas Lugares (Su Madrigali di Monteverdi) Haydn Quartet Op.76 No.3 Oliver Coates new work Oliver Leith The Big House Alessandro Ruisi violin Oliver Cave violin Luba Tunnicliffe viola Max Ruisi cello

Thu 22 Feb | Hall One | 8pm

The Ruisi Quartet is celebrated both for deeply engaging performances of early repertoire and for its bold commissions. In this concert the Ruisi, founded by British/Sicilian brothers Alessandro and Max, contextualise the music of Oliver Leith, by juxtaposing his rework of a Matthew Locke suite with arrangements of 17th-century madrigals by Monteverdi, then move on to Haydn at his finest. Before they enter the intoxicating hazes of Leith’s The Big House, written expressly for the quartet, there will be a rare premiere from the highly individual cellist, composer and producer Oliver Coates.

Part of a composer focus on Oliver Leith (see Thrilly Marvel Chants/ EXAUDI, 28 Feb)

Sun 18 Feb | Hall One | 11.30am

£24.50 with Under 30s and Concession Tickets

£19.50 with Under 30s and Concession Tickets

Mishka Rushdie Momen | 18 Feb

Got to Have Faith Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Maxwell Quartet Worksongs HaydnString Quartet in E flat major, Op. 20/1 Maxwell Quartet Worksongs (folk music of Scotland) Beethoven String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131

Bach, the Universe & Everything

JS Bach Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe (Jesus gathered the twelve to him), BWV 22

Colin Scobie violin George Smith violin Elliott Perks viola Duncan Strachan cello

tbc speaker The OAE’s Sunday morning series continues its search for life and meaning beyond our planetary boundaries. Bach’s Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe, BWV 22 may have been his audition piece in Leipzig.

Aptly for our series, it speaks of the need for faith in the face of a journey into the unknown.

Worksongs is the latest project from the Maxwell Quartet, exploring the traditional music of their homeland of Scotland, alongside works from the classical canon. It brings together songs, dances and stories from times past, born of Scotland’s historic industries. Travelling from the east coast’s fishing and other sea trades to the jute mills of Dundee and the Hebridean wool and tweed industry, the programme is a historic tour of

Scotland’s hardworking societies, woven together in the Maxwell Quartet’s own impressionistic and sensitive reworkings of traditional songs.

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Wed 28 Feb| Hall One | 8pm

EXAUDI Thrilly Marvel Chants Programme to include music by: Billings, Hildegard of Bingen, Brahms, Dowland, Hamilton, Johnston, Ligeti, Oliver Leith, Luboff, Cassandra Miller, Morricone, Palestrina, Read, Joanna Ward & some anons EXAUDI James Weeks director This concert, curated by composer Oliver Leith, draws inspiration from a grainy film of the Deller Consort singing English madrigals around a dining table; seemingly without audience; pure joy. Here, EXAUDI

and James Weeks do the same, performing recent and ancient music with unspoiled and irreverent curiosity. Superimposing New England Psalms, attempting musical illusions, affecting unhinged vibrato on Dowland and melting cowboy songs. There will also be the first performance of a work by Oliver Leith himself.

Part of a composer focus on Oliver Leith (see Ruisi Quartet, Big House, 15 Feb) £26.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Sun 25 Feb | Hall One | 6pm

Trio Goya London Chamber Music Society

Programme to be announced Kati Debretzeni violin Sebastian Comberti cello Maggie Cole fortepiano £14.50-£29.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Sun 18 Feb | Hall One | 6pm

Mishka Rushdie Momen and Alasdair Beatson Two Pianos London Chamber Music Society

Programme to include: Debussy En blanc et noir Schumann Canonic Etudes £14.50-£29.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets Ruisi Quartet | 15 Feb

Maxwell Quartet | 22 Feb

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CELEBRATING 15 YRS AT KINGS PLACE

March 2024

March 2024

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Xuefei Yang | 1 Mar

Fri 1 Mar | Hall One | 7.30pm

Xuefei Yang & Johannes Moser Master Series

Dowland Selection of Songs JS Bach Prelude from Suite No. 2, BWV 1008 SL Weiss Fantasie in D minor JS Bach Sarabande from Suite No. 2, BWV 1008 SL Weiss Passacaille in D major Schubert ‘Arpeggione’ Sonata, D821 Xu (arr. Yang) Sword Dance Sheng Three Songs for Cello & Pipa Ellen Reid Somewhere there is Something Else Falla Selection from Siete canciones populares españolas Xuefei Yang guitar Johannes Moser cello Celebrated guitarist Xuefei Yang joins cellist JohannesMoser – ‘one of the finest among the astonishing gallery of young virtuoso cellists’ (Gramophone) – for an intricate sequence of dance- and song-based Johannes Moser | 1 Mar

gems. Natural instrumental partners, exchanging singing lines and delicate accompanying figures, they journey through Renaissance and

Baroque works towards Schubert’s scintillating ‘Arpeggione’ Sonata, originally written for a guitar-like fretted cello. They come together for Falla’s Popular Songs, by turns smouldering and soulful. £19.50-£49.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Mon 11 Mar | Hall One | 7.30pm

Jonathan Ferrucci Kirckman Society Presents

JS Bach Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Join Bach enthusiast Jonathan Ferrucci for the timeless journey of the Goldberg Variations, as he presents them on the Kings Place stage after his recent recording.

A round-trip Odyssey, this music feels personal and universal at the same time. The Goldberg Variations are a story of joy, struggle and human inquiry that will lead us back home. This is a Kirckman Society promotion.

PANGOLIN LONDON Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG Tel: 020 7250 1480 www.pangolinlondon.com

£15-25 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

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March 2024 ORA Singers | 15 Mar

Fri 15 Mar | Hall One | 7.30pm

ORA Singers 1603 The Union Weelkes O Lord, grant the King a long life Peebles Psalm 19 (Wode Psalter) ‘The heavens and the filaments’ Judith Weir Magnificat Ramsey When David heard Sally Beamish Gaudent in caelis Byrd O God, the proud are risen against me Gibbons What is our life?

Bob Chilcott Even such is time Byrd Sing joyfully Ramsey Almighty God, which has knit together Thea Musgrave Rorate coeli Ramsey Nunc dimittis Peebles Psalm 150 (Wode Psalter) ‘Yield Unto God the mighty Lord’ Tomkins O Lord, grant the King a long life ORA Singers The elite ORA Singers make their Kings Place debut with a programme celebrating the union between Scotland and England in 1603.

The concert begins with Thomas Weelkes’s ‘Grant the King a Long Life’, which is believed to have been performed at James I’s coronation, and ends with Tomkins’ setting of the same text. Modern works

by Sally Beamish, Bob Chilcott, Thea Musgrove and Judith Weir are alternated with music by Byrd, Gibbons and Ramsey, and psalms from the Wode Psalter, harmonised

by 16th-century Scottish composer David Peebles.

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Sun 17 Mar | Hall One | 11.30am

To Infinity and Beyond Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Bach the Universe & Everything

JS Bach Bringet dem Herrn Ehre seines Namens (Bring to the Lord the honour due His name), BWV 148 Stuart Clark speaker Another intergalactic season of Bach, the Universe and Everything comes to a conclusion. Bach’s glorious and virtuosic Bringet dem Herrn Ehre seines Namens BWV 148, is a call

for kindness and generosity.

Astronomer, writer and stargazer Stuart Clark will survey the future of our relationship with space and where it might take us. £19.50 with Under 30s and Concession Tickets

Piatti | 20 Mar

Wed 20 Mar | Hall One | 6.45pm

Piatti Quartet Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2 Rush Hour Lates

Sun 17 Mar | Hall One | 6pm

Amici della Musica London Chamber Music Society

Programme to include Dvořák’s Piano Quartet and music

by Mahler and Smetana Piers Lane piano Philippe Graffin violin Elizabeth Wallfisch viola Raphael Wallfisch cello

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Ina Boyle Quartet in E minor Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81 Michael Trainor violin Emily Holland violin Miguel Sobrinho viola Jessie Ann Richardson cello Emmanuel Despax pianist

Ina Boyle was one of Ireland’s most important composers in the first half of the 20th century. The Piattis released the world premiere recording of her sole string quartet, of 1934, in 2023. This was described

by Gramophone as ‘not to be missed’.

The melancholic mood of Boyle’s Quartet in E minor will be dispelled by one of the most famous chamber works ever written, Dvořák’s barnstorming Piano Quintet in A major of 1887. £19.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Fri 22 Mar | Hall One | 7.30pm

Brecon Baroque From Darkness into Light

£14.50-£29.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Rachel Podger: Artist in Focus 23/24 | Bach Weekend

JS Bach Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150 JM Bach Ach, wie sehnlich Buxtehude Ciaccona in E minor, BuxWV 160 Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin & Klage Lied, BuxWV 76 JS Bach Lobet den Herrn, BWV 230 JM Bach Es ist ein großer Gewinn JC Bach ‘Mein Freund ist mein und ich bin sein’ - Chaconne from Meine Freundin, du bist schön JS Bach Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4

Elizabeth Wallfisch | 17 Mar

Zoe Brookshaw | 22 Mar

Rachel Podger violin Zoe Brookshaw soprano Ciara Hendrick mezzo-soprano

Thomas Herford tenor Jon Stainsby baritone Brecon Baroque Beginning with JS Bach’s Nach dir, verlanget mich (Unto thee, Lord, do I lift up my soul) and culminating in the joyous Easter Cantata Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ lay in death’s bonds), this beautiful programme explores texts of human frailty and lament alongside those longing for hope to come – Alleluia! The concert also includes works by Johann Michael and Johann Christian Bach, and by JS Bach’s admired contemporary Buxtehude – what better way to contemplate new life and new beginnings than through the music of JS Bach, his family and his influences? £19.50-£49.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Sat 23 Mar | Hall One | 7.30pm

Bach: The Violin Concertos Bach Weekend

JS Bach Sinfonia in C minor for oboe, violin and strings, BWV 21 Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043 Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042 Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor, BWV 1060R The Feinstein Ensemble Catherine Manson solo violin Miki Takahashi solo violin Geoffrey Coates solo oboe Catherine Manson’s serenely spacious readings of Bach’s great violin concerti have garnered a devoted following in recent times.

She is accompanied here by the Feinstein Ensemble, and partnered

by Miki Takahashi and Geoffrey Coates in the double concertos.

The programme showcases both Manson’s rare talent and some of Bach’s most glorious instrumental works. £19.50-£49.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

More Bach Weekend events to be announced soon. Check the website for further details.

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June 2024

April 2024

June 2024

Mon 8 Apr | Hall One | 7.30pm

Wed 5 Jun | Hall One | 8pm

Elmore String Quartet

Chiaroscuro Quartet

Kirckman Society Presents

Master Series

Leo Geyer Unfurling (Elmore Quartet commission; world premiere) Ravel String Quartet in F major Britten String Quartet No. 3 in G major, Op. 94

Beethoven String Quartet in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2 ‘Razumovsky’ Haydn String Quartet in D minor, Op. 9 No. 11

The Elmore Quartet are an awardwinning young quartet based in Manchester and London. Previous winners of the Tunnell Trust Awards, they are Kirckman Concert Society Artists for 2023/2024. They present a programme of pieces with a personal meaning to the group members, including Ravel’s only quartet, Britten’s Third and a new commission by young composer Leo Geyer. This is a Kirckman Society promotion. £15-£25 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Sat 27 Apr | Hall One | 7.30pm

Aurora Orchestra with Emily Smith & Sam Amidon Outlanders

Beethoven String Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3 ‘Razumovsky’ A welcome return by the peerless Chiaroscuro Quartet, with two of Beethoven’s forever-radical ‘Razumovsky’ Quartets, and a slice of early Haydn. Led by Alina Ibragimova, the Chiaroscuro Quartet have become synonymous with the authentic performance of Classical

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In this concert, they present two of Beethoven’s radical middle-period quartets alongside Haydn’s impish Op. 9 No. 11. £19.50-£49.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Chiaroscuro Quartet | 5 Jun

Sam Amidon | 27 Apr

Folk ballad arrangements from Scotland and North America, including The Two Sisters, The Swan Swims and The Only Tune James MacMillan Untold Anna Meredith Blackfriars Steve Reich New York Counterpoint Caroline Shaw Limestone & Felt Paul Simon, arr. Nico Muhly Hearts and Bones Sam Amidon vocalist Emily Smith vocalist Aurora journeys in the footsteps of Scottish emigrants, charting a course from Scottish folk ballads

Elmore String Quartet | 8 Apr

Emily Smith | 27 Apr

to contemporary American music in the company of folk singers from opposite sides of the Atlantic, Sam Amidon and Emily Smith. We follow the evolution of a folk song from its Scottish roots via Scandinavia to 21st-century America, with contrasting arrangements of the macabre Two Sisters murder ballad, including Nico Muhly’s contemporary setting, The Only Tune. Interwoven through this journey is a sparkling selection of chamber music by Scottish and American composers spanning three centuries, including works by Anna Meredith, James MacMillan, Caroline Shaw and Steve Reich. £19.50-£69.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

London Chamber Music Society Sun 24 Mar | Hall One | 6pm Sun 7 Apr | Hall One | 6pm Sun 14 Apr | Hall One | 6pm Future dates coming up from the London Chamber Music Society, details still to be confirmed.

The events listed within this brochure are confirmed at the time of going to press.

Please check the website for the latest programme: kingsplace.co.uk

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We aim to make your visit to Kings Place as comfortable as possible. Kings Place is fully accessible for wheelchairusers, with lifts from ground floor to concert level, and multiple wheelchairaccessible toilets. An infrared system is available in both Hall One and Hall Two. All areas are accessible to those with Assistance Dogs. Seating for standing only events can be reserved for customers with access requirements.

We recommend joining the Kings Place Access Scheme, which will enable you to book access tickets online and will ensure our team can offer you the best possible experience when you visit Kings Place. If you are not signed up to our Access Scheme, please notify the Box Office team of your access requirements by emailing info@kingsplace.co.uk or by calling 020 7520 1440 during opening hours.

The full Access Guide can be found on the website.

Please note that food is not permitted inside our venues. Please ensure that all drinks are decanted into the plastic cups provided prior to entering our venues.

Red wine is not permitted inside Hall One.

A limited number of Under 30s Tickets (£8.50; no booking fee) are available for selected events at Kings Place, ranging from classical concerts to jazz and folk music.

Concessions Tickets A limited number of Concessions tickets are available on selected events, providing discounts for students and those in receipt of any benefit or financial support (e.g. Pension, Disability, Universal Credit). For more information, please visit our website or call the Box Office.

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RESTAURANT AND BAR IN KINGS PLACE Rotunda is the destination for gate to plate dining in Kings Cross.

Seasonally-inspired, modern British menu that features mouth-watering beef and lamb cuts from our own farm in Northumberland.

Enjoy our unique waterside location year-round, with floor to ceiling windows and covered and uncovered seating on the spacious terrace.

PRE CONCERT MENU AVAILABLE For those who’d like to dine before the concert, you can now book a Pre-Concert Meal in Rotunda at the point of booking your concert tickets. The Pre-Concert Meal will offer a discounted price exclusively to Kings Place concert-goers.

BOOK NOW WWW.ROTUNDABARANDRESTAURANT.CO.UK | 020 7014 2840 ROTUNDALONDON

Tickets cannot be refunded or exchanged, except where a concert is cancelled or postponed, or when it is sold out and the ticket can be resold.

In the event of a successful resale, you will receive a gift voucher to the value of your tickets, which can be used against any ticketing purchase within the next two years.

Online Secure 24-hour online booking kingsplace.co.uk

Box Office The Box Office is open (in person and over the phone) between 12pm and 5pm, Monday to Friday. Additionally, on days where there is a ticketed event taking place, it will open two hours prior to the first performance. You can also get in touch with specific queries via email: info@kingsplace.co.uk

Hall One

Hall One is a seated venue with stateof-the-art fresh air ventilation for your comfort. The majority of events in Hall One have allocated seats but some will be general admission.

Hall Two and St Pancras Room

Arriving late We will endeavour to seat latecomers at a suitable break in the performance, according to the artists’ instructions.

However, this may not always be possible and in some instances, latecomers may not be admitted.

Tickets are non-refundable.

Taking pictures You are welcome to take photos at the end of events for social media,

Hall Two

Food & Drink Situated on the ground floor, Rotunda is a waterside bar and restaurant overlooking Regent’s Canal, making it the perfect place for pre-concert drinks and dining. Serving quality produce from independent suppliers, it offers a range of dining options including a full à la carte menu, pre-performance menu, light post-performance supper, and a selection of smaller nibbles and bar food. Find out more at rotundabarandrestaurant.co.uk or call 020 7014 2840.

Pre-Concert Meal You can now book a Pre-Concert Meal in Rotunda at the point of booking your Classical concert tickets, with a discounted price available exclusively to Kings Place concert-goers.

Concert Bar Open for most events, Concert Bar is situated adjacent to the concert halls.

Place your interval order at the bar prior to the start of the performance to avoid queuing in the interval. If the bar is closed, drinks can be purchased from Rotunda Bar.

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Kings Place is outside the Congestion Charge Zone.

The nearest car park is at St Pancras Station on Pancras Road, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week including Bank Holidays. An alternative space is Handyside Car Park in the Tapestry building on Canal Reach, open 8am-10pm, 7 days a week including Bank Holidays.

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Cover Rachel Podger © Broadway Studios | p1 Helen Wallace © Nick White | p3 Caroline Shaw © Dayna Szyndrowski; I Fagiolini © Riccardo Cavallari | p4 Rachel Podger supplied photo | p5 Eliane Radigue © Sophie Couronne; Laura van der Heijden © Monika S Jakubowska | p6 Vadym Kholodenko © Ellen Appel, Mike Moreland | p7 Charles Owen © Sim Canetty-Clarke; Katya Apekisheva © Victor Marin | p8 Clare Hammond © Philip Gatward; Danny Driver © Kaupo Kikkas | p9 Lucy Parham © Sven Arnstein; Christina McMaster & Tom Middleton supplied photo | p10 Diotima Quartet © Lyodoh Kaneko; Matilda Lloyd © Benjamin Ealovega | p11 The Sixteen © Firedog; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment supplied photo | p12 Hannah Peel © Pål Hansen | p13 City of London Sinfonia © Nick Rutter; BISHI © Frederic Aranda | p14 Brodsky Quartet © Sarah Cresswell; Matthew Fletcher supplied photo | p15 Danielle de Niese © Chris Dunlop, DECCA | p16 VOCES8 © Andy Staples | p17 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment © Viktor Eric Emanuel | p18 Kathryn Stott © Jacqui Ferry; Shiva Feshareki & Sean Shibe © Camilla Greenwell | p19 Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque © Theresa Pewal; Gildas Quartet © Matthew Johnson | p20 Piatti Quartet © Venetia Jollands | p21 SANSARA supplied photo; The Hanover Band and Chorus supplied photo | p22 Jasdeep Singh Degun © Adam Lyons; Scottish Ensemble © Hugh Carswell | p23 The Sixteen supplied photo | p 24 Aurora Orchestra © Nick Rutter | p25 Annemarie Federle supplied photo; Solem Quartet © Sunset Studios | p26 Oliver Leith © Marcus J Leith; Mishka Rushdie Momen © Benjamin Ealovega; Ruisi Quartet supplied photo | p27 EXAUDI © Jon Bungard; Maxwell Quartet supplied photo | p29 Xuefei Yang © Neil Muir; Johannes Moser © Manfred Esser-Haenssler | p30 ORA Singers © Nick Rutter; Elizabeth Wallfisch supplied photo | p31 Piatti © Venetia Jollands; Zoë Brookshaw © Gerard Collett | p32 Sam Amidon supplied photo; Emily Smith © Laura Sparrow; Elmore String Quartet supplied photo | p33 Chiaroscuro Quartet © Eva Vermandel | p35 Hall One © Viktor Erik Emanuel; Hall Two © Nick White; St Pancras Room © fabiovh.co.uk

Kings Place is the cultural pulse of King’s Cross, presenting an adventurous and criticallyacclaimed programme, with words and music at its heart.

Our aim is to encourage individuals and creativity to flourish. We provide stages for artists and space for local communities and young musicians, as well as sharing our home with our partners and offering audiences unforgettable shared experiences.

To keep doing our ambitious work, we need additional financial support. We rely on the generosity of the public to continue our life-enriching programming and charitable work.

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Thank you for your support – now and in the future.

Thu 21 Sep Rachel Podger Tutta Sola Fri 22 Sep Aurora Orchestra Anno with Anna Meredith Fri 29 & Sat 30 Sep Monteverdi 1610 Vespers I Fagiolini Sun 1 Oct Gavin Bryars at 80 Phaedra Ensemble + Laura Jurd Sun 1 Oct Éliane Radigue: Exploring Occam Rhodri Davies & Friends Wed 4 Oct Laura van der Heijden & Friends Dances & Duos Thu 5 Oct Rachmaninov 150 Fri 6 Oct Vadym Kholodenko Sat 7 Oct Ligeti 100 The Devil’s Staircase Sat 7 Oct Ligeti Masterclass with Danny Driver Sun 8 Oct Elégie: Rachmaninov A Heart in Exile Sun 8 Oct Christina McMaster & Tom Middleton Inner Temple Sun 8 Oct Strings from the Royal Opera House with Kristina Blaumane

Wed 11 Oct Diotima Quartet Thu 12 Oct The Gesualdo Six & Matilda Lloyd Radiant Dawn Sun 15 Oct Bach, the Universe & Everything The Genesis Quest Sun 22 Oct Rosamunde Trio Thu 26 Oct The Sixteen’s Choral Pilgrimage William Byrd 400th Anniversary Wed 25 Oct Piatti Quartet Dvořák String Quartet No. 12 Sat 28 Oct Hannah Peel BBC Radio 3 Night Tracks live

Sat 25 Nov The Swingles Bach and Beyond

Sun 14 Jan Scottish Ensemble In Sync

Fri 1 Mar Xuefei Yang & Johannes Moser

Sat 25 Nov Aurora Orchestra plays Anna Thorvaldsdottir In the Light of Air

Sun 21 Jan Bach, the Universe & Everything Here Comes the Sun

Mon 11 Mar Jonathan Ferrucci

Sat 2 Dec Manchester Collective The End of Time

Sun 21 Jan Linos Piano Trio

Sat 2 Dec Shiva Feshareki & Sean Shibe Sun 3 Dec Lucy Parham’s Celebrity Christmas Gala Sun 3 Dec The Goldberg Variations Reimagined Mon 4 Dec Chloé Piano Trio

Sun 29 Oct City of London Sinfonia with Bishi Riley – In C

Wed 6 Dec Piatti Quartet Dvořák String Quartet No. 13

Wed 1 Nov Brodsky Quartet Rachmaninov Anniversary Celebration

Sun 10 Dec Gildas Quartet Britten No. 3 in Surround Sound

Sun 5 Nov ChamberEnsemble of London Thu 9 Nov Danielle de Niese and Matthew Fletcher

Wed 13 Dec Handel’s Messiah The Hanover Band Sun 17 Dec Bach, the Universe & Everything Soul Music

Thu 16 Nov VOCES8 and The VOCES8 Scholars Lux Aeterna

Wed 20 Dec SANSARA The Waiting Sky: a Christmas Meditation

Sun 19 Nov Bach, the Universe & Everything Mission to Mars

Sat 13 Jan Scottish Ensemble with Jasdeep Singh Degun

Fri 26 Jan The Sixteen Carver Choir Book Sun 28 Jan London Firebird Orchestra Sat 3 Feb Aurora Orchestra Scottish Symphony Sun 4 Feb Solem Quartet with Shiry Rashkovsky Wed 14 Feb Piatti Quartet Dvořák String Quartet No. 14

Fri 15 Mar ORA Singers 1603 The Union Sun 17 Mar Bach, the Universe & Everything To Infinity and Beyond Sun 17 Mar Amici della Musica Wed 20 Mar Piatti Quartet Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2 Fri 22 Mar Brecon Baroque From Darkness into Light Sat 23 Mar Bach: The Violin Concertos

Thu 15 Feb Ruisi Quartet Big House

Mon 8 Apr Elmore String Quartet

Sun 18 Feb Bach, the Universe & Everything Got To Have Faith

Sat 27 Apr Aurora Orchestra with Emily Smith and Sam Amidon

Sun 18 Feb Mishka Rushdie Momen and Alasdair Beatson Two Pianos

Wed 5 Jun Chiaroscuro Quartet

Thu 22 Feb Maxwell Quartet Worksongs Wed 28 Feb EXAUDI Thrilly Marvel Chants Sun 25 Feb Trio Goya

The events listed within this brochure are confirmed at the time of going to press.

Please check the website for the latest programme: kingsplace.co.uk