Kings Place has opened an exciting new chapter for the London Chamber Music Society, which can trace its origins to Victorian music making in London in the 1870s, and the regular Sunday Concerts that developed at South Place and then the Conway Hall from 1929.
The inheritance of the Sunday concerts is special, and our concert series aims to continue that rich legacy - which has long been part of the musical life-blood of the capital - by bringing the very best classical chamber music to London audiences at affordable prices.
The list of famous artists and ensembles appearing through the years reads like a 'Who's Who' of music history, and includes Henry Wood, Frank Bridge, Albert Sammons, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Eugène Goossens, Eugène Ysaÿe, Percy Grainger, William Primrose, Harriet Cohen, Myra Hess, John Ireland and many more. Britain's most celebrated string quartets have regularly appeared in the Series, from the Brosa and Amadeus to the Allegri, Lindsay and Chilingirian Quartets.
The first season in our new home was a great success, with 36 wonderful concerts, many of them to full houses. Our programmes continue to feature the great chamber music of the past, especially Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and the various Romantic masters, but to mark this important new beginning for the LCMS, we are also celebrating some of the best British chamber music for strings as well as commissioning new chamber works.
To follow last season's LCMS commission of a new piece by Thea Musgrave, this year's commission is for a new string quartet by James Francis Brown, which will be premiered by the Badke Quartet on May 16th 2010. The 33 concerts of the 2009/10 Season also premieres new works by Jacqueline Fontyn, Graham Fitkin, John Adams, Thomas Hyde and Laura Kaminsky. Our artists include some of the finest ensembles, such as the Emperor, Wihan, Chilingirian, Dante, Allegri and Fine Arts quartets, the Rosamunde Trio, Fibonacci Sequence, Raphael Wallfisch and John York, Philippe Graffin, the Hanover Band and many more.
Annual membership of the London Chamber Music Society costs only £18, which allows tickets to be purchased for only £7 per week, surely one of the best deals in London. For more information about membership please visit www.londonchambermusic.org.uk
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The London Chamber Music Society present...Chilingirian Quartet
The Chilingirian Quartet peform music from Mozart, Hugh Wood and Beethoven
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Only £9.50! Your seats will be the best available left 1 hour before the performance. Book early as seats are allocated based on first come, first served.
Time: 18:30 (Sunday 14 February)
Venue: Hall One
The London Chamber Music Society presents...Primrose Piano Quartet
The Primrose Piano Quartet take to the stage in Hall One
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Only £9.50! Your seats will be the best available left 1 hour before the performance. Book early as seats are allocated based on first come, first served.
Time: 18:30 (Sunday 21 February)
Venue: Hall One
The London Chamber Music Society present...the Allegri Quartet
The Allegri Quartet perform music from Haydn, Thomas Hyde and Tchaikovsky
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Only £9.50! Your seats will be the best available left 1 hour before the performance. Book early as seats are allocated based on first come, first served.
Time: 18:30 (Sunday 28 February)
Venue: Hall One
The London Chamber Music Society presents...The Brook Street Band
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Only £9.50! Your seats will be the best available left 1 hour before the performance. Book early as seats are allocated based on first come, first served.
Time: 18:30 (Sunday 7 March)
Venue: Hall One
The London Chamber Music Society present...the Fidelio Trio
The Fidelio Trio perform Schumann, Lizt and more during the London Chamber Music Series
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Only £9.50! Your seats will be the best available left 1 hour before the performance. Book early as seats are allocated based on first come, first served.
Time: 18:30 (Sunday 14 March)
Venue: Hall One
The London Chamber Music Society presents...Utrecht Quartet
The Utrecht Quartet perform in Kings Place Hall One
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Only £9.50! Your seats will be the best available left 1 hour before the performance. Book early as seats are allocated based on first come, first served.
Time: 18:30 (Sunday 21 March)
Venue: Hall One
The London Chamber Music Series presents...London Concertante
The London Concertante wrap up the spring season of the London Chamber Music Series at Kings Place
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Only £9.50! Your seats will be the best available left 1 hour before the performance. Book early as seats are allocated based on first come, first served.
Time: 18:30 (Sunday 28 March)
Venue: Hall One
