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Past Performances

Pre-concert talk: Julian Anderson on Grisey’s Vortex Temporum

Free / Time Unwrapped

Distinguished composer Julian Anderson and Nicholas Moroz, composer and director of Explore Ensemble, discuss Gerard Grisey and Fausto Romitelli.

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School Choir

Voices Unwrapped / Voices Unwrapped

Based in Islington North London, Elizabeth Garreth Anderson school Choir is a diverse all girls community comprehensive secondary school.

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Laurie Anderson

Contemporary / Nature Unwrapped

Due to popular demand, we are delighted to welcome Laurie Anderson for a second performance of her solo show, All the Things I Lost in the Flood, where Anderson employs spoken word, video, live music and electronics to explore the power and perils of language and storytelling.

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Laurie Anderson

Contemporary / Nature Unwrapped

In this solo performance, All the Things I Lost in the Flood, Anderson employs spoken word, video, live music and electronics to explore the power and perils of language and storytelling.

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Ticket Collector from Belarus

Words / Jewish Book Week

Mike Anderson, Jon Silverman & Philip Rubenstein on Britain’s only Nazi war crimes trial.

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Gerald Jacobs & Julia Neuberger

Words / Jewish Book Week

South London in fact and fiction.

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Mark Simpson

Contemporary / Artist in Focus: Mark Simpson

Mark Simpson performs a programme of clarinet and electronics/loops featuring world premieres, and contemporary classics by Steve Reich and Jonathan Harvey.

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Into the Vortex

Classical / Time Unwrapped

Vortex Temporum is the late masterwork of pioneering spectralist Gérard Grisey, fulfilling his vision of a music that transfigures our experience of time.

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Pitch a Thon

Learning / Podcast Maker Weekend 2018

Have a new podcast idea? Pitch it to Colin Anderson (Executive Producer at Earwolf) and Hana Walker-Brown (Executive Producer at Audible) chaired by Helen Zaltzman (The Allusionist, Answer Me This!).

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Courtney Pine & Omar present Black Notes from the Deep

Jazz at Kings Place

Collaborating with UK soul star Omar, multi-instrumentalist Courtney Pine returns to the tenor saxophone for the first time in a decade.

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Tom Rogerson

Contemporary at Kings Place

Tom Rogerson’s debut album Finding Shore (Dead Oceans) was born from a simple construct, Tom improvising at the piano and Brian Eno manipulating the ‘Piano Bar’ that focusses infrared beams on each key.

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Clarissa Connelly

Contemporary at Kings Place

Scottish-born, Copenhagen-based producer, composer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Clarissa Connelly performs her debut album on Warp Records, 'World of Work'.

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Stolen From God

Folk at Kings Place

Through folk song and story, Reg, Suntou and Cohen tackle the history of the transatlantic slave trade in story and song, joined by Matthew Bannister and poet Jenny Mitchell.

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Harrow Community Gospel Choir

Contemporary / Voices Unwrapped

We are delighted to welcome Harrow Community Gospel Choir (HCGC) for their Kings Place debut, as part of the Singing Together project in Voices Unwrapped. HCGC is a performing choir singing a mixture of contemporary gospel songs and spirituals.

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Workshop: Sing with Black Voices

Classical / The Sixteen's Sounds Sublime Festival

Join Black Voices, led by Ceceilia Wickham-Anderson as they cover a variety of styles from traditional African, spirituals, jazz, gospel, pop and folk.

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Dirk Maggs In Conversation

Comedy / London Podcast Festival

World-famous, award-winning audio drama producer Dirk Maggs is interviewed by audio fiction expert Ella Watts in the final event of our Audio Drama Day.

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The Last Consolation Vanished (Online streaming)

Words / Book Week

Zalmen Gradowski’s powerful and extraordinary eyewitness testimony of life and death in Auschwitz, discussed by editor Arnold Davidson and documentary film-maker Toby Perl Freilich.

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The ‘London Bach’

Classical / Bach Weekend

When Carl Friedrich Abel met JC Bach in 1764, it was the beginning of a hugely productive collaboration and a true friendship.

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Alban Gerhardt & Naoko Sonoda

Classical / Master Series

Alban Gerhardt bestrides the music world, an inspired soloist with international orchestras, a recitalist of rare insight and a muse to many composers. He is joined by his duo partner, pianist Naoko Sonoda, for music by Beethoven, Prokofiev and Franck.

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Errollyn Wallen and Laura Snowden

Contemporary / Venus Unwrapped

The guitar was historically regarded as a male dominated instrument but in recent times many women have excelled in guitar, both as performers and composers.

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Piatti Quartet & Emily Pailthorpe

Classical / Venus Unwrapped

This concert illustrates Elizabeth Maconchy’s sensitivity for wind writing, as Emily Pailthorpe’s solo oboe joins the Piatti Quartet in a rare performance of the Oboe Quintet.

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Ctrl Alt Delete

Words / London Podcast Festival

We regret to announce that, due to unforeseen circumstances, this event will no longer take place.

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Invicta Voices and Invicta Upper Voices

Contemporary / Equator Festival: Women of the World

Join Invicta Voices and Invicta Upper Voices for a programme of music that brings together the emotions of war, passion and love.

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Summer Sounds: Harrow Community Gospel Choir

Contemporary / King's Cross Summer Sounds

The choir started in May 2013 and was initially formed to be part of the ‘Now is the Time – Let Freedom Ring’ performance at the Harrow Arts Center in November 2013.

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Shirley Collins in Conversation with Emily Portman

Folk / Venus Unwrapped

Iconic English folk singer and song collector, Shirley Collins, has had a deep and lasting influence on many contemporary singers. Emily Portman is one such singer. With their shared passion in the source material, this ‘In Conversation’ event promises to be an insightful and engaging conversation about lives lived in song.

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Firebird Orchestra with George Jackson (conductor) & He Wu (soprano)

Classical / London Chamber Music Society

The Firebird Orchestra returns with a concert of chamber orchestra classics: Haydn’s famous ‘Surprise’ Symphony, Strauss’ Oboe Concerto from 1945, two beautiful Mozart arias and Schubert’s sublime Third Symphony.

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The Magnus Protocol Cast Q&A and signing

Words / London Podcast Festival

Join the Office of Incident Assessment and Response crew for an on-stage discussion where they’ll be sharing insights into their The Magnus Protocol Season One experiences and character journeys so far, plus answering your questions live! The panel will be followed by a signing session with the cast.

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Cellophony with Kate Royal

Classical / Cello Unwrapped

The UK’s leading cello ensemble with special guest, soprano Kate Royal, presents a programme of exciting classic and contemporary works.

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