Two of the UK’s leading saxophonists, Denys Baptiste and Tony Kofi, reunite for Legacy: Coltrane & Cannonball, honouring the landmark partnership of Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley and John Coltrane.
Forged out of the traditional Folk music scenes of Scotland and Ireland—yet influenced by the sounds of the Balkans, North America, and far beyond—Dallahan have spent over a decade guiding audiences through a musical world tour of their own making.
Arthur Coates & Kerran Cotterell are a two-man trad tornado tearing through the folk world with foot percussion, fiddle, guitar, vocals, and groove to spare. Kitted out with grooving basslines, tight harmonies, and offbeat charm, they’re just a couple of lads with a tangle of strings - yet they somehow summon the sound and swagger of a much bigger band.
Three years on from their acclaimed debut 'Double You', Welsh-Irish, harp-violin, folk-classical duo Catrin Finch and Aoife Ní Bhriain return to Kings Place following the release of their anticipated second album.
Award Winning UK born, US based Trumpeter Alexandra Ridout brings her NYC quartet to Kings Place, featuring some of the most exciting young musicians on the city’s contemporary jazz scene. United by a shared commitment to original music and creative collaboration, the quartet offers a snapshot of the vibrant musical community at the heart of New York jazz today.
Kings Place Jazz Orchestra returns to Hall One to celebrate 70 years of Bernstein’s iconic West Side Story. At its heart is Creative Director Callum Au’s six-movement suite, reimagining the musical’s most famous melodies for big band.
In a daring blend of old and new, Shetland Islands native Norman and Glasgow’s Corrie dive into the rich musical heritage of the Shetland Islands, resurrecting archival melodies that have never seen the light of day.
For the first time, Kings Place resident ensembles Festival Voices and Phaedra Ensemble join forces for Good Friday, culminating in James MacMillan’s Seven Last Words from the Cross, a modern masterpiece of extraordinary emotional power.
One of the most in-demand and unique live acts in the UK and Irish folk scenes today, The Haar brings together the staggering musicianship of Molly Donnery, Adam Summerhayes, Murray Grainger and Cormac Byrne. Their new album, The Lost Day, is a coming-of-age journey through traditional song, alive with poetic storytelling, heartbreak and hope. Honest, tender and epic.
Musician and sound artist Alice Boyd launches her debut album at Kings Place, weaving voice, field recordings, synths, and folk-inspired songwriting into music that explores our relationship with the natural world. Alice will perform solo before being joined on stage by special guest collaborators.
Beethoven meets Florence Price and Gershwin as the Renaissance String Quartet brings its fresh, inclusive approach to a programme spanning more than a century of chamber music.
Alice Zawadzki presents a new version of her acclaimed chamber opera, Bag of Bones, an immersive work of inherited memory, Eastern European folklore and cultural severance, blending strings, accordion, keyboards and voice.
Phaedra Ensemble follows music into the landscape, tracing movement, environment and cultural memory through works by Gabriella Smith, John Luther Adams, Alvin Lucier, Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen and Raven Chacon, inviting us to listen to place anew.
For more than three decades, Flook have redefined contemporary folk with virtuosic musicianship, inventive arrangements, and an unmistakable sound. Experience one of the genre's most influential Anglo-Irish bands live in concert as they return for another epic Hall One Irish Folk Nights show.
Beethoven’s Fifth and Pastoral Symphonies as you’ve rarely heard them: Duo Pleyel brings their orchestral drama and colour to a single piano in remarkable four-hand arrangements by Beethoven’s pupil Carl Czerny.
Anatole Muster brings together virtuosity, experimentation and internet-age influences, creating a vibrant, unmistakably personal sound that has taken him from online collaborations to sold out stages.
Olivia Murphy and her Orchestra celebrate the release of their sophomore album, performing major recent works by the award-winning composer. The concert will feature selections from Murphy's critically acclaimed debut album 'Fateful Birds & Fledgling Stories', followed by the Orchestra's first ever London performance of 'Siren Cycle', adding strings and four vocalists alongside the Big Band.
Barry Kerr brings the quiet power of Curlew’s Cry - selected from 146 entries as the inaugural Folk Album of the Year - to Kings Place as part of the Irish Folk Nights series. Accompanying his voice on guitar and bouzouki, Barry presents an intimate evening of original songs, traditional music and storytelling, with whistle or flute perhaps finding its way into the set.
Vancouver artist Luke Wallace is a dynamic force in the world of folk music, using his talent as a songwriter, speaker, and choral arranger to champion environmental causes and inspire positive change.
Scottish Fish present a fiddle-forward infusion of original and traditional Scottish and Cape Breton music.
Accomplished saxophonist and clarinettist Giacomo Smith brings early jazz into the present with Routes in Ragtime, a programme of original music inspired by the Great Migration and the pioneering generation that created jazz.
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A landmark world premiere crowns this recital from Charles Owen, featuring Gavin Bryars' first major work for solo piano alongside visionary masterpieces by Schumann, de Falla and Albéniz.
Rum Ragged takes a bold approach to the distinct folk music of their home, the Eastern Canadian island of Newfoundland. On bouzouki, fiddle, bodhran, banjo, guitar and button accordion, these new champions of East Coast music enliven audiences with songs and tune sets delivered with an honest swagger that is far beyond their years.