As the artist Julie Brook debuts her new work in Pangolin’s exhibition for Nature Unwrapped in Kings Place, she and writer Robert Macfarlane discuss the elemental forces at play in her work and preview her films.
Being a comedian is the hardest thing anyone can do. As such, those who achieve even a modicum of success in this selfless, humanitarian, dangerous career are rightly held up as the best of us.
Over the past ten years Anxo Lorenzo, Jim Murray, Dónal O’Connor, and Jack Talty have been at the forefront of highly creative Galician and Irish music-making – as players, composers, arrangers, accompanists, producers and record label owners. Their individual talents as working musicians have seen them initiate hundreds of thoughtful and innovative projects, and the setlist on this tour will include a Music Network commission from all four performers, their virtuosity and profound understanding of the music underpinning any daring off-piste exploration they might undertake.
Since forming in Boston in 2009, Nashville-based string band Della Mae has established a reputation as a charismatic live act comprised of some of the finest players in bluegrass, Americana and beyond. 2020 sees a brand new album, and a welcome return to touring in the UK.
DM Stith’s unique voice bridges, in seemingly effortless and inviting ways, the beguiling expanse between quailing sadness and featherlight joy.
A rare programme of music by Argentinian-German composer Mauricio Kagel, who thought of his music as theatre, creating both aural and visual elements for his audience to enjoy.
As part of our Jewish Book Week Family Day, Dani Rabiaotti guides us through a world of slimy facts.
The science: Professor Buzz Baum works at the intersection of biology and physics. He is trying to understand how cells evolve. This cantata repurposes a famous tune from Bach’s St Matthew Passion.
As part of our Jewish Book Week Family Day, Dr. Emily Grossman answers some of the weirdest, mind-fizzingly awesome and FUNNY science questions!
As part of our Jewish Book Week Family Day, Kjartan Poskitt presents some fascinating and gruesome facts about magician Harry Houdini.
As part of our Jewish Book Week Family Day, Michael Rosen presents the story of the effect of the Holocaust on his family and how he grew up.
The wonderful performers of the Northern Chords Festival play two piano quartets; Mozart’s dramatic quartet in G minor and Brahms’ passionate C minor quartet, as well as Fauré's expressive First Violin Sonata.
Join hosts Scroobius Pip, Stu Whiffen and Adam Richardson as they talk to special guests for a special Pod Bible live show to celebrate the release of the new issue of Pod Bible magazine. Sponsored
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The Empire Podcast — one of the many podcasts about film out there, but absolutely the only one from Empire magazine — is celebrating its 400th episode with a live show at Kings Place! Yes,
Kate Young’s compositions are a thing to behold - rhythmically entrancing folk originals which explore the depths of nature's potential for healing.
In this special anniversary series, the acclaimed Brodsky Quartet perform Beethoven’s late string quartets. Fugue is central in the Quartet Op. 131, and is prefaced here with one of Bach’s own fugues.
Cosmo Sheldrake presents a special project, delving deeper into flora and fauna, crafting beautiful, improvised sound worlds from ecological samples collected over the years.
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A special evening with Jazz FM Vocalist of the Year, Cherise Adams-Burnett.
Aurora enters the fifth and final year of its Mozart’s Piano series with the American pianist Nicholas Angelich making his Kings Place debut.
Mozart’s delightful masterpiece for piano and winds performed in-the-round in the intimate setting of an Aurora Lock-In.
Makers’ Day is the British Violin Making Association’s annual showcase of violin and bow makers – the best of new making in Britain and abroad. For further details visit the BVMA website. Makers’ Day is
The famous Allegri Quartet is joined by clarinetist Joseph Shiner in Mozart’s ever-popular Clarinet Quintet, Arthur Bliss’ beautiful Clarinet Quintet, and Beethoven’s stormy and dramatic F minor String Quartet.
Bach’s two sets of 24 Preludes and Fugues are among the greatest works ever written for keyboard and it takes courage to follow in his footsteps.
Join us for the first Poetry London reading of the new decade! The launch of the Spring issue features live readings from Rishi Dastidar, Emily Hasler, Martha Kapos and Joe Dunthorne. Come along to hear some of the magazine’s most distinguished contributors reading their poems.