GBSR Duo: Lines of Resistance
With Joseph Havlat and Juliet Fraser
Memory Unwrapped | Composer-in-Focus: Steve Martland
| Joseph Havlat | piano |
|---|---|
| Juliet Fraser | soprano |
| GBSR Duo: | |
| George Barton | percussion |
| Siwan Rhys | piano |
Artists-in-Residence, GBSR Duo join forces with close collaborator Pianist Joseph Havlat and guests for a charged evening in our Composer-in-Focus, Steve Martland series.
Bold, passionate, forthright and iconoclastic: Steve Martland was a unique, totemic figure in British music, a man who left an indelible mark on our musical culture. GBSR’s final concert as Artists in Residence at Kings Place is an appropriately bold and ambitious celebration of Martland’s musical world, his influences and legacy.
Picking a path criss-cross in every direction over the terrain of Martland’s musical world, you will hear the forebears of his sinewy, muscular style in adamantine works by Rainier and Stravinsky; the political strand of his influence in Andrew Hamilton and Andriessen; and Martland’s own voice in Luke Lewis’s moving musical celebration of his life. Featuring new arrangements by Martland’s spiritual successors of some of his most beloved music as well as works by his students and contemporaries, the programme’s twin centrepieces are his teacher Andriessen’s legendary Workers’ Union and Martland’s own monumental and fiendish Drill, one of his greatest and most virtuosic works.
This event will last approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes, including an interval.
This event is supported by:
Concessions & Under 30s tickets
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Plan your visit
Getting here
Kings Place is situated just a few minutes’ walk from King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, one of the most connected locations in London and now the biggest transport hub in Europe.
Our address is:
90 York Way, London, N1 9AG.
The Venue
Our performance spaces are situated on the lower ground floor. Hall One, Hall Two and St Pancras are located in level -2, reached by stairs, escalator and lift from the ground floor entrance level.
Event Times
Door times indicate auditorium entrance times only. Visitors are welcome to enjoy the Kings Place seating areas, gallery-level art, canal-side terrace, café, restaurant and bar throughout the day and evening.
- Our events begin promptly at the advertised start time. Typically, there is no support unless otherwise stated.
- We recommend arriving in good time before the performance. The Hall doors will open 30 minutes before the performance to allow time to take your seats, or to choose a space for standing shows.
- Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance where possible
Access
We aim to make your visit to Kings Place as comfortable as possible. For more information about the accessibility of Kings Place, including details about our Access Scheme, please visit this page.
If you would like to discuss your access requirements with a member of our team, please get in touch with the Box Office team at info@kingsplace.co.uk.
Food & Drink
Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
Rotunda, situated on the ground floor of Kings Place, offers a unique dining and drinking experience alongside Regent’s Canal. The concert bar in the venue foyer will also be open for select events.
Green & Fortune Café
Recently re-furbished and now open with a new look, the Green & Fortune Café is open for selected concerts. Serving hot and cold food and drinks, including sandwiches, salads, soup, stew and a pie of the day, alongside a choice of cakes made by the on-site bakery team. See here for selected concert dates and standard opening hours.
GBSR Duo
2026 Artists-in-Residence, GBSR Duo – George Barton (percussion) and Siwan Rhys (piano) – combines two of the UK’s finest young contemporary chamber instrumentalists. The duo has built its reputation on a combination of exceptional interpretations of the existing piano-percussion repertoire, committed performances of ambitious new commissions, and inventive collaborations.
Known for their fearless, intense and boundary-crossing performances, GBSR Duo’s work ranges from the twentieth-century modernism of Stockhausen and Ustvolskaya to music by Brian Eno and Aphex Twin; from the exquisite delicacy of composers like Morton Feldman, Eva-Maria Houben and Barbara Monk Feldman to the experimental and cross-genre work of Oliver Leith and CHAINES.
With an emphasis on commissioning and repertoire-building complemented by the respect and trust of composers, GBSR Duo’s recent world premieres include works from Eva-Maria Houben, CHAINES, Lawrence Dunn, Cassie Kinoshi, Alex Tay, Linda Catlin Smith, Julius Aglinskas, Tim Parkinson and many others.
Their freewheeling collaborations range from team-ups with leading musicians like the Heath Quartet, EXAUDI, 12 Ensemble, Sean Shibe, and the LA Philharmonic, to inventive cross-disciplinary pairings with artists like Angharad Davies, Dejan Mrdja and Cameron Graham.
GBSR Duo were the winners of the Royal Philharmonic Society 2025 Young Artist award, where the judges commended them for a “commitment to new music that’s thrilling in its fearlessness…their programmes and collaborations fizz with style, energy and invention”.
Recent performances include their US debut performing Oliver Leith at Walt Disney Hall with the LA Philharmonic and Thomas Adès, and their Lithuanian debut playing new works by Lawrence Dunn and Julius Aglinskas in Vilnius and Kaunas. Other recent premieres include Alex Tay, Cassie Kinoshi and Linda Catlin Smith at the Wigmore Hall; Joe Duddell and Luke Lewis at Three Choirs Festival; and the multimedia theatrical electronica of CHAINES at Spitalfields Music Festival.