Kirckman Concerts Present: Regency String Quartet
Kirckman at Kings Place
| Haydn | String Quartet in D, Op.20 No.4 |
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| Tippett | String Quartet No.2 in F sharp |
| Jessie Montgomery | Strum (2006) |
| Ravel | String Quartet in F |
| Mabelle Young-Eun Park | violin |
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| Olwen Miles | violin |
| Jamie Howe | viola |
| Ellen Baumring-Gledhill | cello |
Praised for their passionate and vivid performances, the Regency Quartet is a prize-winning string quartet based in London, who most recently won the 2025 Royal Over-Seas League String Ensembles Prize. This programme showcases masterworks from different eras of the string quartet.
Where better to start than with Haydn, the Father of the String Quartet? The Op. 20/4 is one of the quartet’s most treasured works to perform, particularly the affettuoso second movement which shares the beautiful thematic material across all four instruments. The Regency Quartet enjoys including works that are less often performed, to share them with a wider audience and to showcase the quartet’s diverse playing styles.
Written during the Second World War, Michael Tippett’s Second String Quartet is notable for its abundant lyricism and graceful dancing rhythms. The quartet has enjoyed exploring this joyful piece. The second half of the programme begins with Jessie Montgomery’s Strum, which draws on American folk idioms and the spirit of dance and movement. It begins with fleeting nostalgia and transforms into ecstatic celebration.
The programme concludes with Ravel’s String Quartet, with 2025 marking 150 years since the composer’s birth. Brimming with expression and colour, this masterpiece is full of flair and excitement!
This performance will last approximately 2 hours, including an interval.
Concessions & Under 30s tickets
Kings Place Concessions Tickets
We want to ensure that people who may be struggling financially to purchase a ticket can still enjoy visiting Kings Place. A limited number of tickets are allocated for certain events (if the ticket type does not show in the booking pathway, it means they are not available for this event or have all been sold). Concessions tickets are accessible for people on the following criteria (for more information visit our FAQs)
- Pension Credit
- Universal Credit
- Disability Benefit
- Income Support or Job Seekers allowance
- Students
£10 ‘Under 30s’ tickets
A limited number of £10 tickets for attendees aged under 30 are available for certain shows. To purchase an ‘Under 30s’ ticket, please choose the ‘Under 30s’ price type when selecting your ticket(s). If the option does not appear, this means all ‘Under 30s’ tickets have sold out or are not available for this performance. Please note that proof of age may be requested at the venue. The £10 offer does not apply to premium price categories.
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.
About The Regency Quartet
The Regency Quartet was formed at the Royal Academy of Music in 2021 and comprises of scholars at London conservatoires. Recent winners of the Royal Over-Seas League Strings and Keyboard Ensembles Prize, the quartet is coached and mentored by Alex Redington from the Doric String Quartet and was generously supported by the Academy’s Frost Trust Advanced Specialist Strings Ensemble Training Scheme from 2021-2024. The quartet has been awarded a number of prizes from the Royal Academy of Music including the Wolfe Wolfinsohn String Quartet Prize, the Sir John Barbirolli Memorial Prize and the Historical Women Composers Prize. They have participated in masterclasses with renowned musicians including Gerhard Schulz, Anthony Marwood, Lawrence Power, David Waterman and Isabel Charisius, and receive coachings from Jon Thorne, So-Ock Kim and Simon Rowland-Jones.
In 2023, the quartet was selected by the Royal Academy of Music to visit Hong Kong through the prestigious Sir Elton John Global Exchange Programme and they have recently participated in the International Musicians Seminar Prussia Cove, studying with Kim Kashkashian. The quartet have been selected as 2025/26 Kirckman Concert Society Artists and are part of the Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artists Scheme. The quartet looks forward to a concert series in France through the Ferrandou Musique residency in June 2025, as well as a concert in Conway Hall and at the Brighton and King’s Lynn Festivals.
This is a Kirckman Concerts production
