miré: Revelries
| Colin Alexander | cello |
|---|---|
| Héloïse Werner | voice |
| Kit Downes | chamber organ |
A trio of composer–performer–improvisers, miré invite you into their world with a shadowy, mesmerising yet playful and virtuosic programme of music from their debut EP ‘Revelries’ on Delphian Records. Through a series of their own compositions alongside improvisatory works, soprano Héloïse Werner, pianist/organist Kit Downes and cellist Colin Alexander provoke, listen and react to create a soundworld like no other.
Soprano/composer Héloïse Werner, pianist/organist/composer Kit Downes and cellist/composer Colin Alexander meet to become miré: a trio where three distinct musical minds collide, entangle, melt and reform. Their own compositions become the subject of focused experimentation, with ideas stretched and pulled apart before a new collaborative way forward is found. Combining virtuosic vocals, bright and colourful organ textures and mesmerising cello techniques, miré represent the coming together of long-time musical collaborators whose shared intuition gives rise to a soundscape that is fluid, exploratory and deeply immersive. ‘We listened, motionless, absorbed’ The Observer
This performance features tracks from their EP (out 16 Jan 26), alongside improvisatory interludes that lead the audience through a 70-minute programme of continuous and ever-changing new music. A circular seating plan, with the trio at the centre of Kings Place Hall Two, will create an intense and thrilling listening environment — every nuance heard before resonant, immersive harmonies flood the room.
This event will last approximately 70 mins, with no interval.
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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.
Colin Alexander
Colin Alexander is a cellist and composer working across a wide range of disciplines and traditions. Whilst collaborating with artists such as Max Baillie, Alice Zawadzki, Sean Shibe, Abel Selaocoe and Misha Mullov-Abbado, Colin also performs with 12 Ensemble, Apartment House, Phaedra Ensemble, Manchester Collective, Manchester Camerata and a variety of world-music and improvisation groups. Alongside his performing schedule, he has written new works for the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Contemporary Orchestra, the Mercury Quartet, Hyper Duo and Bush Theatre. He features on numerous recordings on the Delphian, Nonclassical, Accidental and October House labels.
Héloïse Werner
French-born soprano and composer Héloïse Werner is currently an Associate Artist at Wigmore Hall and is ‘quickly becoming a latter-day Cathy Berberian or Meredith Monk’ Richard Morrison, The Times. Her debut album Phrases was released in 2022 on Delphian Records and quickly garnered widespread critical acclaim. Apple Music described the disc as ‘a staggering debut from an imaginative and original voice.’ Héloïse’s anticipated follow-up, close-ups, was released in June 2024 and launched at the Southbank Centre: ‘Werner and her colleagues make music that is as singular as it is striking’ The Observer.
Kit Downes
Kit Downes is a BBC Jazz Award-winning and Mercury Music Award-nominated solo recording artist for ECM Records. He has toured worldwide performing on piano, church organ and harmonium with his own bands (ENEMY, Troyka and Elt), as well as with artists including Squarepusher, Bill Frisell, Empirical, Andrew Cyrille, Sofia Jernberg, Benny Greb, Mica Levi and Sam Amidon. Kit performs solo pipe organ and solo piano concerts, and also collaborates regularly with saxophonist Tom Challenger, cellist Lucy Railton, composer Shiva Feshareki, saxophonist Ben van Gelder and the band ENEMY (with Petter Eldh and James Maddren).