Everything falls into place. Gravity. Death. Life. Three forces that shape our existence, yet they remain mysteries we are still trying to understand.
The Karelia Quartet explores music shaped by place, identity and tradition. Works by Peter Sculthorpe sit alongside masterpieces by Mozart, Grieg and Stravinsky, creating a programme rich in atmosphere, lyricism and discovery.
The Isla String Quartet and pianist Jamie Cochrane share an evening spanning four centuries — from Purcell's contrapuntal fantasias to Bartók's masterful fourth Quartet, with Schubert, Chopin and Godowsky's mighty Passacaglia between.
For thousands of years the Psalms have been sung and remembered – words of sorrow, joy and hope that have travelled across generations and cultures. Aurora Orchestra’s latest collaboration with the BBC Singers brings together three composers.
Are you ready? The Advent edition of Bach, the Universe and Everything asks a timeless question: how do we respond when we are challenged to change and grow?
Violinist Catherina Lee and pianist Miles Walter bring an adventurous programme to Kings Place, pairing masterworks by Mozart, Debussy and Franck with striking works by Kurtág and Dora Pejačević. An evening of rich musical contrasts, virtuosity and intimate chamber dialogue.
An evening of classical music and poetry readings to take you on a journey through the winter solstice and the reflective feelings it creates, featuring music by Pärt, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Sibelius.
Renowned period instrument orchestra The Hanover Band returns to Kings Place with acclaimed director Robert Howarth, a top-flight team of soloists and the hand-picked professional voices of the Hanover Band Chorus to perform Handel’s timeless Messiah. There’s no finer way to start Christmas!
Launching Nico Muhly’s appointment as Kings Place Composer-in-Focus for 2027, this special concert reunites Muhly with friends and collaborators Fretwork and countertenor Iestyn Davies for a programme exploring the roots of his musical imagination.
Beethoven by Heart opens with Op. 131, as director Tom Morris and the Sacconi Quartet place audiences inside Beethoven’s final string quartets, performed entirely from memory in the intimate setting of Hall Two.
Beethoven by Heart is an intimate Hall Two series from the Sacconi Quartet and director Tom Morris, placing audiences inside the world of Beethoven’s final string quartets.
Acclaimed Polish cellist and composer Dobrawa Czocher brings her deeply contemplative yet sonically expansive album 'State of Matter' to Kings Place.
Launching Phaedra Ensemble’s Kings Place residency, Ellis Island explores migration, memory and identity through Meredith Monk’s award-winning film and music by Mansurian, Shostakovich, Dessner and Weill, alongside the UK premiere of Philip Glass’s Piano Quintet.
Resident Ensemble Aurora Orchestra opens its Kings Place season with Beethoven’s exuberant Septet, inviting audiences to get to the heart of a work that became a runaway success, even if its composer had decidedly mixed feelings about it.
'Protect us against war and precarious times' pleads a cantata haunted by suffering and hope. Discover how the first light emerged from primordial darkness to shape the universe we inhabit today.
As part of Nico Muhly's Composer-in-Focus season, The Tallis Scholars perform three works written especially for the ensemble by one of the leading voices in contemporary music.
Hear Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring in the composer’s original four-hand version as Charles Owen and Katya Apekisheva launch a new series transforming orchestral masterpieces at the piano.
As part of (Re)Sounding India, curated by Guest Curator Keval Shah, Shah performs the complete solo piano works of Reena Esmail, including the UK premiere of works written especially for him.
Pianist composer and technologist Zubin Kanga performs new works at the cutting-edge of new music technologies, featuring the world premiere of ‘Sataniq Paniq // Satanipanicon’.
The road stretches into darkness. This month, Bach, the Universe and Everything explores hope in the face of doubt and the remarkable drive of humans to journey beyond our earthly limits.
Darkness. Wonder. Light. Bach's music and atmospheric science come together in an exploration of beauty emerging from uncertainty, and how joy can be found in the darkest places.
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.
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.