In celebration of their remarkable 50-year career, the Chilingirian Quartet's perform some of the works that have forged their reputation over the years.
The Brodsky Quartet present two towering masterpieces of the quartet repertoire, framing the London premiere of Stephen Johnson’s String Quartet.
Russian violinist Sergey Levitin, Konzertmeister of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, is joined by other distinguished chamber musicians in a programme culminating in Schumann’s powerful and dramatic Piano Quartet.
Danish super group Theatre of Voices return to Kings Place for the world premiere of John Luther Adams’ A brief descent into deep time and David Lang’s award-winning The Little Match Girl Passion.
CRISPR is the new technique in biomedical science that allows us to effectively cut out and fix glitches in our genes. The science is still pretty new, and some might say that advancements in gene-editing is controversial. In this talk we have the opportunity to learn more about the science behind the technique, and to make up our own mind.
The award winning Solem Quartet (William Newell, Amy Tress, Stephen Upshaw & Stephanie Tress) perform the first of Bartók’s quartets, completed in 1909, and Beethoven's late, great Op. 131 Quartet.
Acclaimed composer & clarinettist Mark Simpson is an Artist in Focus at Kings Place in 2021. Here he is joined by Leonard Elschenbroich (cello) and Richard Uttley (piano) for clarinet trios by Beethoven and Brahms. In between, we hear Simpson’s own, highly atmospheric Echoes & Embers.
Aurora Orchestra welcomes Voices Unwrapped Artist-in-Focus Roderick Williams for a special concert of journeys: from darkness to light, joy to sorrow, and regret to redemption.
Cellist Thomas Carroll and pianist Anthony Hewitt present two of the most popular Russian cello sonatas in this late-morning LCMS concert.
In this talk, Professor Samuel Cohen from the University of Oxford encourages us to reflect on our personal ambitions and ask "How can I be sure that tomorrow's decisions will satisfy today's objectives?"
The strings of the Northern Chords Festival Orchestra present a concert of British classics.
An evening of sacred and secular music by four of Estonia’s greatest composers, Arvo Part, Veljo Tormis, Cyrillus Kreek and Toivo Tulev.
Kings Place Resident Orchestra Aurora team up with the BBC Singers for a richly varied Passiontide concert for Voices Unwrapped, including James Macmillan’s choral masterpiece Seven Last Words from the Cross.
The distinguished Navarra Quartet in a mixed programme of quartet classics, starting with Mozart’s late E flat Quartet and ending with Dvořák’s masterful Quartet in G.
The Hanover Band, one of Britain’s finest period instrument orchestras, returns to Kings Place to bring a special Passiontide performance of JS Bach’s seasonal masterpiece, as part of Voices Unwrapped.
The wonderful Barbican Trio present Haydn’s late Trio in E, Brahms’s majestic Trio in C, and Saint-Saëns’s Second Trio.
Hubert Parry sought poetry that would reflect not only peace and unity and that search for a better world but also an escape from the horrors of war.
This concert of popular British music for strings opens with an exuberant overture by Handel’s great friend John Christopher Smith (1712-1795).
Artist-in-focus Roderick Williams inhabits the role of the young wandering Romantic in this specially-curated song recital for Voices Unwrapped.
The celebrated Fitzwilliam Quartet perform a selection of works for quartet, including works by Wolf, Clarke, Schubert and Brahms.
The five-strong string band VOŁOSI are one of the undiscovered treasures of Polish traditional music. Combining two classical and three folk musicians, they create a distinctive sound with a dramatic stage presence.
Pioneering ensemble Musica Secreta celebrate women’s spiritual relationships and the stories they tell.
Manchester Collective joins forces with soprano Ruby Hughes in Britten’s Les Illuminations, music by Barbara Strozzi and new settings of Alice Oswald’s poetry by acclaimed composer Edmund Finnis.
Our classical programme includes highlights from Noh playwright Zeami’s masterpiece Saigyo-Zakura (Saigyo’s Cherry Tree) as performed by Minoru IV Gensho Umewaka.