The Wilderness Yet

Nature Unwrapped / Wild Singing

Sun 15 Mar 2020

The Wilderness Yet

Nature Unwrapped / Wild Singing

The Wilderness Yet weave a tapestry of traditional & self-penned songs with a charm and familiarity that is usually only found in seasoned line-ups.

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Date & start time:	Sun 15 Mar 2020 – 6.30pm
Venue:	Music Base Foyer
Price:	Free, but a ticket is required. Please call the Box Office on 020 7520 1490 or email info@kingsplace.co.uk

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Family Folk Show with Megson

Sat 11 Jan 20202.30pm

Award-winning folk duo Megson blend their infectious mix of heavenly vocals and lush harmonies into a gentle, entertaining concert specially for younger children, featuring children’s folk songs about the natural world.

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Good Things Await - Film

Sat 11 Jan 20205pm

As a pre-concert event to Songs of the Soil with Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier wanted to show Phie Ambo’s beautifully- filmed, award-winning documentary Good Things Await, about a biodynamic farm in northern Denmark, and its farmer.

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Theatre of Voices: Arvo Pärt

Sat 11 Jan 20207.30pm

We welcome Theatre of Voices to open Nature Unwrapped’s music programme with a spell-binding evening of choral music by Jóhann Jóhannsson, Arvo Pärt and Michael Gordon.

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The Askew Sisters

Sat 11 Jan 20208pm

Emily and Hazel Askew have become known as two of the foremost performers and interpreters of English folk music. Their live performances brim with the depth and connection not only of two sisters, but also of two musicians who have been immersed in folk music all their lives.

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Tue 14 Jan 20207pm

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Professor Brian Cox, Jack Liebeck and Friends

Tue 14 Jan 20207.30pm

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Alice Oswald: Nobody

Fri 17 Jan 20207.30pm

Listening to Alice Oswald’s poem Nobody is like watching the ocean: we slip our earthly moorings and follow the circling shoal of sea voices into a mesh of sound and light and water.

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Lau Present - Unplugged

Sat 18 Jan 20205pm

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Wild Singing: Eliza Carthy

Fri 13 Mar 20207.30pm

Eliza Carthy is one of the most influential figures in the UK folk scene. Ahead of a live performance, Eliza will be in conversation with Folk on Foot podcast host Matthew Bannister

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Wild Singing: Matthew Bannister presents Folk on Foot on Film

Sat 14 Mar 20202.30pm

In this talk, broadcaster Matthew Bannister takes you behind the scenes of his award-winning podcast, Folk on Foot.

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Wild Singing: The Rheingans Sisters

Sat 14 Mar 20204.30pm

Award-winning musicians, composers and folk scholars The Rheingans Sisters perform music from their critically acclaimed third album Bright Field, in which the natural world is the cathartic setting of many songs exploring our shared humanity.

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The Shackleton Trio

Sat 14 Mar 20206.30pm

This trio’s self-penned material blends seamlessly with imaginative re-workings of traditional folk standards, influenced by British, American and Scandinavian folk traditions, with a regional twist from the group's native East Anglia.

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Wild Singing: Martin Simpson

Sat 14 Mar 20207.30pm

Regularly voted one of the world’s greatest guitarists, Martin Simpson has been nominated for an astonishing 23 Radio 2 Folk Awards – and won artist of the year twice.

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Wild Singing: Songhive - Beelore & Folksong in the British Isles

Sun 15 Mar 20202.30pm

Songhive is a project founded by singer and musician Rowan Piggott, comprising songs of ‘beelore’ and folksong of the British Isles, to raise awareness of the current plight of the bees.

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Wild Singing: Kitty Macfarlane

Sun 15 Mar 20204.30pm

Kitty Macfarlane is a songwriter and guitarist from Somerset, whose music is rich with visual imagery and written with an eco-eye. Her trademark lies in remarkably mature songwriting, a marked empathy with the environment and a strong sense of place.

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Wild Singing: Nancy Kerr and James Fagan

Sun 15 Mar 20207.30pm

Nancy and her husband James join us for a high-energy show. Ahead of a live performance, Nancy will be in conversation with Folk on Foot podcast host Matthew Bannister.

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Unsilent Spring: George Monbiot, Chris Watson & Ewan McLennan

Fri 10 Jan 20207.30pm

Celebrated activist and author, George Monbiot, is joined by sound recordist and artist-in-residence Chris Watson. With music by Ewan McLennan.

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Family Folk Show with Megson

Sat 11 Jan 20202.30pm

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Good Things Await - Film

Sat 11 Jan 20205pm

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Theatre of Voices: Arvo Pärt

Sat 11 Jan 20207.30pm

We welcome Theatre of Voices to open Nature Unwrapped’s music programme with a spell-binding evening of choral music by Jóhann Jóhannsson, Arvo Pärt and Michael Gordon.

Book tickets Find out more

The Askew Sisters

Sat 11 Jan 20208pm

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Storytelling - Step Carefully in the Forest

Sun 12 Jan 20203pm

Storyteller Matthew Crampton and pianist Olga Jegunova bring two mighty tales for a dark winter afternoon.

Book tickets Find out more

Nonclassical present: Fieldwave

Tue 14 Jan 20207pm

A deep listening event at Spiritland King's Cross bringing a together a new wave of artists with field recording at the heart of their work, coinciding with the release of Fieldwave on Nonclassical.

Find out more

Professor Brian Cox, Jack Liebeck and Friends

Tue 14 Jan 20207.30pm

In this illustrated talk, Professor Brian Cox will discuss the seasons, why they happen, what they mean, and the more fundamental concepts of how time passes.

Sold out Find out more

Alice Oswald: Nobody

Fri 17 Jan 20207.30pm

Listening to Alice Oswald’s poem Nobody is like watching the ocean: we slip our earthly moorings and follow the circling shoal of sea voices into a mesh of sound and light and water.

Book tickets Find out more

Lau Present - Unplugged

Sat 18 Jan 20205pm

LAU present their celebrated songs in a naked form, in what they consider to be the band’s natural environment: entirely acoustic. Back to nature.

Book tickets Find out more

Wild Singing: Eliza Carthy

Fri 13 Mar 20207.30pm

Eliza Carthy is one of the most influential figures in the UK folk scene. Ahead of a live performance, Eliza will be in conversation with Folk on Foot podcast host Matthew Bannister

Book tickets Find out more

Wild Singing: Matthew Bannister presents Folk on Foot on Film

Sat 14 Mar 20202.30pm

In this talk, broadcaster Matthew Bannister takes you behind the scenes of his award-winning podcast, Folk on Foot.

Book tickets Find out more

Wild Singing: The Rheingans Sisters

Sat 14 Mar 20204.30pm

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The Shackleton Trio

Sat 14 Mar 20206.30pm

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Wild Singing: Martin Simpson

Sat 14 Mar 20207.30pm

Regularly voted one of the world’s greatest guitarists, Martin Simpson has been nominated for an astonishing 23 Radio 2 Folk Awards – and won artist of the year twice.

Book tickets Find out more

Wild Singing: Songhive - Beelore & Folksong in the British Isles

Sun 15 Mar 20202.30pm

Songhive is a project founded by singer and musician Rowan Piggott, comprising songs of ‘beelore’ and folksong of the British Isles, to raise awareness of the current plight of the bees.

Book tickets Find out more

Wild Singing: Kitty Macfarlane

Sun 15 Mar 20204.30pm

Book tickets Find out more

Wild Singing: Nancy Kerr and James Fagan

Sun 15 Mar 20207.30pm

Nancy and her husband James join us for a high-energy show. Ahead of a live performance, Nancy will be in conversation with Folk on Foot podcast host Matthew Bannister.

Book tickets Find out more