Master Series

Clive Jenkins Sinfonietta for Strings

Warlock Capriol Suite

Returning by popular request, after their memorable concert last year, the Chamber Ensemble of London play a wide selection of British string orchestra favourites. As well as baroque music by Handel and Purcell, we hear more recent works including music by John Ireland, and Malcom Arnold’s Concerto for two violins and strings, commissioned by Yehudi Menuhin and composed in the 1960s, when Arnold was at the height of his powers.

This concert is generously supported by the Malcolm Arnold Trust and the John Ireland Trust.

£14.50-£29.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Thu 9 Nov | Hall One 8pm

Danielle de Niese and Matthew Fletcher

Master Series

Gounod The Jewel Song

Handel Lascia ch’io pianga

Mozart Parto, parto

Bizet Chanson d’avril

Adieux de l’hôtesse arabe

Gershwin Summertime

Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off Whiting & Mercer You’re Just Too Marvelous for Words

Porter I Get a Kick Out Of You

I Hate Men

Gershwin I Got Rhythm

Dvořák Song to the Moon

Puccini O mio babbino caro

Danielle de Niese soprano

Matthew Fletcher piano

Award-winning Australian soprano

Danielle de Niese makes her Kings Place debut in Master Series, with pianist Matthew Fletcher. Join them for some treasured vocal repertoire, from classical and opera gems, to Broadway musical favourites, with a few standards from Hollywood’s Golden Age in between.

£19.50-£49.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

This annual series at Kings Place features some of the world’s finest soloists and ensembles. We invite them to explore the music they love best in the radiant acoustic of Hall One.

Thu 21 Sep Rachel Podger

Wed 11 Oct Diotima Quartet

Thu 9 Nov Danielle de Niese and Matthew Fletcher

Fri 1 Mar 2024

Xuefei Yang & Johannes Moser

Wed 5 Jun 2024 Chiaroscuro Quartet

Thu 16 Nov | Hall One | 8pm

Lux Aeterna VOCES8 and The VOCES8 Scholars

Sound Unwrapped

Ligeti Lux Aeterna

JS Bach Partita No. 2 with chorales

Wood Hail, Gladdening Light

Caroline Shaw and the swallow

Pēteris Vasks Plainscapes

Elgar Lux Aeterna

VOCES8

VOCES8 Scholars

Fenella Humphreys violin

Matthew Sharp cello

Barnaby Smith conductor

This fascinating programme from VOCES8 will immerse you in the swirling and undulating sounds of György Ligeti (whose centenary we celebrate this year and whose Lux Aeterna found fame in Stanley Kubrik’s 2001: A Space Odyssey),

Pēteris Vasks and Caroline Shaw – pieces that show off micropolyphony, extended vocal technique and abstract sounds.

VOCES8 welcomes violinist Fenella Humphreys for a performance marrying Bach’s Partita No. 2 with chorales, and cellist Matthew Sharp for Vasks’s captivating Plainscapes all directed by Barnaby Smith.

£19.50-£49.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Sun 19 Nov | Hall One | 11.30am

Mission to Mars Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Bach, the Universe & Everything

JS Bach Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott (Fortunate the person who upon his God), BWV 139

Professor Sanjeev Gupta Speaker

The OAE’s Sunday morning series continues its search for life and meaning beyond our planetary boundaries. Professor Sanjeev Gupta, part of NASA’s Mars Rover mission, will speak about the landscapes and exploration of Mars, and the question of life. Bach’s cantata Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott (Fortunate the person who upon his God), BWV 139, encourages us to reject earthly things in favour of more heavenly aspirations.

£19.50 with Under 30s and Concession Tickets

Sat 25 Nov Hall One 7.30pm

The Swingles Bach and Beyond

Programme to include: JS Bach, arr. Ward Swingle Badinerie

Air on the G String

Little Organ Fugue

Traditional Bulgarian Dance Bučimiš Simon & Garfunkel America

Radiohead 15 Step

The Swingles look back over almost six decades of vocal artistry with this programme, focusing on the group’s early repertoire and celebrating the five-time Grammy® winners’ extraordinary musical heritage. Featuring everything from JS Bach fugues to fiendish Bulgarian folk, pop favourites and original songs reimagined for the 21st century.

£19.50-£49.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Sat 25 Nov Hall Two | 8pm

In the Light of Air Aurora Orchestra plays Anna Thorvaldsdottir

Sound Unwrapped

Anna Thorvaldsdottir In the Light of Air

Music by Takemitsu and Debussy

Principal players of Aurora Orchestra

Aurora presents an immersive performance of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s In the Light of Air. Scored for viola, cello, piano, harp, percussion and electronics, the piece is described by Gramophone as ‘an exquisite tetralogy in which melodies are thrown up by the music’s very exploration of sound and texture…’. Presented in the round in Hall Two with theatrical lighting and players within touching distance of the audience, Thorvaldsdottir’s 40-minute work is paired here with music by Tōru Takemitsu and Claude Debussy.

In partnership with d&b Soundscape. £24.50