Opening Festival by Kings Place Music Foundation

www.kingsplace.co.uk

Welcome to Kings Place Kings Place is a brand new, iconic building on Regent’s Canal next to King’s Cross/St Pancras. We will open on Wednesday 1 October 2008 with a 5-day festival of music, film, sculpture, paintings, food and drink. Kings Place houses the first newly built concert hall in London since the Barbican opened 25 years ago in 1982. There are two art galleries, Pangolin London and Kings Place Gallery, and Rotunda, our bar and restaurant on the waterfront where you can relax with good food and drink, looking out over the canal barges in Battlebridge Basin. Kings Place also forms the new headquarters for the Guardian Newspaper and two of London’s finest orchestras, the London Sinfonietta and the Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment. Our festival runs from first thing Wednesday morning till midnight Sunday. 100 concerts from classical to jazz, ancient to contemporary, from East to West, formal and informal, voice and instrumental – old or young there is something for everyone. Many new pieces have been written to celebrate our opening and we invite you to join us. Tickets for our 100 concerts are just £4.50 per concert, only £2.50 if booked online. There will be free music from time to time in the cathedral-like Atrium, starting with Ligeti’s Poème Symphonique for 100 metronomes, every morning at 9am. Access to the paintings and sculpture in the galleries and public spaces, is free to all. Free art films will be running in the St Pancras Room as well as videos about the many artists coming over the next twelve months. We also have an exhibition of drawings by local children who have been recording the construction of Kings Place from day one. In the waterfront bar restaurant there will be a special range of festival food, available all day from breakfast at 9am to late supper until 11pm. Come and visit us, enjoy the building, absorb the art, listen to music and relax in the bar. Register free as a friend at www.kingsplace.co.uk to be kept up to date on our news and rolling programme. Most of all, we invite you to come and celebrate our opening! Peter Millican CEO

Our 5-day Opening Festival Kings Place celebrates with a colourful and innovative menu of music in our new halls, art in the galleries, food and drink in the atrium café and in our restaurant beside the water. Hall One – a beautiful concert hall, designed for acoustic excellence, seats 420 Hall Two – a flexible performance space seats 220 • 100 concerts in 5 days from morning to evening in both halls, including jazz, classical, folk, some new commissions, as well as talks and other performances

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• Tickets for these opening concerts are just £2.50 if booked online; or £4.50 when booked by phone or in person

Enjoy breakfast or lunch at Kings Place, followed by a concert in either Hall One or Two

Plan a musical morning or an afternoon of 3 or 4 concerts

Book for a whole evening of music, enjoy a festival supper in the restaurant and a drink at the concert bar

Spend the day at Kings Place, indulging in music, painting and sculpture exhibitions, films and food

booking from 31 May

Festival extras in the Atrium include a breakfast ‘soundscape’ of 100 metronomes every morning, a stirring solo horn, soaring vocals from The Sixteen, and, in other parts of Kings Place, we show films where music and art come together.

Free Events 9am Every morning in the Atrium (Endymion) György Ligeti’s ‘Poème Symphonique for 100 Metronomes’ 100 metronomes dotted around the resonant Kings Place Atrium, creating a wonderful, ticking soundscape. Sat 4 October Artprojx hi-Fi Films screened all day in St Pancras Room: “... good artists’ films I like listening to. They all use music. They are all great artists.” David Gryn Sun 5 October 1.00pm The Sixteen a vocal performance in the Atrium Visual Learning Foundation Exhibition every day in Battlebridge Room. Local children’s artwork, recording the construction of Kings Place. Exhibitions in the galleries: KINGS PLACE GALLERY Nicolaus Widerberg Sculpture and Albert Irvin Paintings and Prints; PANGOLIN LONDON Rock Music Rock Art – Peter Randall-Page Sculpture Other events still to be confirmed, check the website for news.

Our 5-day festival is just the beginning – an exciting Autumn Season starts on 6 October. For a preview see p36-37, and find full details on the website and in our Autumn brochure.

www.kingsplace.co.uk t: 0844 264 0321

Opening Festival 100 Concerts

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Sunday 5 Oct

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CC C

9.30am 10.45am

York Bowen, Schoenberg

12.00am

Purcell, Britten, Rushton, Bridge

2.15pm

13 14

Forest Murmurs Viva España !

V V

3.30pm 4.45pm

Mozart Opera – Discovery Concert

7.15pm

Introduction to Haydn Opera

8.30pm

17 18

Mozart in Italy Handel Cantatas Classical Violin Sonatas

9.45pm

O C

11.00pm 9.30am

Romantic Violin Sonatas 20th Century Violin Sonatas

C C

10.45am 12.00am

Royal Academy Opera Shostakovich, Debussy, Arvo Pärt Fanfare for St Edmundsbury

O C

2.15pm 3.30pm

Beethoven, Mendelssohn Mozart, Brahms

C C C

4.45pm 7.15pm 8.30pm

Haas, Frank Klein, Schumann

C C

9.45pm 11.00pm

The Trout Quintet Martin Butler, Vaughan Williams

C C

9.30am 10.45am

Schumann Piano Quintet Webern, Brahms

C C

12.00am 2.15pm

Boccherini, Menotti, Popper, Paganini Rachmaninov, Debussy

C C

3.30pm 4.45pm

Overtures Quartet for the End of Time

CC CC

7.15pm 8.30pm

European Connections Street Voices In Search of Beethoven

CC CC

9.45pm 11.00pm

Kleiber Conducts Beethoven’s Fifth

C C

9.30am 10.45am

Beethoven on Dance

12.00am

Matthew Barley Lawrence Power Alexandra Wood

C C C

2.15pm 3.30pm 4.45pm

Cornets and Sackbutts

7.15pm

Bach, Handel, Rameau Mozart, Haydn Gounod, Dvoˇrák Tolis Zavaliaris The Teak Project Tom Kerstens, G Plus, The Sixteen “Musica Speculum Mundi?” The Brodskys Hymn to Artemis Locheia Mozart and Thea Musgrave Premiere Beethoven String Quartet Handel, Saint-Saëns, Leuona, Ravel Lights Out

C C C J W CC T CC CC C C C V

8.30pm 9.45pm 11.00pm 9.30am 10.45am 12.00am 2.15pm 3.30pm 4.45pm 7.15pm 8.30pm 9.45pm 11.00pm

TIME

Code V – Voice C – Classical CC – Contemporary Classical W – World T – Talk J – Jazz D – Dance O – Opera F – Family

CONCERT

11 12

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EVENT

PERFORMANCE

Passage to India Passage to India Passage to India Metcalfe Beyond The Loop Metcalfe Beyond The Loop Metcalfe Beyond The Loop International Guitar Foundation International Guitar Foundation International Guitar Foundation International Guitar Foundation Abram Wilson Abram Wilson Abram Wilson Society Promotion of New Music Society Promotion of New Music Society Promotion of New Music Abram Wilson Justin Adams Justin Adams Justin Adams Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment F-IRE Collective F-IRE Collective F-IRE Collective Passage to India Passage to India Passage to India Passage to India Royal Academy of Music Royal Academy of Music Royal Academy of Music Jocelyn Pook Jocelyn Pook Jocelyn Pook Alistair Anderson + Folkworks Alistair Anderson + Folkworks Alistair Anderson + Folkworks Alistair Anderson + Folkworks LCMS Delphina String Quartet LCMS Guildhall School of Music LCMS Greenwich Trio Society Promotion of New Music Society Promotion of New Music Society Promotion of New Music Neon Gwilym Simcock + Cara Berridge Acoustic Triangle Gwilym Simcock + John Taylor

Opening Celebration

10.30am

Song – Soul of Indian music

11.45am

Rhythm – The Heart of Indian Music

W CC

1.00pm 2.45pm

Duke Quartet – Steve Reich Max Richter

TIME

4.00pm

John Metcalfe

5.15pm

Tom Kerstens with G Plus

J J

7.30pm 8.45pm

10.00pm

11.15pm

Louis Armstrong revisited

J J

10.30am 11.45am

New Compositions Toy Play

J F

1.00pm 2.15pm

Three Strange Angels Tabla and Jazz Piano

4.00pm

F Delta Blues Trio J Soul Science J Trio Diabolique J Morocco meets Mauritius J Fanfares F Opera Filmed F Meet Us F Timeline – Méta Méta J Jonny Phillips – Oriole J Finn Peters Finntet J Passage to the North W Passage to the South W North meets South W Night Ragas W Brahms String Quintet C Piano, Clarinet and Trumpet C Jazz Ensemble J Music from Eyes Wide Shut C Music from Caotica Ana V Music from Phantasmaton & Brick Lane W Martin Simpson W 422, Portman, McCormack W New Music from AA W Ceilidh AA + 422 D Bach, Mendelssohn C Arnold, Gabrieli, Dvoˇrák C Brahms, Shostakovich C Sound Walk CC Songs of King’s Cross CC King’s Cross: Sounds on Film CC Sulzmann, Simcock, Hart J Simcock plays Simcock J Garland, Simcock, Creese J Improvisations J

5.15pm 7.30pm 8.45pm 10.00pm 11.15pm 10.30am 11.45am 1.00pm 2.45pm 4.00pm 5.15pm 7.30pm 8.45pm 10.00pm 11.15pm 10.30am 11.45am 1.00pm 2.45pm 4.00pm 5.15pm 7.30pm 8.45pm 10.00pm 11.15pm 10.30am 11.45am 1.00pm 2.45pm 4.00pm 5.15pm 7.30pm 8.45pm 10.00pm 11.15pm

Eden Stell Guitar Duo Nicholas Meier Group John Smith The Early Jazz Tradition

Code V – Voice C – Classical CC – Contemporary Classical W – World T – Talk J – Jazz D – Dance O – Opera F – Family

Sunday 5 Oct

Holt, Kondo, Castiglioni, Bartók Ligeti, Dunhill

Saturday 4 Oct

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PERFORMANCE

Endymion Endymion Endymion Iain Burnside and Friends Iain Burnside and Friends Iain Burnside and Friends Classical Opera Company Classical Opera Company Classical Opera Company Classical Opera Company Peter Cropper Peter Cropper Peter Cropper Royal Academy of Music Royal Academy of Music Royal Academy of Music Jean Bernard Pommier and Friends Jean Bernard Pommier and Friends Jean Bernard Pommier and Friends Jean Bernard Pommier and Friends Schubert Ensemble Schubert Ensemble Schubert Ensemble Christoph Richter Christoph Richter Christoph Richter London Sinfonietta London Sinfonietta London Sinfonietta London Sinfonietta Films from The Louvre Films from The Louvre Films from The Louvre Schumann, Matthews, Britten Schumann, Matthews, Britten Schumann, Matthews, Britten Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment International Guitar Foundation International Guitar Foundation International Guitar Foundation Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Sir Peter Maxwell Davies LCMS Chilingirian String Quartet LCMS Chilingirian String Quartet LCMS Barkham Harp Quartet Iain Burnside and Friends

Friday 3 Oct

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EVENT

Opening Festival 100 Concerts

Thursday 2 Oct

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H A LL T WO

Wednesday 1 Oct

CONCERT

H A LL O N E

Wednesday 1 October

HALL TWO

Passage to India: A Guided Tour of North and South Indian Music

Endymion celebrates the opening of Kings Place with a new work by Simon Holt, performed by oboist Melinda Maxwell. These concerts highlight Endymion’s work over thirty years: a refreshing mix of newly-penned music by Holt, Kondo and Castiglioni, some English romantics and some modern classics, represented here by Schoenberg, Ligeti and Bartók. At 9.00am each morning Endymion will also perform Ligeti’s Poème Symphonique on one hundred metronomes dotted around the resounding Kings Place Atrium, and Stephen Stirling will herald the morning’s concerts with a performance of Martin Butler’s fanfare Hunding – a previous Endymion commission.

Curated by David Murphy

Holt – Disparate (world premiere) Kondo – Birthday Hocket Castiglioni – Intonazione Bartók – Contrasts, Sz.111

Concert 2 10.45 – 11.30am

Ligeti – Horn Trio Hommage à Brahms Dunhill – Quintet in E flat, Op. 3

Concert 3 12.00 – 12.45pm

York Bowen – Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 118 Schoenberg (arr. Webern) – Kammersymphonie No.1 in E major, Op. 9

Iain Burnside and Friends The opening song recitals offer radically different experiences. Edward Rushton’s setting of Tony Harrison’s Palladas receives its London premiere, taking its strikingly original place in the tradition of English Song. The duo of Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside have been acclaimed for their musical understanding. Here they turn their attention to Spain, seen both from the sunny South and the frozen North. In between, three outstanding younger artists pay homage to the single German oak tree that gives Hall One at Kings Place its acoustic glow. Who better than Schubert to sort out the wood from the trees? Concert 4 2.15 – 3.00pm

Palladas: Songs Elizabeth Atherton, Andrew Kennedy Purcell, Britten, Rushton, Bridge.

Concert 5 3.30 – 4.15pm

Forest Murmurs Fflur Wyn, Ben Johnson, Gary Griffiths Schubert: including Das Lied im Grünen, An die Nachtigall, Im Walde, Der Lindenbaum, Trost, Wanderers Nachtlied

Concert 6 4.45 – 5.30pm

¡Viva España! Roderick Williams Three contrasting visions of Spain, from a German, a Russian and a Catalan. Robert Schumann, Dmitri Shostakovich, Xavier Montsalvatge

These interlinked programmes feature leading musicians, singers and dancers from the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Centre, the premier centre for Indian Culture outside the subcontinent. Narrated by conductor David Murphy, they are an ideal introduction to Indian music for new listeners, and provide much that is new for those already familiar with this fascinating musical world. The opening performance, featuring an ensemble of instrumentalists, singers and dancers explores ragas associated with Ganesh, the remover of obstacles; the second explores the richness and variety of Indian song; and the third, the drama and excitement of Indian rhythm featuring tabla, mridangam and a variety of Indian percussion. Concert 11 10.30 – 11.15am

Passage to India: Opening Celebration ... Ganesh! remover of obstacles and bringer of good luck.

Concert 12 11.45 – 12.30pm

Passage to India: Song – the Soul of Indian music

Concert 13 1.00 – 1.45pm

Passage to India: Rhythm – the Heart of Indian music

Beyond the Loop Curated by John Metcalfe An extremely rare chance to hear three of the UK’s most distinctive and absorbing ensembles and composers in one space. World renowned for their passionate dynamism, the Duke Quartet perform Steve Reich’s iconic Different Trains, followed by pianist-composer Max Richter and ensemble playing his hugely powerful and haunting music from the acclaimed CDs Songs from Before and The Blue Notebooks, both on Brighton’s seminal label Fat Cat. John Metcalfe’s band, featuring outstanding musicians from the electronic scene, produce searing strings and beats coupled with electric intimacy and lush cinematica. Not to be missed. Concert 14 2.45 – 3.30pm

The Duke Quartet plays Steve Reich’s Different Trains Louisa Fuller, violin Rick Koster, violin John Metcalfe, viola Sophie Harris, cello

Concert 15 4.00 – 4.45pm

Max Richter plays Max Richter Max Richter, piano Louisa Fuller, violin Natalie Bonner, violin John Metcalfe, viola Chris Worsey, cello Ian Burdge, cello

Concert 16 5.15 – 6.00pm

The John Metcalfe Band plays John Metcalfe Andy Gangadeen, drums Louisa Fuller, violin/keyboards Ali Friend, bass Simon Richmond, keys/sonic science John Metcalfe, viola/keyboards

MORNING AFTERNOON

AFTERNOON MORNING

Wednesday 1 October

Endymion

Concert 1 9.30 – 10.15am

H A LL O NE

Wednesday 1 October

HALL TWO

The Classical Opera Company

International Guitar Foundation (IGF)

The Classical Opera Company’s dedication to nurturing outstanding young artists will be at the heart of its residencies at Kings Place. The first concert explores two famous highlights from Mozart opera – Tamino’s opening aria from Die Zauberflöte and the duet, ‘Là ci darem la mano’ from Don Giovanni; then some glorious arias from Haydn’s neglected operatic output (including L’Incontro improvviso, Die Feuersbrunst and La vera constanza); next an exploration of Mozart’s three operas written for Milan in the early 1770s – Mitridate, Re di Ponto, Ascanio in Alba and Lucio Silla; and finally company singers are joined by members of the period-instrument orchestra for a selection of Handel’s early cantatas.

Unmatched in its dedication to exploring and extending the range and potential of guitar music, IGF is delighted to bring its blend of multi-stylistic concerts, educational events and exciting commissions to Kings Place. These four IGF guitar-based concerts embody IGF’s distinctive message. New music is offered by its G Plus ensemble including a major new work for guitar and string quartet by leading Dutch composer Willem Wander van Nieuwkerk Over the Water; the diverse landscapes, cultures and iconic images of the British Isles have inspired the multi-media presentation and guitar performance from the incomparable Eden-Stell Duo; Nicolas Meier’s unique sound fuses Pat Metheny-esque jazz with fiery Turkish and oriental rhythms; finally, passionate and inspired adaptations of folk styling from charismatic rising star John Smith.

Soloists include Sophie Bevan, Ruby Hughes, Rebecca Ryan (sopranos), Sigríður Ósk Kristjánsdóttir (mezzo soprano), Allan Clayton (tenor), George von Bergen (baritone), accompanied by Ian Page (Artistic Director).

Concert 17 7.30 – 8.15pm

Tom Kerstens and the G Plus ensemble The G Plus ensemble is dedicated to creating new work in chamber groupings set around the guitar. G Plus offers a richly varied programme including a major new work for guitar and string quartet by leading Dutch composer Willem Wander van Nieuwkerk.

Concert 18 8.45 – 9.30pm

Eden Stell Guitar Duo: Music from an Island An eclectic, multi-media concert of music and images from the British Isles that captures the diverse landscapes, cultures and iconic images that have inspired compositions across the centuries.

Concert 19 10.00 – 10.45pm

Nicolas Meier Group Original music from their acclaimed albums Silence Talks and Yuz. The Line-up features Gilad Atzmon on saxes and clarinet, Tom Mason on acoustic bass, Asaf Sirkis on drums and Nicolas Meier on acoustic fretless and fretted guitars, glissentar and baglama.

Concert 20 11.15 – 12.00pm

John Smith Beguiling Nu Folk tunesmith plays music from his acclaimed debut album, The Fox and The Monk.

Concert 7 7.15 – 8.00pm

Mozart Opera – Discovery Concert Arias from Die Zauberflöte and Don Giovanni

Concert 8 8.30 – 9.15pm

An Introduction to Haydn Opera Including L’Incontro improvviso, Die Feuersbrunst and La vera constanza

Concert 9 9.45 – 10.30pm

Mozart in Italy Mitridate, Re di Ponto, Ascanio in Alba and Lucio Silla

Concert 10 11.00 – 11.45pm

Handel Cantatas A selection of Handel’s early cantatas

EVENING

Wednesday 1 October

H A LL O NE

Thursday 2 October

HALL TWO

Peter Cropper (violin) with Martin Roscoe (piano)

Abram Wilson

History of the Violin Sonata in Three Parts

Produced by Serious

Spanning two centuries, these short recitals introduce the listener to the evolution of the violin and piano sonata. Handel would have written for the violin with harpsichord and cello continuo, while Mozart was balancing the stringed instrument with a fortepiano. As the pianoforte was developed into a more powerful instrument during the 19th century for the larger public concert halls, the violin was also altered to give it greater tension and therefore volume. The performers will choose movements of each piece to illustrate how the composers made their own particular contribution to this popular combination of instruments.

New Orleans born, London resident, Abram Wilson is trumpeter, vocalist, composer and teacher, with an infectious and extrovert stage presence that springs directly from his roots in the birthplace of jazz. Since moving to London, he has become an essential presence on the jazz scene – he’s the Assistant Artistic Director of Tomorrow’s Warriors, steering the next jazz generation through his dedication to music education, and a key member of the Dune hothouse, playing with Jazz Jamaica and Gary Crosby’s Nu Troop. He also leads his own projects, including last year’s tremendous collaboration with the London Community Gospel Choir. Abram’s programme at Kings Place reflects the many facets of his musical journey.

Concert 21 9.30 – 10.15am

Classical Period 1750-1817 Handel – Sonata in D Op. 1 No.13; Mozart – Sonata in E minor K304 Beethoven – Sonata in C minor Op. 30 No.2; Schubert – Sonata in A D574

Concert 22 10.45 – 11.30am

Concert 23 12.00 – 12.45pm

Concert 31 10.30 – 11.15am

19th century cornet repertoire and the Early Jazz Tradition Abram Wilson, trumpet Philip Herbert, piano Peter Edwards, piano

Romantic Period 1851-1893 Schumann – Sonata in A minor Op. 105; Brahms – Sonata in A Op. 100 Franck – Sonata in A; Dvoˇrák – Sonatina in G Op. 100

Concert 32 11.45 – 12.30pm

Abram Wilson revisits Louis Armstrong Abram Wilson, trumpet Adrian Acolatse, bass Peter Edwards, piano Graham Godfrey, drums

Twentieth Century 1916-46 Debussy – Sonata in G minor; Janácˇek – Sonata Bartók – Sonata No.2; Prokofiev – Sonata No.1 in F minor

Concert 33 1.00 – 1.45pm

Abram Wilson New Compositions Abram Wilson, trumpet Peter Edwards, piano Karl Rasheed Abel, bass Graham Godfrey, drums See also Concert 37 7.30 – 8.15pm

The Royal Academy of Music

Society for the Promotion of New Music

The Royal Academy of Music, Britain’s senior conservatoire, trains outstanding students for all professional opportunities for the 21st century – ranging from ‘period’ performance to musical theatre, community-based initiatives and working with cutting-edge technology. The Academy’s close links to Kings Place are both geographically and culturally based, and they are delighted to be a key partner in concert life, community projects and business placements. These inaugural concerts reflect the range and vitality of musical life at the Academy, including their elite string and brass ensembles as well as scenes from much-loved operas with singers from Royal Academy Opera.

These three events are a fun and rhythmical introduction to new music for all ages. Toy pianist Isabel Ettenauer and composer Rachel Leach put the ‘play’ back into playing the piano. Percussionists Richard Benjafield and Chris Brannick show that music can be made with anything, from bare hands to glasses of water. This family-friendly event will appeal to anyone with a pulse: you’ve got rhythm, they’ve got music, who could ask for anything more? The lineup culminates in a performance featuring a dazzling display of virtuosic tabla and jazz piano from tabla phenomenon Kuljit Bhamra and Mercury Award-nominated jazz pianist Zoe Rahman.

Concert 24 2.15 – 3.00pm

An eclectic selection of operatic scenes performed by students from Royal Academy Opera. John Ramster, Director

Concert 34 2.15 – 3.00pm

Toy Play – Designed for children and the young at heart aged 2+. Including new pieces for ‘baby’ grand and opportunities for you to participate. (Pre-school children and their carers) Isabel Ettenauer, toy pianos Rachel Leach, composer

Concert 25 3.30 – 4.15pm

Shostakovich – Two Pieces for String Octet Op. 11 Debussy – Danses sacrée et profane Pärt – Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten Roussel – Sinfonietta Op. 52 Royal Academy Soloists, Clio Gould, Director

Concert 35 4.00 – 4.45pm

Three Strange Angels – family-friendly programme to include Steve Reich’s Clapping Music and Stephen Montague’s tongue-incheek Philup Glass – A Lullaby for Wine Glasses, as well as new work. Richard Benjafield, percussion Chris Brannick, percussion

Concert 26 4.45 – 5.30pm

Britten – Fanfare for St Edmundsbury plus Howarth, Berkeley, Arnold Royal Academy of Music Brass Soloists, James Watson, Director

Concert 36 5.15 – 6.00pm

Kuljit Bhamra & Zoe Rahman Stylish and virtuosic combination of tabla and jazz piano by two of the UK’s leading players.

MORNING AFTERNOON

AFTERNOON MORNING

Thursday 2 October

H A LL O NE

Thursday 2 October

Jean Bernard Pommier: MUSIKÉ

Justin Adams

The Musiké Academy brings a taste of Jean Bernard Pommier’s summer masterclass series, held in Durham since 2000.The pianist and conductor is joined by cellist Christoph Richter for Mendelssohn’s second Cello Sonata. Mozart’s Oboe Quartet is next with world-renowned oboist Maurice Bourgue with Christoph Richter, St.Petersburg violinist Olga Martinova and distinguished violist Bruno Pasquier who then plays Brahms’s last Sonata. The tragic Thereseinstadt composer Pavel Haas features as Bourgue and Pommier return with his powerful Suite for Oboe, then Franck’s magnificent Violin Sonata with Olga Martinova. Finally, an emotional Trio by another Theresienstadt victim, Gideon Klein, precedes Schumann’s too-often overlooked Piano Quartet.

Produced by Serious

Concert 27 7.15 – 8.00pm

Beethoven – Six Variations on an Original Theme in F Op. 34 Mendelssohn – Sonata for Cello and Piano No.2 in D Op. 58

Concert 28 8.30 – 9.15pm

Mozart – Oboe Quartet in F K370 Brahms – Sonata for Viola and Piano in E flat Op. 120/2

Concert 29 9.45 – 10.30pm

Haas – Suite for Oboe and Piano Franck – Sonata for Violin and Piano in A

Concert 30 11.00 – 11.45pm

Klein – String Trio Schumann – Piano Quartet in E flat Op. 47

HALL TWO

Justin Adams has been described as ‘the English Ry Cooder’. He is renowned for his work as a guitarist with Robert Plant and as a producer with the legendary Touareg band Tinariwen. He has always been drawn to gritty, authentic music. Describing his roots, he says ‘my reference points were Bo Diddley and Muddy Waters, as well as old cassettes of ‘70s African music’. Add a childhood spent in the Middle East, and you’ve got the mix that brings a spine-tingling quality to everything he plays. Concert 37 7.30 – 8.15pm

Abram Wilson and The Delta Blues Trio Abram Wilson, trumpet Errol Linton, harmonica Giorgio Serci, guitar Gary Crosby, bass See also Concerts 31, 32, 33 10.30am – 1.45pm

Concert 38 8.45 – 9.30pm

Justin Adams’ group with West African master musician Juldeh Camara who plays the African fiddle, and percussionist Salah Dawson Miller – documented on their latest album Soul Science, this group has been nominated for one of the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music.

Concert 39 10.00 – 10.45pm

A new group, Trio Diabolique is a supergroup in the making which brings Justin together with two other boundary-breaking guitarist/ producers, Ben Mandelson and Lu Edmunds.

Concert 40 11.15 – 12.00pm

The late-night slot is reserved for some very special musical meetings made especially for Kings Place. It’s too early to list them now, but Morocco and Mauritius are in the wind...

EVENING

Thursday 2 October

Friday 3 October

HALL TWO

Schubert Ensemble

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

These programmes reflect three different aspects of the Schubert Ensemble’s repertoire. The first features Schubert and the much-loved Trout Quintet, which gives the Ensemble its unusual line-up of instruments, including double bass. The second, featuring two English composers, reflects the Ensemble’s enthusiasm for both commissioning new works and for championing neglected works from the past. The virtuosic American Rounds by Martin Butler contrasts with Vaughan Williams’ richly romantic early Piano Quintet. The third finishes with the radiant Schumann Piano Quintet, one of the greatest masterworks of the repertoire for piano and string quartet, which was written shortly after his marriage to Clara Wieck.

One of the two orchestras to have its Headquarters at Kings Place, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is no stranger to the King’s Cross area, having been working with schools and communities here for several years. Their three events in Hall Two offer the chance to get to know them, and what they have been up to locally, a little better and there’s even an opportunity to get up close and personal and interact with the Orchestra!

Concert 41 9.30 – 10.15am

Schubert – String Trio Movement in B flat Schubert – Piano Quintet in A major D667 The Trout

Concert 42 10.45 – 11.30am

Martin Butler – American Rounds for Piano Quintet Vaughan Williams – Piano Quintet in C minor

Concert 43 12.00 – 12.45pm

Mahler – Piano Quartet Movement Schumann – Piano Quintet in E flat Op. 44 Simon Blendis, violin Douglas Paterson, viola Jane Salmon, cello Peter Buckoke, double bass William Howard, piano

Christoph Richter and Friends These programmes feature both central and lesser-performed works for cello. In his famous essay ‘Brahms the Progressive’ Anton Webern’s teacher Schoenberg discusses Brahms’s holistic approach to composition, of developing an entire work from a single motif. The first explores the influence of this on Webern, first in Two Pieces (1899) and then Three Little Pieces Op. 11 (1914). The second presents the virtuosity of the cello with a Boccherini cello sonata and duos by Menotti, Popper and Paganini. The third combines two very different styles from the beginning of the twentieth century: the Russian romantic, Rachmaninov, with French impressionist, Debussy. Concert 44 2.15 – 3.00pm

H A LL O NE

Webern – Two Pieces; Three Little Pieces Op. 11 Brahms – Sonata in E minor for cello and piano Op. 38 Christoph Richter, cello Nicola Eimer, piano

Concert 45 3.30 – 4.15pm

Boccherini – Sonata no.17 in C for cello and basso continuo, G.17 Gian Carlo Menotti – Suite for two cellos and piano David Popper – Serenade for two cellos and piano Paganini – Carnival in Venice for two cellos arr. C. Richter Christoph Richter, cello Xenia Jankovic, cello Nicola Eimer, piano Jacqueline Bourges-Maunory, piano

Concert 46 4.45 – 5.30pm

Rachmaninov – Sonata in G minor for cello and piano Debussy – Sonata for cello and piano Xenia Jankovic, cello Jacqueline Bourges-Maunory, piano

Concert 51 10.30 – 11.15am

Fanfares Come and find out what happens when 21st century children from two local schools encounter some of the oldest classical instruments around!

Concert 52 11.45 – 12.30pm

Opera Filmed Presentation of a new film created by young people inspired by Claudio Monteverdi’s opera L’Incoronazione di Poppea.

Concert 53 1.00 – 1.45pm

Meet Us! A chance for adults to come and meet members of the Orchestra and find out about what they do – a great introduction to the OAE as they settle into this new venue.

F-IRE Collective London’s F-IRE Collective present local music with a global reach. Timeline deliver a song cycle of ancient Afro-Cuban spirituals from their latest CD Méta Méta. Barak Schmool’s modernistic arrangements are underpinned by complex rhythms of the sacred batá drums. Jonny Phillips’ Oriole draws on musical, visual, folkloric and contemporary influences from North Brazil, West Africa, Southern Europe and beyond to create music that has a strong emotional impact. Finn Peters Finntet offers a blend of hip-hop/contemporary/ funk. Melodically the thematic material is often reminiscent of Western classical music right through to Eastern folk forms, such as Javanese gamelan. Rhythmically, the patterns derive from West-African music, through Afrocaribbean, Brazilian and Jazz. Concert 54 2.45 – 3.30pm

Méta Méta with Barak Schmool Afro-Cuban spirituals

Concert 55 4.00 – 4.45pm

Oriole with Jonny Phillips Music from North Brazil, West Africa, Southern Europe

Concert 56 5.15 – 6.00pm

Finn Peters Finntet A blend of hip-hop/contemporary/funk

MORNING AFTERNOON

AFTERNOON MORNING

Friday 3 October

H A LL O NE

Friday 3 October

HALL TWO

London Sinfonietta

Passage to India: A Guided Tour of North and South Indian Music

In four short concerts the London Sinfonietta – the UK’s leading contemporary music ensemble with its new headquarters at Kings Place – have put together a menu of exciting modern music. We begin with Opening of the House by Philip Cashian, commissioned for this weekend’s festivities, followed by a performance of Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time, written in a prisoner of war camp during World War II. Technical wizardry will be on display in a programme of avant-garde music from Europe, and we round off with two experimental pieces where the human voice is re-mixed to create fascinating musical textures from everyday words.

Curated by David Murphy

Concert 47 7.15 – 8.00pm

Overtures Philip Cashian – Opening of the House (world premiere) Plus other works to be announced

Concert 48 8.30 – 9.15pm Concert 49 9.45 – 10.30pm

Concert 50 11.00 – 11.45pm

The sitar and tabla virtuosi who first popularised Indian music in the West come from the North Indian tradition. The first programme explores this tradition and its roots in Hindustani song. The equally rich tradition of Karnatic (South Indian) music is explored in the second performance. Little known in the West, this is one of the oldest intact musical traditions in the world, with perhaps the most spectacular approach to rhythm of any music on earth. In the third performance we encounter the fireworks that result when North and South unite and the series closes with meditative night-time ragas. Concert 57 7.30 – 8.15pm

Passage to the North Featuring sitar, tabla and Hindustani song

Olivier Messiaen – Quartet for the End of Time

Concert 58 8.45 – 9.30pm

Passage to the South Featuring violin, mridangam and Karnatik song

European Connections Edgard Varese – Density 21.5 for solo flute Salvatore Sciarrino – Quintettino No. 2 Luciano Berio – Sequenza for oboe György Ligeti – Ten Pieces for wind quintet

Concert 59 10.00 – 10.45pm

Passage to India: North Meets South! Exploring what happens when these two traditions come together

Concert 60 11.15 – 12.00pm

Nada Brahma Meditative Night Ragas featuring sitar and violin

Street Voices Steve Reich – Come Out Gavin Bryars – Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet

EVENING

Friday 3 October

Saturday 4 October

HALL TWO

Films from the Louvre

The Royal Academy of Music

If classical artists have come to be seen as heroes, it is largely due to Beethoven. This programme will present a selection of documentaries on the most famous of Beethoven interpreters covering many areas of the composer’s oeuvre: from Furtwängler, Klemperer to Carlos Kleiber, to pianists Arrau, Kempff, Serkin and Michelangeli. The programme underlines the monumental stature of Beethoven’s music; its ability to inspire and ennoble, and reveals the power of the moving image as a means of reflecting this.

The Royal Academy of Music, Britain’s senior conservatoire, trains outstanding students for all professional opportunities for the 21st century – ranging from ‘period’ performance to musical theatre, community-based initiatives and working with cutting-edge technology. The Academy’s close links to Kings Place are both geographically and culturally based, and they are delighted to be a key partner in concert life, community projects and business placements. These inaugural concerts reflect the range and vitality of musical life at the Academy – including virtuosic solo performances, a collaboration with Academy Fellowship holders the Badke String Quartet, and Jazz department students working alongside the renowned trumpeter and Academy Head of Jazz, Gerard Presencer.

Concert 61 9.30 – 10.15am Dir. Andy Sommer Prod. Dreamtime Prod.

In Search of Beethoven 1997 (52 min) An exploration of the Beethoven symphonic universe based on a rehearsal of Symphony No.3 Eroica with Roger Norrington. Reflections from other conductors complete this exploration.

Concert 62 10.45 – 11.30am Dir. Carlos Kleiber Prod. XEQ TV. Mexico

Carlos Kleiber Conducts the Fifth 1982 (45 min) A rare recording of a performance by Carlos Kleiber filmed during a tour of the Viennese Orchestra in Mexico. This little-known documentary was discovered as a result of the Louvre festival.

Concert 63 12.00 – 12.45pm

Beethoven on Dance Performance by Maurice Béjart, Maguy Marin, William Forsythe… A film celebrating the many choreographies inspired by Beethoven’s music, whose Symphony No.7 was called The Apotheosis of Dance.

Schumann, Matthews and Britten Three recitals programmed by Colin Matthews to showcase three exceptional string players, each featuring major works for their instrument by Benjamin Britten, together with a work of Schumann and a work of his own. Britten’s Third Cello Suite, written for Rostropovich, is one of his last works, eloquent and elegiac. Lachrymae, for viola and piano, composed in 1950, transforms the music of John Dowland in a moving sequence of variations. The 1935 Suite for Violin and Piano is virtuosic and dynamic: the young composer flexing his muscles. Concert 64 2.15 – 3.00pm

Schumann, Matthews and Britten Robert Schumann – Adagio and Allegro Colin Matthews – Five Duos Benjamin Britten – Tema Sacher Third Suite Op. 87 Matthew Barley, cello Stephen de Pledge, piano

Concert 65 3.30 – 4.15pm

Schumann, Matthews and Britten Robert Schumann – 3 Fantasiestücke Op. 73 Colin Matthews – Luminoso, Oscuro, Scorrevole, Calmo Benjamin Britten – Lachrymae Op. 38 Lawrence Power, viola Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano

Concert 66 4.45 – 5.30pm

H A LL O NE

Schumann, Matthews and Britten Robert Schumann – Violin Sonata No 1 in A minor Op. 105 Colin Matthews – Chaconne, Omaggio, Capriccioletto, Moto Perpetuo Benjamin Britten – Three Pieces from the Suite Op. 6 Alexandra Wood, violin Huw Watkins, piano

Concert 71 10.30 – 11.15am

Brahms – String Quintet No 2 in G, Op. 111 Badke Quartet – Heather Badke & Emma Parker, violins Matthew Jones, viola Jonathan Byers, cello perform with a viola student from the Royal Academy of Music

Concert 72 11.45 – 12.30pm

Piano, clarinet and trumpet A showcase of virtuoso repertoire for piano, clarinet and trumpet Performed by soloists from the Royal Academy of Music

Concert 73 1.00 – 1.45pm

Jazz Jazz ensemble from the Royal Academy of Music Gerard Presencer, trumpet

Jocelyn Pook Produced by Serious Jocelyn Pook is an award-winning composer who writes music for film, television, theatre, dance and the concert platform. She has toured and recorded extensively with many leading artists in rock, pop and contemporary music including Peter Gabriel, Laurie Anderson, This Mortal Coil, Massive Attack and Michael Nyman. Her growing catalogue of composed work includes film scores for Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut, Laurent Cantet’s Time Out (L’emploi du temps), Michael Radford’s The Merchant of Venice, Julio Medem’s Caotica Ana and Sarah Gavron’s Brick Lane which is based on the best-selling novel by Monica Ali. In her three concerts for Kings Place, Pook will be joined by a small ensemble of instrumentalists and each concert will feature a different soloist who will explore the variety of her music. Concert 74 2.45 – 3.30pm

Music from Remnants of Everest and Eyes Wide Shut Featuring Sophie Harris, cello

Concert 75 4.00 – 4.45pm

Music from the National Theatre production of St Joan and the film Caotica Ana Featuring Melanie Pappenheim, vocals

Concert 76 5.15 – 6.00pm

Music from Brick Lane and the Shobana Jeyasingh dance piece Phantasmaton Featuring Indian vocalist Manickam Yogeswaren.

MORNING AFTERNOON

AFTERNOON MORNING

Saturday 4 October

H A LL O NE

Saturday 4 October

HALL TWO

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Alistair Anderson & Folkworks

These inaugural concerts at their new Headquarters provide a showcase for the full breadth of OAE’s repertoire. They start with music for some of the very earliest classical instruments, cornets and sackbutts, by Gabrieli, Monteverdi and others, followed by exquisite Trio Sonatas, duets and solos by Baroque masters, Bach, Handel and Rameau, showcasing the OAE’s expert instrumental soloists. The Classical period is represented by Mozart and Haydn string serenades, finishing in the fourth concert with some gems from the Romantic era – all delivered with the OAE’s trademark verve, panache and passion.

Alistair Anderson is an internationally renowned musician, composer, musical catalyst and the Artistic Director of Folkworks, one of the two founding partners of The Sage Gateshead. He brings an exciting mix of folk and traditional music: the brilliant guitarist Martin Simpson, who won Album of the Year and Best Original Song in the BBC Folk Awards this year and the superb band 422, winners of the 1999 BBC Young Folk Award. They will be joined by the wonderful singers Emily Portman and Lauren McCormack, who have toured and recorded with Waterson:Carthy. There’s also new music by Anderson, performed by rising young stars. As the day comes to an end we clear the chairs for a Ceilidh with Alistair and 422. This should be a night to remember.

Concert 67 7.15 – 8.00pm

Early Brass: a programme for cornets and sackbutts Featuring music from Giovanni and Antonio Gabrielli and Monteverdi

Concert 68 8.30 – 9.15pm

Baroque Masters Including music by Bach, Handel and Rameau

Concert 69 9.45 – 10.30pm

The Classical Period: String Serenades Mozart – Divertimento in F K138 Michael Haydn – Quintet in C, P108 Mozart – Divertimento in D K136 The Romantic Period: Music to Entertain Gounod – Petite Symphonie Dvoˇrák – Serenade for Wind

Concert 70 11.00 – 11.45pm

Concert 57 7.30 – 8.15pm

Martin Simpson & Alistair Anderson

Concert 58 8.45 – 9.30pm

422 plus Emily Portman & Lauren McCormack

Concert 59 10.00 – 10.45pm

New Music Rooted in the Folk Tradition, including The Farne Islands by Alistair Anderson

Concert 60 11.15 – 12.00pm

Ceilidh with 422 and Alistair Anderson

EVENING

Saturday 4 October

H A LL O NE

Sunday 5 October

HALL TWO

International Guitar Foundation

London Chamber Music Society

One of IGF’s objectives is to promote exceptional new music and outstanding new players. In these three concerts IGF presents Tolis Zavaliaris, whose sound puts the rhythms and melodies of South Eastern Europe traditional music into a modern jazz context, and The Teak Project, who update the Indo-Jazz tradition, combining intricated scored lines with detailed and compelling improvisations. Finally IGF’s Tom Kerstens and his G Plus ensemble perform new pieces by composers John Metcalfe and Joby Talbot, and are joined by The Sixteen for a magnificent new work for voices and electric guitar by Gabriel Jackson, specially commissioned for the opening of Kings Place.

Kings Place opens an exciting new chapter for the London Chamber Music Society, which can trace its history back to the 1870s, and the Sunday Concerts at the Conway Hall since 1929. These three morning events celebrate their long tradition of offering a platform for emerging professional ensembles, presenting a selection of chamber music performed by highly talented musicians from the Royal College, Guildhall and Trinity conservatoires: the Delphinia String Quartet, woodwind and brass from the Guildhall and the Greenwich Piano Trio. Concert 91 10.30 – 11.15am

Delphinia String Quartet JS Bach – Two Fugues from The Art of Fugue Mendelssohn – String Quartet in A minor Op. 13 Sophie Lockett, violin Charis Jenson, violin Bryony Mycroft, viola Gemma Johnson, cello

Concert 81 9.30 – 10.15am

Tolis Zavaliaris Traditional South Eastern European rhythms and melodies from Greece, Turkey and the Balkans placed in a modern jazz context.

Concert 82 10.45 – 11.30am

The Teak Project Justin Quinn on guitar, Jonathan Mayer on sitar and Neil Craig on tabla perform original compositions from their critically acclaimed debut album The Teak Project.

Concert 92 11.45 – 12.30pm

Wind and Brass from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Malcom Arnold – Brass Quintet Op. 73 Gabrieli – Canzonas Dvoˇrák – Wind Serenade in D minor Op. 44 (dir. Helena Gaunt)

Concert 83 12.00 – 12.45pm

Tom Kerstens, the G Plus ensemble and The Sixteen celebrate Kings Place Featuring new music by Joby Talbot and John Metcalfe. The second part of this ground-breaking concert features the amazing voices of renowned vocal ensemble The Sixteen in the premiere of a specially commissioned work by Gabriel Jackson for voices and electric guitar.

Concert 93 1.00 – 1.45pm

Greenwich Trio Brahms – Piano Trio No.2 in C Op. 87 Shostakovich – Piano Trio No.1 Op. 8 Lana Trotovsek, violin Stjepan Hauser, cello Yoko Misumi, piano

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies We are absolutely delighted to welcome Sir Peter Maxwell Davies to our opening festival at Kings Place. One of the most significant figures in Post-War European music and Master of the Queens Music since 2004 Max has put together three 45 minute sessions for us. The first part is a lecture entitled “Musica Speculum Mundi?” which will doubtless be as interesting and thought-provoking as his talks always are. This is followed by the Brodsky Quartet playing two string quartets by two young composers, introduced in conversation between Max and the composers. Finally, the Brodsky Quartet will give the London premiere of Max’s Hymn to Artemis Locheia, with Mark van de Wiel, clarinet.

Society for the Promotion of New Music From the Pet Shop Boys to Mike Leigh, King’s Cross has been a draw to artists. In the first of three events exploring the area, sound artist and environmental educator Tony Whitehead will take you on a sound walk, revealing the character and sound poetry of local life. Soprano Loré Lixenberg (who’s played leading roles in operas by Maxwell Davies and Birtwistle and Jerry Springer, the Opera) performs a programme including new pieces setting texts from the King’s Cross Voices oral history project. We end with new short films featuring live music, using archive and recent footage of King’s Cross. Concert 94 2.45 – 3.30pm

King’s Cross Sound Walk Tony Whitehead sonic artist and Matthew Sansom composer Listen afresh, from the unexpected calm of Battlebridge Basin and Regent’s Canal, to the unmistakeable presence of King’s Cross and St Pancras stations.

Concert 84 2.15 – 3.00pm

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies “Musica Speculum Mundi?”

Concert 85 3.30 – 4.15pm

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and The Brodsky Quartet An exploration of two new compositions

Concert 95 4.00 – 4.45pm

Songs of King’s Cross and beyond Loré Lixenberg, soprano

Concert 86 4.45 – 5.30pm

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, The Brodsky Quartet with Mark van de Wiel Hymn to Artemis Locheia

Concert 96 5.15 – 6.00pm

King’s Cross in sound and on film Featuring new short films with live music.

MORNING AFTERNOON

AFTERNOON MORNING

Sunday 5 October

H A LL O NE

Sunday 5 October

London Chamber Music Society

Gwilym Simcock

The London Chamber Music Society continues its day of events presenting two other themes for which it is renowned: the great classical string quartet tradition and the very best in new music. Hence the celebrated Chilingirian Quartet performs famous works by Mozart and Beethoven and is joined by oboist Nicholas Daniel in the premiere of Cantilena by Thea Musgrave. This is followed by a string quartet with a difference, the four harps of the Barkham Harp Quartet in a varied programme which ranges from Handel and Ravel to new music by Edward Longstaff.

Produced by Serious

Concert 87 7.15 – 8.00pm

Chilingirian String Quartet & Nicholas Daniel, oboe Mozart – String Quartet in A K.464 Thea Musgrave – Cantilena for Oboe & Strings (world premiere / LCMS commission)

Concert 88 8.30 – 9.15pm

Chilingirian String Quartet Beethoven – String Quartet in A minor Op. 132

Concert 89 9.45 – 10.30pm

The Barkham Harp Quartet Handel – Movements from Water Music Saint-Saens – Movements from Carnival of the Animals Lecuona – Malaguena Ravel – Movements from Mother Goose Suite Edward Longstaff – Saraswati

Gwilym Simcock is one of the most gifted pianists and imaginative composers working on the British scene. Able to move effortlessly between jazz and classical music, he can, at times, inhabit both worlds and has been described as being stylistically reminiscent of Keith Jarrett, complete with ‘harmonic sophistication and subtle dovetailing of musical traditions’ as well as being a pianist of ‘exceptional’, ‘brilliant’ and ‘dazzling’ ability. Tonight he will be joined by a selection of his regular collaborators including a host of UK jazz luminaries Tim Garland, Malcolm Creese, Stan Sulzmann, Jim Hart and John Taylor. Concert 97 7.30 – 8.15pm

Neon plays original works by Stan Sulzmann Featuring Stan Sulzmann, saxophones Gwilym Simcock, piano Jim Hart, vibraphone

Concert 98 8.45 – 9.30pm

Original works by Gwilym Simcock Cara Berridge, cello Gwilym Simcock, piano

Concert 99 10.00 – 10.45pm

Acoustic Triangle Acoustic Triangle plays original works by UK composers Kenny Wheeler, Stan Tracey, Tim Garland and Gwilym Simcock Tim Garland, saxophones Gwilym Simcock, piano Malcolm Creese, double bass

Concert 100 11.15 – 12.00pm

Improvisations by Gwilym Simcock, piano and John Taylor, piano

Iain Burnside This opening week at Kings Place closes with a sequence of late-night music. “I have come to the borders of sleep”, Edward Thomas writes in Lights Out, “the unfathomable deep forest, where all must lose their way.” Hobgoblins and foul fiends lurk in our forest, together with Blake’s tiger, burning as bright as ever. Keeping nightmares at bay are angels from Liza Lehmann and a blessing from Henry Purcell, together with panoramas of the night sky from Finzi and Barber. The last words go to WB Yeats: “Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.” Concert 90 11.00 – 11.45pm

Lights Out Carolyn Sampson, Susan Bickley, Roderick Williams

HALL TWO

EVENING

Sunday 5 October

Kings Place Gallery will originate a continuous programme of temporary and touring exhibitions by artists of national and international reputation, as well as representing younger, emerging artists. Forthcoming exhibitions include Norway’s most distinguished sculptor Nicolaus Widerberg (recently shown in Athens and New York), British artist Albert Irvin, Brazilian sculptor Ana Maria Pacheco and a succession of exhibitions by artists exceptionally gifted in all media. As well as establishing a permanent base and annual exhibitions relating to the Borchard Collection, the extraordinary archive of self-portraits by British artists that Ruth Borchard commissioned in the immediate post-war years, the programme will regularly include exhibitions by contemporary Norwegian artists, a group whose recent radical achievements have established audiences worldwide.

Nicolaus Widerberg

KINGS PLACE GALLERY OPEN FROM 1 OCTOBER 08 MON–SAT 10am–7.30pm SUNDAY 11am–6.30pm CLOSED BANK HOLIDAYS ADMISSION FREE

SCULPTURE

1 October – 28 November 08 Nicolaus Widerberg’s exhibition of large and small scale sculpture in granite and glass marks the launch of the exhibition programme at Kings Place Gallery. Predominantly still and monolithic, Widerberg’s sculpture unites traditions as diverse as pre-classical Greek and the elongated presences of Giacometti. Although he claims that he is not influenced by the art of antiquity, he nonetheless values its sense of timelessness and spirituality. Touring to Northumbria University Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1 December 08 – 9 January 09

right: Nicolaus Widerberg TORSO IV, 2004 186 x 42 x 30cm far right: Nicolaus Widerberg TORSO III, 2004 189 x 42 x 30cm glass / granite photo © the artist

PANGOLIN LONDON Albert Irvin

PAINTINGS AND PRINTS

1 October 08 – 31 January 09 Albert Irvin’s monumental paintings, with their blazing hues and restlessly dynamic spaces are an abstract hymn to London, its architecture, energy, diversity and above all its people. Widerberg’s co-exhibitor in this inaugural event could hardly provide a greater contrast.

PANGOLIN LONDON KINGS PLACE above (and cover): Albert Irvin BANKSIDE, 2006 acrylic on canvas 61 x 61cm

Touring to Northumbria University Gallery Newcastle upon Tyne 17 April – 29 May 09

left: Albert Irvin DUKE, 2003 acrylic on canvas 152 x 231cm images courtesy of the artist and Gimpel Fils

OPEN FROM 1 OCTOBER 08 MON–SAT 10am–7.30pm SUNDAY 11am–6.30pm CLOSED BANK HOLIDAYS ADMISSION FREE CLOSED BETWEEN EXHIBITIONS FOR REHANGING photo: Steve Russell

Located in a purpose-built gallery near the main entrance to Kings Place, Pangolin London is affiliated with Europe’s leading sculpture foundry based in Gloucestershire, Pangolin Editions. Pangolin London will be one of London’s few galleries dedicated to exhibiting sculpture and will deliver a rotating exhibition programme of the highest quality. In addition to the exhibitions in the gallery, Pangolin London will place a variety of sculptures throughout the main public spaces at Kings Place. The exhibition programme will show work by a range of 20th century British sculptors including Lynn Chadwick, William Tucker, Ralph Brown, Jon Buck, Abigail Fallis, Peter Randall-Page and Ann Christopher, as well as organising mixed exhibitions featuring a number of well known contemporary names.

Rock Music Rock Art

Sterling Stuff II

1 October – 9 November 08

17 November – 28 December 08

In 2004 Pangolin Editions and Parabola Land formed a charitable trust, The Ruwenzori Sculpture Foundation. Raising money partly through the donation of works of art for auction, the foundation is building an arts centre in Uganda. This will be used primarily by African sculptors many of whom will participate in exchange programmes run by the foundation.

The second exhibition at Pangolin London will include 50 leading contemporary artists commissioned to work in sterling silver. A follow-up to the successful 2002 show at Gallery Pangolin, Sterling Stuff II will comprise over 60 pieces by artists such as Michael Joo, Damien Hirst, Anthony Gormley, Ann Christopher, David Mach, Sue Freeborough and Terence Coventry.

The Rock Music Rock Art project was inspired by the ancient ‘rock gongs’ of remote Lolui Island in Lake Victoria, Uganda. Sponsored by the Ruwenzori Sculpture Foundation and supported by the British Council, sculptor Peter Randall-Page, composer Nigel Osborne and members of the London Sinfonietta recently visited Lolui Island where they collaborated with local sculptors and musicians. Whilst on the island, Peter Randall-Page explored and absorbed his surroundings and the island’s ancient culture and created the sculpture pictured below entitled Eginja Eriyimba. On his return, the trip inspired Randall-Page to create a new body of work which will form the basis of Pangolin London’s inaugural exhibition in October. The musicians, having recorded two octaves from the rock gongs to a state of the art synthesizer, worked together to create new pieces of music which bridged the gap between different cultures through the medium of sound. A new work by Nigel Osborne will be premiered by the London Sinfonietta during the opening season at Kings Place.

Sculpture Residency In October 2008, sculptor Abigail Fallis will take up the first sculpture residency at Kings Place run by Pangolin London. The artist will benefit from studio facilities and will contribute to the Kings Place outreach programme, working with community groups and local schools. Abigail Fallis’s residency will culminate in a solo exhibition with Pangolin London in January 2010.

below (and page 5): Peter Randall-Page EGINJA ERIYIMBA, 2007 granite and ochre paint photo: Steve Russell Further photographs by Steve Russell of the Rock Music Rock Art project will be available during the exhibition.

above: William Pye CLUSTER sterling silver, edition of 8

below: William Tucker DANCER AFTER DEGAS sterling silver, edition of 10

below: Abigail Fallis DNA DL90, 2004 trolleys, steel H 1000cm, edition of 3

All images reproduced courtesy of the artists.

Eating and drinking at Kings Place From early morning coffee in the Atrium, breakfast on the waterside terrace, a weekend brunch, dinner before or after a concert, or a social drink with friends – there are many ways to make your visit to Kings Place even more enjoyable. • GREEN & FORTUNE our café in the Atrium, the central hub of Kings Place, has an informal all day self-service menu of soups and deli-style sandwiches, pastries, cakes and coffee, also available to take out. • ROTUNDA BAR on the waterfront of Battlebridge Basin. The bar has room for up to 120 people with al fresco seating for a further 100. As well as quality beers and a great cocktail and wine list, both a lunch time and an all day menu will be available. • ROTUNDA RESTAURANT within the impressive rotunda at Kings Place, this restaurant seats up to 70 people. With waterfront views and al fresco seating, it will be open daily for lunch (brunch at weekends) and for dinner. A modern British style of cuisine will be offered, with particular emphasis placed on sourcing sustainable British produce. A private dining room for up to 20 people next to the Rotunda Restaurant will be available with its own private terrace.

GREEN & FORTUNE is a new company, launched specifically to operate the café, bars, restaurant and private dining facilites at Kings Place. Green & Fortune will run KINGS PLACE EVENTS, managing the hire of our spaces for conferences, events, receptions and parties. The building provides an exciting venue for small meetings or training sesssions, right up to large presentations and conferences for 420 people. The setting is calming and inspiring, with perfect facilities to ensure your event is successful. The range of flexible spaces and high specification facilities at Kings Place combine to create London’s newest meeting and conference venue. Kings Place Events will provide a complete service. Contact the Kings Place Events team for details.

• CONCERT BAR in the foyer area at the foot of the escalator, the bar will be open for drinks before and during performances in Hall One and Hall Two.

During our 5-day opening celebrations a special Festival Café will also be open for visitors in the Battlebridge Room, next to the waterfront.

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WINE EVENTS AT KINGS PLACE A monthly programme of wine tasting events begins in November with ‘Italy’s Best Wines’, followed in December by a dinner and tasting of Australian and New Zealand wines hosted by Matthew Jukes, when he will be previewing some of his favourite wines from the new book, ‘Taste 2009’. See our Autumn brochure for details.

Autumn Season Preview Straight after our 5-day Opening Celebrations, we launch an exciting Autumn Season, arranged as a series of themed weeks, curated by a diverse range of musicians and musicologists. Each WEEK has four or more consecutive evenings which, together with the flexible nature of the auditoria, will enable an in-depth exploration of a wide variety of music through performance, talks, film and visual arts. Throughout the year, we are also running regular spots as strands for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday evenings with poetry and talks, contemporary music and jazz, and chamber music.

Regular Strands

Week 6 October

Week 14 October

Week 20 October

Words on Monday a series of evening talks and discussions put together by an outstanding group of organisations: The Guardian, Nature, Poet in the City, Picador, Faber and Faber and others. Tuesday nights will be devoted to more contemporary music and jazz, put together in a different way. This is Tuesday in Hall Two features amongst others, Graham Fitkin, Rolf Hind, Matt Fretton, The Elision Ensemble, Roberto Fiolseta, and Leon Michener. Sunday evenings will be hosted by the London Chamber Music Society who, under the artistic direction of Peter Fribbins, are moving their Sunday concerts from the Conway Hall. ROCK MUSIC ROCK ART The story of a musical journey. It began when a group of musicians from the London Sinfonietta, local Ugandan musicians, composer Nigel Osborne and sculptor Peter Randall Page travelled to the remote island of Lolui in Lake Victoria, Uganda to explore an amazing set of natural rock ‘gongs’. After performing for HM the Queen in Kampala, the project culminates at Kings Place with concerts, drumming workshops, talks, films, a club night and an art installation. KINGS PLACE ON F-IRE The London Jazz collective F-IRE presents concerts, open rehearsals, children’s concerts, classes throughout the week– Seb Rochford’s Polar Bear, The Ingrid Laubrock Nonet, Octurn, and The Elysian Quartet join many visiting artists in a fun packed five days. BEETHOVEN UNWRAPPED I Eight weeks of Beethoven, one each month from October through to June 2009, in which Beethoven’s chamber works will be explored: The Piano Sonatas with Jean Bernard Pommier; the quartets with the Orion Quartet from New York; Peter Cropper performs the violin sonatas and trios; Christoph Richter the cello works; special guests join Iain Burnside for a song cycle performance; Maurice Bourgue is joined by colleagues from Paris for the wind repertoire. Professor Barry Cooper has planned stimulating Study Days each Saturday of the Beethoven weeks. The Louvre curates a series of Beethoven performance films of legendary musicians.

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Week 27 October

THE INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL The International Guitar Foundation brings a unique blend of multistylistic concerts, educational events and commissioned new work. Starting with Eden Stell Guitar Duo, followed by Tom Kerstens and G Plus Ensemble, Matt Schofield Trio, then Antonio Forcione, hailed as the Jimi Hendrix of the acoustic guitar. Arturo Tallini, José Luis Ruiz de la Puerta, Bob Brozman, Thibault Cauvin, Gerardo Nuñez, Nicolas Meier Group and The Ark offer a rosta of variety and excitement, threaded with classes and masterclasses.

Week 3 November

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ALDEBURGH FESTIVAL A week of concerts from Aldeburgh kicks off with a dazzling Stravinsky concert by Thomas Adès and Anthony Marwood. Young soloists from the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme join for a performance of The Rape of Lucretia, while the extraordinary vocal group Exaudi mix old and new Italian choral music. In Faster Than Sound classical, electronica and video artists break through the boundaries of musical genre.

2 Weeks 10 November

SCENE NORWAY Under the umbrella of The London Jazz Festival, Fiona Talkington of BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction has put together an amazing selection of jazz and arts from Norway. Highlights include the first UK visit of Kristiansand’s acclaimed Punkt Festival, with guests Sidsel Endresen, Nils Petter Molvaer and Eivind Aarset. Trumpeter Arve Henriksen joins the London Sinfonietta for a new commission. There’ll be music from the Mari Boine Band and Bugge Wesseltoft. Literature events include Ketil Bjornstad. Plus film screenings, and work by sculptor Nico Widerberg in Kings Place Gallery.

Week 24 Nov Week 1 December

BEETHOVEN UNWRAPPED II

Week 8 December

HAYDN IN LONDON Peter Cropper of the much-missed Lindsay Quartet explores the chamber music Haydn wrote while in London. He is joined by regular partners cellist Moray Welsh and pianist Martin Roscoe to play the ‘London’ piano trios and gives talks on Haydn’s adventures during his two visits.

Week 15 December

ROALD DAHL PLUS Peter Ash curates a week of music centred around childhood, with concerts for schools, families and grown-ups! For age 6+ free Roald Dahl concerts at lunchtime in the Atrium; Simon Callow and The Dante Quartet present Mozart as a teenager; Artist-in-Residence Aleksandar Madzar plays Tchaikovsky; Joan Rodgers sings Mahler’s Das Knaben Wunderhorn; Quentin Blake talks on Illustration, Gerald Scarfe on ‘A Caricaturist’s Youth’. Eleanor Alberga’s Snow White and Britten’s Ceremony of Carols make a festive Christmas finale.

CLASSICAL OPERA COMPANY MOZART WEEK The Classical Opera Company’s first Kings Place residency focuses on Mozart’s extraordinary childhood. Mozart in London includes his first symphony and explores the music he would have heard in the capital. There will be two concert performances of the enchanting Ascanio in Alba, and a chance to experience the Classical Opera Company’s acclaimed A-Z of Mozart Opera, a whistle-stop tour of Mozart’s oeuvre.

Getting to Kings Place

Kings Place is located just 150 metres from King’s Cross and St Pancras Stations, one of the most connected locations in London and now the biggest transport hub in Europe. The main entrance is situated on York Way beneath the distinctive undulating glass façade, visible from the York Way exit at King’s Cross Station. PUBLIC TRANSPORT Transport for London’s Journey Planner – http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk provides up to the minute travel options on how to reach Kings Place quickly and accurately. Alternatively, call London Travel Information on 020 7222 1234. UNDERGROUND The nearest Underground station is King’s Cross/ St Pancras, on the Circle, District, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City, Piccadilly, Northern and Victoria lines. TRAIN The nearest mainline railway stations are King’s Cross, St Pancras and Euston. Visitors travelling by Eurostar will arrive at St Pancras International.

BICYCLE For recommended cycling routes to Kings Place please visit Transport for London’s website at www.tfl.gov.uk. Alternatively, you can call London Travel Information on 020 7222 1234. TAXIS Visitors can pick up taxis either on York Way and the streets immediately surrounding Kings Place or at the taxi ranks at King’s Cross and St Pancras Stations.

Where to park CAR Limited parking is available to visitors in the surrounding streets and the nearest NCP Car Park is close by on Pancras Road next to St Pancras International Station. For details visit the NCP website at http://www.ncp.co.uk or telephone 0845 050 7080.

BUS The Bus Route to York Way is the 390. Other services running to nearby King’s Cross/St Pancras are: 10, 17, 30, 45, 46, 59, 63, 73, 91, 205, 214, 259, 476.

COACH Coaches may set down and collect passengers in Crinan Street (See Map). For further information please contact the Events Team via www.kingsplace.co.uk

CAR Kings Place is easily accessible by car and is clearly signposted in the immediate area. The building is outside of the Congestion Charge Zone.

BICYCLE There are cycle racks available to visitors on Crinan Street. Cycle helmets and other equipment can be left in any of the cloakrooms at King Place.

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ADVANCE BOOKING from 31 MAY 08 For ticket sales from 31 May 08 until 1 October Box Office is open for telephone bookings Monday to Saturday 10.00am – 5.00pm FESTIVAL OPENING HOURS 1 – 5 OCTOBER 08 During Opening Festival 1 – 5 October 08 the building is open 8.00am – 12.00am Box Office is open for general enquiries in person or by telephone: Monday to Saturday 10.00am – 8.00pm Sundays and Bank Holidays 12.00am – 7.00pm Box Office tel: 0844 264 0321 (local rate call of 1p / min, mobiles at network’s own rate). ACCESS Kings Place is fully accessible for wheelchair users. There are fully accessible toilets on each floor. A number of wheelchair and carer spaces are available in both auditoria. A free ticket is available to a designated companion on purchase of a standard ticket by the wheelchair user. Infra red hearing assistance exists in Hall One. Hall Two and the Box Office are equipped with ‘Loops’ to help hearing aid users. Visitors can use this facility by switching their hearing aids to ‘T’. The website has been designed to be friendly for the visually impaired. TICKETING We are happy to re-sell returned tickets for sold-out concerts. A 10% handling charge will be deducted from your refund. Tickets will be refunded if the performance is cancelled or abandoned less than half way through.

Tickets will be posted out free by 2nd Class post if booked in time. Otherwise tickets can be collected at the Box Office or from the Ticket Collection Machines on presentation of credit/debit card. Tickets booked online are £2.00 less than all other bookings. We reserve the right to: i) Refuse admission ii) Request any ticket holder to leave the premises iii) Change details of any performance in case of illness or events beyond the management’s control. PHOTOGRAPHY Photography is absolutely prohibited during performances, concerts and exhibitions. This also holds true for film, video and sound recordings. Kings Place or any permitted third parties may carry out general filming and sound recording in or about the venue. By purchasing tickets you consent to you and your party being included in, and to the exploitation of, such films and recordings without payment. LATE ARRIVALS If you arrive late for the start of a performance or after an interval we appreciate that you will want to take your seat as soon as possible. We will do everything possible to assist. To limit disturbance to fellow audience members and artists we may have to ask you to wait until a suitable break in the performance. Occasionally it may not be possible to enter once the performance has started.

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