Kings Place Summer Season 2009 Brochure by Lowri Williams

SUMMER SEASON 09

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FOLKWORKS: FIDDLES ON FIRE BEETHOVEN UNWRAPPED FINDING FAURÉ LOUVRE MUSICAL PICTURES ORCHESTRA of the AGE of ENLIGHTENMENT EAST MEETS WEST SOUND CENSUS: ENDYMION PARIS JAZZ ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC LCMS ON SUNDAYS WORDS ON MONDAY THIS IS TUESDAY

Welcome to Kings Place Blazin’ Fiddles kicks off our Summer Season as we open up our outdoor restaurant space on the canal side. Alistair Anderson curates an action packed week of traditional music from around these islands and beyond. Join us for your monthly fix of Beethoven in the three final weeks of Beethoven Unwrapped as Jean Bernard Pommier tackles the late, great sonatas and Maurice Bourgue leads us through the sublime wind compositions. Meanwhile, we visit The Louvre for a sample of their concert series, travel to India with David Murphy and return once more to Paris to examine the love affair between Paris and the culture of American jazz. Finally, we spend a week in the company of students from The Royal Academy of Music as they display the talent which they have honed over the previous year. Many of you told us how much you liked the 45 minute concerts in our Opening Festival. In response, we are introducing a series of shorter concerts, beginning this season and into the autumn – where you see kp45' it marks a 45 minute concert with no interval. Take in an early concert then have dinner in Rotunda or, if you would prefer to eat first, catch the second concert of the evening. You could even pop in for a short concert while on your way home. Saver Seats for these kp45' concerts will be just £6.50 on a first come basis! We have now switched to quoting only online prices in the brochure as the majority of bookings are made online. Please add £2 to these ticket prices if booking offline. Finally, we are delighted to announce that after the sell-out concerts in our Opening Festival we will be holding a festival annually – 100 concerts in 3 days will launch our programme this autumn on 4, 5 & 6 September, with all seats at £4.50 online! See a preview at the end of this brochure, and look out for further details soon. Peter Millican CEO

Summer Season at a Glance Ticket details Words on Monday, weekly programme This is Tuesday, weekly programme London Chamber Music Series Sundays Summer Programme Meet the Season’s Curators Pangolin London Gallery exhibitions Kings Place Gallery exhibitions Eating and Drinking at Kings Place Summer Season Calendar Booking Information Getting to Kings Place

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Summer Season at a glance We have asked a group of exceptional musicians with a passion for particular genres to curate 11 exciting weeks of music:

• FOLKWORKS: FIDDLES ON FIRE 15 – 18 April • BEETHOVEN UNWRAPPED: Week 6 22 – 26 April • Schubert Ensemble: FINDING FAURÉ 29 April – 2 May

Ticket Information Saver Seats £9.50; kp45' Saver Seats £6.50 HALL ONE ASSIGNED SEATING Choose where you would like to sit in advance. You will find the online ticket prices listed next to each event. Please add £2 to the online ticket price if booking by other methods.

• LOUVRE MUSICAL PICTURES 6 – 9 May • ORCHESTRA of the AGE of ENLIGHTENMENT 12 – 17 May • EAST MEETS WEST 20 – 23 May

£9.50 – for a full-length concert £6.50 – for our 45 minute concerts Saver Seats are only available online. You are guaranteed a seat, but its location will be allocated from the best available one hour before the performance. Limited availability.

• BEETHOVEN UNWRAPPED: Week 7 27 – 30 May • SOUND CENSUS: Endymion 3 – 6 June

HALL TWO UNASSIGNED SEATING

• PARIS JAZZ 10 – 13 June

The online ticket price is listed next to each event. The earlier you book the cheaper the ticket. General admission – find a seat in Hall Two on arrival.

• ROYAL ACADEMY of MUSIC at Kings Place 17 – 20 June • BEETHOVEN UNWRAPPED: Week 8 23 – 28 June

kp45' indicates a shorter concert – 45 minutes with no interval.

Plus three regular strands each week throughout the season –

book online at www.kingsplace.co.uk offline ticket prices are £2 extra – telephone 020 7520 1490, or in person at Kings Place

• WORDS on MONDAY Spoken word in Hall One

FREE EVENTS: Tickets available on the door, limited availability.

• THIS is TUESDAY Contemporary and experimental sounds in Hall Two • LONDON CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES Sundays

On FRIDAY evenings enjoy free live JAZZ in the Atrium. Exhibitions are free, see the gallery pages for details.

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WORDSonMONDAY

Mon 20 April Hall One 7.00pm £9.50

Hay in the Basin 1 Curated by the Hay Festival The first of a monthly series of evenings curated by The Guardian Hay Festival profiling contemporary writers and publications in a relaxed variety format, with wine, book signings managed by Foyles, and great conversation. The first evening will feature philosopher A C Grayling on Ideas That Matter: Key Concepts for the 21st Century, Peter Ackroyd’s retelling of The Canterbury Tales and Alain de Botton’s The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work.

Mon 27 April Hall One 7.00pm £9.50

Rimbaud and Verlaine Curated by Poet in the City In 1872 literary France was scandalised when Arthur Rimbaud, the enfant terrible of French poetry, seduced Paul Verlaine - then a much more famous poet - away from his wife and child and ran away with him to London. Two of the greatest French poets of the 19th century, they have been hailed as harbingers of the modern age, the inspiration for rock stars, and as pioneers for gay rights. This spectacular Poet in the City event will celebrate the poetry of Rimbaud and Verlaine, and the stormy but creative period they spent together at No 8, Royal College Street in King’s Cross. A fantastic line-up of Anglo-French poets and celebrities will perform the poems in the original French and in English translation. Don’t miss what promises to be the hottest poetry event of 2009.

Mon 11 May Hall One 7.00pm £9.50

Racing to the Moon Curated by Nature Four decades after the Moon landings, the original space-racers have been joined by China and India. Why do we still need manned missions, and does space exploration thrive on the oxygen of international conflict and mistrust? Join a lively debate organised by the weekly science journal, Nature.

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Mon 18 May Hall One 7.00pm £9.50

Hay in the Basin 2 Curated by the Hay Festival The second of a monthly series curated by The Guardian Hay Festival profiling contemporary writers and publications in a relaxed variety format, with wine, book signings managed by Foyles, and great conversation. Highlights will include an interview with Hanif Kureishi, historian Richard Overy’s The Morbid Age, cult thriller-writer Lee Child and the launch of Colm Toibin’s magisterial new novel Brooklyn.

Mon 1 June Hall One 7.00pm £9.50

Listening out to the Future The Royal Philharmonic Society Lecture 2009 in association with The Guardian Technology has revolutionised our access to music – but does it actually help us to listen? What impact is digital culture having on younger generations and their ability to focus on and interpret cultural complexities? Baroness Susan Greenfield, neuroscientist and broadcaster, investigates in the 2009 Royal Philharmonic Society Lecture.

Mon 8 June Hall One 7.00pm £9.50

The big science debate: A biological century? Curated by Nature If physics helped define the 20th century, will the next 100 years be dominated by biology? Join a lively evening organised by the weekly science journal, Nature, as physicists and biologists debate which of these fields will contribute more to the highs and lows of 21st century life.

Mon 15 June Hall One 7.00pm £9.50

Spoken Word All-stars Curated by Poet in the City Almost unnoticed, poetry has been creeping back into the hearts and minds of a new generation. Not necessarily Wordsworth’s Daffodils, but high-energy and rhythmic poetry combining influences from Rap, Hip-hop, performance art and alternative stand-up comedy. This thriving underground scene is winning new audiences to poetry and is sketching out a new literary landscape for the 21st century. Poet in the City and Apples & Snakes invite you to experience for yourself a stunning line-up of some of the UK’s very best spoken-word and performance artists, in a show that will thrill you with the possibilities of language and self-expression, and the constant fecundity of poetry as an art form. If it were baseball it would be the World Series!

Mondays throughout the season

MONDAY evening is spoken word night at Kings Place. Literature, spoken, written and rap from Poet in the City; investigations of contemporary writers by The Guardian Hay Festival; and science, ethics and philosophy from Nature will fire your mind. Interviews, discussion and debate from poets, writers and artists will, no doubt, be followed by further discussion in the Rotunda bar. Come, listen, comment and enjoy.

This is TUESDAY

Tues 14 April Hall Two 8.00pm from £9.50

The Sound Source: Yannis Kyriakides’ The Sound of Unsounds Curated by Sound and Music Immerse yourself in slowly evolving sound on a night featuring artists from Dutch label, Unsounds. The event features Satellites, Yannis Kyriakides’ new collaboration with experimental guitarist Andy Moor, improvised saxophone from John Butcher and a screening of Joost Rekveld’s new film, 37.

Tues 21 April Hall Two 8.00pm from £9.50

The Multiplier Series 5 The joyous mixing of single timbre, curated by Graham Fitkin continues this evening. More details available online at www.kingsplace.co.uk

Tues 28 April Hall Two 8.00pm from £9.50

fracture/fissure – ELISION Ensemble fracture/fissure brings together composition challenging the capabilities of musicians and their instruments. A concert of dramatic, wildly grotesque, extreme, bizarre, lugubrious and delicate music including rarely heard works from James Dillon, Richard Barrett and Roger Redgate.

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Tues 5 May Hall Two 8.00pm from £9.50

This Isn’t For You This event will mix contemporary and classical chamber works, performed in a relaxed and informal atmosphere by some of the best young European musicians, including the clarinettist Sarah Beaty.

Tues 12 May Hall Two 8.00pm from £9.50

The Sound Source: Turned Off, Tuned Out Featuring Andrew Lampert Curated by no.w.here and Sound and Music Andrew Lampert is a visual artist whose performances frequently teeter on the brink of chaos. Here, he collaborates with three maverick musicians: cellist/improviser Okkyung Lee, multiinstrumentalist Steve Beresford and trumpeter Peter Evans, for a playful evening of music and film.

Tues 19 May Hall Two 8.00pm from £9.50

The Multiplier Series 6 The joyous mixing of single timbres curated by Graham Fitkin continues this evening. More details available online at www.kingsplace.co.uk

Tues 2 June Hall Two 8.00pm from £9.50

This Isn’t For You Music and Machines Using as a starting point the idea of the piano as a machine, this event will explore mechanical devices that produce sound in theatrical ways. Including performances by Sarah Nicolls; the evening will include intriguing installations and impressive feats of engineering entertainment. This will be the last TI4U of the season.

Tues 9 June Hall Two 8.00pm from £9.50

The Sound Source: Plundering Žižek and Silent Disco Featuring pianocircus Curated by Sound and Music Celebrate the inspirational thoughts of idiosyncratic philosopher and cultural critic, Slavoj Žižek – ‘the Elvis of Cultural Studies’. Featuring music from pianocircus, Keyboard Choir, Federico Reuben and emerging artists, as well as films, the evening culminates with a Silent Disco.

Tuesdays throughout the season

THIS IS TUESDAY series will appeal to the musically curious – a weekly opportunity to explore experimental music and film presented by leading promoters and musicians, specialising in contemporary/avant-garde, left-field music. So break down your sound barriers in the informal setting of Hall Two, where you can relax with a drink – and expect the unexpected!

BREAK YOUR SOUND BARRIER

London Chamber Music Series SUNDAYS

Sun 19 April Hall One 6.30pm £14.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Elias Quartet Mozart – String Quartet in C K.465 Dissonance Schubert – String Quartet in G minor D.173 Britten – String Quartet No. 2 Op. 36 The Elias Quartet – Sara Bitlloch, Donald Grant violins Martin Saving viola, Marie Bitlloch cello – perform Mozart’s famous Dissonance Quartet, Schubert’s G minor Quartet from 1815 and Britten’s Second Quartet, composed in 1945 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Purcell’s death.

Sun 26 April St Pancras Room 5.20pm – 6.00pm FREE to ticket holders for 6.30pm concert, but limited availability.

Free pre-concert talk Peter Fribbins discusses the relationship between 19th-century Lieder and string instrumental music and introduces the music for the evening concert.

Sun 26 April Hall One 6.30pm £14.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Philippe Graffin violin Susanne Teufel soprano and Claire Désert piano Brahms – Der Regenlied Zyclus Op. 59 Brahms – Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Op. 78 Schubert – Lieder, including Sei mir gegrusst D.741 Schubert – Fantaisie for Violin and Piano in C D.934 Spohr – Lieder for Soprano, Violin and Piano Op. 103 (excerpts) Richard Strauss – Lieder, including Zueignung, Die Nacht, Morgen The relationship between Lieder and string instrumental music is an interesting one, particularly in 19th-century music. In this recital, violin and piano works by Schubert and Brahms are preceded by the songs which inspired them; we also hear Lieder by Strauss and Spohr that exploit the lyrical and dramatic effects of combining both voice and violin with the piano.

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Sun 3 May Hall One 6.30pm £14.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Carducci Quartet Haydn – String Quartet in D Op. 50 No. 6 The Frog Joseph Horovitz – String Quartet No. 5 Dvorák – String Quartet in F Op. 96 American The 1969 Quartet No. 5 by the Vienna-born composer Joseph Horovitz follows Haydn’s Frog Quartet – named after the sound of some evocative string-crossing effects. Dvorák’s American, the most famous of his fourteen quartets, was composed in Iowa in 1893.

Sun 10 May Hall One 6.30pm £14.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Trio Parnassus Haydn – Piano Trio in C Hob. XV/27 Hummel – Piano Trio in G Op. 35 Schubert – Piano Trio in Eb D.929 The German-based Trio Parnassus – Chia Chou piano, Yamei Yu violin, Michael Gross cello – present a concert of Viennese masterworks by Haydn and Schubert and Hummel’s Piano Trio, composed in 1811.

Sun 17 May Hall One 6.30pm £14.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Sundays throughout the season

Since 1999 the London Chamber Music Society has managed the celebrated London concert series which can trace its origins back to the Sunday concerts at South Place from the 1880s and then Conway Hall from 1929. Their legacy is extraordinary, with many important premieres and numerous famous performers being associated with the concerts over the years, including Henry Wood, Frank Bridge, Albert Sammons, Eugène Ysaÿe and Percy Grainger.

President: Levon Chilingirian OBE Artistic Director: Peter Fribbins

Fitzwilliam Quartet and Anna Tilbrook piano Purcell – Fantasia David Blake – Fantasia after Purcell Josef Suk – Meditation on the St Wenceslas Chorale Op. 35a Mozart – String Quartet in Bb K.458 Hunt Elgar – Quintet for Piano and Strings in A minor Op. 84 The Fitzwilliam Quartet – Lucy Russell, Jonathan Sparey violins, Alan George viola, Heather Tuach cello – in a concert featuring some fine English string music by Purcell and David Blake, plus Elgar’s masterly Piano Quintet, Josef Suk’s Meditation, composed at the beginning of the First World War, and Mozart.

Sun 24 May Hall One 6.30pm £14.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Orchestra of St John’s Conductor: John Lubbock Leader: Jan Peter Schmolck Arensky – Variations on a theme by Tchaikovsky Walton – Two Pieces from the music for the film Henry V Tchaikovsky – String Serenade Britten – Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings Our very first season at Kings Place finishes with a chamber orchestra concert featuring Russian music for strings and two English classics: Walton’s music for the famous Laurence Olivier film Henry V and Britten’s remarkable Serenade on texts by poets including Keats, Blake and Tennyson. 11

FOLKWORKS: FIDDLES ON FIRE

Saturday 18 April

The Saturday Fiddle extravaganza continues... Following the morning Workshops there are afternoon sessions and short concerts in Hall Two, culminating in a storming Hall One concert in the evening.

Hall Two 12.45pm from £6.50

Ilya Cravitz – Klezmer Fiddle Klezmer is the soulful and celebratory folk music of East European Jews and is a hugely enjoyable fiddle-led tradition. Ilya Cravitz is a violinist specialising in authentic performance of klezmer and Baroque repertoire.

Wed 15 April Hall One 7.30pm £12.50 £17.50 £22.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Blazin’ Fiddles Scotland’s award-winning group, Blazin’ Fiddles, draws the distinct flavour of fiddle music from various regions of the Highlands and Islands. From solo to ensemble sets, they all come together in a fiery blend that raises the roof.

Hall Two 2.15pm from £6.50

Methera Methera unites the rich texture of the string quartet with the depth and integrity of traditional music from England and beyond. Steeped in the aural tradition, Methera plays without scores, enabling the music to live and breathe in the moment.

Thur 16 April Hall One 7.30pm £12.50 £17.50 £22.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham, Harald Haugaard Trio Explore the territory shared between Shetland and Nordic music. Shetlander Aly Bain has a worldwide following, while Phil Cunningham is widely regarded as one of the most exciting and innovative accordion players of our times. Harald Haugaard offers contemporary Danish folk music deeply rooted in tradition.

Hall Two 4.00pm from £6.50

The Karnatic Violin Balu Raguraman is one of the leading Karnatic (South Indian) violinists in Europe. His concert includes a Ragamalika composition by K T Sivaganesh, which will form the material for the Karnatic violin workshop earlier in the day led by Candida Connolly.

Fri 17 April Hall One 7.30pm £12.50 £17.50 £22.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Dave Swarbrick and friends ‘Swarb’ is one of the key figures of English traditional music. Former member of the legendary Fairport Convention, tonight he draws on his own huge repertoire of English fiddle music and shares the evening with Chris Leslie, current member of Fairport Convention, fiddler Gina Le Faux and Kevin Dempsey from Swarb’s Lazarus.

Hall Two 6.00pm from £9.50 Duration 75 mins

Hungarian Dances Jessica Duchen narrator Philippe Graffin violin Author Jessica Duchen reads from her novel Hungarian Dances, musically illustrated by leading French soloist Philippe Graffin. Programme includes music by Ravel, Bartók, Brahms and Hubay.

Hall One 7.30pm £12.50 £17.50 £22.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Frankie Gavin, Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill A thrilling double-bill celebrating what is truly at the heart of Irish fiddle music, featuring Frankie Gavin who co-founded the legendary De Dannan, Irish fiddle virtuoso Martin Hayes and American guitarist Dennis Cahill.

Sat 18 April Limehouse Room, Wenlock Room, Horsfall Room and St Pancras Room:

WORKSHOPS: Saturday’s day-long fiddle extravaganza includes a wide range of workshops – practical teaching sessions aimed at people who have their own instrument and at least a basic command of playing. Most classes will be taught by ear, although notation may be available to support learning.

11.00am – 12.30pm £9.50

Indian Fiddle Styles Candida Connolly Scottish Fiddle Style (Beginners) Clare McLaughlin Playing for Morris Mat Green with Pete Cooper Welsh Fiddle Traditions Sian Phillips Scottish Fiddle Style (Intermediate/Advanced) Clare McLaughlin Romanian Gypsy Fiddle Joe Townsend Irish Fiddle tunes and Style (Beginners) Karen Ryan American Fiddle Styles Rick Townend Swedish Fiddle Emma Reid Irish Fiddle Ornamentation (Intermediate/Advanced) Karen Ryan Klezmer Fiddle IIana Cravitz Eastern European Improvising styles on the fiddle Joe Townsend

4.00pm – 5.30pm £9.50

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15, 16, 17, 18 April

Fresh from a busy festival weekend at The Sage Gateshead, FIDDLES ON FIRE brings together some of the finest traditional music from around the world: Scots, Irish, English, Welsh, American, Eastern European, Nordic, Indian and more. The violin has been a key instrument in folk traditions for three centuries or more and these fantastic fiddle concerts and workshops will celebrate these vibrant traditions, from driving reels to plaintive airs. Leading performers and tutors will share their passion for traditions that evolve from generation to generation, creating music that can be both deeply rooted and experimental. The last time Folkworks brought a Fiddles on Fire tour to London it sold out the Queen Elizabeth Hall – so book early!

2.00pm – 3.30pm £9.50

15, 16, 17, 18 April

BEETHOVEN UNWRAPPED: WEEK 6

Wed 22 April Hall One 7.00pm £5.50

Beethoven Unwrapped on FILM: Fidelio Vienna Philharmonic / Leonard Bernstein, dir. Otto Schenk With Gundula Janowitz, René Kollo and Lucia Popp Unitel, 1978 (169 mins) An unforgettable production from the historic Theater an der Wien where Fidelio was brought to the stage for the first time in 1805.

Thur 23 April Hall One 7.00pm £5.50

Masterclass with Jean-Bernard Pommier piano ‘The destiny of the man through his music’ Distinguished French pianist Jean-Bernard Pommier works on one of the piano sonatas that he will be performing on Friday with a conservatoire-level student.

Thur 23 April Hall One 7.30pm £15.50 £20.50 £25.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Music for Winds 1 Maurice Bourgue and friends Sergio Azzolini bassoon Peter Watkins horn Maurice Bourgue will be joined by violinist Carolin Widmann, Hariolf Schlichtig viola, Christoph Richter cello, and Graham Mitchell bass, for the magnificent Septet, a violin concerto in all but name. Plus a rare opportunity to hear the unfinished Quintet for oboe, bassoon and three horns.

Fri 24 April Hall One 7.30pm £17.50 £25.50 £32.50 Saver Seat £9.50

The Piano Sonatas 6 Jean-Bernard Pommier piano Jean-Bernard Pommier reaches the earth-shattering Appassionata Sonata, followed by the serene and heartfelt Les Adieux.

Sat 25 April St Pancras Room 10.30am-4.30pm £37.50 Refreshments and lunch included in the ticket price

Study Day: The Chamber Music Violinist Peter Cropper shares a lifetime of playing experience with the audience, giving illustrated talks on the violin sonatas and the performance of the string quartets. In the afternoon, Professor Barry Cooper explores the extraordinary originality of the string quartets.

Sat 25 April Hall One 11.30am £5.50

Beethoven Unwrapped on FILM: Symphony No. 4 Boston Symphony Orchestra / Charles Munch USA 1961 (35 mins)

22 – 26 April

Beethoven is a towering figure in Western music; his music represents the ultimate realisation of one tradition and the explosive birth of another. But his was not just a revolution on the public stage; some of his most radical inspirations are contained in his music for solo piano and string quartet. As BEETHOVEN UNWRAPPED – Kings Place’s own eight-week exploration of the composer’s chamber music – reaches its sixth week the focus is on his sublime music for wind ensemble, including rarely performed gems. For these three concerts the legendary French oboist Maurice Bourgue will be joined by a stellar group of instrumentalists. Jean-Bernard Pommier reaches the tumultuous Appassionata in his sonata cycle, Peter Cropper gives an inimitable lecture-recital and there’s a chance to catch legendary Beethoven performances on film.

22, 23, 24, 25, 26 April

Triple Concerto Martha Argerich, Renaud & Gautier Capuçon, Flanders SO / Alexandre Rabinovitch France 2005 (36 mins) A warmly spontaneous performance of Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony by the Boston players, then Martha Argerich and young colleagues in the Triple Concerto. Sat 25 April Hall One 7.30pm £15.50 £20.50 £25.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Music for Winds 2 Maurice Bourgue and friends Sergio Azzolini bassoon Peter Watkins horn The Octet, with its beautifully clear, classical unfolding, is partnered with the richly textured Sextet and the plangent Horn Sonata, Op. 17 in F. The Trio Op. 11 is played by Laia Masramon piano, Christoph Richter cello and Maximiliano Martin clarinet.

Sun 26 April Hall One 11.30am £9.50

Music for Winds 3 Maurice Bourgue and friends A menu of rare delights, including the Duet for Clarinet and Bassoon and a Trio for two Oboes and Horn. Cor anglais player Rosie Staniforth joins oboists Maurice Bourgue and Gordon Hunt.

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SCHUBERT ENSEMBLE: FINDING FAURÉ In FINDING FAURÉ, the Schubert Ensemble set out to reveal a composer of unique emotional power behind the subtle, shimmering surface of his music. While his serene Requiem is well-loved, his major chamber works are rarely performed. Debussy dubbed him ‘the Master of Charms’, so helping to confirm his reputation as a mere salon composer. Nothing could be further from the truth, as this series of chamber recitals, live presentations and a special small-scale performance of the Requiem will reveal, all by musicians with an absolute passion for Fauré’s music.

Wed 29 April Hall One 7.30pm £12.50 £17.50 £22.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Fauré and Schumann Schubert Ensemble The Schubert Ensemble opens its FINDING FAURÉ series with the composer’s First Piano Quartet, together with his exquisite and rarely performed First Piano Quintet. These are contrasted with Schumann’s warmly radiant Piano Quartet in E flat, written shortly after his marriage to Clara.

Thur 30 April Hall One 7.30pm £12.50 £17.50 £22.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Fauré and Schubert Dante String Quartet Two Schubert works, the turbulent Quartettsatz in C minor and the haunting A minor String Quartet Rosamunde, frame a performance of Fauré’s last major work, the String Quartet in E minor, of which the Dante Quartet has recently made a highly acclaimed recording.

Fri 1 May St Pancras Room 6.30pm FREE ticket required limited availability

A Chamber Requiem pre-concert talk by John Rutter An introduction by composer John Rutter, who edited the chamber version of the Fauré Requiem which will be performed later in the evening concert.

Fri 1 May Hall One 7.30pm £15.50 £20.50 £25.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Fauré’s Requiem The Schubert Ensemble is joined by the choir of Clare College, Cambridge, conducted by Timothy Brown, for a performance of Fauré’s original chamber version of his Requiem, together with Schubert’s extraordinary Gesang der Geister über den Wassern for male voices and lower strings. Also in the programme is Fauré’s brooding Second Violin Sonata.

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Fri 1 May Hall One 10.00pm £9.50 £12.50 £15.50 Saver Seat £6.50

Fauré and the piano William Howard piano Throughout his life Fauré wrote a prodigious amount of beautiful piano music. In this 45-minute recital William Howard intersperses Songs without Words, Nocturnes and Impromptus by Fauré with early Romantic pieces with the same titles by Mendelssohn, Schubert and Chopin.

Sat 2 May Hall Two 11.30am – 5.00pm £37.50 inclusive of lunch and entry to 5.15pm concert

Finding Fauré: Study Day Three sessions exploring different aspects of Fauré the composer. Composer Michael Berkeley chairs a symposium with writer John Banville and Roger Nichols, one of the world’s leading authorities on French music. Composers Judith Weir and Anthony Powers explore Fauré’s piano and string writing with the Schubert Ensemble, and Anthony Powers and Roger Nichols discuss Fauré’s melodic writing with illustrations by students from the Royal Academy of Music.

Sat 2 May Hall One 5.15pm £7.50 £9.50 £12.50 Saver Seat £6.50

Students from the Royal Academy of Music This 45-minute concert will feature Fauré’s magical Piano Trio of 1922-3, performed by the Chiaroscuro Trio and a selection of Fauré songs performed by baritone John Herford and pianist Robin Davis. These include some favourites, Chanson d’amour, Lydia, Mai and Clair de lune together with the rarely heard final song-cycle of 1921, L’Horizon chimérique.

Sat 2 May Hall One 7.30pm £12.50 £17.50 £22.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Fauré and Mendelssohn Schubert Ensemble The FINDING FAURÉ series finishes with Fauré’s dark and dramatic Second Piano Quartet and a rare performance of Fauré’s Second Piano Quintet, regarded by many as the composer’s finest work. These two masterpieces flank the delightfully virtuosic and moody second Piano Quartet written by a 14-year-old Mendelssohn.

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29 April – 2 May

‘I shall die the same elusive person I have always been,’ wrote Gabriel Fauré.

29 April – 2 May

LOUVRE MUSICAL PICTURES

Louvre Museum Henri Loyrette President Monique Devaux Concert Artistic Director

Wed 6 May Hall One 1.00pm £9.50

Georgi Anichenko cello Anastasia Terenkova piano This young Belorussian cellist and Russian pianist present Beethoven’s radiant Third Sonata for Cello and Piano Op. 69, and Shostakovich’s inimitable work for the same medium.

Wed 6 May Hall One 7.30pm £11.50 £15.50 £20.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Modigliani String Quartet Two fascinating performances from a younger generation string quartet, which will mix Haydn and Debussy with the British premiere of French composer Michael Levinas’s Quartet No. 3.

Thur 7 May Hall One 1.00pm £9.50

Thur 7 May Hall One 7.30pm £11.50 £15.50 £20.50 Saver Seat £9.50

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Fri 8 May Hall One 1.00pm £9.50

Alexandra Soumm violin Julien Quentin piano Don’t miss the London debut of French-Russian 18-year-old violinist Alexandra Soumm, an amazingly gifted musician, playing with the equally prodigious French pianist Julien Quentin. Their programme features Debussy’s sensuous Violin Sonata, Prokofiev and Mozart.

Fri 8 May Hall One 7.30pm £11.50 £15.50 £20.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Jean-Frédéric Neuburger piano Young French pianist Jean-Frédéric Neuburger enjoys a solo spot playing Haydn, Schubert’s Sonata in D major, D.850, and Debussy’s delightful Suite Bergamasque.

Sat 9 May Hall One 1.00pm £9.50

Jean-Frédéric Neuburger piano Young French pianist Jean-Frédéric Neuburger enjoys a solo spot playing Haydn, Schubert’s Sonata in D major, D.850, and Debussy’s delightful Suite Bergamasque.

Sat 9 May Hall One 7.30pm £11.50 £15.50 £20.50 Saver Seat £9.50

6, 7, 8, 9 May

Since 1989, when I M Pei’s famous Pyramide was completed, the Louvre Museum has held a chamber music series taking in 50 concerts each season. Its legacy is extraordinary, the concerts having been associated with many first performances in Paris of well-known musicians such as Vadim Repin, Truls Mørk, Maxim Vengerov, alongside figures such as Stephen Hough, Lang Lang, and the legendary Pierre Boulez. Now this much-loved series finds a second home at Kings Place to present the London debuts of the most gifted young musicians from the Louvre’s latest season.

6, 7, 8, 9 May

ORCHESTRA of the AGE of ENLIGHTENMENT:

HENRY, GEORGE, FRANZ & FELIX

12 – 17 May

Tues 12 May Hall One 7.30pm £17.50 £25.50 £32.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Thur 14 May Hall One 6.30pm £7.50 £9.50 £12.50 Saver Seat £6.50

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A Celebration of Handel Alison Bury director Julia Doyle soprano Handel – Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 1 Handel – Overture and arias from Rinaldo (incl. Lascia chio pianga) Handel – Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 2 Handel – Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 7 Handel – Cantata for soprano and orchestra Silete venti Rossini and Mendelssohn Matthew Truscott leader A chance to hear the OAE on an intimate scale as they celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn’s birth with a performance of his famous Octet, a piece of strong contrasts and deep feeling. Plus Rossini’s ebullient String Sonata No. 3 in C

Thur 14 May St Pancras Room 7.45pm £4.50

Mendelssohn Explored A chance to find out more about Mendelssohn and his Octet.

Thur 14 May Hall One 9.00pm £7.50 £9.50 £12.50 Saver Seat £6.50

Rossini and Mendelssohn Matthew Truscott leader Another chance to hear the Mendelssohn / Rossini programme (see above 6.30pm performance for details).

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12. 14, 15, 16, 17 May

What better way to celebrate the ORCHESTRA of the AGE of ENLIGHTENMENT’S first full week of performances at Kings Place than by focusing on four great composers who have anniversaries in 2009: Henry Purcell, George Frederic Handel, Franz Haydn and Felix Mendelssohn. Not only are these composers central to classical music, but they are also central to the OAE’s repertoire – music in which the orchestra excels and which is brought vividly to life for today’s audiences. The Orchestra’s week here at Kings Place contains an exciting array of ways to enjoy its inimitable music-making – from hour-long concerts through to talks, family concerts and free performances in the bar. We hope you’ll join us.

Thur 14 May Concert Bar/foyer 10.15pm FREE no ticket required

The After-Show Join us for a free post-concert performance of Rossini’s Duetto for cello and bass Event lasts 15–20 minutes

Fri 15 May Hall One 6.30pm £9.50 £12.50 £15.50 Saver Seat £6.50

Henry’s Boadica Margaret Faultless director According to folklore Queen Boudica is buried under platform 10 of King’s Cross station. Kings Place therefore seems an appropriate place for this rare, dramatised performance of Purcell’s Bonduca.

Fri 15 May St Pancras Room 7.45pm £4.50

Explore Bonduca Find out more about Purcell’s rarely heard music to Bonduca with OAE violinist and musicologist Roy Mowatt.

Fri 15 May Hall One 9.00pm £9.50 £12.50 £15.50 Saver Seat £6.50

Henry’s Boadica Margaret Faultless director Another chance to hear Purcell’s incidental music to the play, Bonduca (see above 6.30pm concert for details).

Fri 15 May Concert Bar/foyer 10.15pm FREE no ticket required

The After-Show Join us for a free post-concert performance of Purcell Songs

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OAE cont. HENRY, GEORGE, FRANZ & FELIX Coffee Concert Get your weekend off to a musical start with this concert of Baroque music for strings given by players from the Ann and Peter Law OAE Experience for young players. Concert lasts 1 hour with no interval.

Sat 16 May 2.30pm £4.50

Guided walk: Local Heroes A guided walk of the local area exploring the many famous personalities connected with the King’s Cross area. (90 minutes)

Sat 16 May St Pancras Room 4.00pm £4.50

Sat 16 May Hall One 7.30pm £15.50 £20.50 £25.50 Saver Seat £9.50 Sun 17 May Hall One 11.30am £4.50

Film: England, My England dir. Tony Palmer, 1995 (153 mins) Marking 350 years since Purcell’s birth, the OAE presents a screening of Tony Palmer’s film charting his life, featuring Simon Callow and Michael Ball. With a post-screening live discussion with Tony Palmer Rachel, Pavlo and Franz Rachel Podger violin Pavlo Beznosiuk violin The brilliant violinist and regular OAE collaborator, Rachel Podger leads a celebrity recital including music by Haydn.

Family Concert: Baroque Landscapes A chance for your family to explore fabulous Baroque music, including specially commissioned music for the occasion and performances from some of our young local players. Suitable for ages 8+

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20, 21, 22, 23 May

This series opens with an evocation of India, with a vibrantly colourful festival of Indian music and dance. For our second concert, we are delighted to welcome one of the legends of Indian music, Amjad Ali Khan, universally acknowledged as the world’s leading sarod virtuoso. With the London Sinfonietta we explore Indian influences on the music of the West through a rare performance of Holst’s chamber opera Savitri, coupled with a new work by Wajahat Khan, master sarodist of the younger generation. The festival closes with a colourful juxtaposition of Ragas and Tangos, celebrating the seasons of the year from the perspectives of Argentina and India. Wed 20 May Hall One 7.30pm £15.50 £20.50 £25.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Festival of India The musicians, singers and dancers of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan made a huge impact with their performances marking the opening of Kings Place. We are delighted to welcome them back for an evocative evening of Indian music, song and dance.

Thur 21 May Hall One 7.30pm £15.50 £20.50 £25.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Indian Legends Sarod recital by Amjad Ali Khan Recitals by this legendary master musician are eagerly awaited events all over the world. It is a great pleasure to welcome Amjad Ali Khan to the stage of Kings Place for what promises to be a very special occasion.

Fri 22 May Hall One 7.30pm £15.50 £20.50 £25.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Indian Influences Gustav Holst Savitri London Sinfonietta David Murphy conductor A new work by Wajahat Khan precedes Holst’s haunting chamber opera, which tells a simple and timeless Indian tale in a style influenced by English folk-song and given universal significance. ‘One of the quiet masterpieces of British music, arguably the most successful of all attempts to bring the culture of the East into the Western musical tradition.’ The Guardian

Sat 23 May Hall One 7.30pm £15.50 £20.50 £25.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Bombay to Buenos Aires Sinfonia Viva Benedict Holland leader David Murphy conductor Kala Ramnath is one of the leading exponents of Indian violin in the world. Together with Benedict Holland and Sinfonia Viva she explores the vibrant colours of Ragas and Tangos, which are vividly contrasted in a unique musical exploration of Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires and Ramnath’s own Four Seasons.

20, 21, 22, 23 May

12. 14, 15, 16, 17 May

Sat 16 May Hall One 11.30am £6.50

EAST MEETS WEST!

BEETHOVEN UNWRAPPED: WEEK 7

Wed 27 May Hall One 7.00pm £5.50

Beethoven Unwrapped on FILM: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Sonata No. 11 Op. 22 Dir. János Darvas 1981 (15 mins) Sonata No. 32 Op. 111 Germany 1970 (20 mins) Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 15 Vienna SO / Guilini Austria (36 mins) The elusive Italian pianist gives a fascinating account of Op. 111, and the concerto shows the dynamic collaboration between him and the ever-expressive Giulini.

Thur 28 May Hall Two 7.00pm £5.50

Thur 28 May Hall One 7.30pm £12.50 £17.50 £22.50 Saver Seat £9.50

The Cello Sonatas 1 Christoph Richter cello Dénes Várjon piano A renowned European duo present the two early sonatas for cello and piano, along with the delightful variations on themes from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus and Mozart’s Magic Flute.

Fri 29 May Hall One 7.30pm £17.50 £25.50 £32.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas 7 Jean-Bernard Pommier piano The French pianist scales the giddy heights of one of Beethoven’s most challenging works, the Sonata No. 29 in B flat major Op. 106, Hammerklavier.

Sat 30 May St Pancras Room 10.30am - 4.30pm £37.50 Refreshments and lunch included

Study Day: The Unknown Beethoven – Songs, folksongs and Tenth Symphony Paul Reid, author of the Beethoven Song Companion, will speak about collecting the Lieder, while Lieder expert Amanda Glauert explores ways of understanding these little-known works. In the afternoon Barry Cooper investigates the strange history of Beethoven’s folksong settings and he concludes the day with an examination of the tantalising Tenth Symphony and other unfinished works.

Sat 30 May Hall One 11.30am £5.50

Beethoven Unwrapped on FILM: Cello Sonata No. 1 Op. 5 No. 1 Mstislav Rostropovich with Sviatoslav Richter BBC/Idéale audience 1964 (22 mins)

27, 28, 29, 30 May

Beethoven is a towering figure in Western music; his music represents the ultimate realisation of one tradition and the explosive birth of another. But his was not just a revolution on the public stage; some of his most radical inspirations are contained in his chamber music. In the penultimate week of Kings Place’s eight-week BEETHOVEN UNWRAPPED series, Christoph Richter and Dénes Várjon tackle the music for cello and piano, including the first two sonatas and the sparkling sets of variations on themes by Handel and Mozart. There will also be a chance to see legendary cellists perform the same repertoire on film, and Kenneth Hamilton gives a lively lecture recital on the evolution of the piano from Beethoven’s lifetime to the present day.

27, 28, 29, 30 May

Sonata No. 2 Op. 5 No 2 Jacqueline Du Pré with Daniel Barenboim France 1970 (25 mins) Sonata No. 3 Op. 69 Paul Tortelier with Sergio Lorenzi France 1969 (26 mins) Three great cellists of the 20th century. Sat 30 May Hall One 7.30pm £12.50 £17.50 £22.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Beethoven’s Pianos Kenneth Hamilton pianist and lecturer How did Beethoven’s piano music actually sound on instruments of his own day compared to those of today? Using a selection of historical and modern pianos, renowned pianist and scholar Kenneth Hamilton will lead his audience through the dramatically differing sound worlds of the 18th, 19th, and 2oth centuries.

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SOUND CENSUS: Endymion

Wed 3 June Hall One 7.30pm £7.50 £9.50 £12.50 Saver Seat £6.50

Sound Census 1 Helen Tunstall harp; Melinda Maxwell oboe; Michael Dussek piano New pieces from Endymion’s Sound Census project featuring music for winds, harp and piano, including pieces by Simon Holt, Edward Cowie and Christopher Fox.

Wed 3 June Hall One 8.45pm £9.50 £12.50 £15.50 Saver Seat £6.50

Endymion Classics – Mozart and Poulenc Michael Dussek piano Mozart – Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat K.452 Poulenc – Sextet in C major Just 6 years before he died, Mozart declared his majestic Quintet, ‘the best thing I have so far written in my life’. Constrasting with this is Poulenc’s witty, vivacious and chic Sextet.

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Wed 3 June Hall One 10.00pm £9.50 £12.50 £15.50 Saver Seat £6.50

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Late-night Meditations – Birtwistle’s Orpheus Elegies Andrew Watts countertenor; Melinda Maxwell oboe; Helen Tunstall harp Harrison Birtwistle is one of the world’s leading composers, and these 26 pensive, seductive Orpheus Elegies, based on Rilke’s haunting Sonnets to Orpheus, were written for tonight’s performers.

Thur 4 June Hall One 7.30pm £7.50 £9.50 £12.50 Saver Seat £6.50

Sound Census 2 New pieces from Endymion’s Sound Census project, featuring music for piano, horn, clarinet and strings, including new pieces by Philip Cashian and young musicians from London, developed in workshops with Endymion.

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Thur 4 June Hall One 8.45pm £9.50 £12.50 £15.50 Saver Seat £6.50

Endymion Classics – Brahms Krysia Osostowicz violin; Stephen Stirling horn; Michael Dussek piano Brahms – Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano in E flat, Op. 40; Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor (‘F-A-E Sonata’) Brahms’ Horn Trio, an Endymion favourite, is a nostalgic, boisterous look at youth, with hunting calls, folk songs and the beautiful Adagio, an elegy to Brahms’ mother’s memory.

Thur 4 June Hall One 10.00pm £9.50 £12.50 £15.50 Saver Seat £6.50

Late-night Meditations – Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time Krysia Osostowicz violin; Jane Salmon cello Mark van de Wiel clarinet; Michael Dussek piano On a brutally cold January night in 1941, at the Stalag VIIIA Prisoner of War camp in Görlitz, inmates first heard Olivier Messiaen’s epochal and transcendental Quartet for the End of Time. ‘And I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow on his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire.’

Fri 5 June St Pancras Room 6.00pm FREE ticket required limited availability

‘Give us a cue!’ Quiz Night Celebrity composers, performers and broadcasters pit their wits against each other in this light-hearted panel quiz show. Come and join the fun!

Fri 5 June Hall One 7.30pm £7.50 £9.50 £12.50 Saver Seat £6.50

Sound Census 3 Bruce Nockles trumpet; Simon Wills trombone; Chi-chi Nwanoku bass; Michael Dussek piano; Chris Brannick percussion Premieres from Endymion’s Sound Census project. Tonight, music for a jazz-style ensemble of brass, percussion, bass and piano, including new pieces by Morgan Hayes, Philip Venables, Dai Fujikura and a new piece from Endymion’s outreach project with young musicians.

Fri 5 June Hall One 9.00pm £12.50 £17.50 £22.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Late-night Meditations – Morton Feldman’s Crippled Symmetry Helen Keen flute; Chris Brannick percussion; Michael Dussek piano/celesta This is a rare opportunity to experience one of Feldman’s most famous works. Crippled Symmetry melds and distorts time into vast expanses, drawing the listener into a gentle, richly hued sound world. The patterns, symmetrical and then subtly asymmetrical (‘crippled’), revolve around the delicate ‘breathing’ of the music. This is true meditation and contemplation in music. Concert lasts 90 minutes, no interval.

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3, 4, 5, 6, June

‘The Brilliant Endymion’ (The Sunday Times) celebrates its 30th anniversary this week with SOUND CENSUS, a project to commission new pieces from a huge range of British composers, all to be premiered this week by Endymion, alongside chamber music and 2oth-century gems at the core of Endymion’s repertoire. At 7.30pm each evening join us to hear these SOUND CENSUS commissions and new pieces by talented London teenagers. At 8.45pm revel in ENDYMION CLASSICS: outstanding music by Brahms, Poulenc, Mozart and Mendelssohn. And at 10.00pm each night, explore transcendental music in our LATE-NIGHT MEDITATIONS, including a rare opportunity to experience Morton Feldman’s ethereal Crippled Symmetry.

3, 4, 5, 6 June

SOUND CENSUS: Endymion cont. Sat 6 June St Pancras Room 2.00pm - 5.00pm £2.50

Composing for all! John Barber and four Endymion players lead an all-comers workshop on experimenting with music. Come along and try your hand at devising and expressing ideas through music, and learning a bit more about instruments and music. Culminating in an informal concert of your music, performed by Endymion and you!

Sat 6 June Hall Two 6.00pm FREE ticket required limited availability

Composing for all! Concert John Barber, Endymion and participants from the Composing for all! workshop present the fruits of their afternoon activities. Come along, bring the family and hear the newest music in London – literally!

Sat 6 June Hall One 7.30pm £7.50 £9.50 £12.50 Saver Seat £6.50

Sound Census 4 Helen Keen flute; Stephen Stirling horn; Michael Dussek piano Krysia Osostowicz violin; Jane Salmon cello The final concert of Endymion’s Sound Census project explores new music for wind, brass, strings and piano, featuring new pieces by Bayan Northcott and Simon Wills, as well as the fruits of Endymion’s projects with talented London teenagers.

Sat 6 June Hall One 8.45pm £9.50 £12.50 £15.50 Saver Seat £6.50

Endymion Classics – Mozart and Mendelssohn Helen Keen flute; Krysia Osostowicz violin Mozart – Flute Quartet in D major K.285 Mendelssohn – String Quintet No. 1 in A major Op. 18 2009 marks the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn’s birth, and Endymion celebrates this with Mendelssohn’s first Quintet, finished in 1832. Like the more famous Octet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture, the Quintet is one of Mendelssohn’s most vibrant, mature and accomplished early works.

Sat 6 June Hall One 10.00pm £9.50 £12.50 £15.50 Saver Seat £6.50

Late-night Meditations – Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet To end the week, Endymion presents one of its favourite pieces, Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet. Brooding with dark, autumnal colours, fiery passion and majesty, this music pushes the expressive boundaries of chamber music and incorporates the full gamut of drama, from deep yearning via wistful love song to Hungarian folk dance. A real treat.

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3, 4, 5, 6 June

PARIS JAZZ

10, 11, 12, 13 June

Wed 10 June St Pancras Room 6.30pm £2.50

The Twenties Writer and critic Kevin Legendre explores the impact of black American jazz – featuring Sidney Bechet, Josephine Baker and Louis Mitchell.

Wed 10 June Hall One 8.00pm £12.50 £17.50 £22.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Birelli Lagrene Trio If one contemporary guitarist embodies the spirit of Django Reinhardt, it is Birelli Lagrene, a brilliant improviser out of the gypsy jazz tradition.

Thur 11 June St Pancras Room 6.30pm £6.50

Davis meets Greco Acclaimed writer and broadcaster Bonnie Greer traces the story of the extraordinary liaison between the young Miles Davis and Juliette Greco, at the point where the new musical world of bebop brushed with the culture of Boris Vian, Sartre and the Existentialists. ‘There was such an unusual harmony about the man, the instrument, the sound – it was pretty shattering.’ (Greco in 2006)

Thur 11 June Hall One 8.00pm £15.50 £20.50 £25.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Fri 12 June St Pancras Room 6.30pm £2.50

Martial Solal In a career that stretches back to the Paris of the late 40s, Martial Solal is one of the great figures in French jazz. Immersed in the language of bop, he played with the likes of Kenny Clarke and Don Byas before forming his own trio, where his individual style – ‘filled with glittering Gallic wit’ – is given full rein. Equally respected as a composer, he has scored many movies, including Godard’s Breathless. Liberation… Paris in the 60s and early 70s became a melting pot for jazz experiment, a haven for innovative exiles from a conservative America – attracting artists like Steve Lacy and The Art Ensemble of Chicago. Kevin Legendre delves into a world where modern jazz crossed into free jazz, where political and musical statements collided.

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Fri 12 June Hall One 8.00pm £12.50 £17.50 £22.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Bojan Z Serbian-born, Paris resident, Bojan Z has become one of the key movers and shakers in French jazz. His music embraces influences from his own Balkan background as well as the music of today – a riveting performer on both acoustic and electric keyboards, in a trio with drummer Seb Rochford and bassist Ruth Goller, themselves embedded in today’s London scene.

Fri 12 June Hall Two 10.00pm from £9.50

Remembering Lacy The American composer and saxophonist Steve Lacy lived in Paris from 1970, where his generous and tirelessly inventive spirit became a major force on the European scene. Saxophonist Evan Parker – himself a hugely influential artist who often worked often with Lacy – and pianist Hans Koller pay tribute to a quietly brilliant master.

Sat 13 June Hall Two 2.00pm £4.50

Jazz and the Nouvelle Vague The new wave of French cinema embraced jazz as a soulmate – find out just why Miles Davis’ music for Lift to the Scaffold and Martial Solal’s for Breathless number among the great movie soundtracks. Showings of both films alongside a look into the background.

Sat 13 June St Pancras Room 6.30pm £2.50

Paris Jazz Now Kevin Legendre and representatives from today’s Paris jazz scene delve into the patina of jazz in the city today, leading into an evening which reflects the different facets of a continually evolving love affair.

Sat 13 June Hall One 8.00pm £12.50 £17.50 £22.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Henri Texier The music of bassist, composer and leader, Henri Texier, epitomises the identity of contemporary jazz in France. From playing hard bop with Bud Powell and Johnny Griffin to exploring free jazz with Don Cherry, he now occupies a unique position on the French scene, creating a beguiling mix of popular and ethnic music and jazz.

Sat 13 June Hall Two 10.00pm from £9.50

Paris Jazz Club Night Check out more of today’s new Paris scene – with live music and DJs bringing a taste of the city’s contemporary jazz life.

10, 11, 12, 13 June

The love affair between the city of Paris and the culture of American jazz evokes a history stretching back to the early 20th century. The impact of African art, followed by the black American musicians who took up residence in the city in the 20s, stimulated the first distinctively European response to jazz, in the gypsy swing of the Hot Club de Paris – and the ensuing journey travels through the city’s renaissance in the 40s and 50s, embracing bebop and the Existentialists, the nouvelle vague, free jazz and a contemporary jazz landscape that continues to bring cultures together in a hotbed of creativity.

ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC at KINGS PLACE

Fri 19 June Hall One 7.30pm £11.50 £15.50 £20.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Mozart and Strauss – music for wind Royal Academy of Music Symphonic Wind Ensemble Keith Bragg conductor Academy Symphonic Wind explore two seminal works for wind ensemble: Mozart’s Serenade in B flat for 13 Wind Instuments K.361 Gran Partita and Strauss’s Sonatine No. 1 in F for 16 Wind Instruments Aus der Werkstatt eines Invaliden. The group’s recordings have attracted critical acclaim: ‘It’s a magnificent performance...superbly and spontaneously played by eager musicians from the Academy who provide wonderful blending and a superbly polished, professional ensemble.’ Gramophone, January 2008.

Sat 20 June Hall Two 10.00am – 3.00pm £2.50 per participant Public Performance 2.00pm FREE ticket required limited availability

Open Academy Family Day Family Day Age-range: 6-11yrs Enter the magical world of The King’s Plaice. Come and join Royal Academy of Music performers, a composer, a movement director and event director, Julian West, on an intense collaborative journey as you piece together the story and help to create and perform a brand new musical work.

‘we’ve had plenty of opportunities to be dazzled this past month… from student performers of the Royal Academy of Music’ – Daily Telegraph, February 2008

Wed 17 June Hall One 7.30pm £11.50 £15.50 £20.50 Saver Seat £9.50

International Jazz The Royal Academy of Music Jazz course has been steadily providing the London jazz scene with some of its most exciting and innovative young players in recent times. This evening’s concert showcases diverse and innovative performances inspired by leading legends such as Stan Sulzmann, Seb Rochford and John Taylor, as well as original compositions by the stars of the future.

Thur 18 June Hall One 7.30pm £11.50 £15.50 £20.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Dali Piano Trio and friends The Dali Piano Trio, prizewinners in several major international competitions, are joined by Academy students for an eclectic programme contrasting Rachmaninov’s youthful Trio élégiaque via Schumann’s passionate Piano Quintet in E flat Op. 44 with the theatrical sound-world of Mauricio Kagel’s Piano Trio No. 2.

Sat 20 June Hall Two 6.00pm from £6.50

Eight Harps Royal Academy of Music Harp Ensemble Artistic Director Skaila Kanga This is a unique chance to hear the extraordinary sound of the Academy’s Harp Ensemble in a variety of styles ranging from Milhaud’s groovy Brazileira, Gwylim Simcocks’ evocative modern jazz piece, Lady of the Lake, David Snell’s brilliant new suite and Gareth Wood’s latest harp commission, Artemis.

Songs of Innocence & Experience Angela Bic soprano Robin Davis piano Angela Bic recently graduated from the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg and is now studying with Royal Academy Opera. Her programme includes some of Strauss’s best known Lieder including Zueignung and Allerseelen and the contrasting Six Songs by Rachmaninov.

Sat 20 June Hall One 7.30pm £11.50 £15.50 £20.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Royal Academy Soloists Clio Gould director The Royal Academy of Music’s elite string ensemble, under the dynamic direction of Clio Gould, will present a programme of evocative Scandinavian music including Grieg’s Holberg Suite Op. 40 and Sibelius’ Rakastava (The Lover) Op. 14, and music from Eastern Europe with Lutosławski’s Five Folk Melodies and Bartók’s Divertimento.

Fri 19 June Hall Two 6.00pm from £6.50

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17, 18, 19, 20 June

Join the ROYAL ACADEMY of MUSIC for a showcase of future musical stars at Kings Place, only a stone’s throw away from the Academy itself. These four days of events will give audiences a taste of the vitality and energetic passion that drives Academy students in their pursuit of musical success. On the final day, families will also get the chance to get involved in some of the music-making. Children aged 6 to 11 years will be given the opportunity to work with Academy students to create their own, exciting new composition.

17, 18, 19, 20 June

BEETHOVEN UNWRAPPED: WEEK 8

Tues 23 June Hall One 7.00pm £5.50

Beethoven Unwrapped on FILM: Hammerklavier Sonata No. 14, Op 27 No. 1 Moonlight France, 1970 (20 mins) Sonata No. 29, Op. 106, Hammerklavier Canada, 1964 (40 mins) Wilhelm Kempff piano The great German pianist makes much of the revolutionary character of the monumental Hammerklavier Sonata, while the Moonlight reveals his ability to make the piano sing.

Fri 26 June Hall One 7.30pm £17.50 £25.50 £32.50 Saver Seat £9.50

Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas 8 Jean-Bernard Pommier piano In this, the final recital in this comprehensive sonata cycle, Pommier reaches the supreme lightness of Sonata No. 30 in E major and the superhuman struggles dramatised in the final Sonata No. 32 Op. 111.

Sat 27 June St Pancras Room 10.30am – 4.30pm £37.50 Refreshments and lunch included in the ticket price.

Study Day: The Big Four Professor Barry Cooper concludes the study-day programme with an examination of Beethoven’s biggest four works: The Creatures of Prometheus and Christ on the Mount of Olives; two sessions on the opera Leonore and its progress to its final version as Fidelio; and finally he discusses the composer’s ‘greatest work’ (according to Beethoven himself), the Missa solemnis.

Sat 27 June Hall One 11.30am £5.50all One 7.30pm

Beethoven Unwrapped on FILM: The Ninth The Ninth Dir. Pierre Henry Salfati, based on a book by Esteban Buch (100 mins) Before becoming the European hymn Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony was used by Ian Smith in Rhodesia, and for Nazi and socialist propaganda. The Ninth tells the story of the successive manipulations of this protean work.

Wed 24 June Hall One 7.30pm £12.50 £17.50 £22.50 Saver Seat £9.50

The String Trios 1 Ludwig String Trio Peter Cropper violin James Boyd viola Paul Watkins cello A programme containing the Serenade in D Op. 8 and two Op. 9 String Trios. Says Peter Cropper, ‘Beethoven shares his soul directly with us, he holds nothing back.’

Sat 27 June Hall One 7.30pm £12.50 £17.50 £22.50 Saver Seat £9.50

The Cello Sonatas 2 Christoph Richter cello Dénes Várjon piano The radiance of the great A major Sonata Op. 69, written ‘under grief and tears’, is contrasted with the 12 Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen from Mozart’s Magic Flute and the pungent wit and ingenuity of the Op. 102 Sonatas.

Thur 25 June Hall Two 7.00pm £5.50

Sun 28 June Hall One 11.30am £9.50

The String Trios 2 Ludwig String Trio Peter Cropper violin James Boyd viola Paul Watkins cello Mozart might have been the inspiration for Beethoven’s extraordinary String Trio in E flat, Op. 3, but Beethoven did not seek to imitate, rather to break up his predecessor’s long melodies, to deconstruct the 18th century.

23 – 28 June

Beethoven is a towering figure in Western music; his music represents the ultimate realisation of one tradition and the explosive birth of another. But his was not just a revolution on the public stage; some of his most radical inspirations are contained in his chamber music. BEETHOVEN UNWRAPPED, Kings Place’s own eight-week series, reaches its conclusion this week with two evenings exploring the composer’s exquisite String Trios, the last, great Sonatas for Piano and Cello, the ‘ultimate’ Piano Sonata, Op. 111, and a fascinating documentary film exploring the myriad ways in which Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 has been exploited and manipulated for political ends.

23 – 28 June

Alistair Anderson has been at the forefront of traditional music for over three decades. Internationally acknowledged as the master of the English concertina, he has appeared on TV, radio and concert platforms across the world and has recorded and performed with artists ranging from Kate Bush to the Lindsay String Quartet, from Richard Thompson to John Williams and from the Northern Sinfonia Orchestra to Nigel Kennedy. His compositions have involved folk, classical and jazz musicians. In spring 2008 he even composed two pieces for the Singapore Chinese Orchestra and in early 2009 he will have new music toured by an ensemble featuring Peter Cropper, another Kings Place curator. Anderson founded, and is currently Artistic Director of, Folkworks, one of the two founding partners of The Sage Gateshead which, together with Newcastle University, developed England’s first degree course in folk and traditional music.

Maurice Bourgue, one of the world’s foremost oboists, combines a solo career with a busy conducting and teaching schedule all over Europe. He also founded the Ensemble à Vent Maurice Bourgue and the Continuum Ensemble with Sergio Azzolini. Jean-Bernard Pommier has long enjoyed a special place in the European music world as an outstanding pianist and conductor. Recordings include the complete Beethoven and Mozart sonatas (Erato). He was formerly music director of the Northern Sinfonia, while his Musiké Academy is active in the UK, France and Hungary. Cellist Christoph Richter and pianist Dénes Várjon are at the forefront in European chamber music. Richter is cellist of the Heine Quartet, one half of the Boccherini Cello Duo, and a member of Capella Andrea Barca. Other curators include world authority on Beethoven, Barry Cooper, Professor of Music at the University of Manchester, who leads the Study Day programme; pianist and lecturer Kenneth Hamilton, and the distinguished Ludwig String Trio, formed of the celebrated British string players Peter Cropper, James Boyd and Paul Watkin.

Finding Fauré

After 25 years at the forefront of British chamber music, the Schubert Ensemble is firmly established as one of the world’s leading exponents of chamber music for piano and strings. Regularly giving over 50 concerts a year, the Ensemble has performed in over 40 different countries. In the last two seasons it has appeared in major concert halls in Europe and North America, including London’s Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw Hall and for the Coleman Chamber Series in California. It has also recently given a four-concert Brahms series for BBC Radio 3, at St. George’s, Bristol. Having completed a three-year residency at Cardiff University, it is now starting a new residency at the Birmingham Conservatoire. Plans for this year include premiering a new work by Jonathan Dove at Spitalfields Festival, return visits to the USA and Canada and more recording projects with Chandos. In 1998 the Ensemble’s contribution to British musical life was recognised by the Royal Philharmonic Society with a Best Chamber Ensemble Award. ‘…sparkling, clean textures were at times truly spine-tingling in their immediacy. The balance, clarity and tone were perfectly realised…’ The Guardian October 2008

photo: Eamonn McCabe

SCHUBERT ENSEMBLE

photo: John Clark

BEETHOVEN UNWRAPPED Series Curators

Fiddles on Fire

photo: MC Photography

photo: Eamonn McCabe

ALISTAIR ANDERSON

1, 2, 3, 4 April

MEET THE CURATORS

above: Jean-Bernard Pommier, Maurice Bourgue and Christoph Richter; left top: Barry Cooper; below: Peter Cropper

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DAVID MURPHY East meets West

Monique Devaux is Artistic Director of the Louvre Museum concert series. Trained in medicine and musicology, she worked for the music journal Diapason before taking on the young artists programme at the first Montpellier Radio France Festival. She led the music programme at the Louvre, from its conception to its opening with the new Pyramide auditorium in 1989. She now programmes 60 chamber concerts per season, half of which are dedicated to musicians under 25 years old. The series has become famous for hosting the French debuts of many celebrated artists. All concerts are broadcast on France Musique. She has been musical adviser to the Israel Chamber Orchestra and the museums of Lyon and Grenoble. In November 2007 she organised a month-long series at the Louvre with guest artist Pierre Boulez.

A pupil of Leon Barzin and protégé of Sir Charles Mackerras and Pandit Ravi Shankar, David Murphy conducts throughout the world. In addition to his wide-ranging Western repertoire he is developing performance projects combining Western orchestras with the world’s leading Indian musicians. These unique musical explorations are creating a new repertoire and indeed a new musical genre. Future plans include a tour of India with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra contrasting works by Mozart and Beethoven with Samaagam, a new work he has created with the legendary Amjad Ali Khan, and the world premiere of a new Symphony by Pandit Ravi Shankar, which he will conduct next season at the Royal Festival Hall with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

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MONIQUE DEVAUX Louvre Musical Pictures

ORCHESTRA of the AGE of ENLIGHTENMENT

PHILIP VENABLES Sound Census

If the London Symphony Orchestra could be self-governing, why not an orchestra based on period instruments? Thus, back in 1986, was born the OAE. It was a quality outfit from the start and with Principal Artists Iván Fischer, Vladimir Jurowski and Sir Simon Rattle, and Emeritus Conductors Frans Brüggen, Sir Charles Mackerras and Sir Roger Norrington, it remains one step ahead of the competition. The pedigree of its musicians and collaborators is only part of the story. During its near-quarter of a century existence the orchestra has challenged the imagination with ear-catching projects (including a reconstruction of Mendelssohn’s 1829 revival of the St Matthew Passion), and innovations such as the ‘Night Shift’ series. To its Royal Festival Hall residency has been added (at Sir Simon Rattle’s initial request) a regular foothold at Glyndebourne, and more recently the orchestra conquered the bastions of the Royal Opera House.

Philip Venables is a composer and the Artistic Director of Endymion. The Times recently described his music as ‘contrasting gestures, driven through by a powerful sense of drama and structure’. Philip Venables’ music has been performed and broadcast internationally. Arc for the BBC Philharmonic received a special mention at the 2006 British Academy Composer Awards, and he had his Wigmore Hall debut in 2006 with the premiere of his String Quartet by the Duke Quartet (‘Delicately spun melodies dissolved into bursts of aggression…. gritty, soulful’. The Strad) Recent commissions have included Ensemble 10-10 of the RLPO (ANIMA), Bregenz Festival in Austria (In America et ego), the BBC Singers (Thalidomide) and the Black Dyke Brass Band (Lullaby). Philip Venables studied at Jesus College, Cambridge, and at the Royal Academy of Music with Philip Cashian where he was awarded the DipRAM diploma for outstanding performance and the Manson Fellowship in Composition.

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photo: Eric Richmond

MEET THE CURATORS

MEET THE CURATORS JOHN CUMMING – SERIOUS Paris Jazz Serious is an established innovator, producing live jazz, international and new music events. We act as a catalyst, creating the conditions to inspire diverse artists and audiences and shaping unforgettable experiences. Working with partners across the UK and internationally, we present and produce a huge variety of concerts, tours and special events. Our work as a creative producer is two-fold – we devise and develop our own events, including the London Jazz Festival, and commission new collaborations, special projects and new music; as well as using our skills to meet the needs of partners and clients, such as Youth Music, the BBC and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. Our passion for music extends well beyond the concert hall. We have an extensive learning and participation programme and we are committed to supporting artists through projects like Take Five, a professional development scheme for young British jazz composer/performers. To find out more about us and our work visit us online at serious.org.uk

photo: Joe Dilworth

ROYAL ACADEMY of MUSIC

Since 1822 the Royal Academy of Music has prepared students for successful and varied careers in music. Academy musicians study for University of London degrees in instrumental performance, composition, jazz, musical theatre and opera. The Academy’s student community is truly international, with over 50 countries represented. Among the Academy’s most distinguished alumni are Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Lesley Garrett, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Sir Elton John, Annie Lennox, Dame Felicity Lott, Joanna MacGregor and Sir Simon Rattle. Recent graduates who have already made significant impact on the profession include the new Musical Director of English National Opera Edward Gardner, chart-topping soprano Katherine Jenkins, and singer/pianist Myleene Klass. The Academy is based alongside Regent’s Park in central London. Its compact site includes performance venues and a free museum. ‘We’ve had plenty of opportunities to be dazzled this past month… from student performers of the Royal Academy of Music’ Daily Telegraph, February 2008.

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Pangolin London

A purpose-built, commercial gallery located in the main entrance to Kings Place, PANGOLIN LONDON is one of London’s few galleries entirely dedicated to exhibiting sculpture.

TERENCE COVENTRY: NEW WORK PANGOLIN LONDON KINGS PLACE Admission is free. All works are available for purchase. OPENING HOURS Tuesday – Sunday: 10am – 6pm 020 7520 1480 Closed between exhibitions for rehanging email us to be kept up to date: gallery@pangolinlondon.com

above: Ralph Brown Woman Bathing Bronze All photographs © Steve Russell

RALPH BROWN 18 March – 3 May 09 Pangolin London presents a major show of the early work of celebrated sculptor Ralph Brown. Born in Leeds in 1928, Brown was the younger contemporary of the eminent group of Yorkshire sculptors that include Kenneth Armitage, Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore. Like Moore, who befriended him and encouraged him by buying his work, Brown’s art is deeply rooted in the figurative tradition. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, when abstraction prevailed in British sculpture, Brown remained faithful to the human figure and he has long stood out among his contemporaries as a master of human anatomy. Brown was elected a Royal Academician in 1972 and his work can be found in many public collections including the Arts Council of Great Britain, Bristol City Art Gallery, Leeds City Art Gallery, The National Museum of Wales and the Tate Collection, London.

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12 May – 12 July Rooted in a strong figurative tradition, Terence Coventry’s sculpture explores familiar themes such as birds, bulls, cows and boars. The human figure is another preoccupation to which he frequently returns and in this exhibition of recent work we see a new series of joyous, energetic figures full of humour and vitalism. The stimulus of the land and its occupants is central to his sculpture: their ruggedness and gentleness; their movement and behaviour. Coventry expresses his fundamental relationship with his environment and produces images of great power and tenderness. left Ralph Brown Vital Man II Plaster for Bronze

top Ralph Brown Avian Form VI Bronze

Kings Place Gallery

KINGS PLACE GALLERY T: 0207 520 1485 F: 0207 520 1487 E: kpg@kingsplace.co.uk OPENING HOURS Kings Place Gallery, Bookshop and Balcony North Gallery: Please refer to the website for current opening times. Gallery closed Bank Holidays, including Easter Bank Holiday 10 – 13 April ADMISSION FREE

above: Francis Giacobetti The Cry 1992 150 x 100cm Image © Francis Giacobetti

FRANCIS BACON by FRANCIS GIACOBETTI

FRANS WIDERBERG: AFTER EDEN

27 March – 15 May 2009

22 May – 17 July 2009

The conventional view of Francis Bacon is that he was something of a recluse, rarely venturing from his studio and even then restricting his socialising to meeting his bohemian and underworld friends at Soho’s Colony Club. Bacon, however, had something of a parallel life in Paris where he had a broad circle of friends, among whom was Francis Giacobetti. In spite of his reputation for prickly un-cooperativeness, Bacon agreed to collaborate with Giacobetti on this compelling group of portraits. They are pastiches in the true, positive sense of the word, being a kind of homage produced in the manner of his paintings. Bacon constantly used photographs and film stills, and photographers such as Marye, Muybridge and Harold Edgerton were almost part of his DNA. In addition, he had a collection of 1930s medical text books in which x-rays and close-ups of the mouth featured prominently. Much of this reference material found its way into his paintings. The blurred distortions of movement, for example, or fusions of the inner and outer. Another aspect of Giacobetti’s reinventions is the bleak, existential void in which events occur. This empty darkness, never illuminated by more than a single, naked bulb, emanates danger, like a gathering storm. Small wonder that the Australian painter Brett Whiteley borrowed Bacon’s devices for his macabre series of paintings based on Christie, the 1950s serial killer.

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above: Frans Widerberg Centaur Wedding 2000 Oil on canvas 200 x 220cm below: Frans Widerberg Winged Dog 1990 Lithograph 81 x 60cm Exhibition touring to the University Gallery Northumbria University Newcastle upon Tyne 11 September – 23 October ‘09

Years ago Frans Widerberg’s archetypal male and female figures, marooned in a featureless void, evoked the shivering Adam and Eve in Masaccio’s Expulsion. The spindly legged horse and rider had as their sinister predecessor Goethe’s Erl King, although they also had echoes of Daumier’s Don Quixote. The light in which Widerberg’s unreal episodes occur suggested that of the Northern Lights (the Aurora Borealis) or of nuclear incandescence. Later, he peopled his metaphysical dramas with a richly varied company of actors; centaurs, winged dogs, harpies, lions, unicorns and hermaphrodites. In Widerberg’s alternative universe natural laws do not apply. Gravity is suspended; figures swoop or fly or hover upside down. Sometimes they appear to be caught in one of those transmigration chambers familiar from science fiction; bodies seem to dematerialise in a corrosive light. We’ve met his cast of characters before, in the Symbolism of Klinger, Redon and Munch, but the artist to whom he seems most closely connected is the English visionary William Blake. There are differences, of course, between Christian poet and secular humanist, between radical theist and intuitive cosmologist and, while Blake merely aspired to libertarianism, Widerberg expresses it. The similarities, though, include conflicts between “innocence and experience”, love and aggression and enigmatic musings about other spheres of reality. 45

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.

Kings Place EVENTS

We want to share with you our passion for food of incomparable quality and taste. Find delicious summer treats, available every day, at our café in the Atrium of Kings Place. Wonderful homemade food is produced daily on-site; discover our extensive organic selection. Take advantage of free Wi-Fi available throughout the café and the public areas. www.greenandfortune.co.uk

• Waterside location provides a calm and picturesque setting – great for summer parties. • A range of flexible spaces to accommodate from 20 people up to 420 • Dedicated event management team • High-specification conference room • The Battlebridge Room, overlooking the basin, offers flexibility, integral AV facilities and many break-out spaces • Innovative food prepared and served by the Green & Fortune team • Unrivalled national and European transport links to help your delegates and guests arrive fresh and ready for business or pleasure.

Within the impressive rotunda at Kings Place, with waterfront views and al fresco seating, ROTUNDA Restaurant is equally suited to speedy aperitifs, casual daytime bar snacking or to full-on evening dining. The food is all about good quality produce, simply and elegantly presented: beef and lamb are sourced from the restaurant’s own farm and matured on the premises in a dedicated hanging room; tender lamb leg steak, served with mint sauce and roast onions, is particularly noteworthy. All drinks and our extensive wine list are available both indoors and on the terrace. You’ll find our summer offers on the website. For reservations please telephone 020 7014 2840 www.rotundabarandrestaurant.co.uk

Kings Place combines outstanding meeting and events spaces with its concert halls, art galleries, waterside restaurant, café and bars in an inspiring setting just a short stroll from King’s Cross/St Pancras.

To find out more please contact: events@kingsplaceevents.co.uk Event bookings: www.kingsplaceevents.co.uk

Wine Events at Kings Place

Monthly wine tasting events are organised in conjunction with Swig, artisan wines from around the world. For details contact: events@kingsplaceevents.co.uk T: 020 7014 2838

SUMMER CALENDAR

DATE

TIME / SPACE

THEME

EVENT / PERFORMANCE

DATE

TIME / SPACE

THEME

EVENT / PERFORMANCE

Tues 14 Wed 15

8pm Hall Two 7.30pm Hall One

This is Tuesday Fiddles on Fire

The Sound Source: Yannis Kyriakides Blazin’ Fiddles

CC Folk

Sun 10 Mon 11

6.30pm Hall One 7pm Hall One

LCMS Words on Monday

Trio Parnassus Nature: Racing to the Moon

Thur 16

7.30pm Hall One

Fiddles on Fire

Aly Bain/Phil Cunningham/Harald Haugaard Trio Folk

Tues 12

7.30pm Hall One

OAE Enlightenment Week

A Celebration of Handel

Fri 17 Sat 18

7.30pm Hall One 11am L/W/H/St P

Fiddles on Fire Fiddles on Fire

Dave Swarbrick and friends Workshop – Indian, Scottish, Morris, Welsh

Thur 14

8pm Hall Two 6.30pm* Hall One

This Is Tuesday OAE Enlightenment Week

The Sound Source: Turned Off, Tuned Out Rossini & Mendelssohn

12.45pm* Hall Two 2pm L/W/H/St P

Fiddles on Fire Fiddles on Fire

IIana Cravitz – Klezmer Fiddle Folk Workshop – Scottish, Romanian, Irish, American Folk

2.15pm* Hall Two 4pm L/W/H/St P

Fiddles on Fire Fiddles on Fire

Methera Folk Workshop – Swedish, Irish, Klezmer, E. European Folk

4pm* Hall Two 6pm Hall Two 7.30pm Hall One 6.30pm Hall One

Fiddles on Fire Fiddles on Fire Fiddles on Fire LCMS

The Karnatic Violin Folk Hungarian Dances Folk Frankie Gavin, Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill Folk Elias String Quartet C

7pm Hall One 8pm Hall Two 7pm Hall One 7pm Hall Two 7.30pm Hall One 7.30pm Hall One 10.30am St Pancras

Words on Monday This is Tuesday Beethoven Unwrapped: Week 6 Beethoven Unwrapped: Week 6 Beethoven Unwrapped: Week 6 Beethoven Unwrapped: Week 6 Beethoven Unwrapped: Week 6

Hay in the Basin 1 The Multiplier Series 5 Film: Fidelio Piano Masterclass with Jean-Bernard Pommier Beethoven Music for Winds 1 Beethoven Piano Sonatas 6 Study Day: The Chamber Music

T CC F T C C C

Mon 27 Tues 28 Wed 29

11.30am Hall One 7.30pm Hall One 11.30am Hall One 6.30pm Hall One 7.30pm Hall One 8pm Hall Two 7.30pm Hall One

Beethoven Unwrapped: Week 6 Beethoven Unwrapped: Week 6 Beethoven Unwrapped: Week 6 LCMS Words on Monday This is Tuesday Fauré Week

Film: Symphony No. 4; Triple Concerto F Beethoven Music for Winds 2 C Beethoven Music for Winds 3 C Phillippe Graffin, Susanne Teufel & Claire Désert C Poet in the City: Rimbaud and Verlaine T fracture/fissure – Elision Ensemble CC Schubert Ensemble – Fauré & Schumann C

Thur 30

7.30pm Hall One

Fauré Week

Dante String Quartet – Fauré & Schubert

Sun 19 Mon 20 Tues 21 Wed 22 Thur 23 Fri 24 Sat 25

Sun 26

GENRE

Folk Folk

May

Sat 2

T C

Fri 15

10.15pm Concert Bar OAE Enlightenment Week 6.30pm* Hall One OAE Enlightenment Week

The After-Show Henry’s Boadica

C C

Sat 16

7.45pm* St Pancras 9pm* Hall One 10.15pm Concert Bar 11.30am Hall One

OAE Enlightenment Week OAE Enlightenment Week OAE Enlightenment Week OAE Enlightenment Week

Explore Bonduca Henry’s Boadica The After-Show Coffee Concert

T C C C

Mon 18 Tues 19

2.30pm N/A 4pm St Pancras 7.30pm Hall One 11.30am Hall One 6.30pm Hall One 7pm Hall One 8pm Hall Two

OAE Enlightenment Week OAE Enlightenment Week OAE Enlightenment Week OAE Enlightenment Week LCMS Words on Monday This is Tuesday

Guided local walk, linked to Bonduca FILM: England, My England & Tony Palmer Rachel, Pavlo and Franz Baroque Landscapes Fitzwilliam String Quartet & Anna Tilbrook Hay in the Basin 2 The Multiplier Series 6

M F C C C T CC

Wed 20 Thur 21 Fri 22 Sat 23 Sun 24 Wed 27 Thur 28

7.30pm Hall One 7.30pm Hall One 7.30pm Hall One 7.30pm Hall One 6.30pm Hall One 7pm Hall One 7pm Hall Two

East Meets West East Meets West East Meets West East Meets West LCMS Beethoven Unwrapped: Week 7 Beethoven Unwrapped: Week 7

Festival of India Indian Legends Indian Influences Bombay to Buenos Aires Orchestra of St John’s Film: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Piano Masterclass

W W M M C F T

7.30pm Hall One 7.30pm Hall One 10.30am St Pancras 11.30am Hall One 7.30pm Hall One

Beethoven Unwrapped: Week 7 Beethoven Unwrapped: Week 7 Beethoven Unwrapped: Week 7 Beethoven Unwrapped: Week 7 Beethoven Unwrapped: Week 7

Beethoven Cello Sonatas 1 Beethoven Piano Sonatas 7 Study Day: The Unknown Beethoven Film – Cello Sonatas Beethoven’s Pianos

C C T F C

7pm Hall One 8pm Hall Two 7.30pm* Hall One

Words on Monday This Is Tuesday Endymion – Sound Census

RPS Lecture: Listening Out To The Future This Isn’t For You Sound Census 1

T CC CC

8.45pm* Hall One 10pm* Hall One 7.30pm* Hall One 8.45pm* Hall One 10pm* Hall One 6pm St Pancras 7.30pm* Hall One 9pm Hall One 2pm St Pancras 6pm Hall Two 7.30pm* Hall One 8.45pm* Hall One 10pm* Hall One

Endymion – Sound Census Endymion – Sound Census Endymion – Sound Census Endymion – Sound Census Endymion – Sound Census Endymion – Sound Census Endymion – Sound Census Endymion – Sound Census Endymion – Sound Census Endymion – Sound Census Endymion – Sound Census Endymion – Sound Census Endymion – Sound Census

Endymion Classics – Mozart & Poulenc Birtwistle’s Orpheus Elegies Sound Census 2 Endymion Classics – Brahms Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time Give Us A Cue! Quiz Night Sound Census 3 Morton Feldman’s Crippled Symmetry Composing For All Composing For All! Concert Sound Census 4 Endymion Classics – Mozart & Mendelssohn Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet

C CC CC C CC T J C T C CC C C

Sun 17

Tues 5 Wed 6 Thur 7 Fri 8 Sat 9

Pre-concert talk by John Rutter T Fauré’s Requiem – Clare College Choir, Cambridge C

10pm* Hall One 11.30am Hall Two 5.15pm* Hall One 7.30pm Hall One 6.30pm Hall One

Fauré Week Fauré Week Fauré Week Fauré Week LCMS

William Howard – Fauré at the Piano Study Day: Finding Fauré Students from the Royal Academy of Music Schubert Ensemble – Fauré & Mendelssohn Carducci String Quartet

8pm Hall Two 1pm Hall One 7.30pm Hall One 1pm Hall One 7.30pm Hall One 1pm Hall One 7.30pm Hall One 1pm Hall One 7.30pm Hall One

This is Tuesday Louvre Musical Pictures Louvre Musical Pictures Louvre Musical Pictures Louvre Musical Pictures Louvre Musical Pictures Louvre Musical Pictures Louvre Musical Pictures Louvre Musical Pictures

This Isn’t For You Georgi Anichenko & Anastasia Terenkova Modigliani String Quartet Modigliani String Quartet Georgi Anichenko & Anastasia Terenkova Alexandra Soumm & Julien Quentin Jean-Frédéric Neuburger Jean-Frédéric Neuburger Alexandra Soumm & Julien Quentin

* kp45' – 45 minute concert, with no interval

T C C C CC C C C C C C C C

Mon 1 Tues 2 Wed 3

Thur 4

Fri 5

Sat 6

June

Sun 3

Fauré Week Fauré Week

C CC C

Mendelssohn Explored Rossini & Mendelssohn

6.30pm Hall One 7.30pm Hall One

C T

7.45pm* St Pancras OAE Enlightenment Week 9pm* Hall One OAE Enlightenment Week

Fri 29 Sat 30 Fri 1

GENRE

May

April

SUMMER CALENDAR

June

SUMMER CALENDAR DATE Mon 8

TIME / SPACE 7pm Hall One

THEME Words on Monday

EVENT / PERFORMANCE Nature: The Big Science Debate

Tues 9 Wed 10

8pm Hall Two 6.30pm St Pancras 8pm Hall One

This is Tuesday Paris Jazz Paris Jazz

Sound Source: Plundering Žižek and Silent Disco CC The Twenties T Birelli Lagrene Trio J

Thur 11

6.30pm St Pancras 8pm Hall One 6.30pm St Pancras

Paris Jazz Paris Jazz Paris Jazz

Davis Meets Greco Martial Solal Liberation…

T J T

8pm Hall One 10pm Hall Two

Paris Jazz Paris Jazz

Bojan Z Remembering Lacy

J M

2pm Hall Two

Paris Jazz

Jazz and the Nouvelle Vague

6.30pm St Pancras 8pm Hall One

Paris Jazz Paris Jazz

Paris Jazz Now Henri Texier

J J

Fri 12

Sat 13

GENRE T

10pm Hall Two

Paris Jazz

Paris Jazz Club Night

Mon 15 Wed 17

7pm Hall One 7.30pm Hall One

Words on Monday RAM Week

Poet in the City: Spoken Word All-stars International Jazz

T J

Thur 18

7.30pm Hall One

RAM Week

Dali Piano Trio and Friends

Fri 19

6pm* Hall Two 7.30pm Hall One 10am-3pm Hall Two 6pm* Hall Two 7.30pm Hall One 7pm Hall One 7.30pm Hall One 7pm Hall Two 7.30pm Hall One 10.30am St Pancras 11.30am Hall One 7.30pm Hall One 11.30am Hall One

RAM Week RAM Week RAM Week RAM Week RAM Week Beethoven Unwrapped: Week 8 Beethoven Unwrapped: Week 8 Beethoven Unwrapped: Week 8 Beethoven Unwrapped: Week 8 Beethoven Unwrapped: Week 8 Beethoven Unwrapped: Week 8 Beethoven Unwrapped: Week 8 Beethoven Unwrapped: Week 8

Eight Harps Mozart and Strauss music for wind Open Academy Family Day Songs of Innocence & Experience Royal Academy Soloists FILM: Hammerklavier Beethoven String Trio 1 Beethoven Masterclass Beethoven Piano Sonata 8 Study Day – The Big Four FILM: The Ninth Beethoven Cello Sonata 2 Beethoven String Trio 2

Sat 20

Tues 23 Wed 24 Thur 25 Fri 26 Sat 27

Sun 28

C M C FF M C F C T C T F C C

* kp45' – 45 minute concert, with no interval Genre Code V – Voice W – World F – Film T – Talk J – Jazz FF – Family C – Classical CC – Contemporary Classical D – Dance M – Mixed O – Opera

FREE FRIDAY NIGHT JAZZ with the Spitz Jazz Collective Kings Place Atrium 5.30pm – 8.30pm on Fridays The Spitz, in the Old Spitalfields Market, was a renowned music venue, bistro and gallery, spicing up the menu with their soulful rhythms. Spitz Jazz Collective are now delighted to be resident at Kings Place on Friday evenings and are bringing the Spitz back to life in a very different milieu – a welcome addition to the music to be enjoyed at Kings Place! Jane Glitre, Spitz Founder

Booking Information

Book Online for best ticket prices: www.kingsplace.co.uk The brochure quotes our online ticket prices. Offline bookings: Please note, tickets cost £2 extra if booked by these other methods: By Phone 020 7520 1490 10am – 8pm Monday to Saturday; 12 noon – 7pm on Sundays Closed Bank Holidays. In Person The Box Office is open from 11.00am Monday to Saturday; from 12 noon on Sunday; the Box Office remains open for 30 minutes after the start of the last performance. Closed Bank Holidays. By Post Kings Place Box Office, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG 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 Kings Place website has been designed to be friendly for the visually impaired. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE For a copy of our terms and conditions of sale, please call the Box Office, or visit our website at www.kingsplace.co.uk

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Getting to Kings Place

announcing KINGS PLACE is located just 300 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, Metropolitan, Piccadilly, Victoria, Hammersmith & City and Northern 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. BUS The Bus Route to York Way is 390. Other services running to nearby King’s Cross St Pancras: 10, 17, 30, 45, 46, 59, 63, 73, 91, 205, 214, 259, 476. 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 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. 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 BICYCLE Cycle racks are available on Crinan Street. Cycle helmets and other equipment can be left in any of the cloakrooms at Kings Place.

Kings Place Festival 2009 100 EVENTS in 3 DAYS classical, contemporary, world, experimental and vocal music, spoken word and family events over 3 exciting days

4, 5, 6 September Tickets £4.50 online on sale from Saturday 2 May full details available soon

Spring House Design | Print: Graphicom srl | Photography: Tom Bland, Keith Paisley, Mykel Nicolaou, Liv Prema Ronningen

90 York Way London N1 9AG

a new creative centre presenting music, painting and sculpture from around the world, with a waterside restaurant, bar/cafĂŠ, conference and events facilities