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From: "Kings Place" <kingsplace@kingsplace.co.uk>
Date: 29 May 2015 18:15:45 BST
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Subject: New Season now on sale!

New Season now on sale!

We are delighted to present our Autumn Season, full to the brim with talent in the arenas of classical, contemporary, folk, jazz and world music, comedy and spoken word. Happy browsing…

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We are delighted to present our Autumn Season, full to the brim with the very best of classical, contemporary, folk, jazz and world music, comedy and spoken word. Look out for our flagship series Minimalism Unwrapped and returning favourites London Lit Weekend, EFG London Jazz Festival, LIFEM and London Guitar Festival.
Hope to see you at Kings Place soon...

EGF London Jazz Festival
Nik Bärtsch
The Sixteen
The Sixteen

EFG London Jazz Festival
N Bärtsch, D Virelles & A Sheppard
13-14 & 19-20 November

The British premiere of Swiss pianist-composer Nik Bärtsch's work for chamber ensemble plus the UK debut of his new group Mobile Extended launch EFG London Jazz Festival's Kings Place Residency. The second weekend features the David Virelles Quartet and eminent saxophonist Andy Sheppard.

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London International Festival of Exploratory Music
Wim Mertens

The Sixteen
Choral Pilgrimage
8 October

Harry Christophers' ensemble takes a trip back to 16th-century Seville, one of the biggest, richest and most cosmopolitan cities on earth. It was during this Spanish 'golden age' where arts and culture flourished. Two influential composers of this period were Guerrero and Lobo, master and disciple.

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London Lit Weekend
Melvyn Bragg

LIFEM'15 at Minimalism Unwrapped

Wim Mertens, Bruno Sanfilippo + more
5 – 8 November

A much-anticipated return from the acclaimed Flemish composer and pianist Wim Mertens opens this year's LIFEM festival, which explores the music of Minimalist pianist-composers. French pianist Sylvain Chauveau, Argentinian composer Bruno Sanfilippo and Berlin-based British composer Greg Haines complete the impressive international line-up.

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London Lit Weekend
Melvyn Bragg, John Sutherland + more
3 – 4 October

A small, stimuating festival of talks and discussions to exercise your brain on an autumn weekend. Trollope, Thatcher, inequality, classics, the best essay writers, overrated authors, our fascination with animals... These are just some of the topics the best thinkers and speakers in the field will be discussing over the weekend. Join in!

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Classical highlights
The Little Match Girl Passion
London Guitar Festival 2015
London Chamber Music Series

Minimalism Unwrapped
continues throughout Autumn
until 20 December

The Piano Trios and String Quartets of Michael Nyman, David Lang's Pulitzer award-winning The Little Match Girl Passion, Arvo Pärt's St John Passion from the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Gavin Bryars' iconic Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet and Terry Riley's In C from Aurora are some of the highlights as the series continues.

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London Guitar Festival
Juan Martín, Mabel Millán + more
21 October – 1 November

Offering concerts, classes and workshops, the London Guitar Festival never fails to inspire the guitar aficionados as well as concert audiences. This year, the legendary flamenco guitarist Juan Martín and the Vida Guitar Quartet return to the festival and the talented Spanish guitarist Mabel Millán makes her UK debut.

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Chilingirian Quartet
Mozart-Beethoven-Bartók Series
Starting 8 November

London Chamber Music Series commemorates the 70th anniversary of Bartók's death by reconstructing the first UK performances of the complete cycle of his quartets. Each of the six quartets is coupled with one from another groundbreaking series, Beethoven's Op. 18 and one of Mozart's mature quartets.

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Ulla's Odyssey
Far, far away...
Edmund de Waal

Ulla's Odyssey
OperaUpClose
11, 18 October & 15, 22 November

Award-winning OperaUpClose make their Kings Place debut with the première of fun, feisty, family-friendly Ulla's Odyssey. 16-year-old Ulla, joined by her cat Binnacle, attempts to become the youngest person to sail the world single-handedly in her boat 'The Homer'. Includes live music and puppetry; also suitable for children aged 7+.

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Far, Far Away...
Aurora Orchestra
6 – 7 November

Aurora's seasonal concerts for children aged 0-5 and 6+ will this time explore the magical music of Britten in a wild adventure through the House of Secret Sounds. Waltz with silver spoons, roam the hall of mirrors, and do battle with a mischievous bathtub, all brought to life with brand new chamber arrangements of Britten's music.

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Celan: Sounds and Vision
Poet in the City & Aurora Orch.
12 November

Kings Place's Resident Orchestra Aurora and Poet in the City join forces to present a unique evening of poetry, music and art, in a celebration of the life and work of Paul Celan. With Edmund de Waal, Prof. Karen Leeder and Aurora players, featuring live music from Berg to Birtwistle, stunning visuals, poetry and discussion.

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other highlights
David Constantine
Laugh for Leukaemia!
Kris Drever & Ian Carr

Celebrating Ted Hughes
David Constantine and guests

16 November

Poet in the City presents an event exploring the life and work of Ted Hughes, marking the 50th anniversary of Modern Poetry in Translation. Featuring acclaimed poet and former MPT editor David Constantine, this special event will look at Hughes' poetry and his own translations, celebrating one of the true giants of 20th century poetry.

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Laugh for Leukaemia!
Charity Comedy
9 October

Nick Mohammed's Laugh for Leukaemia is back with another stellar secret line-up! Previously we've brought you the likes of Isy Suttie, Alistair McGowan, Sheeps alongside comedy giants such as Daniel Kitson, The Inbetweeners, Tim Key, Sarah Millican and Simon Amstell. In aid of Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.

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Kris Drever & Ian Carr
Folk at Kings Place
25 September

Kris Drever (Lau) and Ian Carr are two of the most talented and in-demand acoustic guitarists.
Touring as a duo for the first time, these shows offer an opportunity to hear material from Carr's recently released and highly acclaimed 2015 album Who He? alongside songs from Drever's much loved catalogue.

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more events by genre

CLASSICAL

Rautio Piano Trio:
Stravinsky, Weill & Shostakovich
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Keyboard Conversations:
Classics Go Pop!
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Virginia Black:
Bach, Scarlatti, Rameau & Mozart
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Cellophony:
Alice in Wonderland
& The Four Seasons
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Christoph Richter: The Complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas
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Fauré's Verlaine Settings
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Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble:
Mozart, Schubert & Rossini
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Leonore Trio: The Complete Beethoven Trios
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Wihan Quartet
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Martino Tirimo's Schubert:
Great Piano Works III
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Fidelio Trio: Beethoven, Ravel, Benjamin Dwyer
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Cordelia Williams plays Messiaen
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Beethoven Plus! 10 Violin Sonatas + New Commissions
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Raphael Wallfisch
(cello)
& John York 
(piano)
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Penelope Thwaites: A Poet at War
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The Vida Guitar Quartet
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Afiara Quartet & James Campbell
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Keyboard Conversations:
Chopin & Grieg
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Rosamunde Trio:
Chauson, Mozart, Brahms

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Fine Arts Quartet with Friedrich Lips: Haydn, Podgaits, Schubert
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Aurora: Tavener, Adams, Pärt
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Endymion & EXAUDI perform Pärt
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Cambridge Uni. Chamber Orch.
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Joy & James Lisney:
Ru
ssian Connections

CONTEMPORARY

Minimalism Unwrapped
featuring FitkinWall, CHROMA, The Little Match Girl Passion, Gavin Bryars Ensemble, Mikhail Karikis, JUICE, Tom Kersten's G Plus Ensemble, Piano Circus, NONCLASSICAL and more
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LIFEM (London International Festival of Exploratory Music)
Wim Mertens, Bruno Sanfilippo, Sylvain Chauveau & Greg Haines
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OperaUpClose
Ulla's Odyssey
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WORDS

Martin Ford: The Rise of the Robots 
Technology and the Threat of Mass Unemployment
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An Evening with Richard Dawkins
My Life in Science
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I'm Black So You Don't Have to Be
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Rose Tremain
The Art of the Short Story
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Inspector Rebus returns
Ian Rankin on his new novel
'Even Dogs in the Wild'
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Silenced Voices
Freedom of Artistic Expression
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Rock'n' Roll Politics 
with Steve Richards
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FAMILY

Alice in Wonderland
Cellophony Family Concert
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Discovering Beethoven
with Leonore Trio
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Hubbub: A Musical Adventure
Aurora Orch. & actor Josie Rattigan
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Far, far away...
Aurora Orchestra Family Concerts
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Ulla's Odyssey

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