Kings Place

Maia, the four-piece alternative acoustic band from Huddersfield bill themselves as ‘playing all sorts of disco sci-fi folk pop on ukulele, cajon, trumpet, banjo, mandolin or whatever else is lying around!’

They talk about the launch of their new album at Kings Place, Friday 5 October.

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Throughout the 20th Century serious, and not so serious, composers flirted with cabaret and jazz. Serious Cabaret is the new CD by Mary Carewe and Philip Mayers and also describes their unique take on cabaret.

‘Mary Carewe hits the ideal balance between cabaret style (with a touch of the old-fashioned belter) and art-song style...’ The Guardian
Mary performs two shows at Kings Place Festival 2012, with a mix of classic 1920s Berlin cabaret, art and theatre songs and contemporary classical repertoire.

Serious Cabaret: Leaving Berlin

Serious Cabaret: Over The Piano

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Norwegian Tubist Daniel Herskedal talks about his new album 'Neck of the Woods', working with saxophonist Marius Neset, his compositional influences and what he's got coming up. 

Neck of the Woods is released worldwide from 27th August 2012 on Edition Records. 

Daniel and Marius peform at Kings Place Festival - 16th September

Written in 1607, Monteverdi's ground-breaking L'Orfeo, Favola in Musica fuses the tragical tradition of Greek antiquity and the Baroque's revolutionary expressive palette. 

We caught up with David Bates, director of La Nuova Musica, who perform L'Orfeo, Favola in Musica at Kings Place on 23 June 2012. 

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"Jeffrey Siegel's 'Keyboard Conversations' programme is unique, informative and very entertaining. A piano virtuoso and first class communicator, Jeffrey Siegel makes you leave the theatre hungry for more music." David Suchet

Pianist Jeffrey Siegel is a unique performer who not only performs but offers insights and a commentary to the audience so that everyone can enjoy - from 6 to 106!

We caught up with him to talk about his vision as well as the theme for his upcoming concert: A Musical Love Triangle - Brahms and the Schumanns

Kings Place
Wednesday 30 May

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If you are serious about your playing the four day Jazz workshop is the ideal way to spend the Easter break this April. 

But there is more! The Easter Jazz Festival runs alongside the workshops and is open to everybody. Don't miss performances from Deborah Brown, Peter King, a triple bill of top pianists Frank Harrison, Kit Downes, Jason Rebello and Bruce Barth plus films and free events. 

Find out more about the Easter Jazz Workshop and Festival 
6-9 April 2012 
Kings Place

The Brodsky Quartet perform Shostakovich's complete quartets, after first setting the scene and delving into the great mans mind with his Preludes and Fugues for piano and the Piano Quintet, in which pianist Jenny Lin will join the Brodsky Quartet.

Kings Place
26 - 29 April 2012

We interview Harry Christophers, leader of The Sixteen, ahead of their performances as part of Brahms Unwrapped. 

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Jack Cheshire
Kings Place
Friday 30 March 2012

 "Ludicrously underrated... You'll adore it if you like Roy Harper, Nick Drake, Gravenhurst or Badly Drawn Boy, for this is exquisite melancholy song writing in the finest traditions of mildly psychedelic, quintessentially English, stoner folk." 

"The vocals are attractively slurred and sleepy, the lyrics dreamlike and beautiful, and the melodies and arrangements - check out Magic Eye Lens - get right under your skin. Buy this now." 
The Sunday Telegraph 

Ahead of their live shows at Kings Place, we interview Tim Daniels and Tom Reynolds from The Complete Guide to Everything, iTunes chart topping comedy podcast.

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