World premieres. Secret events. New chamber works, mixed media, electronics, jazz, and classical music for a contemporary audience.

Featuring Polar Bear & The Neil Cowley Trio, Nick Luscombe, The Night Shift, Tippett Quartet, Barokksolistene and more.

In partnership with Village Underground

Tuesday 21 June

Polar Bear & The Neil Cowley Trio

8.00pm-10.30pm

Tickets: £15 

A night of high energy and high octane music, presented by two of the UK’s most exciting experimental jazz bands. Polar Bear are masters of everything from cool jazz to funk to electronics; The Neil Cowley Trio create sounds that twist jazz, rock, dance and classical themes with unbridled energy, from rock-out manic riffs, to reflective moments of pure elegance.

Wednesday 22 June

Nick Luscombe Presents...

7.30pm-12.00am

Tickets: £15 

A night of live electronic music, visuals and interviews hosted by DJ/broadcaster Nick Luscombe (BBC Radio 3 Late Junction/Flomotion). Featuring performances from intergalactic synthesiser duo The Simonsound, the dubstep/Detroit House/ambient stylings of Subeena as well as Ski Oakenfull’s project Ayota, with a special live audio visual performance that incorporates elements of time and sound shifting formed during Ski’s extensive travels to Japan. Nick will be interviewing the musicians as well as providing DJs sets throughout the evening.

Thursday 23 June

The Tippett Quartet

7.00pm-8.30pm

Tickets: £15 

Old and new, together in a compact and perfectly formed programme spanning Beethoven to Tippett and including English composer Anthony Payne’s String Quartet No.1.

Thursday 23 June

An Alehouse Session

9.30-10.30pm

Tickets: £10 

In the late 17th century, when the theatres were closed for religious reasons, many alehouses were turned into so-called Musick-Houses, where musicians gathered to play intimate concerts for an enthusiastic and beer-thirsty audience. An Alehouse Session brings Spitalfields a 21st century take on this phenomenon bringing you humour, anecdote, drinks and glorious music in an informal setting.

Friday 24 June

The Night Shift Classical Music: Minus the Rules

9.00pm (doors open 8.00 pm)

Tickets: £8 in advance; £10 on door; £4 students 

Enjoy gutsy, dramatic music by Handel, including an aria from his opera Julius Cesare and one of his vibrant concerto grossi. Performed by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in a contemporary, laid-back atmosphere.