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| Sunday 26-May-13 07:00pm |
 Sage: Hall One, GatesheadThe Two of Us: The Lennon and McCartney Songbook |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Sunday 26-May-13 07:00pm The Two of Us: The Lennon and McCartney Songbook Following our John Lennon Songbook concert, we revisit Lennon, focusing on his incredible songwriting relationship with Paul McCartney. Once again we are joined by Joe Stilgoe, alongside award-winning jazz singer Claire Martin and actor and vocalist Mark McGann. Join us for this rare opportunity to hear all your Beatles favourites, including ‘Penny Lane’, ‘All You Need Is Love’, ‘Yesterday’, ‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds’, ‘Strawberry Fields’ and more, accompanied by Northern Sinfonia. | ||
| Thursday 30-May-13 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead Danse Concertantes |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Thursday 30-May-13 07:30pm Danse Concertantes “I feel certain it shall please” wrote Mozart upon finishing his Paris symphony after a series of frustrating false-starts in France. The new symphony did just that, brimming with an effervescence, hope and freshness that tuned directly in to the city’s love for the bold and gregarious. Saint-Saëns, Stravinsky and Prokofiev all lived in Paris after Mozart, their music never losing that elegance, élan and energy which its citizens so adore. | ||
| Sunday 9-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead The Romantic Symphony 4 |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Sunday 9-Jun-13 07:30pm The Romantic Symphony 4 May 1841, and Clara Schumann could hear her husband at work on his Fourth Symphony. “I know it is emerging from the bottom of his heart’ she wrote.” In fact, her husband was writing Clara into the piece: in the delicately winding string and bassoon theme of the work’s opening, Schumann purposefully captured their fragile but heartfelt love. The distinct, mature colouring of Brahms’s final symphony brings our season-long double portrait of Brahms and Schumann to a close. | ||
| Saturday 29-Jun-13 04:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead Siegfried |
Opera North Annalena Persson, Soprano: Brünnhilde Mati Turi, Tenor: Siegfried Richard Roberts, Tenor: Mime Michael Druiett, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Jo Polheim, Baritone: Alberich Mats Almgren, Bass-baritone: Fafner Fflur Wyn, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) Andrea Baker, Contralto: Erda Richard Farnes, Conductor |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Saturday 29-Jun-13 04:30pm Annalena Persson, Soprano: Brünnhilde Mati Turi, Tenor: Siegfried Richard Roberts, Tenor: Mime Michael Druiett, Bass-baritone: Wanderer Jo Polheim, Baritone: Alberich Mats Almgren, Bass-baritone: Fafner Fflur Wyn, Soprano: Waldvogel (the woodbird) Andrea Baker, Contralto: Erda Richard Farnes, Conductor | ||
| Saturday 29-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead The Ring Cycle |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Saturday 29-Jun-13 07:30pm The Ring Cycle The third part of Wagner’s epic ‘Ring Cycle’, being performed over four years by Opera North. In the penultimate part of this great tragedy of love and power, the hero, Siegfried, awakens the warrior maiden Brünnhilde, lying in a deep sleep surrounded by magic fire, and makes her his wife. | ||
| Saturday 29-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Gateshead Heritage at St Mary's Italian Baroque |
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| Gateshead Heritage at St Mary's, Oakwellgate (next to the SAGE), Gateshead NE8 2AU, United Kingdom Saturday 29-Jun-13 07:30pm Italian Baroque | ||
| Sunday 30-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead Northern Sinfonia Summer Chamber Series |
Bartók, Duos for Two Violins, Sz 98 (Selections) |
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| Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead, Hill Gate, Gateshead, United Kingdom Sunday 30-Jun-13 07:00pm Northern Sinfonia Summer Chamber Series Tickets: £16 Bartók, Béla (1881-1945), Duos for Two Violins, Sz 98 (Selections) | ||
| Sunday 7-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead Carmina Burana |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Sunday 7-Jul-13 07:30pm Carmina Burana | ||
| Sunday 14-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead The Hallé |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Sunday 14-Jul-13 07:30pm The Hallé The Hallé return with conductor Stephen Bell for a spectacular night packed full of classics. From the serenity of Saint-Saën’s ‘The Swan’ and the stately pomp of Elgar’s ‘Nimrod’ to the rip roaring excitement of Tchaikovsky’s ‘1812 Overture’ - there’s something for everyone from one of Britain’s most respected orchestras. Tickets: £10-£33 | ||
| Thursday 18-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead Northern Sinfonia Summer Chamber Series |
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| Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead, Hill Gate, Gateshead, United Kingdom Thursday 18-Jul-13 07:00pm Northern Sinfonia Summer Chamber Series Tickets: £16 | ||
| Wednesday 31-Jul-13 07:00pm |
Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead Northern Sinfonia Summer Chamber Series |
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| Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead, Hill Gate, Gateshead, United Kingdom Wednesday 31-Jul-13 07:00pm Northern Sinfonia Summer Chamber Series Tickets: £16 | ||
| Sunday 29-Sep-13 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead A German Requiem |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Sunday 29-Sep-13 07:30pm A German Requiem In 1857, encouraged by his mentor Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms began work on his choral masterpiece ‘A German Requiem’. Schumann hoped Brahms would deliver “wonderful glimpses of the spirit world”, and he wasn’t disappointed. What Brahms created was a Requiem unlike any other: a piece that carried the gift of spiritual comfort rather than the threat of impending judgment, conveying the weight of Germany’s cultural tradition in the process – a poignant opening to Thomas Zehetmair’s final season as Music Director. With a pre-concert talk and postconcert ‘Northern Sinfonia Spotlight’ Buses from Alnwick, Hexham and Carlisle. Tickets: £10-£33 | ||
| Thursday 3-Oct-13 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead From Player to Podium: Julian Rachlin |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Thursday 3-Oct-13 07:30pm From Player to Podium: Julian Rachlin Two of Mendelssohn’s most carefree and radiant works meet in this concert featuring the remarkable violinist Julian Rachlin as both soloist and conductor. After the serenity of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto – a gift to one of his closest friends and collaborators – comes the thrusting brilliance of his Italian Symphony, the composer’s fascinating take on symphonic theory tinged with poetry and romance. With a post-concert ‘Northern Sinfonia Presents...’ Buses from Alnwick, Hexham and Carlisle. Tickets: £10-£29 | ||
| Tuesday 8-Oct-13 09:00pm |
Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead Late Mix: Britten |
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| Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead, Hill Gate, Gateshead, United Kingdom Tuesday 8-Oct-13 09:00pm Late Mix: Britten A fascinating juxtaposition of youthful energy and vibrancy and an unknowing final musical statement, Northern Sinfonia members perform music from the student Britten and the experienced Britten. Colin Matthews, who was and is a great supporter of Britten and his music, features with his Oboe Quartet written for Nottingham University whilst Thomas MacMillan’s ‘A Thousand Plateaus’ was created just this year as part of his studies at Newcastle University. Tickets: £16 | ||
| Sunday 13-Oct-13 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead The Hallé |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Sunday 13-Oct-13 07:30pm The Hallé When the 19-year old student Dmitri Shostakovich handed in the score for his first symphony in 1925, his tutors were stunned. Shostakovich’s dramatic, impulsive and strident work seemed to combine Tchaikovsky’s emotional fervour, Prokofiev’s playful joie de vivre and Scriabin’s intense heat. Rory Macdonald and the Hallé perform Shostakovich’s eye-widening first symphony alongside Rachmaninov’s devious dance after Paganini and Britten’s monumental celebration of the orchestra. With a pre-concert talk. Buses from Alnwick and Hexham. Tickets: £13-£36 | ||
| Thursday 17-Oct-13 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead Illuminations |
Britten, Les Illuminations, for soprano or tenor and strings, Op.18 (with three additional movements orchestrated by Colin Matthews) |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Thursday 17-Oct-13 07:30pm Illuminations Mysterious, urgent, complex and unprecedented, Mozart’s last three symphonies seemed to appear from nowhere but at the same time carried a underlying power and passion that no generation has been able to ignore. Thomas Zehetmair conducts all three with the enchanting Salzburg Divertimenti, beginning here with the joyous explosion that is the Symphony No.39 and luminous songs by Benjamin Britten from the ice-pure voice of Julie Fuchs. With a post-concert ‘Northern Sinfonia Spotlight’. Buses from Alnwick and Hexham. Tickets: £10-£33. Dedicated to the memory of Jan Dyer. Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976), Les Illuminations, for soprano or tenor and strings, Op.18 (with three additional movements orchestrated by Colin Matthews) | ||
| Tuesday 22-Oct-13 08:00pm |
Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead Beethoven Sonatas: Moonlight |
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| Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead, Hill Gate, Gateshead, United Kingdom Tuesday 22-Oct-13 08:00pm Beethoven Sonatas: Moonlight Championed by Daniel Barenboim and renowned for the clarity and feeling of his Beethoven playing, pianist Saleem Abboud Askhar begins his series, reaching across the coming seasons, of the seminal piano sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven with the outward glitter of the C major Sonata, the fate-filled C minor Sonata and the almost naïve purity of the sonata in E flat. Finally he plays the most famous of all – the singing restraint and brooding unrest of Beethoven’s iconic ‘Moonlight’ Sonata. Tickets: £16-£20 | ||
| Friday 25-Oct-13 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead Serenade |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Friday 25-Oct-13 07:30pm Serenade One century ago, a musician was born who did more to encapsulate the geographical and linguistic qualities of England than any other composer had managed before or has since. In his haunting Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Benjamin Britten set poetry by Blake, Tennyson and Cotton with a intensity, penetration and unity of atmosphere that hadn’t been heard before. We hear the Serenade here alongside the second of Mozart’s carefree ‘Salzburg’ Divertimenti and his frantic, eerie but compelling Symphony No.40. With a post-concert ‘Northern Sinfonia Spotlight’. Buses from Alnwick and Hexham. Tickets: £10-£33. | ||
| Friday 8-Nov-13 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead Legends: Dvořák and Tchaikovsky |
Dvořák, Legends, Op.59 (Nos. 1, 9 and 2) Dvořák, Legends, Op.59 (Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 3) |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Friday 8-Nov-13 07:30pm Legends: Dvořák and Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky’s heart-on-sleeve showpiece, his unforgettable Violin Concerto is played by the unforgettable Veronika Eberle. You may never have heard them before, but prepare to be enchanted by Antonín Dvořák’s ‘Legends’ – ten charming orchestral pictures exploring elements of human character with all the beguiling imagination and heartfelt rapture that demonstrates the best from this composer, not least the exquisite second of his ‘Slavonic Dances.’ With a pre-concert talk. Tickets: £10-£33 Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904), Legends, Op.59 (Nos. 1, 9 and 2) Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904), Legends, Op.59 (Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 3) | ||
| Tuesday 12-Nov-13 08:00pm |
Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead Beethoven Septet |
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| Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead, Hill Gate, Gateshead, United Kingdom Tuesday 12-Nov-13 08:00pm Beethoven Septet Beethoven’s celebrated Septet for winds didn’t just take the composer’s writing to a new level; it helped make his name in Vienna. In this inventive and colourful piece there is, according to musicologist Peter Holman, “grandeur, intimacy, virtuosity and informality”. Wind soloists of Northern Sinfonia invite you into the Septet’s alluring twist and turns in this concert, after playing similarly engaging and celebrated chamber works by August Klughardt and Benjamin Britten. Tickets: £16 | ||
| Sunday 1-Dec-13 07:00pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead Messiah |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Sunday 1-Dec-13 07:00pm Messiah Tickets: £10-£33 | ||
| Friday 6-Dec-13 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead Beethoven Emperor |
Schubert, Overture in D major, "In the Italian Style" |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Friday 6-Dec-13 07:30pm Beethoven Emperor One composer’s first great symphony meets another’s last great piano concerto. Mozart discovered his trademark symphonic brilliance and tunefulness for the first time in the 35th Symphony, a piece whose joyous finale with its rushing scales and lunging changes in texture and volume are heard here after a truly landmark work – Beethoven’s mammoth ‘Emperor’ concerto, as heroic and virtuosic as it is touching and profound. With a post-concert ‘Northern Sinfonia Spotlight’. Buses from Alnwick and Hexham. Tickets: £10-£29 Schubert, Franz (1797-1828), Overture in D major, "In the Italian Style" | ||
| Thursday 12-Dec-13 09:00pm |
Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead Late Mix Cabaret: From Bohemia to the Black Sea |
Martinů, Duo for Violin and Cello |
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| Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead, Hill Gate, Gateshead, United Kingdom Thursday 12-Dec-13 09:00pm Late Mix Cabaret: From Bohemia to the Black Sea Martinů, Bohuslav (1890-1959), Duo for Violin and Cello | ||
| Saturday 14-Dec-13 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead Rejoice! With Northern Sinfonia |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Saturday 14-Dec-13 07:30pm Rejoice! With Northern Sinfonia Tickets: £10-£33 Supported by The Vardy Foundation | ||
| Sunday 15-Dec-13 03:00pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead Rejoice! With Northern Sinfonia |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Sunday 15-Dec-13 03:00pm Rejoice! With Northern Sinfonia Tickets: £10-£33 Supported by The Vardy Foundation | ||
| Monday 23-Dec-13 02:00pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead The Snowman |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Monday 23-Dec-13 02:00pm The Snowman Bring all the family along to our annual screening of the classic animated film of Raymond Briggs’s ‘The Snowman’. The film is accompanied by Northern Sinfonia performing Howard Blake’s score live and a chorister to sing ‘Walking in the Air’. A Christmas tradition at Sage Gateshead and a magical experience for all. Tickets: £15-£17, Family ticket: £50 (four people, must include at least one child) | ||
| Monday 23-Dec-13 05:00pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead The Snowman |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Monday 23-Dec-13 05:00pm The Snowman Bring all the family along to our annual screening of the classic animated film of Raymond Briggs’s ‘The Snowman’. The film is accompanied by Northern Sinfonia performing Howard Blake’s score live and a chorister to sing ‘Walking in the Air’. A Christmas tradition at Sage Gateshead and a magical experience for all. Tickets: £15-£17, Family ticket: £50 (four people, must include at least one child) | ||
| Tuesday 24-Dec-13 11:00am |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead The Snowman |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Tuesday 24-Dec-13 11:00am The Snowman Bring all the family along to our annual screening of the classic animated film of Raymond Briggs’s ‘The Snowman’. The film is accompanied by Northern Sinfonia performing Howard Blake’s score live and a chorister to sing ‘Walking in the Air’. A Christmas tradition at Sage Gateshead and a magical experience for all. Tickets: £15-£17, Family ticket: £50 (four people, must include at least one child) | ||
| Tuesday 24-Dec-13 02:00pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead The Snowman |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Tuesday 24-Dec-13 02:00pm The Snowman Bring all the family along to our annual screening of the classic animated film of Raymond Briggs’s ‘The Snowman’. The film is accompanied by Northern Sinfonia performing Howard Blake’s score live and a chorister to sing ‘Walking in the Air’. A Christmas tradition at Sage Gateshead and a magical experience for all. Tickets: £15-£17, Family ticket: £50 (four people, must include at least one child) | ||
| Friday 27-Dec-13 11:00am |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead The Snowman |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Friday 27-Dec-13 11:00am The Snowman Bring all the family along to our annual screening of the classic animated film of Raymond Briggs’s ‘The Snowman’. The film is accompanied by Northern Sinfonia performing Howard Blake’s score live and a chorister to sing ‘Walking in the Air’. A Christmas tradition at Sage Gateshead and a magical experience for all. Tickets: £15-£17, Family ticket: £50 (four people, must include at least one child) | ||
| Friday 27-Dec-13 02:00pm |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Friday 27-Dec-13 02:00pm The Snowman Bring all the family along to our annual screening of the classic animated film of Raymond Briggs’s ‘The Snowman’. The film is accompanied by Northern Sinfonia performing Howard Blake’s score live and a chorister to sing ‘Walking in the Air’. A Christmas tradition at Sage Gateshead and a magical experience for all. Tickets: £15-£17, Family ticket: £50 (four people, must include at least one child) | ||
| Wednesday 1-Jan-14 03:00pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead New Year Viennese |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Wednesday 1-Jan-14 03:00pm New Year Viennese Another wonderful seasonal highlight at Sage Gateshead as Northern Sinfonia sees in the New Year in traditional Viennese style. There’ll be a stunning array of waltzes, polkas and marches from the wonderful Johann Strauss. Tickets: £10-£33 Programme to include: | ||
| Wednesday 1-Jan-14 07:00pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead New Year Viennese |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Wednesday 1-Jan-14 07:00pm New Year Viennese Another wonderful seasonal highlight at Sage Gateshead as Northern Sinfonia sees in the New Year in traditional Viennese style. There’ll be a stunning array of waltzes, polkas and marches from the wonderful Johann Strauss. Tickets: £10-£33 Programme to include: | ||
| Thursday 9-Jan-14 08:00pm |
Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead Transfigured Night |
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| Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead, Hill Gate, Gateshead, United Kingdom Thursday 9-Jan-14 08:00pm Transfigured Night In 1899 Schoenberg was falling in love with the sister of a colleague. At the same time he read a poem by Richard Dehmel, telling of a couple walking at dusk in a wood; the woman confesses that she is pregnant by another lover, before the forest fills with moonlight and the man proclaims that the strength of their love will make the child their own. The smitten Schoenberg was inspired to create his most touching work, played here against colourful, rich chamber works by Dvořák and Martinů. Tickets: £16 | ||
| Friday 17-Jan-14 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Friday 17-Jan-14 07:30pm City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Andris Nelsons and the CBSO come to Sage Gateshead for music of beauty both sumptuous and raw. Richard Strauss’s late songs shot through with tearful resignation, a resigned goodbye to the world, are heard after his rollicking rollercoaster ride ‘Don Juan’ from 60 years earlier. They finish with Stravinsky’s ‘Petrushka’ – a playful yet disturbing score in which the composer returned to his roots, depicting Russia with, in his own words, “quick tempos, major keys, smells of Russian food, sweat and glistening leather boots.” With a pre-concert talk. Buses from Alnwick and Hexham. Tickets: £13-£36 | ||
| Saturday 25-Jan-14 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead From Player to Podium: Lars Vogt |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Saturday 25-Jan-14 07:30pm From Player to Podium: Lars Vogt We shall never be able to do anything like that’ proclaimed a near-overwhelmed Ludwig van Beethoven when he heard Mozart’s dramatic, minor-key Piano Concerto No.24. Beethoven, of course, went on to produce a lot like it in the same C minor key and of similar dramatic fortitude and emotional strength. His Fourth Symphony is neither tragic nor heroic, but an exercise in energy, life and joy – uncannily carefree and wholly uplifting. With a post-concert ‘Northern Sinfonia Spotlight’. Tickets: £10-£33 | ||
| Friday 31-Jan-14 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead Bruch Violin Concerto |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Friday 31-Jan-14 07:30pm Bruch Violin Concerto On 22nd July 1919 an audience sat quietly in front of Pablo Picasso’s drop-curtain at London’s Alhambra theatre, waiting for the first sounds of Manuel de Falla’s new ballet the ‘Three Cornered Hat’. Picasso’s colourful images got them in the mood for the sensuous sounds of Falla’s music – its intoxicating rhythms, bold colours and vivid descriptions of Iberian life. Also performed here is Falla’s darker, more intimate and supernatural score ‘El Amor Brujo (Love, the Magician)’, the perfect foil to Bruch’s beauteous and gregarious Violin Concerto. With a post-concert ‘Northern Sinfonia Spotlight’. Buses from Alnwick and Hexham. Tickets: £10-£29 | ||
| Thursday 6-Feb-14 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead Nuits d'Eté |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Thursday 6-Feb-14 07:30pm Nuits d'Eté When Berlioz encountered a set of poems by his friend Théophile Gautier which told of love passionate, unrequited and lost, his reaction was typically intense. Berlioz immediately set the songs to music – first for soprano with piano, then with orchestra. In the colour, sensuousness and grace of ‘Nuits d’été’, Berlioz “sowed the seeds for the entire musical lyricism of the nineteenth century in the French language”, according to one musicologist. Ryan Wigglesworth also includes Mozart’s most miraculous piano concerto, Ravel’s plangent memorial to lost friends and his own ‘Inventions’. With a pre-concert talk. Buses from Alnwick and Hexham Tickets: £10-£33 | ||
| Saturday 15-Feb-14 09:00pm |
Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead Late Mix: Motet |
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| Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead, Hill Gate, Gateshead, United Kingdom Saturday 15-Feb-14 09:00pm Late Mix: Motet The motets of Bach and Bruckner are established sets of works that showcase the individual talents of each composer in writing for voices. Bruckner’s are full of the expressive, dynamic and harmonic ranges that we associate with his symphonies while Bach’s are full of the interplay that was so fundamental to his music, sometimes through counterpoint and sometimes with double choirs. John Casken’s ‘The Knight’s Stone’ with solo flute is the newest work in the Northern Sinfonia Chorus repertory and completes this programme of stunning, beautiful music. Tickets: £16 | ||
| Friday 21-Feb-14 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead Mozart Piano Concerto |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Friday 21-Feb-14 07:30pm Mozart Piano Concerto After its melancholic predecessor, Mozart’s twenty-first piano concerto must have seemed like a sudden step into daylight. With longer themes, more musical conversation, a bigger orchestra and a freer way with harmony, this most majestic piece reduced its first audience to tears. For all the radiance therein, and in the flight of Vaughan Williams’s ‘Lark’, there’s more emotional struggle in Beethoven’s insistent symphony, one of the composer’s first musical protests against his encroaching deafness. With a post-concert ‘Northern Sinfonia Presents...’. Buses from Alnwick and Hexham. Tickets: £10-£29 | ||
| Thursday 6-Mar-14 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead Schubert's Great |
Purcell, Chacony in G minor, Z807 (tr. Britten) |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Thursday 6-Mar-14 07:30pm Schubert's Great From its monolithic opening theme kick-starting a cycle of inexorable momentum like a giant pendulum, to the breathless dash of its finale, Schubert’s Ninth offers one of the most riveting journeys of any symphonic work. No wonder it attracted the title ‘Great’. “Write for the cello everything that your heart tells you” said the great soloist Mstislav Rostropovich when asking Britten for a new work. Britten responded with his remarkable ‘Symphony’ for cello and orchestra, an inspiring musical journey from darkness to light. With a pre-concert talk. Buses from Alnwick, Hexham and Carlisle. Tickets: £10-£33 Purcell, Henry (1659-1695), Chacony in G minor, Z807 (tr. Britten) | ||
| Thursday 20-Mar-14 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead Scottish Symphony |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Thursday 20-Mar-14 07:30pm Scottish Symphony It was Schumann’s unflinching love for his pianist wife Clara that spawned the Piano Concerto – a love letter in music that offers a touching insight into one of the most famously passionate romances of the nineteenth century. Joshua Weilerstein also conducts Ligeti’s flavoursome ‘Concert Romanesc’ and Mendelssohn’s most inspired symphony – the free-flowing, rugged forty minutes of musical brilliance that is his ‘Scottish’. With a post-concert ‘Northern Sinfonia Spotlight’ Buses from Alnwick and Hexham. Tickets: £10-£33 Supported by the Vardy Foundation | ||
| Friday 28-Mar-14 08:00pm |
Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead Juliette Bausor: Echo Rising Star |
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| Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead, Hill Gate, Gateshead, United Kingdom Friday 28-Mar-14 08:00pm Juliette Bausor: Echo Rising Star Northern Sinfonia Section Leader Flute Juliette Bausor features as one of this season’s ECHO (European Concert Hall Organisation) Rising Stars, a first for a Northern Sinfonia member. In a fascinating mix of old and new Juliette performs music from Bach to Gubaidulina and presents an exciting new addition to the flute repertoire by Charlie Piper, culminating in one of the most striking works for Flute and Piano - Prokofiev’s Sonata in D. Tickets: £16 Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), Sonata in E major Piper, Charlie (b. 1982), New Work (commission) | ||
| Tuesday 8-Apr-14 09:00pm |
Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead Late Mix: John Casken Presents |
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| Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead, Hill Gate, Gateshead, United Kingdom Tuesday 8-Apr-14 09:00pm Late Mix: John Casken Presents Northern Sinfonia introduces the music of John Casken and his influences in this Late Mix concert curated by the composer. Music that plays on words and images is a feature of much of his music and ‘Shadowed Pieces’ for violin and piano and ‘Winter Reels’ for ensemble both conjure and inspire. Influences on John Casken’s music include his mentor, Witold Lutosławski, and Toru Takemitsu showing the diversity of musical styles that make John Casken one of Britain’s foremost composers. Tickets: £16 | ||
| Friday 11-Apr-14 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead Shostakovich Piano Concerto |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Friday 11-Apr-14 07:30pm Shostakovich Piano Concerto A conductor of total charisma and commitment makes his debut at Sage Gateshead in this concert. Andrew Gourlay includes Shostakovich’s touchingly simple and disarmingly witty Piano Concerto under the fingers of Alexandra Dariescu, and finishes with Beethoven’s most impulsive symphony – a journey through steady, poignant contemplation to one of the most momentum-filled musical fireballs ever written. With a post-concert ‘Northern Sinfonia Presents...’ Buses from Alnwick and Hexham. Tickets: £10-£29 Dedicated to the memory of Stuart Ayre | ||
| Tuesday 15-Apr-14 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead Stabat Mater |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Tuesday 15-Apr-14 07:30pm Stabat Mater Bernard Labadie and The English Concert come to Sage Gateshead for an exploration of one of the most moving and iconic sacred texts ever written. ‘The Stabat Mater’, attributed to Jacapone da Toni, portrays the mother of Christ as she stands at the foot of the cross which bears her crucified son. Vivaldi responded to the often unbearably moving words with sombre brilliance, and Pergolesi with music of acute intimacy and emotional directness which never fails to move. With a pre-concert talk Buses from Alnwick and Hexham. Tickets: £10-£33 | ||
| Saturday 19-Apr-14 07:00pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead St Matthew Passion |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Saturday 19-Apr-14 07:00pm St Matthew Passion 11th April 1727 might not have seemed a particularly unusual day for the workaholic choirmaster Johann Sebastian Bach, but even he realised soon afterwards that the music he unveiled that day – the ‘St Matthew Passion’ – achieved something unprecedented and profound that was destined to outlive its creator. This most communicative of Bach’s works tells the Passion story through music so affecting and inspiring that it appears to transcend its religious context. Thomas Zehetmair marks Easter Saturday 2014 with Bach’s monumental masterpiece. Buses from Alnwick, Hexham and Carlisle. Tickets: £10-£33 | ||
| Tuesday 22-Apr-14 08:00pm |
Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead Beethoven Sonatas: Les Adieux |
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| Sage: Hall Two, Gateshead, Hill Gate, Gateshead, United Kingdom Tuesday 22-Apr-14 08:00pm Beethoven Sonatas: Les Adieux Saleem Abboud Ashkar’s second concert of Beethoven piano sonatas includes the piece titled ‘the farewell’ – Beethoven’s goodbye to his friend Archduke Rudolph, exiled from Vienna as Napoleon’s troops took hold. Beethoven captures his feelings in the three-note ‘farewell’ motif, initially downcast but injected with inspiring optimism as the sonata proceeds. The rich, solemn colours of the E minor sonata are followed by the often forthright and playful sounds of Beethoven’s A major sonata, as now we begin to feel the full force of the composer’s keyboard virtuosity. Tickets: £16-£20 | ||
| Friday 25-Apr-14 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead Poetic Chopin |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Friday 25-Apr-14 07:30pm Poetic Chopin As Sibelius’s symphonic journey drew to a close, it grew ever more remarkable. His final symphony was something completely different: a single-movement epic of just twenty minutes, a work whose compactness seemed to encapsulate everything the composer had achieved to date. Sibelius might not have known it, but his Seventh’s big tune – now on a soaring trombone – was his farewell to the symphony. Preceding that, Chopin’s sparkling second piano concerto, Weber’s sharpshooting overture and a short piece from John Casken. With a pre-concert talk Tickets: £10-£33 | ||
| Saturday 3-May-14 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, Gateshead Mozart Clarinet Concerto |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Saturday 3-May-14 07:30pm Mozart Clarinet Concerto In his last symphony, inspired by the city of London, Haydn went allout. He created the grandest, most captivating and most confident symphonic work of his career, affectionately capturing the spirit of the town that had done so much to welcome him. Mozart’s last concerto is wholly different: its autumnal golden browns speak of resignation rather than celebration, a piece which feels like a goodbye even in its most carefree moments. Buses from Alnwick, Hexham and Carlisle. Tickets: £10-£29 | ||
