Royal Northern Sinfonia

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Classical Season 2014/15 Celebrating 10 Incredible Years of Sage Gateshead

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Please note that these packages only apply to Hall One concerts, Summer Concerts, Galas and Christmas events.

Your experience

At Sage Gateshead, you’re guaranteed a world-class sound experience. Before you take your seat, here’s some answers to commonly asked questions, so you can relax and enjoy the experience.

Do I have to dress up for concerts?

You can wear what you like! As long as you are comfortable and able to enjoy the experience, you can dress up or down – most eyes will be on the stage anyway.

Can I talk in concerts?

We want you to feel comfortable in the concert hall, and whilst we don’t encourage talking, you should not feel pinned to your seat. Just be considerate and make sure you’re not disturbing anyone else’s experience.

When should I clap?

Classical works vary in size, and some works have movements (so the work is sectioned, with gaps in between). Traditionally, people will clap after the final movement – you can find out when this is by purchasing a

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How to book

There are plenty of ways to get your tickets for Sage Gateshead’s classical season: • In person at the Ticket Office • By phone on 0191 443 4661 • Online at sagegateshead.com • Complete and return the booking form at the back of this brochure

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programme, but generally you can follow the crowd. Remember, it’s not about what you do, it’s about your enjoyment of what’s happening on stage.

How do I find out about the music and performers?

You can find out about what’s going on onstage by purchasing a programme from one of our friendly vendors on the concourse.

Programmes are also available to download from our website before and after concerts.

What about food and drink?

We have a number of catering options available, including a brasserie for multiple course meals (open from 5pm) and a cafe serving fresh light bites and tasty treats (open all day). Bars can be found on every level, serving a range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages which can be purchased before, after and during the interval of concerts. Avoid the queue during intervals by ordering your drinks at the bar before the concert. Menus are available online at sagegateshead.com.

On sale dates

• Wednesday 28th May - Sage Supporters, Principal Partners and Friends of Royal Northern Sinfonia • Friday 6th June - Previous package bookers • Friday 13th June - General Public

To join one of our memberships and benefit from priority booking please call us.

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10 years ago Sage Gateshead opened, creating a home for music in the North East and providing Royal Northern Sinfonia with a spectacular home worthy of this exceptional group of players.

I am thrilled that The Barbour Foundation is able to support Royal Northern Sinfonia in this 10th birthday season and I look forward to many exciting concerts in the year ahead.

Dame Margaret Barbour DBE, DL Chairman, The Barbour Foundation

We are enormously grateful and delighted that The Barbour Foundation has chosen to renew their support of our Classical Season and Royal Northern Sinfonia, particularly in Sage Gateshead’s 10th Birthday year.

The Barbour Foundation has shown extraordinary generosity and commitment to Sage Gateshead, as visionary Founding Partners when this building was still a concept and then throughout our first decade. We are truly indebted to the Foundation, and to Dame Margaret Barbour, for all their support.

Anthony Sargent CBE General Director, Sage Gateshead

This is our 10th classical season in Sage Gateshead, and before introducing the new season, we should take a moment to celebrate the decade of achievement on which 2014/15 builds.

After twelve enormously successful years as Music Director (2002-2014), Thomas Zehetmair takes the new title of Conductor Laureate, recognising his ever more powerful bond of mutual trust and confidence with the players. We have undertaken an exhaustive international search over the past two years for a worthy successor as Music Director, and we will be announcing this exciting new appointment imminently.

Twelve years of Thomas’s revelatory leadership have lifted Royal Northern Sinfonia (already an acclaimed ensemble) to new heights of playing quality and repertoire range. Complete symphony cycles of Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Schumann, and (by December 2014) Tchaikovsky have been complemented by a sustained commitment to commissioning and showcasing the work of contemporary

composers – ringingly affirmed in Thomas Zehetmair’s Dreams and Ceremonies festival entirely of 20th Century masterpieces and newer 21st Century works, and by our continuing Late Mix series dedicated to unexpected programming juxtapositions which entice the mind and tickle the ear.

With Thomas, Royal Northern Sinfonia has been resident in the Hong Kong International Arts Festival and appeared regularly at the BBC Proms, Edinburgh Festivals and in leading halls across Europe. A strong roster of guest and visiting conductors from Frans Brüggen to Thomas Adès and Ilan Volkov to Sir Roger Norrington have further enriched Royal Northern Sinfonia’s work; the players all regularly play chamber music in Sage Gateshead’s acoustically diamantine Hall Two, and since opening Sage Gateshead regular collaborations with leading artists from other musical worlds, from Sting and the Pet Shop Boys to Ibrahim Ferrer and his Buena Vista Social Club, have further expanded the orchestra’s musical horizons.

Thank you to our season supporter

Our 10th classical season

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Anthony Sargent CBE, General Director, Sage Gateshead Royal Northern Sinfonia also plays an important part in Sage Gateshead’s internationally admired learning, training and participation programmes, and (as recognised by their 2013 Royal appellation and winning the Special Achievement award in the region’s 2013 Culture Awards) has won a central place in the heart of its local community. Its audiences are fiercely loyal and supportive, and investors and donors to Sage Gateshead

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explicitly value the importance of Royal Northern Sinfonia to the region.

All these evolutionary developments now find Royal Northern Sinfonia, with its signature vivid performance style (‘as if the ink were still wet on the page’) playing in a home described

by Lorin Maazel as ‘one of the five best halls in the world’ truly entering a golden age, as Sage Gateshead itself approaches its 10th anniversary.

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As well as celebrating Sage Gateshead’s 10th birthday, this forthcoming season we look forward to some fresh relationships and exploring new directions that will set our course for the next ten years. Royal Northern Sinfonia remains at the heart of our classical programme and this year provides numerous highlights, including a complete cycle of Beethoven’s groundbreaking symphonies.

After uplifting and inspiring debuts in previous seasons, we welcome Lars Vogt, Julian Rachlin and Alexandre Bloch as major contributors this year, as well as Spanish flautist-turned-conductor Jaime Martin for his debut in the North East. Beethoven’s masterpieces will be showcased alongside works by Mahler, Shostakovich, Schnittke, Prokofiev and Ravel, as well as probably his most obvious successor, Johannes Brahms, whose four amazing concertos also feature this year.

A composer whose output has had a major impact on the classical world, numbering over a thousand opuses in total, we immerse

Looking back

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Classical highlights 2004-14

Introduction to the 2014/15 season

VIENNA PHILHARMONIC • BELCEA QUARTET • BEETHOVEN CYCLE (50TH ANNIVERSARY) • EFTERKLANG • IN HARMONY • JOSÉ CARRERAS • KATHERINE JENKINS • LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA • SIMON RATTLE • OPERA NORTH: RING CYCLE • IAN BOSTRIDGE • ALFRED BRENDEL • ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA COLLABORATIONS WITH: PET SHOP BOYS; RAUL MALO; STING; WEST SIDE STORY 6|7

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No classical programme would be complete without our esteemed guest ensembles and artists, and this year is no exception as we welcome St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Hallé plus we welcome back Opera North who follow their Wagner Ring Cycle with The Flying Dutchman.

ourselves in the world of J.S. Bach with visiting period specialist and harpsichordist, Laurence Cummings. Our very own Bradley Creswick, Kyra Humphreys and Juliette Bausor feature as soloists alongside the stunning soprano Mhairi Lawson.

As ever, we welcome a varied roster of outstanding soloists and industry favourites, including John Lill, Paul Lewis, Freddy Kempf, Veronika Eberle, Julian Bliss and Hyeyoon Park.

A performer exuding energy and charisma, we are also delighted to be celebrating Bradley Creswick’s 30th anniversary as Leader of Royal Northern Sinfonia. To mark the occasion, Bradley performs a selection of personal favourites, including Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto and Dvorák’s beautifully nostalgic Romance for an extra special treat.

Throughout the year, members of Royal Northern Sinfonia display their virtuosity with concerto performances, as well as in our Up Close recitals, Simply Sinfonia and the ever popular post-concert Spotlight series.

Zehetmair’s ambitious 10th birthday concert, John Wilson’s Sunday Matinee Classics, our Late Mix Cabaret concerts and our tribute to rock legends, Queen.

We look forward to welcoming you to Sage Gateshead.

Packed with variety, this season there is truly something for everyone, with Thomas

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Summer Concerts

Main Series

Classic FM

Galas

Late Mix

Christmas & New Year

Enjoy something a bit lighter in those warm Summer months, with chamber music and contemporary popular concerts.

The meat in our classical season, the main series provides an opportunity to hear much-loved classics as well as discover those ‘new favourite’ works.

Royal Northern Sinfonia is Classic FM’s orchestra in the North East.

Often spectacular and theatrical, this is where orchestral music meets contemporary genres, including pop, swing and musicals.

Be adventurous and delve a little deeper into classical music with these late night concerts, exploring the very old and the very new in the intimate setting of Hall Two.

Get in the festive mood and come in from the cold for Christmas and New Year, Sage Gateshead style, with seasonal sing-alongs and family favourites.

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These concerts are a great way to get to grips with classical music, with the nation’s favourite master works as regularly played on Classic FM.

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Concert strands Experience Sage Gateshead Your Way With so much on offer, grouping our concerts into Strands makes it much easier to choose what kind of performance is best suited to you.

Follow our guide above to make sure you don’t miss out on your favourite concerts.

There really is something for everyone at Sage Gateshead.

Pre-Concert Talks on selected concerts start an hour before the start time. ‘Royal Northern Sinfonia Spotlight’ follow a 20 minute break after the end of the performance.

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Richard Balcombe conductor | Royal Northern Sinfonia

Celebrate 50 years of Burt Bacharach’s writing, arranging and producing in this concert of brand new symphonic arrangements. With hits including Tom Jones’s What’s New Pussycat?, Dionne Warwick’s Walk on By and The Carpenters’ Close To You, join Royal Northern Sinfonia as we celebrate one of the 20th century’s most prolific and popular musicians.

Presented with GRB Concerts

Wednesday 16th July 2014 8.00pm | Hall Two

Sunday 29th June 2014 7.30pm | Hall One

What the World Needs Now... The Music of Burt Bacharach

A Farewell to Form

MOZART Flute Quartet in D major SPOHR Nonet SCHUBERT String Quartet No.15

Schubert’s goodbye to the quartet form is a work of compelling instability but remarkable purpose, one of his final acts of despair and protest.

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Summer concerts Memento Mori

Wednesday 23rd July 2014 8.00pm | Hall Two

Wednesday 2nd July 2014 8.00pm | Hall Two

Something a little lighter to draw in those sunny days

BEETHOVEN String Quartet No.2 ‘Compliments’ BARTOK Violin Duos SCHUBERT String Quartet No.14 ‘Death and the Maiden’

Experience Schubert’s grim, harsh but engrossing musical journey in the first of our summer chamber music concerts.

Caprice

SAINT-SAËNS Caprice on a Danish Air SPOHR Quintet for Piano and Winds POULENC Sextet for Piano and Winds MOZART Quintet for Piano and Winds

Mozart’s favourite Quintet accompanies Poulenc’s cheeky Sextet, Saint-Saëns’s urbaneyet-earthy Caprice and Spohr’s own elegant and ear-teasing Quintet.

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Bradley Creswick director | Royal Northern Sinfonia

ELGAR Introduction and Allegro BARBER Adagio for strings GRIEG Holberg Suite MOZART Eine Kleine Nachtmusik PUCCINI Crisantemi VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

At the height of summer, experience the gorgeous, enraptured sounds of the strings of Royal Northern Sinfonia.

Saturday 20th September 2014 7.30pm | Hall One

Thursday 24th July 2014 7.30pm | Hall One

Classic FM Summer Strings

Beethoven Six ‘Pastoral’

Lars Vogt conductor | Alissa Margulis violin Royal Northern Sinfonia BEETHOVEN Overture: Egmont BRAHMS Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No.6 ‘Pastoral’

Royal Northern Sinfonia’s Beethoven symphony cycle begins here with the reflective beauty of the Pastoral, the ferocity of his Egmont Overture and the nobility of Brahms’s Violin Concerto.

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Thursday 31st July 2014 8.00pm | Hall Two

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Rosamunde

WOLF Italian Serenade HAYDN String Quartet No.68 ‘Unfinished’ MARTINU Nonet SCHUBERT String Quartet No.13 ‘Rosamunde’

In his romantic excursion, Schubert captures for a moment the lost world of youth and health, before losing it once more, as if he knew he could never be well again.

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A complete cycle of symphonies from the master of the form

Up, Up and Away... Songs of the 60s

Richard Balcombe conductor | Royal Northern Sinfonia

Enjoy some of the hottest 1960’s chart hits including Andy Williams’ Music to Watch Girls By, Petula Clark’s Downtown and Dusty Springfield’s I Only Want To Be With You. There will also be hits from the Beach Boys, Cilla Black and The Mamas and Papas plus some iconic TV Themes including Thunderbirds, The Avengers and Mission Impossible.

Presented with GRB Concerts

Thursday 23rd October 2014 7.30pm | Hall One

Beethoven symphony cycle

Saturday 2nd August 2014 7.30pm | Hall One

Summer concerts

Beethoven Four

Mario Venzago conductor | John Lill piano | Royal Northern Sinfonia BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.2 STRAUSS Capriccio BEETHOVEN Symphony No.4

Music of real intimacy, Brahms’ second Piano Concerto reveals a matured composer as he blends beauty with fire and tenderness with drama in the most remarkable of ways.

Beethoven’s Fourth is fresh and pure, joy versus darkness, all wrapped-up with his unmistakable dignified balance. £10-£33

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Julian Rachlin conductor/violin | Royal Northern Sinfonia

SCHNITTKE Sonata No.1 for Violin and Chamber Orchestra MOZART Violin Concerto No.5 ‘Turkish’ BEETHOVEN Symphony No.7

Julian Rachlin ignites Beethoven’s most blazingly triumphant orchestral work, with its instantly recognisable second movement, and picks up his bow for Mozart’s exotically inspired Violin Concerto.

Thursday 2nd April 2015 7.30pm | Hall One

Wednesday 12th November 2014 7.30pm | Hall One

Beethoven Seven

Beethoven Nine ‘Choral’

Nicholas McGegan conductor | Elizabeth Atherton soprano Diana Moore mezzo-soprano | Ben Johnson tenor David Wilson-Johnson baritone | Royal Northern Sinfonia Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia MAHLER Selection from Des Knaben Wunderhorn BEETHOVEN Symphony No.9 “Choral”

After Mahler’s touching nature songs, Nicholas McGegan fires-up Beethoven’s compelling, life-affirming final symphony.

Thursday 29th January 2015 7.30pm | Hall One

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Beethoven Five

Ainars Rubikis conductor | Hyeyoon Park violin | Royal Northern Sinfonia

PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No.2 SIBELIUS Suite for Violin and Strings BEETHOVEN Symphony No.5

Hear Beethoven’s ‘game-changer’ symphony, his fifth, alongside the exploratory harmonies of Prokofiev’s second Violin Concerto.

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Beethoven symphony cycle Beethoven One

Olli Mustonen conductor/piano | Richard Martin trumpet | Royal Northern Sinfonia

SIBELIUS Pelleas and Melisande SHOSTAKOVICH Concerto for Piano and Trumpet BEETHOVEN Symphony No.1

A programme of doomed lovers, fairground games and wizardry.

Thursday 30th April 2015 7.30pm | Hall One

Thursday 26th February 2015 7.30pm | Hall One

A complete cycle of symphonies from the master of the form Beethoven Two

Mario Venzago conductor | Freddy Kempf piano Royal Northern Sinfonia BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture RAVEL Piano Concerto MILHAUD Le Boeuf sur le Toit BEETHOVEN Symphony No.2

Like his Coriolan Overture, Beethoven’s second symphony grabs you by the scruff of the neck – a world away from the relaxed, bluesy hues of Ravel’s concerto and Milhaud’s funky ballet score. £10-£33

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Alexandre Bloch conductor | Veronika Eberle violin | Marie-Elisabeth Hecker cello Royal Northern Sinfonia SCHUBERT Overture ‘In the Italian style’ BRAHMS Concerto for Violin and Cello STRAUSS Serenade for Winds BEETHOVEN Symphony No.8

Alexandre Bloch conducts Beethoven’s wry, moody eighth symphony – a work that sticks its tongue out at its audience despite its perfection and originality.

Thursday 9th October 2014 7.30pm | Hall One

Thursday 14th May 2015 7.30pm | Hall One

Beethoven Eight

Glorious Bach

Laurence Cummings conductor/harpsichord | Kyra Humphreys violin Mhairi Lawson soprano | Thomas Walker tenor | Royal Northern Sinfonia Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia BACH Orchestral Suite No.4 BACH Violin Concerto No.1 BACH Cantata No.50 ‘Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft’ BACH Cantata No.191 ‘Gloria in Excelsis Deo’ BACH Orchestral Suite No.3

Two of the leading voices on period performance, Laurence Cummings and Mhairi Lawson bring to life a selection of Bach’s best cantatas and suites, including the unforgettable ‘Air on G String’. £10-£33

Sunday 12th October 2014 8.00pm | Hall Two

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Bach and his Contemporaries

Laurence Cummings harpsichord | Mhairi Lawson Soprano Royal Northern Sinfonia

Delve into the Baroque with a selection of works from Bach’s contemporaries, including works by Scarlatti, Couperin, Telemann and Bach himself.

Featuring ‘Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen’.

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A complete cycle of symphonies from the master of the form

A selection of some of the finest works from the illustrious Baroque genius

Beethoven Three ‘Eroica’

Jaime Martin conductor | Paul Lewis piano Royal Northern Sinfonia BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No.3 ‘Eroica’

With its volume, length and emotional power, Beethoven’s Eroica left critics and audiences dumbfounded. Two centuries on – even next to the staggering emotional breadth of Brahms’s First Piano Concerto – you can still hear why. This year we are delighted to welcome back Paul Lewis, undoubtedly one of our greatest pianists.

Thursday 16th October 2014 7.30pm | Hall One

Best of Bach

Friday 12th June 2015 7.30pm | Hall One

Beethoven symphony cycle

Coffee Cantata

Laurence Cummings conductor/harpsichord | Bradley Creswick violin Mhairi Lawson soprano | Thomas Walker tenor | Matthew Brook baritone Juliette Bausor flute | Royal Northern Sinfonia BACH Orchestral Suite No.1 BACH Violin Concerto No.2 BACH Cantata No.211’Schweigt Stille’ BACH Orchestral Suite No.2

The final sejourn with the Baroque master in this series features his fun coffee cantata.

Hear within his Orchestral Suite No.2 a rather recognisable Badinerie. £10-33

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Saleem Ashkar piano

Piano Sonata No.7 Piano Sonata No.17 ‘Tempest’ Piano Sonata No.18 ‘The Hunt’ Piano Sonata No.31

Continuing his popular Beethoven Piano Sonata Cycle Saleem Ashkar visits No.17, Beethoven’s tempestuous portrayal of forces beyond human control, and No.18, a piece which bounds with life.

Wednesday 5th November 2014 7.30pm | Hall One

Wednesday 29th October 2014 8.00pm | Hall Two

Tempest

St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra Yuri Temirkanov conductor | Nikolai Lugansky piano St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra ROSSINI Overture: Barber of Seville RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No.3 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.10

An evening of Russia’s finest, with visiting orchestra St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and their Principal Conductor performing a selection of works by liberated composers unleashing their raw passion.

Friday 20th February 2015 8.00pm | Hall Two

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Pathétique

Saleem Ashkar piano

Piano Sonata No.2 Piano Sonata No.8 ‘Pathétique’ Piano Sonata No.12 ‘Funeral March’ Piano Sonata No.32

We arrive at the final sonata written by Beethoven, No.32, with its thundering opening movement and its profound final variations, along with glances at the grave with his Pathétique and Funeral March sonatas.

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Saleem Ashkar continues his Beethoven Sonata Cycle in 2014/15

Join us as we celebrate 10 years of incredible music making in the North East

Waldstein

Saleem Ashkar piano

Piano Sonata No.6 Piano Sonata No.21 ‘Waldstein’ Piano Sonata No.16 Piano Sonata No.30

Forget Beethoven the frustrated firebrand and angry activist, in this concert we hear music of grace and relaxation.

Sunday 21st December 2014 7.30pm | Hall One

10th birthday concerts

Saturday 16th May 2015 8.00pm | Hall Two

Beethoven sonata cycle

Royal Northern Sinfonia Celebrates

Thomas Zehetmair conductor | Francesco Piemontesi piano Royal Northern Sinfonia BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.4 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.6 ‘Pathétique’

Working at polar ends of the 19th century, these key composers mark the transition of symphonic repertoire from Classical to Romantic, as Royal Northern Sinfonia celebrates Sage Gateshead’s 10th birthday.

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Bradley Creswick director | Louisa Tuck cello | Steven Hudson oboe Royal Northern Sinfonia ELGAR Serenade for Strings HAYDN Cello Concerto No.2 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Oboe Concerto MOZART Symphony No.39

Amid the languorous, luscious 20th-century English works in this concert come two masterworks from central Europe of the 18th century – Haydn’s noble, delicate D major Cello Concerto and a truly remarkable symphony by Mozart.

Thursday 8th January 2015 8.00pm | Hall Two

Thursday 25th September 2014 7.30pm | Hall One

Simply Sinfonia: Serenade

From These Isles

Royal Northern Sinfonia HOLST Wind Quintet STANFORD Serenade ELGAR Piano Quintet

Following the First World War, Elgar took to a remote rented cottage, where he produced the vivid Piano Quintet. It provides a total contrast to the serene reflection and flowing motion of Holst’s lighthearted Wind Quintet and the contented joy of Stanford’s Serenade.

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Thursday 22nd January 2015 7.30pm | Hall One

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Simply Sinfonia: Adagio for Strings

Kyra Humphreys director/violin | Timothy Orpen clarinet Royal Northern Sinfonia BARBER Adagio for Strings MOZART Violin Concerto No.4 COPLAND Clarinet Concerto MOZART Symphony No.29

The orchestra takes the lead in this self-directed concert, the result of which is often incredibly electric and fresh. Kyra Humphreys directs in this programme of pure and poignant works.

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Main series

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Royal Northern Sinfonia Up Close: Steven Hudson

Thursday 12th February 2015 7.30pm | Hall One

Wednesday 26th November 2014 8.00pm | Hall Two

The meat in our season - inspiring and provocative musical journeys

Steven Hudson oboe | John Reid piano

BACH Sonata in G Minor SCHUMANN Three Romances for Oboe BRITTEN Temporal Variations RAVEL Sonatine for Oboe and Piano JULIAN ANDERSON The Bearded Lady POULENC Sonata for Oboe and Piano COLIN Premier Solo de Councours for Oboe and Piano

The Fairy Queen

Mario Venzago conductor | Julian Bliss clarinet Royal Northern Sinfonia PURCELL Suite: The Fairy Queen NIELSEN Clarinet Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No.2

This meeting of glowing melancholy and piercing brightness created what many consider to be Brahms’s finest symphony, with its famous lullaby tune. Mario Venzago conducts it here after Nielsen’s elfin Clarinet Concerto and Purcell’s magical score for The Fairy Queen.

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Wednesday 22nd April 2015 8.00pm | Hall Two

Thursday 12th March 2015 8.00pm | Hall Two

Royal Northern Sinfonia Up Close: Louisa Tuck Louisa Tuck cello | John Reid piano

DEBUSSY Sonata for cello and piano JANÁČEK Pohadka SCHUMANN Five pieces in Folk Style for cello and piano SCHUMANN Phantasiestücke KATHRYN TICKELL New composition FAURÉ Sonata No.2 for cello and piano

Louisa Tuck and John Reid present a journey through Europe in Hall two traveling through colourful Debussy to raw Janáček and folksy Schumann, ending with a brand new work from North-East composer and Sage Gateshead friend, Kathryn Tickell.

The French Connection Royal Northern Sinfonia SAINT-SAËNS Septet CAPLET Piano Quintet SCHMITT Sonatine FAURÉ Piano Quintet

A chamber programme resounding with continental elegance with a selection of Romantic works for strings, wind and piano.

Unfinished Business

Richard Farnes conductor | Bradley Creswick violin | Royal Northern Sinfonia MOZART Symphony No.32 TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto DVORÁK Romance No.1 SCHUBERT Symphony No.8 ‘Unfinished’

Royal Northern Sinfonia leader Bradley Creswick marks 20 years as leader by playing the heart-on-sleeve showpiece by Tchaikovsky: his unforgettable Violin Concerto.

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Thursday 21st May 2015 7.30pm | Hall One

Thursday 19th March 2015 7.30pm | Hall One

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Simply Sinfonia: Pavane

Bradley Creswick director | Juliette Bausor flute | Royal Northern Sinfonia FAURÉ Pavane MOZART Flute Concerto in G Major SAINT-SAËNS Odelette MOZART Symphony No.36

Music of typically French poise by Saint-Saëns and Fauré make up this programme alongside Mozart’s glistening Flute Concerto.

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Main series The Romantics

Lars Vogt conductor/piano | Royal Northern Sinfonia

JANÁČEK Concertino SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A minor DVORÁK Symphony No.8

Dvořák’s eighth, a work of pure intent and full of grand gestures, accompanies Schumann’s Piano Concerto – a love letter in music and a touching insight into one of the most passionate romances of the nineteenth century.

Thursday 28th May 2015 7.30pm | Hall One

Thursday 16th April 2015 7.30pm | Hall One

The meat in our season - inspiring and provocative musical journeys Hallé

Andrew Manze conductor | Benjamin Grosvenor piano | Sarah Fox soprano Hallé MOZART Ch’io mi scordi di te LISZT Piano Concerto No.2 MAHLER Symphony No.4

The Hallé return to Sage Gateshead to perform Liszt’s rapturous second Piano Concerto.

Hear the ghosts of Mozart and Beethoven peer through the clean dances and calming lullabies of Mahler’s Symphony No.4.

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Sunday 5th October 2014 3.00pm | Hall One

Russian Fantasy

John Wilson conductor | Denis Kozhukhin piano Royal Northern Sinfonia

BORODIN Prince Igor Overture RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini TCHAIKOVSKY Extracts from Sleeping Beauty

Rachmaninoff’s devilish fantasy and Borodin’s imposing overture.

Sunday 18th January 2015 3.00pm | Hall One

£10-£33

American Dream

John Wilson conductor | Leon McCawley piano | Royal Northern Sinfonia JOHN ADAMS The Chairman Dances GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F major COPLAND Hoe Down from Rodeo BARBER Essay No.1 BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

A programme that packs a punch, swinging from Copland’s Hoe Down and Bernstein’s rocket fuelled Symphonic Dances to Gershwin’s electric Piano Concerto.

£10-£33

Classic FM John Wilson’s Sunday afternoons Sunday 15th March 2015 3.00pm | Hall One

Join John Wilson at 3pm for these popular classics An Afternoon with Sir Thomas Allen

We are delighted to announce the John Wilson Series - three afternoon Classic FM concerts with music for all the family.

John Wilson conductor | Sir Thomas Allen baritone | Royal Northern Sinfonia

John Wilson welcomes international opera star and regional figure Sir Thomas Allen for a selection of relaxed English operetta arias and popular songs including traditional songs Dance to Thee Daddy, The Last Rose of Summer and Coates Knightsbridge March.

Orchestral interludes include Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring and Walton’s magnificent BBC Proms favourite Crown Imperial.

If you are booking all three don’t forget you could save a minimum of 10% by purchasing tickets for another two or more Classic FM concerts.

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Saturday 14th February 2015 7.30pm | Hall One

If Music Be The Food of Love...

Jamie Phillips conductor | Susanna Hurrell soprano | Ben Johnson tenor Royal Northern Sinfonia

Celebrate this Valentines with the greatest works of passion performed by newly-weds Susanna Hurrell and Ben Johnson. Including excerpts from Bizet’s sultry Carmen, Puccini’s ultimate opera of love and loss La Boheme as well as much-loved movements from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. Also includes Gershwin Girl Crazy Overture, Elgar Salut d’Amore and John Williams’s Love Theme from Star Wars plus many more to set the mood.

Sunday 26th April 2015 7.30pm | Hall One

£10-£33

Hall of Fame Showcase

Stephen Bell conductor | Royal Northern Sinfonia

Hear the year’s Hall of Fame chart toppers fresh from Classic FM’s 2015 countdown, as voted for by listeners.

Likely contenders for the top spot are Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.2.

£10-£33

Classic FM

Friday 8th May 2015 7.30pm | Hall One

In partnership with the nation’s favourite classical radio station at the Movies: John Barry

Nicholas Dodd conductor | Royal Northern Sinfonia Including music from: James Bond Midnight Cowboy Out of Africa

Let Royal Northern Sinfonia sweep you off your feet with some of John Barry’s most evocative and picturesque scores, from the menace and power of Zulu to the expanse and romance of Dances with Wolves. £10-£33

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Tolga Kashif conductor | Royal Northern Sinfonia KASHIF Queen Symphony

The music of rock legends Queen, re-imagined for orchestra by Classical Brit winner Tolga Kashif.

Imagine a composer of the imagination and daring of a Tchaikovsky, a Holst or a Mussorgsky. Imagine him let loose with the entire Queen catalogue of melodies, atmospheres and textures, and a vast orchestra and a huge choir. Then you’ll be close to imagining where this work begins. This is something monumental and quite outrageous.

Brian May

Friday 3rd July 2015 7.30pm | Hall One

Saturday 7th February 2015 7.30pm | Hall One

Queen Symphony

Opera North: The Flying Dutchman Richard Farnes conductor | Opera North Cast Includes: Béla Perencz The Dutchman Alwyn Mellor Senta Mats Almgren Daland Mati Turi Erik WAGNER The Flying Dutchman

Opera North continues its Wagnerian voyage with the myth of the Dutchman, doomed to wander the seas eternally in search of redemption through a woman’s faithful love.

Sung in German with English titles.

Financially supported by the Opera North Future Fund. £15-£42

Friday 6th March 2015 7.30pm | Hall One

£10-£33

Songs for a Swingin’ Orchestra

Richard Balcombe conductor | Catherine Porter soloist | Graham Bickley soloist Royal Northern Sinfonia

The sound of orchestral swing from some of the 20th century’s most prolific and popular crooners including Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat ‘King’ Cole, Judy Garland and Linda Ronstadt, all accompanied by classic arrangements from Nelson Riddle.

Presented with GRB Concerts

£10-£33

Galas

Sunday 29th March 2015 7.30pm | Hall One

Hear orchestras go beyond classical with pop, swing and others Made in Britain - The Best of the British Musicals

David Firman conductor | Graham Bickley soloist | Ricardo Afonso soloist Abbie Osmon soloist | Sophie-Louise Dann soloist | Royal Northern Sinfonia

A celebration of British musicals from the era of Gilbert & Sullivan, right through to LloydWebber blockbusters. Featuring music from Blood Brothers, Chess, Miss Saigon, Cats, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies and others.

Presented with GRB Concerts

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LIGETI Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet RIEGGER Study in Sonorities for 10 violins XENAKIS ST/10 DAVID LANG String Quartet HOVHANESS Symphony No.10

Pulitzer prize-winning composer David Lang curates an exploration of the boldest, most evocative sonorities to celebrate 10 years of Sage Gateshead, including the world premiere of his own brand new String Quartet co-commissioned by Sage Gateshead and the New York Philharmonic.

Wednesday 4th March 2015 9.00pm | Hall Two

Tuesday 18th November 2014 8.00pm | Hall Two

Power of Ten

Sunset in Russia

Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia RACHMANINOFF Vespers

In this grand and intensely moving hymn to creation, Rachmaninov combines the spiritual and virtuosic to spectacular effect. Hear it here, performed late in the evening as intended, by the Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia.

£16

Wednesday 8th April 2015 9.00pm | Hall Two

£16

Goldberg Variations Royal Northern Sinfonia

BACH Goldberg Variations (arr. Bernard Labadie)

One of the greatest works for keyboard, written to soothe the insomniac Count Kaiserling, heard here in full orchestral glory courtesy of Bernard Labadie’s enlightening arrangement.

£16

Late Mix New World Cabaret Royal Northern Sinfonia

COPLAND Nonet KORNGOLD Suite: Much Ado about Nothing BARBER Summer Music for Wind Quintet STRAVINSKY Dumbarton Oaks

From the melismatic and plangent to the joyous and energetic, this programme from the New World features Stravinsky’s smiling concerto and Barber’s warming Summer Music for an evening cabaret.

Saturday 6th June 2015 9.00pm | Hall Two

Thursday 5th February 2015 9.00pm | Hall Two

Feeling adventurous? Explore the further reaches of the classical world Songs of England

James Gilchrist tenor | Royal Northern Sinfonia WARLOCK The Curlew IRELAND Fantasy Sonata VAUGHAN WILLIAMS On Wenlock Edge

Poems of love and nostalgia, and songs of despair and loneliness form the basis of this concert, as lyric tenor James Gilchrist joins Royal Northern Sinfonia for English music he has made his own.

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Simon Halsey conductor | Helen Skelton presenter | Royal Northern Sinfonia Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia | Quay Choirs

Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton hosts this family favourite, with the best carols and tunes to get into the Christmas mood.

Supported by The Vardy Foundation

Monday 22nd - Wednesday 24th December 2014 Various (see calendar at rear) | Hall One

Sunday 7th December 2014 3.00pm | Hall One

Saturday 6th December 2014 7.30pm | Hall One

Rejoice!

Messiah

Thomas Zehetmair conductor | Julia Bauer soprano | James Laing countertenor Samuel Boden tenor | Benjamin Bevan baritone | Royal Northern Sinfonia Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia HANDEL Messiah

Handel’s oratorio of epic proportions, with its much-loved Hallelujah Chorus, brings in the Christmas season.

Alan Fearon conductor | Royal Northern Sinfonia BLAKE The Snowman

Enjoy the magical experience of watching this seasonal family favourite, accompanied by live orchestra.

Eight performances available.

£15-£17; Family ticket £50 (4 tickets to include at least 1 adult and 1 child)

Thursday 1st January 2015 3.00pm & 7.00pm | Hall One

Sunday 14th December 2014 7.00pm | Hall One

£10-£33

The Snowman

New Year in Vienna

John Suchet presenter | Royal Northern Sinfonia

Bring in the New Year in style, as we waltz our way through some of the finest Viennese dance music, with host Classic FM’s John Suchet.

£10-£33

£10-£33

Christmas & New Year Nowhere does festive like Sage Gateshead

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Royal Northern Sinfonia, Orchestra of Sage Gateshead, the UK’s only fulltime chamber orchestra, has built a distinctive reputation as a fresh-thinking and versatile orchestra. It was founded in 1958 by the BBC musicologist and producer Michael Hall. The Queen bestowed the title of ‘Royal’ on Northern Sinfonia in 2013 recognising it internationally as one of the UK’s finest orchestras – the first time any UK orchestra has been so honoured for over 20 years.

The orchestra has worked with many of the most in-demand artists in the world including Sir Mark Elder, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Gidon Kremer, Ian Bostridge, Pierre Laurent-Aimard and Heinz Holliger, whilst also offering opportunities for the next generation of star conductors and musicians. Its commitment to contemporary music is highlighted by frequent commissions and premieres, most recently by Simon Bainbridge, David Lang and John Woolrich.

Part of a vibrant programme of music at Sage Gateshead, Royal Northern Sinfonia takes regular opportunities to collaborate with artists from other art forms including Sting, Pet Shop Boys, Joanna Newsom, Efterklang, Spiritualized, Lau and Raul Malo.

Royal Northern Sinfonia has a dedicated approach to stylistic excellence in all genres and has developed an extensive and ambitious repertoire. Core classical music remains at the heart of the programme whilst precision and deep musical understanding are equally applied to its chamber, contemporary, light music and cross-genre performances.

Performances in its landmark home are complemented by an extensive programme of activity in the local and regional community as well as nationally and internationally including Hong Kong Arts Festival and the BBC Proms.

About Royal Northern Sinfonia The UK’s only full-time chamber orchestra Royal Northern Sinfonia contributes to the cultural life of the region and was awarded the Special Contribution to the Region at the Culture Awards 2013.

Individual members coach and mentor Sage Gateshead’s Young Musicians Programme and In Harmony project.

Performances for families and schools, gala concerts with community choirs and workshops and premieres of student compositions are regular projects.

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First Violin

The Huntington Chair

Bradley Creswick, Leader Kyra Humphreys, Co-Leader Sara Wolstenholme, Principal Iona Brown, Principal Jane Nossek Alexandra Raikhlina Sarah Roberts Second Violin

The Rosemary Hinton Chair

Sophie Appleton Jenny Chang Jonathan Martindale Viola

The Layfield Chair

Michael Gerrard, Section Leader Malcolm Critten, Principal Tegwen Jones James Slater

Cello

The Share Family Chair

Louisa Tuck, Section Leader Daniel Hammersley, Principal James Craig Gabriel Waite Double Bass Siân Hicks, Principal Flute

The Robinson Family Chair

Juliette Bausor, Section Leader Eilidh Gillespie, Principal Oboe

The Richardson Family Chair

Steven Hudson, Section Leader Michael O’Donnell, Principal Clarinet

The Janet Ramsaran Chair

Timothy Orpen, Section Leader Jessica Lee, Principal

Bassoon

The Pyman Family Chair

Stephen Reay, Section Leader Robin Kennard, Principal Horn

The Friends of Royal Northern Sinfonia Chair

Peter Francomb, Section Leader Christopher Griffiths, Principal Trumpet

The Alan Johnson Chair

Richard Martin, Section Leader Marion Craig, Principal Timpani

The Christine Swales Chair

Marney O’Sullivan, Section Leader

For 40 years the Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia has been an integral, ever-present part of the Royal Northern Sinfonia musical family drawing on talented and committed singers from across the North of England.

Choruses allow an orchestra to present the great, stand-out works from history; Mozart’s Requiem, Bach’s Passions and Haydn’s Masses and performances of these have formed the core repertoire for Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia. However its role in Sage Gateshead’s classical programme is altogether more ambitious matching the breadth of repertoire of the orchestra itself. Regular performances of the classics are frequently placed alongside modern masterpieces and the chorus now regularly features in both Hall One and our more eclectic Hall Two series, Late Mix.

with many guest conductors and with every Music Director since Rudolph Schwartz, the orchestra’s second Music Director, including for the last twelve seasons Thomas Zehetmair.

From 2004 to 2012 renowned choral conductor Simon Halsey led the chorus as Principal Conductor Choral Programme.

Amongst the recordings the chorus has made are Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Mozart’s ‘Requiem’, Vaughan Williams’s operas ‘Sir John in Love’ and ‘Riders to the Sea’, Bliss’s ‘Pastorale’, and ‘Songs of Northumbria’.

Former Royal Northern Sinfonia Timpanist Alan Fearon founded the chorus and led them until summer 2014, playing a crucial role in the choral and vocal strategy at Sage Gateshead. The chorus has worked

Royal Northern Sinfonia Orchestra list

Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia

Orchestra of Sage Gateshead

Part of Royal Northern Sinfonia’s musical family

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Sage Gateshead is both a live music venue and a centre for music-making and learning that enables everyone to become involved in, stimulated and excited by music of any genre.

We deliver a range of music programmes and projects across the whole of the North East and Cumbria as well as at Sage Gateshead. These include classes for early years and families, schools and adults as well as a Silver Programme for people over the age of 50. We also deliver two music degree courses with the University of Sunderland (BMus in Popular, Contemporary and Jazz and BA in Community Music).

are sure you will find an opportunity to join in, enjoy and learn with us.

All our programmes and classes are delivered by a highly experienced team of community musicians and tutors, many of whom perform regularly across the region, nationally and internationally.

For more information, please visit sagegateshead.com/join-in. You can also email us at lp@sagegateshead.com or call 0191 443 4661.

There are opportunities to explore and create all kinds of music, for people of all ages, at every level of ability and experience. So, whether you are young or old, a beginner or have years of experience; you want to pursue music professionally or as a social pastime or you would just like to join a choir, play in a band, brush up on your music theory, or learn the steel pans – we

Supporting the very best music for the future Thank you to each and every one of you who helped us to raise more than £600,000 last year.

It’s an expensive business putting on concerts and running a world renowned learning and participation programme; ticket income alone is not enough to sustain our work.

Your generosity combined with support from Corporate Partners, grant making trusts and our partners Arts Council England and

Friends of Royal Northern Sinfonia Membership starts from £27.50 and benefits include: • Priority Booking for the classical season • Exclusive member’s evenings • Quarterly newsletter

Join in & make music

Support us

Your Sage Gateshead

Your Sage Gateshead Sage Circle Membership is £84 per month and benefits include: • All the benefits of Sage Supporter membership • Acknowledgement of your support on our website • Personal booking service with no booking fee • Annual Dinner

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Gateshead Council allows Royal Northern Sinfonia and Sage Gateshead to continue providing the very best musical experiences for people in the North East.

The easiest way to support us is to join one of our membership schemes listed below. You can join or make an alternative donation at ticket office when booking your tickets, online or contact the fundraising team on 0191 443 5038.

Sage Supporters Membership starts from £40 and benefits include: • Priority booking on the Classical Season and selected concerts • Food, drink, parking and shop discounts • Notice of newly confirmed concerts • Special Events

Principal Partners Membership is from £167 per month and benefits include: • All the benefits of Sage Circle • Direct Association with one of Royal Northern Sinfonia’s Principal Players or Music Director • Crediting in all Royal Northern Sinfonia programmes • Opportunities to meet the Musicians • Exclusive open rehearsals and events

Sage Gateshead values its partnerships with individuals, trusts and foundations and companies.

Corporate Partners Platinum Partner

Gold Partners

Silver Partners

Baker Tilly

As a registered charity (number 1087445) this support is vital to allow us to continue and develop our work. In addition, we are enormously grateful for the core revenue support and commitment provided by Arts Council England North East and Gateshead Council.

Founding Partners The Sage Group plc The Barbour Foundation Northern Rock Foundation Garfield Weston Foundation Joan and Margaret Halbert

Founding Endowment Donors The Shears Foundation The David Goldman Programme The Go-Ahead group plc Northern Arts Board Fenwick Ltd Northumbrian Water Benfield Charitable Trust The Sir James Knott Trust Greggs plc The David Boardman Trust Roland Cookson Fund 1989 Willan Trust

The Open University Barclays O’Brien Waste Recycling Solutions

10th Birthday Endowment Donors The Barbour Foundation The Vardy Foundation Stuart Halbert Foundation Clore Duffield Foundation Mr & Mrs M Howard Ms W Oloman

Rutherford Wilkinson Ltd Rathbone Investment Management Solution Group

Legacy Bequests Stuart Ayre Jan Dyer

Thank you Sage Gateshead owes so much to its valuable partnerships Trust and Foundation Supporters J Paul Getty JNR Charitable Trust The Foyle Foundation Garfield Weston Foundation The Hadrian Trust The Kavli Trust The Monument Trust

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The PRS for Music Foundation The Sir James Knott Trust The Shears Foundation The Vardy Foundation The WA Handley Charitable Trust Youth Music

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Bronze Partners

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Hall One seating plan

How to get to Sage Gateshead Metro Thanks to the generosity of Nexus you can travel free on the Metro to and from Gateshead if you have a ticket for a concert here: simply retain your concert ticket for inspection on the Metro two hours before and after an event.

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Hall Two Hall Two is a flexible, ten-sided space, and is set up for each concert according to what will provide the best experience for the audience. There are three levels: Levels 1 and 2 are price area A, and Level 3 is price area B.

Rail The nearest station is Newcastle Central (around three hours to London King’s Cross, one and a half hours to Edinburgh). You can either catch the yellow Quaylink Q1 bus from outside the station (about a 15 minute journey) or walk across the Swing Bridge (about 15 minute walk).

Bus We run buses from Hexham (via Corbridge), Alnwick (via Amble, Warkworth, Felton, Morpeth, Wideopen and Gosforth) and Carlisle (via Brampton) to a selection of our concerts. You can book a seat on the bus for £7.50 return per concert.

Location maps

Your Sage Gateshead

Your Sage Gateshead

Pricing - Please note that prices are subject to change. These will not vary for Friends of Royal Northern Sinfonia, Sage Supporters and Principal Partners.

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We are also on the Q1 Quaylink bus service (the yellow buses) which drops off in St Mary’s Square.

Car Parking We have our own car park directly behind the building, with pedestrian lift access.

There are spaces for blue badge holders by the lifts in the car park or other spaces immediately to the rear of the building along the rear access road. If you arrive after 5pm you can pre-pay your parking charges before the concert to avoid any delays upon exiting.

There is a drop off and pick up point in St Mary’s Square adjacent to our West (Tyne Bridge) doors.

Further information is available on our website www.sagegateshead.com/your-visit

Seat maps and ticket information A copy of our full conditions is available on our website. Or you can request a copy by sending us a stamped addressed envelope.

A package handling fee of £2.50 applies per transaction. No additional fees apply when booking individual tickets along with your package. Individual tickets incur a £1.50 per ticket handling fee (up to a maximum of 10 fees per transaction). We regret that no refunds can be given except where an event is cancelled.

However, Ticketplan refund protection is available at £2 per ticket (see website for more details). We will always attempt, where possible, to exchange unwanted tickets for concerts as long as we have the tickets returned to us at least 24 hours prior to the performance, for an administration fee of £2.50 (this fee does not apply to package bookers exchanging within the same season).

Please book your bus tickets when you book your concert tickets.

Concessions for people over 60, unemployed, students, and U16s are available at a £2 reduction for all of the concerts in this brochure. Please note concessions are NOT available in conjunction with packages.

Students are entitled to £5 standby tickets (on the day) for all Royal Northern Sinfonia concerts in our Classical Season. £5 standby tickets are available for students on the day for other selected non-classical concerts at Sage Gateshead. Email: studentstandby@sagegateshead.com with ‘Standby’ in the subject line. Valid NUS card required.

For every performance one free ticket is available for the essential carer of those who need assistance to attend the performance.

Group Bookings are available if purchasing 10 or more tickets. Ask Ticket Office for details.

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Sage Gateshead St Mary’s Square Gateshead Quays Gateshead NE8 2JR Chairman: Lord Falconer of Thoroton Visit www.sagegateshead.com for information on all our projects at Sage Gateshead, around the region and nationwide.

Ticket Office: 0191 443 4661 Welcome Desk: 0191 443 4666

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Photography: Mark Savage Concert text: Andrew Mellor Brochure design: Violet Bick The information in this brochure is correct at the time of going to print: we reserve the right to make changes which circumstances may necessitate.

North Music Trust is registered in England as a company limited by guarantee, number 4044936 and as a charity, number 1087445.

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