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Sage Classics
2022/23
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“Fabulous concert! First time
we came as a whole family-
our three children were both
enthralled and inspired”
RNS audience member
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the Belgian National Orchestra to our
Northern friends at the Hallé and the RLPO.
Easter will be celebrated with Bach’s Mass in
B Minor performed by Sir John Eliot Gardiner
and the English Baroque Soloists and
Monteverdi Choir.
Our regular buses from Alnwick, Hexham
and Carlisle are on, as are Live Streams.
Young people can come for £5, as can 18-30s,
and anyone in the North East can come for
free if it's their first time.
After eight wonderful years here, I am
leaving this summer to become CEO of the
We are so thrilled to bring you a whole season
Philharmonia Orchestra. As I take on this new
of Classics, to which you can subscribe and
role I know that I’m leaving a world leading
enjoy a full year of music with us. On the next
chamber orchestra which plays in one of the
page you’ll see details of our subscription best halls in the world to the most committed
packages and I hope that you’ll want to join and enthusiastic audience. I will very much
us for Dinis Sousa’s second season, which look forward to my return visits and seeing
is packed full of gems. you all then.
Our theme of Music and Spirtuality links to the Meanwhile, I hope that you’ll want to
Lindisfarne Gospels’ visit to the region and we subscribe to our new season as we at last
feature Artists in Focus Dame Sarah Connolly return to a full year of concert going...
and Benjamin Grosvenor through the season. and keep your eyes peeled for more
We also mark the anniversaries of Ralph concerts and a jam-packed Christmas
Vaughan Williams and César Franck through season on sale soon.
performances of major symphonic works
and we are particularly excited to share
a commission of a major new work by
Kate Whitley.
Thorben Dittes
Visiting symphony orchestras return, ranging Director, Royal Northern Sinfonia
from the London Philharmonic Orchestra and & Classical Music Programme
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Spotlight on...
Dame Sarah Connolly and Benjamin are our Artists in Focus for 2022/2023
– two incredible musicians who feature throughout our season
Dame Sarah Connolly Benjamin Grosvenor
Born in County Durham, Sarah Connolly British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor is
studied piano and singing at the Royal internationally recognized for his sonorous
College of Music, of which she is now a lyricism and understated brilliance at the
Fellow. She was made a DBE in the 2017 keyboard. His virtuosic interpretations are
Birthday Honours, having previously been underpinned by a unique balance of technical
made a CBE in the 2010 New Year’s Honours. mastery and intense musicality. Benjamin first
She has sung at the Aldeburgh, Edinburgh, came to prominence as the outstanding winner
Lucerne, Salzburg and Tanglewood Festivals of the Keyboard Final of the 2004 BBC Young
and the BBC Proms where, in 2009, she was a Musician Competition and has been heralded
soloist at the Last Night. Opera engagements one of the most important pianists to emerge
have taken her around the world including the from the UK in several decades. The youngest of
Metropolitan Opera and Royal Opera House. five brothers, he began playing the piano aged
6 and studied at the Royal Academy of Music.
Sarah will be making three appearances with
Royal Northern Sinfonia in the 22/23 season: Benjamin appears at Sage Gateshead this season
singing John Tavener’s Supernatural Songs three times: performing Mendelssohn’s Piano
in September, Ernest Chausson’s Poeme de Concerto No. 1 with the London Philharmonic
l’amour et la mer in January and Mahler’s Orchestra in October, the Beethoven Triple
Rückert-Lieder in April. Concerto with Nicola Benedetti, Sheku Kanneh-
Mason and Royal Northern Sinfonia in April
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Thank you for the wonderful
welcome and support you’ve
given me – I truly feel part of
the family!
delighted to be working with Artists in
Focus Dame Sarah Connolly and Benjamin
Grosvenor who will be performing three
concerts each in the coming year.
There are some new faces in the orchestra
– we’ve recently appointed seven new
musicians – and we’re showcasing the talents
of our new Section Leader Flute, Charlotte
Ashton, and Section Leader Clarinet, Cristina
Mateo with concerto performances in the
autumn. I know from experience you’ll give
them a very warm welcome.
Welcome to a brand-new season of classical
concerts at Sage Gateshead, my second It has been a huge relief to return to our
as Principal Conductor of Royal Northern regular concert schedule and performing
Sinfonia. I have had an incredible first year in without restrictions in 2022, it’s a fantastic
the North East and so enjoyed getting to know feeling to step on to the stage and see you
you, the orchestra and this amazing place all there in the hall once again. We can’t thank
better. Thank you for the wonderful welcome you enough for your continued support and
and support you’ve given me – I truly feel part enthusiasm, and look forward to seeing you
of the family! at a concert very soon.
There’s plenty to look forward to in the
2022/23 season with a huge variety of music,
from the 12th century to the present day, and
friends old and new coming to perform in this Dinis Sousa
incredible, world-class venue. I’m particularly Principal Conductor
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Saturday 17 September 2022, 7.30pm
SEASON OPENING NIGHT
Charles Ives Our season opens with Mozart’s monumental
The Unanswered Question masterpiece for orchestra and massed
Ludvig Van Beethoven voices, conducted by our Principal Conductor
Piano Concerto No. 4 Dinis Sousa. Together we’ll launch a season
of musical adventure and discovery. Jeremy
György Kurtág
Denk performs Beethoven’s most personal
Ligatura-Message (The Answered
piano concerto and Charles Ives and György
Unanswered Question)
Kurtág take us to our theme of music and
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
spirituality – exploring life’s big questions.
Mass in C minor
Join us to celebrate the start of a special
Dinis Sousa conductor year of music.
Jeremy Denk piano
Amanda Forsythe soprano
Rachel Redmond soprano
Alessandro Fisher tenor
Dingle Yandell bass
Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia
Timothy Burke chorus director
Royal Northern Sinfonia
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Matthew Evangelist portrait, Lindisfarne Gospels, c. 700 (Cotton MS Nero D IV).
© British Library Board
‘After Silence,
that which
comes nearest Royal Northern Sinfonia wanted to mark
to expressing this major artistic event in the region with
a musical contribution.
the inexpressible Throughout our season we explore Music
is music’ and Spirituality in works by Charles Ives,
Beethoven, Mozart, JS Bach, Hildegard of
Aldous Huxley Bingen, Arvo Pärt and Biber. We will explore
music across the centuries and across
religions, with orchestral music, choral music,
This autumn sees a landmark exhibition at song and newly commissioned film. The
the Laing Gallery centring on the Lindisfarne series will feature our Artist in Focus Sarah
Gospels, a spectacular illuminated manuscript Connolly and some of our visiting orchestras.
created on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne in Beyond our Classics Season at Sage
the 8th century. As this major work of religious Gateshead, our Christmas tour across the
art returns to its home region for the first time region will also feature this theme.
in a decade, the accompanying exhibition will
explore questions around art and spirituality A full article about the opening concerts
across the ages in the series is online.
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Friday 23 September 2022, 7.30pm
LINDISFARNE –
SPIRITUAL SOUNDS
Hildegard of Bingen As the Lindisfarne Gospels return to the
Rex Noster Promptus Est North East, conductor James Weeks,
Royal Northern Sinfonia and one of Britain’s
John Tavener
greatest living vocalists – Dame Sarah
The Lamb
Connolly – come together to explore centuries
Hildegard of Bingen of spirituality in sounds, words and images.
O Virtus Sapiente Artwork from the Gospels accompanies music
Henry Purcell that spans a millennium, from the timeless
In Nomine in Seven Parts inspiration of Hildegard of Bingen and the
sacred beauty of Purcell to the ravishing
Arvo Pärt
sounds of the late John Tavener.
Orient and Occident
John Tavener
Supernatural Songs
James Weeks conductor
Dame Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Tickets: £42, £35, £26, £17
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Sunday 9 October 2022, 3pm
LONDON PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA
Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky Music is powered by emotion: and when
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture Tchaikovsky read Shakespeare’s Romeo
and Juliet his imagination caught fire. It’s a
Felix Mendelssohn
gloriously passionate opening to this concert
Piano Concerto No. 1
from the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Elgar under its new Principal Conductor Edward
Enigma Variations Gardner. Elgar positively burned with
Edward Gardner conductor poetry, imagination and tenderness: all the
Benjamin Grosvenor piano ingredients of the enchanting musical portraits
London Philharmonic Orchestra that make up his Enigma Variations. And in
between the superb British pianist Benjamin
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Grosvenor joins in the fantasy and fireworks of
Mendelssohn’s glittering First Piano Concerto.11
Friday 14 October 2022, 7.30pm
KOBEKINA PLAYS
SCHUMANN
Kaija Saariaho Beethoven knew both laughter and turmoil
Nymphea Reflection and his Eighth Symphony includes some of
the most explosive, outrageous and romantic
Robert Schumann
music he ever wrote. We pair it with Saariaho’s
Cello Concerto
sounds of shimmering colour and beauty
Ludwig Van Beethoven and the soaring melodies of Schumann’s
Symphony No. 8 only cello concerto – performed by Anastasia
Dinis Sousa conductor Kobekina, a cellist of “overwhelming sincerity”
Anastasia Kobekina cello (The Strad).
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Tickets: £42, £35, £26, £17
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Friday 21 October 2022, 7.30pm
GLITTERING 20TH CENTURY
Samuel Barber Music bursting with colour and light –
Adagio for Strings tonight’s concert will glitter and gleam.
Stravinsky made sounds leap and dance in
Igor Stravinsky
the sunlight. Ravel opened a book of fairy
Danses Concertantes
tales and told the stories anew in gorgeous
Aaron Copland impressionist tints. And Samuel Barber took
Clarinet Concerto a string orchestra and squeezed emotion
Jacques Ibert from every note. Guest conductor Gemma
Flute Concerto New is joined by two of RNS’s new Section
Leaders who step into the spotlight. Join us
Maurice Ravel
to celebrate all that glitters.
Mother Goose
Gemma New conductor
Charlotte Ashton flute
Cristina Mateo clarinet
Royal Northern Sinfonia
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“An absolutely stunning
performance”
RNS audience member15
Saturday 5 November 2022, 7.30pm
BELGIAN NATIONAL
ORCHESTRA
Mikhail Glinka Join us in belle-époque Paris in all its ritzy,
Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture raucous colour to hear César Franck’s
extraordinary Symphony in D minor – for
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
decades, one of the world’s most popular
Piano Concerto No. 1
classics. In his 200th birthday year, this great
César Franck Belgian symphony will make a magnificent
Symphony in D minor showcase for Belgium’s national orchestra.
Roberto González-Monjas conductor Add Glinka’s firecracker of an overture, and
Paul Lewis piano the masterly Paul Lewis playing Tchaikovsky’s
Belgian National Orchestra hugely popular First Piano Concerto and
there’ll be melodies and magic all round.
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Friday 11 November 2022, 7.30pm
EUROPEAN DANCES
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart To play Tchaikovsky’s ever-popular Violin
Overture to The Abduction Concerto, we welcome Eldbjorg Hemsing
from the Seraglio – a violinist who’s been hailed for her
“swashbuckling bravado”. She joins the brilliant
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
young Italian-Turkish conductor Nil Venditti
Violin Concerto
in a concert of classics with a hint of folk.
Béla Bartók Mozart’s comedy overture sets things buzzing,
Romanian Dances before Venditti launches into a joyous, no-
Fazil Say holds-barred adventure through the folk
Symphonic Dances music of Eastern Europe and Turkey from
Bartók, Brahms and Fazil Say. Expect a very
Johannes Brahms
lively evening!
Hungarian Dances No. 1, 6 & 10
Nil Venditti conductor
Eldbjorg Hemsing violin
Royal Northern Sinfonia
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Friday 25 November 2022, 7.30pm
ZEHETMAIR’S LONDON
Edward Elgar RNS conductor laureate Thomas Zehetmair
Serenade for Strings travels from the morning dew of Elgar’s
youthful Serenade to the teeming streets
William Walton
of Vaughan Williams’ A London Symphony
Viola Concerto
– complete with buskers, nightclubs, and
Vaughan Williams the chimes of Big Ben. And viola virtuoso
Symphony No. 2 ‘A London Symphony’ Ruth Kilius makes a welcome return to Sage
Thomas Zehetmair conductor Gateshead – driving straight for the dark
Ruth Kilius viola heart of Walton’s smouldering Viola Concerto.
Royal Northern Sinfonia Music which evokes place takes centre stage.
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Friday 2 December 2022, 7.30pm
THE HALLÉ
Richard Wagner Sir Mark Elder has been music director of
Prelude and Liebestod from Manchester’s Hallé Orchestra for over two
Tristan and Isolde decades now, and their rapport is becoming
the stuff of legend. Expect them to soar
Samuel Barber
on the glowing melodies of Tchaikovsky’s
Medea’s Meditation and
greatest ballet score. And expect passion
Dance of Vengeance
beyond measure, as they dive deep into
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky the intoxicating world of Wagner’s Tristan
Sleeping Beauty (excerpts) und Isolde and Samuel Barber’s explosive
Sir Mark Elder conductor take on a fiery Greek legend. “This is what
The Hallé peak performance sounds like, and it takes
decades to achieve” writes The Spectator.
Tickets: £45, £37, £29, £1919
Friday 20 January 2023, 7.30pm
ROYAL LIVERPOOL
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Max Bruch They call Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony
Scottish Fantasy the “Romantic”: the air shimmers, a horn
calls softly in the distance, and whole
Anton Bruckner
mountain ranges seem to rise before your
Symphony No. 4 ‘Romantic’
ears. Join RLPO Chief Conductor Domingo
Domingo Hindoyan conductor Hindoyan and star violinist Timothy Chooi
Timothy Chooi violin for Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony – huge and
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra poetic – and Bruch’s tuneful postcard from
Tickets: £45, £37, £29, £19 the Scottish Highlands.
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“The orchestra
was magnificent!”
RNS audience member21
Friday 27 January 2023, 7.30pm
LARS VOGT’S DVOŘÁK
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Pianist, conductor and all-round
Adagio and Fugue in C minor communicator Lars Vogt returns to Tyneside.
Our Principal Artistic Partner begins the
Antonin Dvořák
year with a concert that positively glows
Serenade for Strings
with melody and warmth. Dvořák was a
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composer who never hid his emotions, and
Piano Concerto No. 23 two gloriously tuneful mini-masterpieces
Antonin Dvořák complement Mozart’s majestic homage to
Czech Suite Bach and the lovely, lyrical Piano Concerto
No. 23. A joyful treat to begin 2023.
Lars Vogt director/piano
Royal Northern Sinfonia
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Friday 3 February 2023, 7.30pm
BACH’S MAGNIFICAT
Antonio Vivaldi Bach’s Magnificat is exuberant and richly
Dixit Dominus inspired – every performance is a celebration.
Today it gets the deluxe treatment from the
Caroline Shaw
full Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia,
Is a rose
and conductor Nicholas McGegan. We begin
Johann Sebastian Bach with two visions of beauty – Vivaldi’s jubilant
Magnificat Dixit Dominus, and Caroline Shaw’s Is a Rose.
Nicholas McGegan conductor An unmissable evening!
Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia
Timothy Burke chorus director
Royal Northern Sinfonia
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Friday 17 February 2023, 7.30pm
IBRAGIMOVA PLAYS MOZART
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Famous for wowing BBC Proms audiences,
Violin Concerto No. 3 Alina Ibragimova directs RNS from the violin,
performing the teenage Mozart’s playful Third
Jennifer Higdon
Concerto, Schnittke’s off-beat homage to
Soliloquy
Amadeus, Jennifer Higdon’s poetic Soliloquy
Alfred Schnittke and Mozart’s glorious Posthorn Serenade.
Moz-Art à la Haydn This concert promises – exuberance,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart elegance and melody without end.
Posthorn Serenade
Alina Ibragimova director/violin
Royal Northern Sinfonia
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“Incredible
performance.
One of the most
memorable nights
of my life”
RNS audience member25
Friday 3 March 2023, 7.30pm
MUSICAL CHANGEMAKERS
Gyorgy Ligeti Join Dinis Sousa and Royal Northern
Concert Românesc Sinfonia plus RNS Moves and Bournemouth
Symphony Orchestra’s Resound – our two
Kate Whitley
disabled led ensembles – as they all come
New commission
together to perform a programme infused
Jean Sibelius with magic and dance. Sibelius weaves a spell
The Tempest, Suite No. 2 in his music for Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
Zoltán Kodály Ligeti transports us to the rural Romania of his
Dances of Galanta childhood and Kodály evokes his hometown’s
dance band. Three life affirming pieces set up
Dinis Sousa conductor
composer Kate Whitley’s brand new piece.
RNS Moves, BSO Resound
Join us for an evening of firsts.
Royal Northern Sinfonia
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Friday 10 March 2023, 7.30pm
BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
Richard Strauss It’s impossible to separate Shostakovich’s
Don Quixote Fifth Symphony from its context. Written in
response to criticism by Stalin’s regime, his
Dmitri Shostakovich
artistic reputation – and possibly his life –
Symphony No. 5
hung on its success. It’s always a riveting,
Alpesh Chauhan conductor enthralling experience and BBCSSO’s
Pablo Ferrandez cello Associate Conductor Alpesh Chauhan is
Tickets: £45, £37, £29, £19 sure to draw out its black humour as well
as its profoundly moving qualities. Before
then, we’re taken to sunnier climes, bringing
some Iberian authenticity to his portrayal of
Cervantes’s great literary hero. Then, Richard
Strauss’s light-hearted adaptation is sure to
be a knockout – bleating sheep, creaking
windmills, flying sequences and all!27
Thursday 6 April 2023, 7.30pm
ENGLISH BAROQUE SOLOISTS
Johann Sebastian Bach Few living performers are better-equipped to
Mass in B minor tackle Bach’s B Minor Mass than the English
Baroque Soloists, the Monteverdi Choir and
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor
Sir John Eliot Gardiner. For over five decades,
Monteverdi Choir
these performers have put the choral music of
English Baroque Soloists
Bach at the centre of their shared artistic life.
Tickets: £45, £37, £29, £19 Tonight they immerse themselves in Bach’s
genius, in all its warmth, its sorrow and its
profoundly consoling beauty.
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Friday 14 April 2023, 7.30pm
BENEDETTI, GROSVENOR
& KANNEH-MASON
Britta Byström A trio of classical superstars come together
Walk to Beethoven with our Principal Conductor for Beethoven’s
sunniest concerto. We open with award-
Ludwig Van Beethoven
winning Swedish composer Britta Byström’s
Triple Concerto
miniature Walk to Beethoven and end
Felix Mendelssohn with Mendelssohn’s Symphony Number 4
Symphony No. 4 ‘Italian’ expressing his love of Italy. Sunshine all
Dinis Sousa conductor the way!
Nicola Benedetti violin
Benjamin Grosvenor piano
Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
Royal Northern Sinfonia
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Friday 28 April 2023, 7.30pm
DAME SARAH CONNOLLY
SINGS MAHLER
Franz Schubert Schubert finds a melody in the shadows,
Symphony No. 7 ‘Unfinished‘ and begins a journey he was destined
never to complete. Brahms whips up a storm
Gustav Mahler
in his Third Symphony. But at the very heart
Rückert-Lieder
of this concert are Mahler’s heart-rending
Johannes Brahms Rückert-Lieder, five unforgettable songs that
Symphony No. 3 probe the deepest mysteries of life, art and
Dinis Sousa conductor love, sung today by one of their greatest
Sarah Connolly mezzo soprano living interpreters: the incomparable
Royal Northern Sinfonia Dame Sarah Connolly.
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“Wonderful energy and
great ensemble playing…
dramatic and skilful”
RNS audience member
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Friday 12 May 2023, 7.30pm
WŁOSCZCOWSKA
PLAYS BEETHOVEN
Ludwig Van Beethoven For Beethoven, the violin wasn’t just a musical
Cavatina from String Quartet Op. 130 instrument – it was a hotline to the Infinite.
Tonight’s concert is directed by RNS’s leader
Béla Bartók
Maria Włosczcowska, an artist who thrives
Divertimento
on collaboration and on musical drama.
Ludwig Van Beethoven Beethoven’s sublime Violin Concerto, and
Violin Concerto his haunting Cavatina frame the fiery dance-
Maria Włosczcowska director/violin rhythms of Bartók’s powerful Divertimento.
Royal Northern Sinfonia
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Friday 26 May 2023, 7.30pm
NORDIC SYMPHONIES
Jean Sibelius Sibelius’s Seventh Symphony is music of
Symphony No. 7 elemental majesty and grandeur, evoking
the power of nature. Conductor and pianist
Edvard Grieg
Olli Mustonen returns to Tyneside bringing
Piano Concerto
a very personal charisma and warmth to
Carl Nielsen Grieg’s lovely, ever-fresh Piano Concerto
Symphony No. 1 and Nielsen’s proud Symphony No 1. Power,
Olli Mustonen director/piano pride and untamed inspiration; this should
Royal Northern Sinfonia be quite a ride!
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Saturday 10 June 2023, 7.30pm
SEASON FINALE!
Bohuslav Martinů A blaze of emotion concludes our season as
Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Dinis Sousa and Royal Northern Sinfonia are
Piano and Timpani joined by clarinet legend Andreas Ottensamer.
Dvořáks Symphony No. 7 explores national
Johannes Brahms
struggle and personal tragedy. Martinů’s
Clarinet Concerto (arr. Berio)
Double Concerto brings us the storm clouds
Antonin Dvořák of war and Brahms’ Clarinet Concerto brings
Symphony No. 7 us music of sorrow and tenderness. Join us to
Dinis Sousa conductor complete our Classics journey and celebrate
Andreas Ottensamer clarinet with music of huge depth and passion.
Royal Northern Sinfonia
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Thank you for your support
This is our first full season since the pandemic. We’d like
to thank you, our audience, for supporting us through two
incredibly difficult years. Your donations meant we overcame
huge financial challenges.
These donations didn’t only get us through, they made
extraordinary things happen. We moved our Young Musicians
Programme online in weeks. We streamed RNS performances
for the first time. We appointed brilliant new musicians.
This happened because you gave us your support.
In 22/23 we’re still experiencing big challenges but are holding
fast to big ambitions.
This is an ambitious season. It needs to be – we must share the
joy and wonder of live orchestral music with people across the
North East. People told us repeatedly during the pandemic that
it contributes to wellbeing and purpose.
We are determined that RNS will recover and flourish as one
of the world’s great orchestras, based in one of the finest
international music centres, both proudly serving the North East.
If you would like to secure a future
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A donation will support RNS through a vital
recovery year, building towards a bright new future
for classical music in the North East. In return, you’ll
enjoy an exclusive range of benefits as part of our
family of supporters.
Visit the Support Us section of our website
for full details of how to support. Or contact
Natalie Health, Development Manager, at
natalie.heath@sagegateshead.com / 0191 443 5038.37
Principal Partners
Thank you to all of our Friends, Supporters, Principal
Partners, campaign donors and the many others who
support Royal Northern Sinfonia. We would not be
here without your help.
Our Principal Partners support an individual member
of the orchestra. This group continues to grow and we
hope soon to have every member of RNS supported
in this way. Would you like to join the supporters
listed below and help us achieve this goal?
Partners
Leader – The Huntington Chair
Co-Leader – The Christine Swales Chair
Principal, 1st Violin (#4) – The Voigt Chair
Sub-Principal, 1st Violin – The Paula Cowley Chair
Sub-Principal, 1st Violin (#2) – The Anonymous Chair
Section Leader, 2nd Violin – The Bucknill Chair
Sub-Principal, 2nd Violin – The BA Summers Chair
Section Leader, Viola – The Rossiter Family Chair
Principal, Viola – The Merle Rewcastle Chair
Sub-Principal, Viola – The Skews Family Chair
Sub-Principal, Viola – The Rose Hajek Chair
Section Leader, Cello – The Share Family Chair
Principal, Cello – The Freeman Chair
Sub-Principal, Cello – The Barnabas Chair
Sub-Principal, Cello – The Manning Chair
Section Leader, Double Bass – The Anonymous Chair
Principal, Double Bass – The June and Vic Middleton Chair
Principal, Oboe – The Sylvia Fuller Chair
Section Leader, Clarinet – The Bragg Family Chair
Principal Clarinet – The Bragg Family Chair
Section Leader, Bassoon – The Pyman Family Chair
Principal, Trumpet – The Norris Chair
Section Leader, Horn – The Friends of Royal Northern Sinfonia Chair
Principal, Horn – The Richardson Family Chair
Timpani – The Anonymous Chair
We are a registered charity (No. 1087445)
and eligible donations qualify for Gift Aid.38
Thank you
Our funders, donors and corporate partners help us
deliver our work and secure a future for music in the
North East. Thank you.
Public funding
Trust and Foundation supporters
Ambache Trust, The Barbour Foundation, Barclays 100x100 UK COVID-19
Community Relief Fund, Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and
Northumberland, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Foyle Foundation, Garfield
Weston Foundation, The Hadrian Trust, The John Horseman Trust, Kavli Trust,
The Marchus Trust, Netherton Park Trust, The Percy Hedley 1990 Charitable
Trust, PRS Foundation, Roy and Pixie Baker Charitable Trust, Sir James
Knott Trust, St Nicholas’ Educational Trust, The Swire Charitable Trust,
Vardy Foundation, W A Handley Charity Trust, Youth Music.
Platinum Corporate Partners
Gold Corporate Partners
Silver Corporate Partners
Bronze Corporate Partners
Adkins & Cheurfi, ISIS Property Services, Northern Elevator, Pioneer Foodservice,
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Booking and Travel
How to book Address
Online: sagegateshead.com St Mary’s Square, Gateshead, NE8 2JR
Phone: 0191 443 4661 (12-5pm, Tue-Sat)
Local Building Work
In person: Times vary – see website
Please note that construction has begun
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25% off tickets. See page 4 for details. that your journey may take extra time or
planning – please find out more online.
North East First Timers
£5 tickets for any RNS concert in this Public Transport
brochure if you live in the North East and Buses regularly stop outside of our west
have never attended a RNS concert before. entrance and at Gateshead Interchange.
Call Box Office to book.
The nearest Metro is Gateshead Interchange.
Molson Coors Bar 5 for 18-30s Thanks to Nexus, you can travel on Metro
18-30 year olds can get a concert ticket and to us free, 2 hours before and after the
a bottle of Coors (or soft drink) for just £5! concert. Please show inspectors your
concert ticket to travel.
17 & Under or Unemployed
Tickets just £5 for RNS concerts (proof required). Concert Coach
Our concert coaches are just £8 return.
Groups Buses run on concerts with this symbol.
10 or more tickets 5% off
Coaches run from:
15 or more tickets 10% off
Hexham via Chollerford, Wall, Acomb,
Tickets are non-refundable unless an
Hexham, Eastwood Grange and Corbridge
event is cancelled. Ticketplan refund
protection available. Alnwick via Amble, Warkworth, Alnwick,
Felton, Morpeth, Wideopen and Gosforth
A fee of £1.50 is applied to any tickets
being posted out to you. Carlisle via Carlisle and Brampton
Children under 14 must be accompanied Car Parking
by an adult. Children aged 2 and under can There is a car park at the rear of the building
attend for free if sitting on a knee. with lift access and blue badge spaces.
Charges apply. Additional parking can be
Access Requirement Register found at Quarryfield Road, a short walk away.
Please join our Access Requirement Register
to ensure that we can give you the best
assistance to suit your needs, including
ensuring a companion can accompany you.
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