Northern Chords: The North East Chamber Music Festival

The Sage Gateshead
Hall 2

Sunday 21 March 2010, 7.30pm

The gala closing concert of the Northern Chords festival will take place in the altogether more modern surroundings of The Sage Gateshead’s Hall 2, on the rejuvenated banks of the River Tyne.

Designed by Lord Foster and opened in December 2004 as part of the twenty-first century renaissance of the Gateshead Quayside alongside the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, The Sage Gateshead has completely transformed the once-stagnant banks of the Tyne, previously the home of cattle markets and ironworks.

The concert, beginning at 7.30pm, is likely to include*:

G. Sollima – Violoncelles, vibrez!
Giuseppe Giordani – Caro mio ben
Vincenzo Bellini – Malinconia, Ninfa gentile, from Sei Ariette
F. Handel – Ombra mai fu

E. Lalo – ‘Vainement, ma bien-aimée’ from Le roi d’Ys
Donizetti – Una furtiva lagrima
G. Verdi – La donna e mobile

F. Haydn – tbc
Anon – O Sole Mio Caro!
Tenor and cello ensemble

Performance by winner of Northern Chords Awards

C. Saint-Saens – Carnival of the Animals: A Zoological Fantasy for
2 pianos and Chamber Ensemble (1886)
Piano, flute/piccolo, clarinet, glass armonica (glockenspiel), xylophone, violin, viola, cello and bass

*N.B. All concert programmes are provisional, and subject to change at any time.

For more information, please visit: www.northernchords.co.uk