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Abigail's blog: ‘This will only exist in the moment…’

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Five Minutes with: Marta Gardolińska

Ahead of conducting Royal Northern Sinfonia in a programme of Beethoven Symphony No.2 and Symphony No.5, we caught up with young conductor Marta Gardolińska to ask her all about what Beethoven means to her, and why he is still relevant today.
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Abigail's Blog: Breaking Down Barriers

After a show last Friday, I happened to be chatting to an audience member about our respective weeks. At Sage Gateshead each week is quite different – different musicians, different audiences, different groups of people attending conferences or courses. Often this difference feels slightly surreal. Last week’s best anomaly was a Bake Off for apprentices from…
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Abigail's Blog: The Brexit Blog

Earlier this week Royal Northern Sinfonia headed out of the UK to France – a journey within the European Union as EU citizens. This Saturday they will leave the European Union as they cross the border to return to the UK as non EU citizens.  In between they will play 5 concerts with their Music…
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Somewhere beyond La Mer

Royal Northern Sinfonia tour Nantes whilst the Orchestre National de Lille visit Sage Gateshead, both travelling either side of Brexit day.
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Abigail's blog: The Roaring Twenties

A wise man said to me last week that he thought that 2020 had not yet revealed itself. I agree. But fair enough –  it’s early doors.   Last week at Sage Gateshead we had a series of events called The Roaring Twenties. It was a look back at what was happening musically a century ago…
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Five minutes with... Steven Hudson (oboe)

We chatted to Steven Hudson, Section Leader Oboe of Royal Northern Sinfonia, about his upcoming concerto performance and how it feels to be leaving the orchestra after seven years.
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Five minutes with... John Suchet

This February, we’ll be celebrating 250 years since Beethoven’s birth – and what better way to celebrate than by performing all nine symphonies? Find out more about the man and his music from Classic FM's John Suchet.
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Classical Stars of the Future at Sage Gateshead

Each year, the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) selects a group of exceptional young artists to become its Rising Stars. Find out more about the outstanding musicians heading to Sage Gateshead this January.
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Classic FM Recommends

Why not try one of these Classic FM recommended concerts this season? Each concert below has been recommended by the team at Classic FM and contains pieces from the 2019 Hall of Fame.
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Rediscover Beethoven in 2020

Rediscover and celebrate the music of Beethoven at Sage Gateshead this year, and celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth.
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From the perspective of an Early Years tutor

Carol Bowden, Programme Leader, Early Years. For the past 12 years I have been working as an Early Years Music Leader at Sage Gateshead where we run Mini Musician classes for 0-4 years and Baby Musician classes for 0-12 months. These weekly family music-making classes are immersive sessions, designed to support children’s love of music…
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Jazz in the Concert Hall

Royal Northern Sinfonia ring in the 2020s with a celebration of jazz-influenced classical music from the Roaring Twenties. Find out more about the pieces and composers.
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New Year's Day Concert: An Interview With Jessica Cottis

Ahead of Royal Northern Sinfonia’s New Year’s Day Concert, we caught up with conductor Jessica Cottis to find out more about her role, what she’s looking forward to about the concert, and her resolutions for the year ahead.   How has 2019 been for you? It’s been quite an extraordinary year, actually. It’s been super…
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Abigail's blog: Prevention and cure

With both my parents and my children succumbing to the flu which has been rampaging around and living in a solidly red constituency during a labour election campaign which has been big on health, my awareness of the NHS has been high over the past few weeks. Prescriptions have been on my mind one way…
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