News for Category: Royal Northern Sinfonia
BIG BEETHOVEN WEEKEND: FIVE ORCHESTRAS, NINE SYMPHONIES, ONE WEEKEND
Across the weekend of Saturday 22 – Sunday 23 February, Sage Gateshead will present all nine Beethoven symphonies, performed by five leading UK orchestras, in the first of two Big Beethoven Weekends celebrating 250 years since the great composer’s birth. Following huge success at London’s Barbican in early February, the Big Beethoven Weekend is heading…
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…
RNS BRING MUSIC TO LIFE FOR SCHOOL PUPILS
Music being studied by young people in the North East was brought to life by Royal Northern Sinfonia for 656 school pupils at a special concert at Sage Gateshead. Pupils from 24 schools took their seats in the world-famous Sage One concert hall to hear RNS Live! – performing major works by Handel, Vivaldi, Beethoven…
Applications open for soloists for The Snowman
Do you know someone who is… Aged 11-14? Studying at a secondary school in Gateshead? A great singer with an unbroken voice (boys and girls)? Brave enough to sing solo on the stage of Sage One, accompanied by Royal Northern Sinfonia, in front of an audience of over 1000 people? If so, we’d love…
Royal Northern Sinfonia Chorus tells all about Haydn's Creation
When Joseph Haydn turned his hand to the greatest story of all time – the creation – his imagination simply bubbled over. Filled with sparkling melodies and blockbuster choruses, singing The Creation on October 25 will be a real treat for the Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia. “I feel like a kid presented with a…
ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA SHORTLISTED FOR PRESTIGIOUS RPS AWARD
Royal Northern Sinfonia (RNS) – orchestra of Sage Gateshead – has been shortlisted for a Royal Philharmonic Society Award, ‘celebrating the outstanding, the pioneering and the inspirational in classical music’. The chamber orchestra, which celebrated its 60th year in 2018, resides at Sage Gateshead, which opened in 2004. It performs more than 130 concerts each…
“The musical power is obvious – we just need more of it!”
Royal Northern Sinfonia Dementia Friendly Performance Media Release: 26th September 2019 A performance from Royal Northern Sinfonia will take place in a supportive and relaxed environment, suited to those with dementia and their families / carers on the 16th October at Sage Gateshead. This is the second dementia friendly performance from the orchestra this year.…