Sage Gateshead Autumn Events Diary 2014

Events Diary
September-November 2014

Welcome from our
General Director
Welcome to our autumn diary – bursting with
one of our highest ever concentrations of special
events as we approach Sage Gateshead’s 10th
Birthday in December.
Four evenings are part of an extended birthday
festival (the two Pet Shop Boys Electric World
Tour nights; the welcome return of the St
Petersburg Philharmonic with charismatic music
director Yuri Temirkanov and ‘The Power of Ten’
special Late Mix with American composer David
Lang), and this diary also includes the first three
of Royal Northern Sinfonia’s all-season cycle
of Beethoven’s nine symphonies, with music
director designate Lars Vogt, principal conductor
Mario Venzago and very welcome guest Julian
Rachlin.
These three months also include a truly
exceptional wealth of world music - from Mali
to Chile, Senegal to Greece and three evenings
with masters of Indian music, and other special
moments during the autumn range from BBC
Radio 3’s Free Thinking Festival (of debate, new
ideas, music and performance) to the 10th Brass
in Concert championship we’ve hosted; from
the illustrious North East Guitar Festival to the
teeming participatory excitement of Newcastle
Gateshead’s Juice Festival for children and young
people, and from The Lindisfarne Story (with
doyens Billy Mitchell and Ray Laidlaw) to a
traditional Northumbrian Harvest Supper – a
feast of regional music and food.
Welcome visitors including Sage Gateshead
in their autumn touring plans range from
Elaine Paige to Abdullah Ibrahim; Maddy Prior
to Curtis Stigers and Neil Sedaka to Sheryl
Crow (plus the breathtakingly brilliant trumpet
virtuoso Alison Balsom), and we’re also proud
to present Kathryn Tickell’s exciting new band
The Side; Nine Below Zero reforming their
classic line-up; an extraordinary programme
from the pioneering Hebrides Ensemble
(Dead Elvis), and the joyfully explosive world
of Bellowhead!
We’re marking the centenary of World War
One with several eloquent events (see the
WW1 tag) including two remarkable staged
multi-media evenings (Sam Sweeney’s ‘Made
in the Great War’ and Helen Chadwick’s War
Correspondents Song Theatre); Benjamin
Britten’s shattering War Requiem, and Thomas
Allen hosting a day of twelve brand new
choral works on the theme of war specially
commissioned by our concert hall colleagues
across Europe.
Whatever brings you to Sage Gateshead this
autumn, I hope you’ll feel inspired to make
some rewarding new discoveries from the
really exceptional musical feast in these pages
alongside enjoying familiar pleasures.
Anthony Sargent CBE
General Director
sagegateshead.com T icket OFfice: 0191 443 4661

On the cover:
Tuesday 2 September & Wednesday 3 September
Pet Shop Boys Live - Electric World Tour
plus support
Hall One, 7.30pm
see page 8.
popular and contemporary
Tue 2nd & Wed 3rd Sept Pet Shop Boys - Electric World Tour plus support 8
Friday 5th Sept Mostly Autumn 8
Saturday 6th Sept Gruff Rhys: ‘American Interior’ 9
Saturday 6th Sept Lisa Stansfield plus Mamas Gun 8
Saturday 6th Sept Nearly Dan 9
Sunday 7th Sept Roland Gift: The Voice of Fine Young Cannibals 9
Wednesday 10th Sept Elio Pace performs The Billy Joel Songbook 11
Saturday 13th Sept Cate Le Bon plus support H. Hawkline 11
Sunday 14th Sept Mississippi Records On Tour (Films/Live Music) 12
Thursday 18th Sept Albert Lee & Hogan’s Heroes 12
Wednesday 24th Sept Ladysmith Black Mambazo in Inala: A Zulu Ballet 15
Friday 26th Sept Nik Kershaw 16
Friday 26th Sept The Phantom Band 16
Saturday 27th Sept Beverley Craven 17
Sunday 28th Sept Ian Hunter & The Rant Band plus Federal Charm 18
Monday 29th Sept An Evening with Roger McGuinn 18
Friday 3rd Oct The Hollies 19
Wednesday 8th Oct Curtis Stigers 21
Saturday 11th Oct Tony Hadley plus special guests 22
Tuesday 14th Oct Elaine Paige plus special guests 23
Friday 17th Oct Level 42 plus special guests 24
Sunday 19th Oct NE GF Michael Chapman plus support Patsy Matheson 26
Tuesday 21st Oct NE GF: Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders 27
Saturday 25th Oct John Cooper Clarke plus special guests 25
Sunday 26th Oct British Sea Power: Sea of Brass 28
Monday 27th Oct Paul Potts 28
Monday 27th Oct Nick Mulvey plus support 29
Tuesday 28th Oct Sheryl Crow 29
Tuesday 28th Oct Asia 29
Wednesday 29th Oct Neil Sedaka 29
Sunday 2nd Nov The RAF in Concert 32
Thursday 6th Nov Nerina Pallot 33
Friday 7th Nov Sixties Gold 33

Friday 7th Nov Nine Below Zero 33
Saturday 8th Nov The Lindisfarne Story featuring Billy Mitchell and Ray Laidlaw 34
Friday 14th Nov Go West 36
Saturday 15th Nov Julia Fordham - Porcelain 25 36
Thursday 20th Nov Gareth Gates 39
Thursday 20th Nov Jackson Browne 39
Friday 21st Nov China Crisis 39
Monday 24th Nov Pere Ubu 41
Tuesday 25th Nov Martha Wainwright 41
Wednesday 26th Nov The Manfreds 41
Thursday 27th Nov Imelda May 42
Friday 28th Nov Hugh Cornwell and Hazel O’Connor 43
Sunday 30th Nov Jane McDonald 44
folk and traditional
Friday 19th Sept Sam Sweeney’s Made in the Great War 12
Saturday 20th Sept Northern Harmony 13
Wednesday 24th Sept Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies – These Coal Town Days 15
Friday 26th Sept Chris While and Julie Matthews 17
Saturday 27th Sept Northumbrian Harvest Supper: Traditional Music and Food 17
Friday 3rd Oct Karine Polwart 19
Sunday 5th Oct The Outside Track and Paul McKenna Band 20
Friday 10th Oct Cara Dillon and Dan Tyminski 22
Saturday 11th Oct Folk on the Tyne 22
Saturday 18th Oct Världens Band 24
Saturday 18th Oct Seth Lakeman plus support 24
Saturday 25th Oct Show of Hands with Miranda Sykes 25
Saturday 25th Oct NE GF: Tir Eolas 27
Saturday 1st Nov The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc 32
Wednesday 5th Nov Kathryn Tickell and The Side 32
Thursday 13th Nov Bellowhead plus support 35
Thursday 20th Nov Steve Turner 39
Sunday 23rd Nov The Poozies 41
Friday 28th Nov Nancy Kerr and the Sweet Visitor Band 43
Wednesday 3rd Dec Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band - Carols and Capers 44
AMERICANA
Tuesday 30th Sept Mary Chapin Carpenter and Royal Northern Sinfonia 19
Monday 6th Oct Sturgill Simpson 20
Friday 24th Oct Red Molly 25
Sunday 16th Nov Hot Club of Cowtown 38

Classical
Saturday 20th Sept Beethoven Six ‘Pastoral’ – Royal Northern Sinfonia 13
Thursday 25th Sept Simply Sinfonia: Serenade – Royal Northern Sinfonia 15
Wednesday 1st Oct Alison Balsom 19
Sunday 5th Oct John Wilson’s Sunday Afternoons: Russian Fantasy 20
Tuesday 7th Oct Angela Brownridge 20
Wednesday 8th Oct Newcastle International Chamber Music Series: Schubert Ensemble 21
Thursday 9th Oct Glorious Bach - Royal Northern Sinfonia 21
Sunday 12th Oct Bach and his Contemporaries - Royal Northern Sinfonia 21
Thursday 16th Oct Coffee Cantata - Royal Northern Sinfonia 21
Saturday 18th Oct NEGF: Eden-Stell Guitar Duo 25th Anniversary Concert 26
Sunday 19th Oct NEGF: Young Artist Platform: Sasha Savaloni 26
Sunday 19th Oct NEGF: Xuefei Yang plus Mikkel Egelund Nielson 27
Wednesday 22nd Oct NEGF: ‘A decoration of silence’ - Nigel North 27
plus support Vickers Bovey Guitar Duo
Thursday 23rd Oct Beethoven Four – Royal Northern Sinfonia 25
Wednesday 29th Oct Saleem Ashkar: Tempest 29
Friday 31st Oct Free Thinking: Royal Northern Sinfonia 30
Saturday 1st Nov Cleveland Philharmonic Choir 32
Wednesday 5th Nov St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra 32
Saturday 8th Nov Newcastle upon Tyne Bach Choir 34
Sunday 9th Nov Commemoration Choir Performances (Reflections on peace) 34
Sunday 9th Nov ECHO: Body of Song 34
Wednesday 12th Nov Beethoven Seven – Royal Northern Sinfonia 35
Thursday 13th Nov Hebrides Ensemble: Dead Elvis 36
Sunday 16th Nov Cobweb Orchestra in Concert with Iona Brown 38
Tuesday 18th Nov Late Mix: Power of Ten – Royal Northern Sinfonia 38
Wednesday 19th Nov Newcastle International Chamber Music Series: Parker Quartet 39
Friday 21st Nov John Wilson & The John Wilson Orchestra: ‘Cole Porter in Hollywood’ 40
Wednesday 26th Nov Royal Northern Sinfonia Up Close: Steven Hudson 42
Wednesday 26th Nov Samling Masterclass 42
Friday 28th Nov John Grant with Royal Northen Sinfonia 43
Saturday 29th Nov Samling Concert 42
Saturday 29th Nov Newcastle Choral Society Diamond Jubilee Concert 43
Sunday 30th Nov Future Classics: Aaron Pilsan, presented by ECHO Rising Stars 44
Sunday 30th Nov Sing Together Concert: Puccini’s Messa Di Gloria 44
n0n-musical/spoken word
Sat 23rd Aug-23rd Sept The Felt Mistress Exhibition 9
Saturday 27th Sept Salute Our Heroes - The Response 17
Tuesday 14th Oct War Correspondents: Helen Chadwick Song Theatre 23
Fri 31st Oct-Sun 2 Nov BBC 3 Free Thinking 31
Mon 24-Sat 29 Nov Corrymella Scott Gallery 41

participation
From Tuesday 2nd Sept Gateshead Ceilidh Club 8
Friday 5th Sept Silver Summer Karaoke 8
Thursday 11th Sept Silver Summer - Percussion Taster Session 11
Saturday 20th Sept Absolute Beginners Folk Workout Day 13
Saturday 20th Sept Absolute Beginners Folk Taster Sessions 13
Saturday 20th Sept Folkworks Harmony Song Workshop with Northern Harmony 13
From Wednesday 24 Sept Sing Together: Puccini Messa di Gloria 15
Sunday 28th Sept Join in and Sing: Pirates of Penzance 18
Tuesday 30th Sept Lulo Reinhardt Latin Swing Guitar Workshop 18
Sunday 5th Oct Sing with Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band 19
Saturday 18th Oct Workshops with Världens Band 24
Saturday 15th Nov Introduction to Songwriting 38
Saturday 22nd Nov Carmina Burana with The Cobweb Orchestra 40
jazz blues and soul
Friday 12th Sept Christine Tobin 11
Sunday 21st Sept GrooveTrain and Friends 14
Monday 22nd Sept Claire Martin Live in Concert with The Montpellier Cello Quartet 14
Thursday 25th Sept Paul Edis Sextet Album Launch – ‘Mr Hipster’ 16
Tuesday 30th Sept Lulo Reinhardt Latin Swing Project 18
Saturday 11th Oct Neil Cowley Trio - Touch and Flee Tour 23
Friday 17th Oct NEGF: RJ Thompson 26
Monday 20th Oct NEGF: Joanne Shaw Taylor 27
Sunday 26th Oct Kenny Wayne Shepherd 28
Thursday 30th Oct Gregory Porter 30
Tuesday 11th Nov John Mayall plus King King 35
Wednesday 19th Nov Abdullah Ibrahim 38
family
From Monday 8th Sept Under 5s Music-Making 10
From Monday 8th Sept Babies, Babble & Play 10
Saturday 1st Nov JUICE Festival: Musical Rumpus 10
From Saturday 13th Sept Planet Music 10
From Thursday 18th Sept Musical Bumps 10
Monday 29th September The Worst Princess 10
Saturday 11th Oct Little Wolf Gang: Peter And The Wolf & Other Wild Tales 22
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youth and community
From Tuesday 9th Sept Streetwise Opera 9
From Friday 19th Sept Krocodile Klub 12
From Sunday 21st Sept, Young Musicians Live 14
Tuesday 23rd Sept Freshers Perform Live 15
Wednesday 15th Oct Tutors Live 23
Saturday 25th Oct JUICE Festival: Art Jam 30
Sunday 26th Oct Samling Academy Concert 28
Thursday 30th Oct JUICE Festival: Skimstone Arts Album Launch 30
Friday 31st Oct JUICE: Festival Halloween Takeover 30
Sunday 9th Nov Young Sinfonia 35
Monday 24th Nov Angels of the North 41
Tuesday 25th Nov Music from the Movies - A Festival of Music 41
world
Sunday 21st Sept Debashish Bhattacharya and Shahbaz Hussain 14
Thursday 25th Sept Jyoti Hegde and Surdarshan Chana 16
Saturday 27th Sept Making Tracks: Çigdem Aslan 17
Thursday 23rd Oct NEGF: Dani de Morón Trio 27
Thursday 6th Nov Songlines Music Awards 2014 Winners’ Concert 33
Friday 7th Nov Vishwa Mohan Bhatt 33
Saturday 22nd Nov Kanda Bongo Man plus support The Crossings Band 40
Saturday 22nd Nov Making Tracks: Pascuala Ilabaca & Fauna 40
brass
Saturday 15th Nov World Brass in Concert 37
Saturday 15th Nov Brass and Percussion Workshops 37
Saturday 15th Nov Taster Sessions 37
Saturday 15th Nov Youth Brass in Concert 37
Saturday 15th Nov Brass Band Schoonhoven 37
Saturday 15th Nov Swing/Jazz Masterclass 37
Sunday 16th Nov 38th Brass in Concert Championship 37
KEY TO SYMBOLS
Concession prices available.
Multibuy. Book a multibuy deal and save on your classical marked concerts. See page 28.
Buses run from Hexham (via Corbridge) and Alnwick (via Felton, Morpeth and Gosforth).
WW1 Part of our World War 1 Centenary commemoration / commissions

Tuesday 2 September* & Wednesday 3 September
Pet Shop Boys Live - Electric World Tour
plus support
Hall One, 7.30pm
The first in a very special season of concerts to celebrate Sage
Gateshead’s 10th birthday. An extraordinary interactive show with
visuals, original choreography, amazing costumes, a spectacular light
and laser show, and lots of hits including new tracks from their
brilliant latest album ‘Electric’.
Tickets: £39.50 (standing) - £45 (seated)
*This first concert has sold out. Check for returns.
Friday 5 September
Silver Summer Karaoke
with a live band
Gateshead Old Town
Hall, 7pm
If you enjoy karaoke, you’ll love
this karaoke with a live band!
Join us for this very special
opportunity to sing your favourite
songs as part of our Silver
Programme for the over 50s.
Tickets: £5
Friday 5 September
Mostly Autumn
Hall Two, 8pm
On tour to promote their new
album ‘Dressed in Voices’, these
British rockers are further
proving themselves as one of the
country’s best live acts.
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Tickets: £15 (£16 on the door)
Tuesdays 2 Sept, 7 Oct, 4 Nov
Gateshead Ceilidh Club
Gateshead Old Town
Hall, 8pm
Let your hair down with three
nights of dancing with a group
of friendly and enthusiastic
people. Each dance is ‘called’ so
previous dancing experience
isn’t necessary. Lively music is
provided by The Redheughers
Ceilidh Band led by Robin Dunn.
Tickets: £5 (pay on the door)
Saturday 6 September
Lisa Stansfield
plus special guests
Mamas Gun
Hall One, 7pm (doors)
With her new album, ‘Seven’,
which marks the return to
the stage for one of the UK’s
greatest modern soul voices.
Tickets: £27.50-£37.50
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Sage Gateshead will soon be 10 and we’re celebrating
with all kinds of special concerts and events.
Look out for this symbol throughout the diary.
PET SHOP BOYS
MOSTLY AUTUMN
LISA STANSFIELD

Nearly Dan
Hall Two, 8pm
The ten piece promise an expert
recreation of every Steely Dan favourite,
featuring tracks from Becker and Fagen’s
celebrated ‘Countdown to Ecstasy’ , ‘The
Royal Scam’, ‘Aja’ and ‘Gaucho’.
Tickets: £15
Saturday 23 August – Tuesday 23 September
FELT MISTRESS - THE GLORIOUS FLOCK
Sage Gateshead
Ahead of Gruff Rhys’s appearance on the 6th
September (see below), creature-creator Felt Mistress
will be exhibiting her work for the first time in the
North East. Felt Mistress (real name Louise Evans)
has become renowned for her weird and wonderful
characters, including ‘John Evans’ - star of Rhys’s
‘American Interior’ film.
Free
Gruff Rhys: ‘American
Interior’
plus support
Gateshead Old Town
Hall, 8pm
An acoustic show of inspired,
mind-rinsing genius from the
Super Furry Animals/Neon
Neon frontman. Conveying
a quest of continental
proportions in film and
song - the true story of a
Welsh explorer’s fantastical
18th century journey across
the heart of the unmapped
American continent.
Tickets: £16.50
Sunday 7 September
Roland Gift: The
Voice of Fine Young
Cannibals plus support
Hall Two, 8pm
Roland Gift shot to fame with
the Fine Young Cannibals’
chart-topping ‘The Raw And
The Cooked’ LP . With a style
influenced by classic soul
yet immersed in the latest
technology. Roland is playing just
a few selected dates with his
own band, featuring some classic
hits and a rare chance to hear
some new tracks.
Presented by Moulin Music Live
Tickets: £19-£22
Every Tuesday from
9 September until 9 December
Streetwise Opera
(Autumn 14/15)
Music Education
Centre, 1-3pm
Have fun singing, acting and
get to know a different
opera each term in a friendly,
relaxed atmosphere. Open to
people who have experienced
homelessness as well as the
wider community. Contact Fiona
Fitzpatrick on 07598 327 573 or
visit streetwiseopera.org if you’d
like to take part.
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GRUFF RHYS
FELT MISTRES

From Monday 8 September
Under 5s Music-Making
(Ages 0-4)
The greggs Children’s room
Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays
& Saturdays: 9.45am & 11am
Tuesdays: 9.45am, 11am &
1.30pm
Wednesdays: 9.45am & 1.30pm
Fun singing, movement and
music-making, designed to
support your child develop
musical and social skills. Plus lots
of new ideas for songs to sing
and games to play at home.
Tickets: £3 per person (second
child £1.50). £2.50 per session
for 10 sessions or more – ask at
Ticket Office for details.
From Monday 8 September
Babies, Babble & Play
(Age 0-12 months)
The greggs Children’s room
Mondays & Thursdays: 1.30pm
Wednesdays: 11am
Start a musical journey with your
baby in these magical interactive
music-making sessions. The
activities support your baby’s
development through music and
movement, and can easily be
used at home.
child £1.50). £2.50 per session
for 10 sessions or more – ask at
Saturdays from 13 September
Planet Music (5-7 year olds)
The greggs Children’s
room, 1pm
13 Sept, 27 Sept, 11 Oct,
25 Oct, 8 Nov, 22 Nov &
29 Nov
Blast off on an exciting
adventure of musical discovery!
These classes promote the
development of musical skills
such as singing, pitch awareness,
rhythm and movement in an
engaging, fun and playful way.
child £1.50)
Thursdays from 18 September
to 23 October and from
6 November to 11 December
(both 6 week courses)
Musical Bumps
The greggs Children’s
room, 6pm
Sing to your bump, learn
lullabies to help soothe the baby
when it arrives, and enjoy gentle
yoga with an ‘active birth’ focus
in these two-hour classes for
pregnant women.
Subsidised by Gateshead
Council Learning and Skills.
Tickets: £28.80 for the six-week
course
Saturday 1 November
JUICE Festival:
Musical Rumpus
GATESHEAD OLD TOWN HALL,
11.30AM/1.30PM/3.30PM
Explore a magical underwater
world of mermaids and
monsters on this journey into
the beautiful music of JS Bach,
especially designed for very
young ears. The event lasts 45
minutes including free play at
the end of the show. Suitable for
babies up to 2 years.
A Spitalfields Music
Production supported by
Arts Council England and
NewcastleGateshead Initiative.
Tickets: £5
Monday 29 September
The Worst Princess
Gateshead Old Town Hall,
1.30pm
The Worst Princess is Carina
Rodney’s adaptation of the
acclaimed children’s book
written by Anna Kemp. This
one-hour interactive production
features puppetry, live music,
and plenty of scope for
children to join in with singing
and dancing. For children
under 7 and their families.
Commissioned by New Writing
North in association with Sage
Gateshead
Tickets: £5
10
Family Fun
Concerts and classes for bumps,
babies and beyond

Wednesday 10 September
Elio Pace performs The Billy Joel
Songbook
Hall Two, 8pm
Celebrating the phenomenal music of Billy Joel,
featuring hits, ‘Uptown Girl’, ‘Just the Way You
Are’ and ‘My Life’.
Tickets: £18
Thursday 11 September
Silver Summer - Percussion Taster
Session
Music Education Centre, 11am & 2pm
Explore a variety of percussion genres from
around the world - from upbeat Brazilian Samba
to traditional African Djembe rhythms. Sessions
are open to all abilities.
Tickets: £5
Friday 12 September
Christine Tobin -
A Thousand Kisses Deep
Hall Two, 8pm
One of the great interpreters of modern
popular song, salutes the legendary Canadian
singer-songwriter and poet, Leonard Cohen
as he celebrates his 80th birthday, with new
arrangements of his songs.
Tickets: £14.50
Cate Le Bon
plus support H. Hawkline
Hall Two, 8pm
Woozy psychedelia that channels The Velvets,
Nico, and Tom Verlaine into a uniquely ‘Welsh-
Californian’ sound. Cate’s music has found her
touring with St. Vincent and collaborating with
Gruff Rhys, Manic Street Preachers and more.
Tickets: £12.50
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ELIO PACE
CHRISTINE TOBIN
CATE LE BON

Sunday 14 September
Mississippi Records On Tour (Films/Live
Music)
Northern Rock Foundation Hall, 7.45pm
A new live film and talk presentation by Mississippi
Records’ Eric Isaacson with music by Marisa Anderson, Lori
Goldston & Dragging An Ox Through Water.
Tickets: £10
Albert Lee & Hogan’s Heroes
Gateshead Old Town Hall, 8pm
One of the world’s finest guitar players, this double
GRAMMY award winner and member of Bill Wyman’s
Rhythm Kings is well known to country music and rock
fans. Backed by one of the tightest units in music.
Presented with Venues All
Tickets: £20
Fridays 19 September, 10 October and 28 November
Krocodile Klub
Sept & Oct: Gateshead Old Town Hall, 7pm
Nov: Northern Rock Foundation Hall, 7pm
Krocodile Klub has been running since 1998, providing a
friendly atmosphere where people with learning disabilities
and their friends can make new friends, meet up with old
ones, hear great music, dance, chill and perform on open
mic.
Tickets: £5 (supporting staff free)
Friday 19 September
WW1
Folkworks
Sam Sweeney’s Made in the Great War
Hall Two, 8pm
Bellowhead’s Sam Sweeney and award-winning story-teller
Hugh Lupton create a multi-media performance telling
the incredible story of a fiddle, made by non-returning
World War I soldier Richard Howard, to mark the 100th
anniversary of the start of World War I.
Tickets: £13-£15
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ALBERT LE
WW1 Part of our World War 1 Centenary
commemoration / commissions

Folkworks
Absolute Beginners
Folk Workout Day
Gateshead Old Town
Hall, 10am–4pm
Choose from the fiddle,
Northumbrian pipes, concertina,
mandolin, or clog dancing. By
the end of the day you will have
a massive sense of achievement!
You will need to bring your
own mandolin but all other
instruments / clogs can be
provided.
Tickets: £35 (concessions
available)
Under 16s must be
accompanied by an adult.
Absolute Beginners
Taster Sessions
Gateshead Old Town
Hall
Ukuleles 10.30am
Singing 12noon
Gamelan 1.15pm
Led by experienced and trained
tutors, you can learn the ukulele,
experience the fulfilment of
singing in a choir or have a go at
playing Javanese Gamelan.
Tickets: £5 per class (£12 for all
three classes)
Under 16s must be accompanied
by an adult.
Folkworks
Harmony Song
Workshop with
Northern Harmony
The Barbour Room,
4.30pm
The renowned Northern
Harmony group from New
England is famed for American
shape note singing as well as
a cappella styles from across
the globe. You don’t need
any experience to join this
workshop, just a love for singing!
Cost: £10
Special offer: Combined
Northern Harmony workshop
& concert: £20
Folkworks
Northern Harmony
Northern Rock
Foundation Hall, 8pm
This vocal ensemble transcends
the traditional definition of
choral music. The group is
particularly renowned for its
varied world ethnic singing
styles, from Bulgarian ‘hard voice’
to Georgian timbre, from the
mellifluous South African style
to the unrestrained American
shape-note sound.
Tickets: £12
Special offer: Combined
Northern Harmony concert &
workshop £20
Beethoven Six
‘Pastoral’
HAL ONE, 7.30PM
Lars Vogt conductor
Alissa Margulis violin
Royal Northern Sinfonia
BEETHOVEN Egmont
Overture
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.6
begins its new season with the
reflective beauty of Beethoven’s
Pastoral Symphony, welcoming
our Music Director Designate
Lars Vogt to the podium.
With a pre-concert talk at
6.30pm – free to ticket holders
Tickets: £10-£33
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LARS VOGT

Sundays 21 Sept, 5 Oct, 23 Nov & 30 Nov
Young Musicians Live
Talented young musicians from our Centre for
Advanced Training, part of our Young Musicians
Programme, present a short lunchtime concert. Visit
our website for details on joining our Young Musicians
Programme.
Free but ticketed
Sunday 21 September
GrooveTrain and Friends
Hall Two, 6pm
In aid of North East Children’s Cancer Research and
Rainbow Trust.
This bumper show features Russ Tippins, Immy
Williams and a host of special guest performances.
Headlined by GrooveTrain - a five-piece soul and funk
band.
Tickets: £10
Sunday 21 September
Debashish Bhattacharya
(Sarod) and Shahbaz Hussain
(Tabla)
Northern Rock Foundation
Hall, 7pm
Tabla maestro Shahbaz accompanies the
great master of the sarod. Bhattacharya’s
genius shines through in his portrayal of the
raga. (Please note that this is the Sarod player,
and not the Calcuttan slide guitar player of the
same name).
Presented with GemArts.
Tickets: £10
Family ticket for 4 (to include at least one child):
£25
Multibuy: purchase a ticket for Jyoti Hegde and
Surdarshan Chana on the 25th September and
receive £2 off each individual ticket.
Monday 22 September
Claire Martin Live in Concert with The
Montpellier Cello Quartet
Hall Two, 8pm
Combining Claire’s love of the Great American
Songbook and popular classics with new arrangements
commissioned by internationally renowned composers
including Sir Richard Rodney Bennet, Mark Anthony
Turnage and Django Bates.
Tickets: £18-£20
Presented by Senbla Ltd
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GROOVETRAIN
DEBASHISH
BATTACHARAYA
claire martin

Tuesday 23 September
Freshers Perform Live
Hall Two, 4pm
A chance to experience new
talent emerging from our
cohort of degree students and
current undergraduate students
in this special one-off event.
Free but ticketed
Folkworks
Jez Lowe and the Bad
Pennies – These Coal
Town Days
Hall Two, 8pm
An upbeat night of humour
and song from award-winning
Radio 2 songwriter Jez Lowe
and his celtic style band The Bad
Pennies.
Tickets: £10-12
Ladysmith Black
Mambazo in Inala:
A Zulu Ballet
Hall One, 7.30pm
A special artistic collaboration
with Ladysmith Black Mambazo
and multi-award winning
choreographer Mark Baldwin
featuring world class dancers,
including talent from The Royal
Ballet and Rambert.
Tickets: £24.50
Presented by Music Beyond
Mainstream
Every Wednesday from 24 September
Sing Together: Puccini Messa di Gloria
(Rehearsals)
Gateshead Old Town Hall, 7.15pm
A fantastic opportunity for anyone who enjoys singing to rehearse
for a performance of Puccini’s Messa di Gloria in Hall Two on Sunday
30th November. No prior singing experience necessary. Conducted
by Len Young with pianist Jenny Martins.
Cost: £60
Special offer: Book tickets for Join in and Sing: Pirates of Penzance
workshop (28 September) and save £5 off Sing Together: Puccini
Messa di Gloria
Simply Sinfonia: Serenade
Hall One, 7.30pm
Bradley Creswick director
Louisa Tuck cello
Steven Hudson oboe
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.
Tickets: £10-£33
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zulu ballet

Jyoti Hegde (Rudra
veena) and
Surdarshan Chana
(Jori)
Northern Rock
Foundation Hall, 7.45pm
Jyoti makes her UK debut on
the spellbinding rudra veena, she
brings alive the essence of ragas
through the highly developed
art form ‘dhrupad’. Surdarshan
accompanies her on the
evocative sounds of the Jori.
Presented with GemArts
Tickets: £10
Family ticket for 4 (to include at
least one child): £25
Multibuy: purchase a ticket for
Debashish Bhattacharya and
Shahbaz Hussain on the 21st
September and receive £2 off each
individual ticket.
Paul Edis Sextet Album Launch – ‘Mr Hipster’
Hall Two, 8pm
The Paul Edis Sextet has wowed audiences and critics alike with
their intricate arrangements, solid grooves and exquisite melodies.
This concert is the official launch of new album ‘Mr Hipster’.
Tickets: £7
Friday 26 September
The Phantom Band
plus support
Inventive rockers The Phantom Band bring their trademark burbling,
fluttering electronics, dragging their sound through a wormhole and
out into the 70’s alongside the soundtracks of John Carpenter and
the kosmische of Kraftwerk and Neu!
Tickets: £10
Friday 26 September
Nik Kershaw
The ‘Me, Myself
and I tour’: A solo
retrospective
Hall Two, 8pm
To celebrate the 30th
anniversary of his first chart
success, Nik performs songs and
tells tales from his impressive
career and takes questions from
the audience.
Presented by Gig Cartel
Tickets: £22.50 (advance)
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nik kershaw

Friday 26 September
Chris While and Julie
Matthews
Gateshead Old Town
Hall, 8pm
A leading force on the acoustic
singer-songwriter scene since
their collaboration began in
1994. The past two decades
have taken them all over the
world, gaining plaudits, awards
and an ever growing loyal fan
base.
Tickets: £14
Northumbrian Harvest
Supper: Traditional
Music and Food
Northern Rock
Food and music mark the
passing of the seasons. Enjoy a
delicious dinner with traditional
songs, tunes and dancing
with Northumbrian singer
Kat Davidson and The Nathan
Armstrong Ceilidh Band.
Celebrate the harvest home!
Tickets: £30
WW1
Salute Our Heroes -
The Response
Hall One, 7.30pm
This concert will commemorate
the centenary of WW1 from
a North East perspective. Film
clips, images, personal stories,
letters and poems, interspersed
with music, song and dance.
Narrated by Alasdair Hutton
with contributions from Denise
Robertson, Kate Adie, Carol
Malia and Pam Royle.
All proceeds from this concert will
go to ABF The Soldiers’ Charity,
SSAFA Forces Help and BRAINBOX.
Saturday 27 September Tickets: £15-£20
Making Tracks:
Çigdem Aslan
Çigdem (pronounced ‘Cheedem’) is a rising star in the revival
of rebetiko, the bitter-sweet, devil-may-care songs of an exiled
underclass, sung in the hash dens and café aman music houses of
Athens, Piraeus and Istanbul of the turbulent 1920s.
Tickets: £12.50
Special offer: buy 2 or more tickets for Making Tracks gigs and get
£2.50 off each
Other Series Dates: 22 November: Pascuala Ilabaca & Fauna;
6 March: Trio da Kali; 15 April: Mariana Sadovska
an evening with
Beverley Craven
Hall Two, 8pm
With new songs from her
new album, ‘Change of Heart’
alongside timeless classics,
‘Promise Me’, ‘Holding On’,
‘Woman To Woman’, ‘Love
Scenes’ and many more.
Tickets: £18.50
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Sunday 28 September
Join in and Sing
Pirates of Penzance
Hall One,
Workshop: 10.30am
Performance: 6pm
Join choir leader Simon Fidler as he leads a day of
choral discovery with Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘Pirates
of Penzance’, before performing it to your friends
and family. No prior singing experience required.
Cost: £7
Performance: Free but ticketed
Special offer: Book tickets for Join in and Sing:
Pirates of Penzance workshop and save £5 off Sing
Together: Puccini Messa di Gloria (24 September)
Sunday 28 September
Ian Hunter & The Rant Band plus
special guests Federal Charm
Hall Two, 8pm
As leader of ’70s British rock legends, Mott The
Hoople, and as a hugely influential solo artist, Ian
Hunter is widely revered as one of rock ‘n’ roll’s
most compelling performers, as well as one of its
most articulate songwriters.
Tickets: £25 (advance)
Monday 29 September
An Evening with
Roger McGuinn
Hall Two, 8pm
Legendary former Byrds
frontman and founding member,
Roger McGuinn’s trademark
Rickenbacker 12-string sound
has influenced generations of
musicians. This superb show will
draw from his huge, era-defining
back catalogue.
Presented with CMP
Entertainment
Tickets: £29.50-£32.50
Monday 29 September
The Worst Princess
Gateshead Old Town Hall, 1.30pm
See page 10
Tickets: £5
Lulo Reinhardt
Latin Swing Workshop
Northern Rock
Ahead of Lulo Reinhardt’s
performance in Hall Two, join the
guitarist for a one-off workshop.
Tickets: £16 (special offer of £30
for workshop and concert.)
Lulo Reinhardt
latin swing Project
Hall Two, 8pm
Lulo Reinhardt, the great
nephew of jazz legend Django
Reinhardt, is one of the foremost
authentic and distinctive
musicians in Gypsy music today.
Lulo performs a fusion of styles
including flamenco, Latin and
Brazilian jazz.
Tickets: £16 (special offer of £30
for concert and workshop.)
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an evening with Mary
Chapin Carpenter
and Royal Northern
Sinfonia
Hall One, 7.30pm
Singer-songwriter Mary Chapin
Carpenter performs songs from
her latest album ‘Songs from the
Movie’ and others, all reinvented
for Royal Northern Sinfonia
by composer/arranger and
producer Vince Mendoza.
Tickets: £32.50/£37.50
Wednesday 1 October
Alison Balsom:
The trumpet sings
Hall One, 7.30pm
Multi-award winning trumpeter,
Alison Balsom brings a new
flavour to her show presenting
music by Bach, Satie, Debussy,
Gershwin and many more
inspired by her new album ‘Paris’.
Expect an evening of remarkable
creativity, virtuosity and style.
Tickets: £19.50-£32.50
Presented by Senbla Ltd
Friday 3 October
The Hollies
Hall One, 7.30pm
‘60s band The Hollies perform
their classics – ‘The Air That I
breathe’, ‘Carrie Anne’, ‘Just One
Look’, ‘On a Carousel’, ‘He Aint
Heavy, He’s My Brother’ and
many more hits.
Tickets: £25-£29.50
Presented by Jimmy Smith
Friday 3 October
Folkworks:
Karine Polwart
Gateshead Old Town
Hall, 8pm
One of Scotland’s finest and
most captivating folk artists,
Karine Polwart will play a raft of
songs from the album ‘Traces’
and some live favourites. “One
of the finest singer-songwriters in
Britain.” The Guardian
Tickets: £13
Sunday 5 October
Sing with Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band
The Barbour Room, 10.30am – 5pm
Join Andy Watts, musical director and principal arranger for The
Carnival Band, for a unique opportunity to perform with them
during their Hall One concert on 3 December. Participants must be
able to attend both the workshop and performance. Audio tracks
will be available to aid learning. Singers should be willing to sing
harmony lines and some ability to read music would be helpful.
For singers aged 14+
Cost: £40 (includes required concert ticket)
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MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER
THE HOLIES

Sunday 5 October
Northern Rock
See Sunday 21 September
Free but ticketed
Sunday 5 October
classic fm series
John Wilson’s Sunday
Afternoons: Russian
Fantasy
Hall One, 3pm
John Wilson conductor
Denis Kozhukhin piano
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.
Tickets: £10-£33
Sunday 5 October
The Outside Track and Paul McKenna Band
Two of the most dynamic, forward thinking, exciting and engaging
traditional Celtic music acts join forces in one dazzling and
compelling concert combining a vast array of cultural folk influences.
This will be their first full collaboration and in addition to performing
separately, they will also compose and arrange several new works
for the concert.
Tickets: £13
Monday 6 October
Sturgill Simpson plus
support
Hall Two, 8pm
The Kentucky born singer-songwriter,
tipped as one of the
rising stars of modern country,
will perform songs from his
latest album ‘Metamodern
Sounds in Country Music’ which
hints at the psychedelic sounds
found within.
Tickets: £12.50
Tuesday 7 October
Angela Brownridge
Hall Two, 8pm
BEETHOVEN Sonata No.23
“Appassionata”
LISZT A selection from Années
de Pélèrinage Book 2 ‘Italy’
DEBUSSY Pour le Piano
CHOPIN Sonata No.2
SCRIABIN A selection of
Etudes, Op. 8
Former child prodigy and now
international soloist Angela
Brownridge comes to Sage
Gateshead for the first time
with a recital of every pianist’s
favourite composers.
Presented by Mary Kaptein
Management
Tickets: £15
20
JOHN WILSON STURGIL SIMPSON
THE OUTSIDE TRACK
PAUL MCKENA BAND

Wednesday 8 October
Curtis Stigers
Hall One, 7pm (Doors)
The multi-platinum singer and
saxophonist will perform songs
from his latest album, ‘Hooray
for Love’.
Presented by Live Nation
Tickets: £25-£30
VIP tickets with meet and greet:
£50
Wednesday 8 October
Newcastle International Chamber Music Series:
Schubert Ensemble
Hall Two, 7.30pm
MOZART Piano Quartet in G minor
HUW WATKINS Piano Quartet (2012)
BRAHMS Piano Quartet in G minor
Huw Watkins wrote his single-movement quartet especially for the
Schubert Ensemble. The Brahms is much grander in scale, ending
with a foot-stamping gypsy dance.
Presented by Newcastle Chamber Music Society
Tickets: £8-£19 On general sale 1 September
Best of Bach
Explore a week of J.S. Bach’s
greatest works.
Period specialists,
harpsichordist Laurence
Cummings and soprano
Mhairi Lawson join Royal
Northern Sinfonia for this
celebration of the illustrious
baroque genius.
Thursday 9 October
Glorious Bach
Hall One, 7.30pm
Along with Chorus, Royal
Northern Sinfonia bring to
life a selection of Bach’s best
cantatas and suites, including the
unforgettable ‘Air on G String’.
Tickets: £10-£33
Sunday 12 October
Bach and his
Contemporaries
Hall Two, 8pm
Delve into the Baroque
with a selection of chamber
and solo works from Bach’s
contemporaries, including
Scarlatti, Couperin, Telemann
and Bach himself.
Tickets: £16
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SCHUBERT ENSEMBLE
Thursday 16 October
Coffee Cantata
Hall One, 7.30pm
The final sojourn in this series
features the fun Coffee Cantata.
Bradley Creswick and Royal
Northern Sinfonia breathe fresh
life into Bach’s second Violin
Concerto plus you may hear a
rather recognisable Badinerie in
his Orchestral Suite No.2
Tickets: £10-£33

Friday 10 October
Folkworks
Cara Dillon and special guest Dan Tyminski
Hall One, 7.30pm
Irish folk singer Cara Dillon has performed all over the world with
her renowned line-up of musicians, winning many accolades and fans
along the way! Cara’s special guest is Dan Tyminski – core member
of Alison Krauss’ Union Station. Tyminski was the singing voice of
George Clooney in ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?’
Tickets: £24
Saturday 11 October
Little Wolf Gang:
Peter And The Wolf & Other Wild Tales
Hall Two, 2pm
Storyteller Martin Maudsley joins Eddy Jay (accordion), Fiona Barrow
(violin) & David Adams (bassoon) in this new interpretation of
the well-loved family classic sparkling with performance flair. The
enduring brilliance of Prokofiev’s masterpiece is transformed into a
thrilling theatrical interaction between classical music and storytelling,
complemented by two more marvellously musical tales from Russia.
For children aged 5+ and their families.
Tickets: £7
Special offer: Family ticket for four (of which one must be a child): £20
Saturday 11 October
Tony Hadley plus special guests
Spandau Ballet frontman performs his greatest hits, including ‘Gold’
and ‘True’ with Southbank Sinfonia.
Presented by SJM Concerts
Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult.
Tickets: £22.50-£65
VIP tickets with meet and greet: £129
Saturday 11 October
Folkworks
Folk on the Tyne
A fast flowing night of music organised by musicians from Newcastle
University Folk Degree.
Tickets: £5
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DAN TYMINSKI
TONY HADLEY

Saturday 11 October
Neil Cowley Trio -
Touch and Flee Tour
Hall Two, 8pm
Fizzing with energy, rip-roaring riffs and hook
laden tunes, Neil Cowley Trio have carved out a
reputation as one of Britain’s most exciting bands.
The trio present new material from their latest
album ‘Touch and Flee’.
Tickets: £13-£15
Tuesday 14 October
Elaine Paige plus special guests
Celebrating her 50th anniversary in showbusiness
with her ‘farewell tour’, featuring songs from the
world of musical theatre and her hugely successful
recording catalogue.
Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult.
Tickets: £25-£75
Tuesday 14 October
War Correspondents
Helen Chadwick Song Theatre
Hall Two, 8pm
Fusing extraordinary stories and life changing
experiences of war correspondents covering
Iraq, Chechnya, Afghanistan and Bosnia, with
music and dance to create a powerful song
cycle.
Commissioned by Greenwich and Docklands
International Festival, Sage Gateshead and Durham
Book Festival.
Tickets: £12
Wednesday 15 October
Tutors Live
Hall Two, 7pm
A celebratory performance to welcome the Class
of 2017 to the BA/BMus Degree programme
delivered at Sage Gateshead in partnership with the
University of Sunderland.
Free but ticketed
WW1
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Friday 17 October
Level 42 plus special guests
Driven by a knack for perfect pop, with Mark
King’s famous slap bass and a honed jazz-funk
musicality, Level 42 became one of the biggest
acts of the 80s. Big hits include ‘Running in the
Family’ and ‘Lessons in Love’.
Tickets: £27
Saturday 18 October
Folkworks
Workshops with Världens Band
Northern Rock Foundation Hall,
12noon-4.30pm
A chance for musicians aged 9 to 18 to join Världens
Band in workshops that will include the chance to
learn a variety of Swedish fiddle music, Indian and
African vocals, British folk songs, choral and rhythmic
accompaniment of traditional music and more. There
will be informal performances on the Concourse
between the Världens Band workshops and concert.
Cost: £10
Special offer: £14 for the workshop and Världens Band
concert
Saturday 18 October
Folkworks
Världens Band
Hall Two, 6.30pm
Swedish polskas meet Scottish reels, English folk guitar
accompanies Indian classical song, Galician pipes play
Balkan melodies and the Zimbabwean mbira blends
with Colombian rhythms. The result is a one hour long
unique and exciting blend of culture, personality and
musical style.
Tickets: £8
Special offer: £14 for the concert and the Världens
Band workshop
Saturday 18 October
Folkworks
Seth Lakeman plus support
Hall One, 8pm
Folk singer-songwriter and virtuoso fiddler
Seth Lakeman has helped to steer English
folk into the mainstream with his high-energy
performances and a series of best-selling
albums.
Tickets: £18.50-£22.50
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Thursday 23 October
Beethoven Four
Hall One, 7.30pm
Mario Venzago conductor
John Lill piano
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.2
STRAUSS Capriccio
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.4
Brahms’ second Piano Concerto reveals a matured composer as he
blends beauty with fire and tenderness. Beethoven’s Fourth is joy
versus darkness, all wrapped-up with his unmistakable dignified balance.
With a pre-concert talk at 6.30pm
Tickets: £10-£33
Friday 24 October
Red Molly
Gateshead Old Town
Hall, 8pm
Americana trio, Red Molly,
have been bringing audiences
to their feet with gorgeous
three-part harmonies, crisp
musicianship, and their warm,
engaging stage presence.
The band consists of Laurie
MacAllister (bass, banjo), Abbie
Gardner (dobro, banjo) and
Molly Venter (guitar).
Tickets: £10
red molly
John cooper clarke show of hands
Saturday 25 October
Folkworks
Show of Hands with
Miranda Sykes
Hall One, 7.30pm
Joined by Miranda Sykes on
double bass, Show of Hands
have become one of the
acoustic roots scene’s major
players, widely recognised for
their resonating original songs,
stunning musicianship and
audience rapport.
Tickets: £18
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Saturday 25 October
Art Jam
CoMusica Arches
(behind Sage Gateshead)
11am–5pm
See page 30
Free but ticketed
Saturday 25 October
John Cooper Clarke
plus Special Guests
Hall Two, 7pm (doors)
The Bard of Salford, whose
poems have provided the
opening soundtrack for some of
the biggest bands in the world,
will be weaving his lyrical magic
in this performance.
Under 14s must be accompanied
by an adult.
Tickets: £25-27.50

North East Guitar Festival
Saturday 18 October
Eden-Stell Guitar Duo
25th Anniversary Concert
Northern Rock Foundation Hall, 7.45PM
Guitarists Mark Eden and Christopher Stell are internationally
renowned for their dynamism, innovation and breathtaking virtuosity.
They perform music by Federico Mompou, Sergio Assad, François
Couperin, Astor Piazzolla and Jean Phillipe Rameau.
Tickets: £15
Sunday 19 October
Young Artist Platform:
Sasha Savaloni
Northern Rock Foundation Hall, 2PM
Iranian-Scottish guitarist Sasha Savaloni has appeared in Iran, England
and throughout Scotland, performing in venues such as Glasgow City
and Stevenson Halls.
Tickets: £7
Sunday 19 October
Michael Chapman
plus support Patsy Matheson
Northern Rock Foundation Hall, 7.45PM
With a blend atmospheric, observational and autobiographical
material, Michael Chapman has established a reputation for
melancholic, intense and innovative playing. Support comes from
Patsy Matheson, voted ‘female vocalist of the year’ by readers of
Spiral Earth in 2013.
Plus pre-concert talk at 7pm
Tickets: £12.50
Friday 17 October
RJ Thompson
Northern Rock
After supporting Jools Holland,
Gabrielle Aplin and Midge Ure,
singer-songwriter RJ Thompson
and his band bring their foot-tapping
pop of recent singles
‘The Numbers’ and ‘A Better
Life’, and the blues influenced
tracks of earlier releases, to Sage
Gateshead for a very special
show.
“...subtly brilliant, fusing folk, jazz
and contemporary pop. RJ is on
the cusp of big things. He’s about
to get the coverage that he so
deserves.” Acoustic Magazine
Tickets: £8 advance (£10 door)
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Tomorrow’s People
Throughout the festival, up-and-
coming guitarists will get
the chance to perform and are
certain to win new fans.
Performances take place on
the concourse from 6.45pm
each evening (check website for
further details). Workshops also
available.
Free

Sunday 19 October
Xuefei Yang
plus Mikkel Egelund
Nielson
Hall Two, 8PM
Beijing born Xuefei Yang is one
of the world’s finest classical
guitarists. A brilliant virtuoso,
she excels in a wide variety of
repertoire from early music
to contemporary. The concert
will begin with a short recital
by the wonderfully talented
Mikkel Eguland Nielsen, winner
of London International Guitar
Competition 2013.
Tickets: £15
Monday 20 October
Joanne Shaw Taylor
Hall Two, 8PM
Discovered by Eurythmic’s Dave
Stewart as a 16 year old guitar
prodigy, she is now one of the
hottest young names on the
British blues circuit.
Tickets: £20
Tuesday 21 October
Andy Fairweather Low
& The Low Riders
Hall Two, 8pm
Andy Fairweather, the guitarist
of choice for rock stars such
as Eric Clapton, George
Harrison & Roger Waters, will
be accompanied by The Low
Riders.
Wednesday 22 October Tickets: £18-£20
‘A decoration of
silence’ - Nigel North
plus support Vickers
Bovey Guitar Duo
(young artist platform)
Hall Two, 8pm
This programme invites the
21st century listener into a 16th
century world. The programme
includes pieces from lutenist
Nigel North’s latest album as
well as work by John Johnson
and John Dowland.
Julian Vickers and Daniel Bovey
are one of the best young
guitar duos around, having won
a host of competitions and
awards. Programme will include
a new work by Joe Cutler
commissioned by the festival.
Tickets: £15
Thursday 23 October
Dani de Morón Trio
A Tribute to Paco de
Lucía
Hall Two, 8pm
Dani de Morón is one of the
very best young flamenco
guitarists in Spain today. He
is supported by dancer Jairo
Barulli and young flamenco
singer Miguel Lavi. This concert
marks Dani’s UK debut.
Tickets: £20
Tuesday 21 October
Tir Eolas
Northern Rock
Eclectic alternative-folk group
Tir Eolas draw on their Celtic
and English folk roots to create
their unique combination of
foot-stomping folk ballads telling
stories of love, loss and longing.
Tickets: £12
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Sunday 26 October
British Sea Power’s:
‘Sea of Brass’
Hall One, 7.30pm
The chart-topping indie rock band British Sea
Power will be performing their favourite songs
from a ten year back catalogue in collaboration
with NASUWT Riverside Band arranged by
Peter Wright.
Tickets: £16.50
Sunday 26 October
Samling Academy Concert
7.30pm
Celebrating the third year of Samling Academy
and led by music director Caroline Dowdle, 25
young singers and pianists (aged 14-22) from
across the North East showcase their talent in
an evening of song.
Tickets: £12
Sunday 26 October
Kenny Wayne Shepherd plus support
Hall Two, 8pm
Five-time Grammy-nominated and multi-platinum selling blues rock guitarist, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
will perform with vocalist Noah Hunt, drummer Chris Layton, bassist Tony Franklin and keyboardist
Riley Osbourn.
Tickets: £25
Monday 27 October
Paul Potts
Hall One, 7.30pm
The original Britain’s Got Talent
winner will impress audiences
with his emotive operatic
performances, inspiring charm
and mellifluous classical prowess,
complemented by Laura
Wright – a new generation of
exceptional concert talent.
Presented with Flying
Entertainment
Tickets: £26-£28.50
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Nick Mulvey Sheryl crow
Monday 27 October
Nick Mulvey plus
support
Hall Two, 8pm
Nick Mulvey launched his solo
career after departing the
Mercury nominated Portico
Quartet, influencing acts like
Alt-J and touring with Laura
Marling and Lianne La Havas.
With his debut album ‘First
Mind’, audiences have been
amazed by his playing style.
Tickets: £12.50
Tuesday 28 October*
Sheryl Crow
plus support
Hall One, 7.30pm
A rare opportunity to see
country star Sheryl Crow in an
intimate show singing songs from
her new album, ‘Feels like Home’
which is full of great storytelling
and features some of the most
powerful and heartfelt vocals,
and no doubt some of her
classic hits.
Tickets: £29.50-£39.50
*This concert has sold out.
Check for returns.
Tuesday 28 October
Asia
Hall Two, 8pm
A true supergroup comprising some
of the 70’s most legendary prog rock
musicians. Hits include ‘Heat of the
Moment’ and ‘Only Time Will Tell’.
Asia are: John Wetton, Geoff
Downes, Carl Palmer and Sam
Coulson
Tickets: £24.50
an evening with Neil Sedaka
Hall One, 7.30pm
Prolific songwriter Neil Sedaka is known for his hit singles including
‘Oh Carol’, ‘Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen’, ‘Solitaire’, ‘Calendar Girl’,
‘Little Devil’ and ‘Next Door To An Angel’.
Presented by Kennedy Street
Tickets: £45-£50
Saleem Ashkar: Tempest
Hall Two, 8pm
Saleem Ashkar piano
Beethoven
Piano Sonata No.7
Piano Sonata No.17 ‘Tempest’
Piano Sonata No.18 ‘The Hunt’
Piano Sonata No.31
Tickets: £16-£20
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Friday 31 October
halloween Takeover
Gateshead Old Town
Hall, 5pm
The cells will be taken over by
ghosts from the past, young
artists from the present and
who knows what from the
future. It’s Halloween and its
party time upstairs but what’s
happening downstairs? Buy a
‘Get into Jail’ ticket to find out.
‘Get into Jail’ ticket: £5
Thursday 30 October
Skimstone Arts Album
Launch
Gateshead Old Town
Hall, 5.30pm & 7pm
Skimstone Arts’ Young Artist
Collective present Louder than
Words, A Musical Reaction to a
Modern Manifesto. Join young
musicians as they launch their
debut album showcasing original
tracks, alongside a multimedia
album cover exhibition.
Free but ticketed
Presented as part of Juice – NewcastleGateshead’s festival for children and young people in partnership with Sage Gateshead
Thursday 30 October
Gregory Porter plus support
Hall One, 7.30pm
Jazz/soul vocalist Gregory Porter has been compared to Joe
Williams, Nat King Cole, Donny Hathaway and Marvin Gaye. His
album ‘Liquid Spirit’ won a 2014 GRAMMY for ‘Best Vocal Jazz
Album’ and now critics are hailing him as a new ‘king of jazz’.
Presented by Kennedy Street & BKO
Tickets: £30-£35
Friday 31 October
free thinking
Royal Northern
Sinfonia
hall One, 7.30pm
Alexandre Bloch Conductor
Beethoven Triple Concerto
for Violin, Viola and Piano
Bruch Concerto for Viola
and Clarinet
Prokofiev Symphony No.1
Royal Northern Sinfonia are
joined by some of the most
exciting new generation
of classical stars, including
conductor Alexandre Bloch in
this special concert broadcast
live on BBC Radio 3.
Tickets: £10-£25
Saturday 25 October
Art Jam (For ages 13+)
CoMusica Arches
(behind Sage Gateshead)
11am–5pm
The CoMusica Arches project
will provide the backdrop to
a selection of workshops and
paintings following the theme of
fairy tales. A variety of artforms
will be explored including mural
and aerosol work, take home
art from the sketchbook and
canvas sessions, facepainting and
a masterclass from very special
guest, Inkie.
Free but ticketed
Saturday 1 November
Musical Rumpus
GATESHEAD OLD TOWN
HAL, 11.30AM/1.30PM/3.30PM
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FESTIVAL OF IDEAS
31 OCTOBER – 2 NOVEMBER 2014
BBC Radio 3 brings together leading thinkers for a weekend
of provocative debate, new ideas, music and performance.
THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL THEME IS
THE LIMITS OF KNOWLEDGE
Guests include:
• Eliza Carthy folk musician
• John Lanchester unlocks the mysteries of the financial world
• Alison Light asks if there’s more to learn about the working-class past
• Elif Shafak, Turkey’s best-selling writer, on the role of the imagination
• Ben Saunders and Meredith Hooper discuss Antarctica
• Paul Dolan explores self-knowledge and how we can become happier
• BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council
New Generation Thinkers
• Saturday evening cabaret and Sunday morning coffee with Ian McMillan
in The Verb
• Radio 3 programmes broadcasting live include CD Review, In Tune,
Live in Concert, Music Matters, Sound of Cinema and Words and Music
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Eliza Carthy
Tarka L’Herpiniere (Saunders), Coll McDonnell (Lanchester)
John Lanchester
Ben Saunders

Saturday 1 November
Cleveland
Philharmonic Choir
Hall One, 7.30pm
Sir Thomas Allen CBE baritone
John Forsyth MBE conductor
Ruth Jenkins-Róbertsson
soprano
Mark Wilde tenor
Philip Smith baritone
Cleveland Philharmonic Choir
Northern Spirit Singers
North East Youth Chorale
Quay Lads and Quay Lasses
The Mowbray Orchestra
ORF Carmina Burana
WALTON Belshazzar’s Feast
Sir Thomas Allen heads a cast
of over 200 singers, presenting
two of the world’s most exciting
choral works. This is a concert
to delight all ages and all
varieties of musical experience.
Tickets: £20
Sunday 2 November
The RAF in Concert
Hall One, 7.30pm
Join us as we celebrate the
50th anniversary of the Red
Arrows. From the Beatles to
Bolero, Queen to Lloyd-Webber,
Big Band to Puccini, there’s
something for everyone to
enjoy on the Royal Air Force in
Concert Tour.
Tickets: £17-23
Wednesday 5 November
ST PETERSBURG PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA
Hall One, 7.30pm
Yuri Temirkanov conductor
Nikolai Lugansky piano
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
ROSSINI Barber of Seville Overture
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No.3
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.10
An evening of Russia’s finest with a selection of
works by liberated composers unleashing their raw
passion.
With a pre-concert talk. Free to ticket holders.
Tickets: £13-£36
Folkworks
Kathryn Tickell and
The Side
Hall Two, 8pm
This exciting new ensemble
brings together folk and classical
worlds with an irresistible
combination of players and
instruments, channelling their
diverse musical experiences into
a powerful new sound. With
Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian
pipes and fiddle), Ruth Wall
(harp), Amy Thatcher (accordion
and clog dancing) and Louisa
Tuck (cello).
Tickets: £16.50-£18.50
Saturday 1 November
The Nordic Fiddlers
Bloc with support
from Down in the attic
Queen’s Hall Arts
Centre, Hexham, 7.30pm
The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc is
Olav Luksengård Mjelva, Anders
Hall and Kevin Henderson
hailing from Norway, Sweden
and the Shetland Islands
respectively. They blend three
individual styles from these
three Nordic regions but still
allow their distinct flavours to
come through in a sound that is
unique, meaningful, intense and
invigorating.
Presented by Folkworks and
Queen’s Hall Arts Centre
Tickets: £15
Tickets should be bought from
Queen’s Hall Arts Centre
Tel: 01434 652477
www.queenshall.co.uk
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Thursday 6 November
Songlines Music Awards
2014 Winners’ Concert
Bassekou Kouyaté,
Catrin Finch & Seckou
Keita, Tamikrest and
Family Atlantica
Hall One, 7.30pm
A mega-treat of global sounds as
all four winning artists of Songlines
magazine’s annual awards come
together for one magic evening.
Tickets: £18
Thursday 6 November
Nerina Pallot plus support
Hall Two, 8pm
Ivor Novello and Brit nominated songstress Nerina Pallot
performs tracks from her latest EPs from the last 12 months,
packed with probing and insightful pop songs.
Tickets: £16.50-£18.50
Friday 7 November
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
(Mohan Veena) & Rajkumar
Misra (tabla)
Northern Rock
Creator of the Mohan Veena, an
Indian slide guitar reimagined to
channel the sonorous sounds of
Sitar, Sarod and Veena, Vishwa
Mohan has mesmerised the world
with his variously pristine pure,
delicate and fiery music, winning a
GRAMMY along the way for the
album ‘Meeting by the River’ - his
collaboration with guitarist Ry
Cooder.
Presented with GemArts
Tickets: £12 (£30 family ticket
available for 4 people, of which one
must be a child)
Friday 7 November
Sixties Gold
Hall One, 7.30pm
The ultimate line-up, together again
by popular demand, with Gerry & The
Pacemakers, The Searchers, P.J. Proby, The
Fortunes, Brian Poole and Chip Hawkes.
Presented by Chimes International
Tickets: £29.50
Friday 7 November
Nine Below Zero
To mark next year’s re-release of their two critically acclaimed
A&M studio albums from the 1980s, Nine Below Zero are
reforming their classic line-up for what’s set to be an amazing show.
Presented by Venues All
Tickets: £16.50
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Saturday 8 November
The Lindisfarne Story featuring Billy Mitchell and Ray Laidlaw
Hall Two, 8pm
A celebration of Tyneside’s best loved band’s music and achievements illustrated with archive
photographs and video. Ray and Billy perform acoustic versions of classic songs and tell the story of the
group’s rise to fame.
Tickets: £15.50-£18.50
Saturday 8 November
Newcastle upon Tyne Bach
Choir and newcastle university
orchestra & choir
Hall One, 7.30pm
Kate Valentine soprano
Robert Murray tenor
Sir Thomas Allen baritone
Eric Cross conductor
Newcastle upon Tyne Bach Choir
Newcastle University Symphony Orchestra &
Student Choir
Britten War Requiem
Britten’s masterpiece is a biting commentary
on the futility of war and a fitting way to mark
Remembrance Weekend in this World War I
centenary year. Its powerful synthesis of Wilfred
Owen’s poetry and the Latin Requiem Mass
uses vast musical forces.
Sponsored by UBS
Tickets: £8-£22
Sunday 9 November
WW1
Commemoration Choir Performances
(REFLECTIONS ON PEACE)
Concourse 11am-3.30pm
Local choirs commemorate WW1 and reflections
on peace with performances on the Concourse.
Any choirs interested in performing please email
singing@sagegateshead.com
Free
Sunday 9 November
WW1
ECHO: Body of Song
Presented by Sir Thomas Allen
Hall One, 4pm
Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia
Quay Voices Mouthful Voice of Hope
To mark the centenary of the outbreak of World
War One, the European Concert Hall Organisation
commissioned 12 new choral works to explore the
theme of peace and conflict through the human voice.
Tickets: £5
WW1
WW1 Part of our World War 1 Centenary commemoration / commissions
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Tuesday 11 November
John Mayall’s 80th Anniversary tour
plus very special guests King King
Hall One, 7.30pm
John Mayall is regarded by many as British blues’ most
influential artist. He will be joined by King King, a
revolutionary blues band with an electrifying rock/funk twist.
Presented with Flying Entertainment
Tickets: £29.50
Sunday 9 November
Young Sinfonia
Hall Two, 2.30pm
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture
Butterworth Banks of Green Willow
Fauré Masque et Bergamasque Suite
The regional youth orchestra, Young Sinfonia, bring together the
most outstanding young orchestral musicians in the North of
England.
Tickets: £7
Beethoven Seven
Hall One, 7.30pm
Julian Rachlin conductor/violin
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.
With a free post-concert RNS
Spotlight performance
Tickets: £10-£33
Thursday 13 November
Folkworks
Bellowhead plus support
Hall One, 7.30pm
Bellowhead occupy a unique place in Britain’s musical landscape:
an11-piece band fusing many musical genres at the cutting edge
of the contemporary music scene, harnessing all the power and
mystery of English and European musical traditions.
Tickets: £19.50 (standing), £22.50/£24.50 (seated)
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Hebrides Ensemble: Dead Elvis
7.45pm
MILHAUD Suite op.157b
ADÈS Life Story
MICHAEL DAUGHERTY Dead Elvis
WYNTON MARSALIS A Fiddler’s Tale Suite
Elvis is in the building - and this time he’s brought
his bassoon. Composer Michael Daugherty’s piece
takes the legendary star’s enduring appeal and
influence as its inspiration. Hebrides Ensemble have
paired it with Wynton Marsalis’ ‘A Fiddler’s Tale
Suite’, a jazzy tribute to Stravinsky.
Tickets: £16
Friday 14 November
Go West plus support
Hall Two, 8pm
With numerous hits, yet best known for their ‘King
Of Wishful Thinking’ track (the opening song in the
hugely successful film ‘Pretty Woman’) Go West are
back with their latest album ‘3D’.
Tickets: £22.50-£25
Saturday 15 November
Julia Fordham - Porcelain 25
Hall Two, 8pm
For the first time Julia will perform her landmark
album in its entirety, celebrating 25 years since its
first release, alongside other favourites.
Presented with RLN Music
Tickets: £20
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BRASS
IN CONCERT
This full weekend of the finest brass culminates
in the 38th Brass in Concert Championship -
their 10th event to be held at Sage Gateshead.
Brass and Percussion
Workshops
Music Education
Centre, 9am (Registration
from 8.45am)
Tutors include principal players
from Cory Band. Workshops
will be led by Philip Harper.
Cost: £5 (includes lunch)
Youth Brass in Concert
Concourse, 1.30pm
Brass in Concert is proud
to present the current Youth
Entertainment Champion
of Great Britain, Seindorf
Beaumaris Youth, featuring
soloists, choreography and award
winning brass performances.
Preceded by a mini concert from
the Workshop Band.
Free
Brass Band
Schoonhoven
Northern Rock
Brass Band Schoonhoven,
Netherlands National
Champion will be giving an
informal concert with free
coffee for all!
Free
Swing/Jazz Masterclass
The Brass Band of Central Florida will be profiling its soloists in a
one hour demonstration of an American twist on the British brass
band style.
Free
World of Brass in
Concert
Hall One, 7pm
This top line combination of
bands promises the finest
World of Brass in Concert with
guest soloist Chad Shoopman.
Two of the great names,
Grimethorpe Colliery and Cory
Band, provide the curtain-raiser
for the 38th Annual Brass in
Concert Championship.
Tickets £12-22
Purchase your Brass in Concert
programme in advance for £5
Sunday 16 November
38TH Brass in Concert Championship
Hall One, 9am
A top quality day of brass music featuring many of the finest bands
including; Cory, Fodens, Grimethorpe Colliery, Tredegar, Carlton Main
Frickley Colliery, Leyland, Virtuosi GUS, Fairey, Flowers, Woodfalls,
Dutch Champions Brass Band Schoonhoven and from USA Brass
Band of Central Florida.
To be presented by BBC Radio 2’s Frank Renton, this has become
one of the key attractions of the calendar.
Tickets: £15-£28
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Taster Sessions
Concourse, 11am-1.15pm
The opportunity to try different
brass instruments and discover
what you enjoy playing.
Free
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Sunday 16th November
Cobweb Orchestra in
Concert with Iona Brown
Hall Two, 7.15pm
Sibelius Finlandia
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Dvorak Symphony no.9 From
the New World
The award winning open-access
community orchestra, conducted by
Andy Jackson, with Iona Brown on
violin.
Tickets: £10
Sunday 16 November
Hot Club of Cowtown
Gateshead Old Town
Hall, 8pm
This Texan trio’s latest release
‘Rendezvous in Rhythm’ dips into
the Gypsy jazz and French swing
of 1930’s Paris. They perform
favourites such as ‘Crazy Rhythm’,
‘Minor Swing, Dark Eyes’, ‘The
Continental’, ‘I’m in the Mood
for Love’, ‘Douce Ambiance’ and
many more.
Tickets: £18.50
Tuesday 18 November
Late Mix: Power of Ten
Hall Two, 8pm
Ligeti Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet
Riegger Study in Sonorities for 10 violins
Xenakis ST/10
David Lang String Quartet (World Premiere)
Hovhaness Symphony No.10
Composer in Association, David Lang curates an exploration
of the boldest, most evocative sonorities to celebrate 10
years of Sage Gateshead, including the world premiere of his
new String Quartet, co-commissioned by Sage Gateshead
and the New York Philharmonic.
Tickets: £16
Abdullah Ibrahim
Hall One, 7.30pm
Ibrahim makes music of a
deeply reflective soulfulness,
unparalleled in lesser artists.
Heart stopping melody and a
powerful spirituality, here in solo
mode - a jazz pianist of vast
musical reserves channelling
the spirit of Duke Ellington and
Thelonious Monk.
“The humble high priest of
international jazz.” The Guardian
Tickets: £24.50-£32.50
Saturday 15th November
Introduction to
Songwriting
Gateshead Old Town
Hall, 10am-2pm
Join guitarist Dean Moulding
to explore some classic
songs. The sessions will look
at melody, harmony, lyrics
and the emotions behind
what make great songs
great.
Tickets: £15
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Newcastle International Chamber Music Series
Parker Quartet
Hall Two, 7.30pm
Haydn String Quartet in D, Op.76 No. 5
Kurtág 6 Moments Musicaux, Op.44
Mendelssohn String Quartet in E flat, Op.44 No.3
This Boston-based ensemble’s accolades include a prestigious
Grammy award. They bring both the serene introspection needed
for Haydn’s profound slow movement and the youthful energy for
Mendelssohn’s brilliant finale.
Presented by Newcastle Chamber Music Society
Tickets: £8-£19 (On general sale from 1 September)
Gareth Gates plus
special guests
Hall Two, 7pm (doors)
Since his rise to fame in the first
ever Pop Idol, Gareth Gates
has sold millions of records
worldwide. This concert will
see Gareth play his well known
hits and fan favourites and also
showcase material from his
latest album ‘The Very Best of
Gareth Gates’.
Tickets: £17.50 (advance)
Folkworks
Steve Turner
Gateshead Old Town
Hall, 8pm
A performer not merely
continuing traditional music, but
keeping it very much alive. His
deep, thoughtful interpretations
really delve into the ballad,
expertly accompanied by his
concertina and cittern.
“Fantastically assured. Turner’s
ability to hold the listener rapt as
the stories unfold is a delight.”
Living Tradition
Tickets: £10
Friday 21 November
China Crisis plus
support
Hall Two, 8pm
English pop/rock band are back
with a new album for 2014
continuing to delight and excite
audiences around the world.
Tickets: £18-£20
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Thursday 20 November, Hall one
An evening with Jackson Browne
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Friday 21 November
John Wilson & The John
Wilson Orchestra:
‘Cole Porter in
Hollywood’
Hall One, 3pm & 7.30pm
The John Wilson Orchestra
plus special guests return with
a brand new show celebrating
the works of Cole Porter.
Featuring classics such as ‘I’ve
Got You Under My Skin’, ‘Night
& Day’ and ‘Let’s Do It’ as well
as numbers from the movies
including ‘Anything Goes’, ‘High
Society’ and ‘Can-Can’.
Tickets: £28.50-£46
Presented by Kennedy Street
Carmina Burana with
The Cobweb Orchestra
Northern Rock
Performance, 6pm
An afternoon workshop,
learning Carl Orff’s ‘Carmina
Burana’. For orchestral players of
all levels of experience leading
to an informal performance for
family and friends.
Tickets: £26.80
Concessions available
Players aged 13 and under must
be accompanied by an adult
Kanda Bongo Man plus
support The Crossings
Band
Hall Two, 8pm
Kanda Bongo Man is a superstar
of African music. His exhilarating
form of Soukous gave birth
to the kwassa kwassa dance
rhythm. The Crossings Band are
a superb world dance fusion
blending African and Eastern
European musics.
Presented by Boss Sounds,
NEEACA and Waka Waka
Africa North East.
Tickets: £15
Making Tracks
Pascuala Ilabaca &
Fauna
Gateshead Old Town
Hall, 8pm
Backed by her formidable band
Fauna, Valparaiso’s accordion-wielding
Chilean songstress
Pascuala Ilabaca integrates
shades of jazz, pop rock and
Indian music into Chilean
traditional sounds - conjuring up
sweetness and empowerment
at the same time - alive with
both fragility and verve.
Tickets: £12.50
Special offer: Buy two or more
tickets for any Making Tracks concert
and get £2.50 off each
Other Series Dates:
27 September: Çigdem Aslan
6 March: Trio da Kali
15 April: Mariana Sadovska
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Sunday 23 November
Northern Rock
See Sunday 21 September.
Free but ticketed
Sunday 23 November
Folkworks
The Poozies
Hall Two, 8pm
Rock solid guitar, irresistible
fiddle and dextrous accordion,
dramatically grounded by the
growling groove of electroharp
and magnificently rounded off by
four voices in heart-wrenching
harmony. The Poozies are Sally
Barker, Mary Macmaster, Eilidh
Shaw and Mairearad Green.
Tickets: £12-£14
Monday 24 November
Angels of the North
Hall One, 7pm
A breath-taking concert
featuring 350 fantastic voices
from North East Primary
Schools, joined by the talented
pupils from the ‘Bommel Musical
Theatre School’.
Tickets: £10
Tuesday 25 November
Music from the Movies -
A Festival of Music
Hall One, 7.30pm
Come and enjoy a wide range
of music brilliantly performed
by students from the Morpeth
Partnership of Schools in
Northumberland featuring
music from famous film
soundtracks.
Tickets: £10
The Manfreds
Hall One, 7.30pm
5,4,3,2,1 - It’s the Manfreds in
Concert: ‘Maximum Rhythm and
Blues’.
Since Manfred Mann formed in
1962, they have firmly secured
their place in Britain’s R‘n’B music
history. Now The Manfreds
return, injecting enthusiasm and
talent back into their timeless
anthems.
Presented with Flying
Entertainment
Tickets: £24.50-£26.50
Monday 24 November
Pere Ubu
Hall Two, 8pm
Ohio’s legends Pere Ubu have
been confounding and blowing
the fuses of their fans since the
‘70s with their jerking, pulsating
steamroller of new wave guitars,
alien synths and possessed
delivery. Listen up, all you
Devo, Talking Heads, Captain
Beefheart fans!
Tickets: £17.50
Monday 24 - Saturday 29
November
Corrymella Scott
Gallery
concourse
An exhibition of nationally
known artists including Sir
William MacTaggart, Joan
Eardley, Jolomo, Robert Kelsey,
John Gardiner Crawford, Pat
Douthwaite, Ann Oram and
David McClure.
Free
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Tuesday 25 November,
Hall two
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Royal Northern
Sinfonia Up Close:
Steven Hudson
Hall Two, 8pm
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
Beautiful and invigorating music
from around the globe.
Tickets: £16
Samling Masterclass
Hall Two, 2pm
Thomas Moser
Caroline Dowdle
Tim Carroll
Joseph Middleton
American tenor Thomas Moser
and Broadway celebrated
theatre and opera director Tim
Carroll lead this world class
workshop in vocal technique,
artistry and performance for
eight international young singers
and pianists, with Caroline
Dowdle from Royal Opera
House Covent Garden.
Tickets: £10
Samling Concert
Hall Two, 7pm
Thomas Moser tenor
Caroline Dowdle piano
Joseph Middleton piano
Bringing eight international
young artists together with their
mentors Thomas Moser and
Caroline Dowdle in an evening
of opera and song - the climax
of Samling’s week of intensive
training.
Tickets: £15
Imelda May plus Special Guests
Hall One, 7pm (doors)
With her Rockabilly sound, Imelda will
perform songs from her latest album
‘Tribal’.
‘Tribal’ is as primal a rock ‘n’ roll record
as you could ever find, infused with the
spirit of Sun Studios, where the sound was
born in Memphis, Tennessee – but given a
21st century twist by a girl from the back
streets of Dublin.
Under 14s must be accompanied by an
adult.
Tickets: £29.50 - £35
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Special Offer:
£22 for a joint ticket to
Samling masterclass
(26 Nov) and Samling
concert (29 Nov)
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Friday 28 November
John Grant with Royal
Northen Sinfonia
Hall One, 7.30pm
Critically acclaimed former
Czars frontman John Grant will
have his celebrated catalogue
reworked and re-imagined with
a sumptuous orchestral setting,
from our very own Royal
Northern Sinfonia, alongside the
world premiere of brand new
songs.
Tickets: £22
Friday 28 November
Hugh Cornwell and
Hazel O’Connor
Hall Two, 8pm
The Stranglers’ Hugh Cornwell’s
electric performance will
include a mix of solo and classic
Stranglers’ tracks whilst Hazel
will perform songs from her
stunning back catalogue and
her critically acclaimed recent
material.
Tickets: £20 (advance)
Friday 28 November
Folkworks
Nancy Kerr and the
Sweet Visitor Band
Gateshead Old Town
Hall, 8pm
Nancy’s music has drawn
comparisons to William Blake in
her reawakening of a radical folk
mythology. With James Fagan,
Tom Wright, Tim Yates and
Rowan Rheingans.
Tickets: £12
WW1
Newcastle Choral Society Diamond Jubilee Concert
Hall One, 7.30pm
Mark Anyan Musical Director
Newcastle Choral Society
Orchestra North East
KARL JENKINS The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
WILL TODD The Dream of the River world premiere
The Choir is joined by members of Mid Northumberland Chorus, Tees Valley Youth Choir and
local members of the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain. Will Todd’s ‘The Dream of the River’,
commissioned by the choir, celebrates the journey of water from the mountains to the sea, inspired by
Michael Chaplin’s book ‘Tyne View - A Walk Around The Port of Tyne’.
The concert and commission are supported using public funding by the National Lottery through
Arts Council.
Tickets: £18-£21
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Sunday 30 November
Future Classics: Aaron Pilsan
presented by ECHO Rising Stars
Hall Two, 2pm
Aaron Pilsan piano
BACH Partita No.2
BEETHOVEN 15 Variations and Fugue ‘Eroica Variations’
CHOPIN Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante
Tickets: £11
Sunday 30 November
Jane McDonald
The Singer Of Your Song Tour
Hall One, 7.30pm
An exciting and emotionally charged evening of music
and laughter featuring many of Jane’s best loved songs and
hits, including some from her new album ‘The Singer of
Your Song’.
Tickets: £19.50-£34.50
Sunday 30 November
Sing Together Concert:
Puccini’s Messa Di Gloria
Hall Two, 8pm
Len Young conductor Jenny Martins piano
Sing Together Choir Soloists from Rocket Opera
Join us for the culmination performance of Puccini’s Messa
Di Gloria by the Sing Together choir led by Len Young.
For further information on how to join, see 24 September.
Tickets: £7
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Wednesday 3 December
maddy prior and the carnival band
Folkworks
Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band -
Carols and Capers
Hall One, 7.30pm
A unique celebratory show of Christmas music on
renaissance and modern instruments. Maddy and the
Carnival Band put their inimitable stamp on familiar
and not-so-familiar festive fare with a refreshing cavalier
attitude and plenty of humour. For the chance to sing with
Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band, see the workshop
details on the 5 October.
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Forthcoming Events 2014/15
Tuesday 2 December
Warpaint
Tickets: £17.50
Friday 5 December
The World’s Greatest Pink Floyd
Show: Brit Floyd Discovery
Tickets: £29.50-£39.50
Friday 5 December
The David Ford Orchestra
Tickets: £15
Tues 9 Dec
Only Men Aloud
Tickets: £27.50
Thursday 11 December
Magic of Motown
Tickets: £26.50
Friday 12 December
The Blockheads
Tickets: £22.50
Sunday 11 January
Paul Carrack ‘Rain or Shine’
Tickets: £28.50 - £38.50
student standby
ticket offer
£5 standby tickets (on the day) for all Royal Northern
Sinfonia concerts in our classical season.
£5 standby tickets available on the day for other selected
concerts.
Sign up to receive ticket alerts
Email: studentstandby@sagegateshead.com with ‘Standby’
in the subject line. Valid NUS card required.
£5
Monday 2 February
Transatlantic Sessions
Tickets: £23.50-£27.50
Wednesday 11 February
Sam Bailey
Tickets: £27.50 - £29.50
Friday 13 March
Joan Armatrading
Tickets: £29.50
Sunday 29 March
THE BEST OF THE BRITISH MUSICALS -
ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA
Tickets: £10-£33
Monday 20 April
Noah Stewart
Tickets: £30
Monday 8 June
John Barrowman
Tickets: £25-£75
Friday 19 – Sunday 21 June
Lord of the Dance:
Dangerous Games
Tickets: £33-£43.50
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Subject to availability

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Old Town Hall
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building is available for hire.
Conferences, meetings,
private parties, weddings...
Gateshead Old Town Hall has a variety
of rooms and spaces suitable for any event.
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for you to make music.
We can help you achieve your full potential in a relaxed
and friendly environment with experienced tutors, talented
musicians and great music.
With more activities than ever on offer we’re sure you’ll find
something in our 2014/15 programme that’s right for you.
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Join a choir, play an instrument,
learn new skills and meet new friends.
With a diverse range of activities in a
relaxed and friendly environment, there’s
something for everyone from absolute
beginner to experienced player.
Visit Sage Gateshead Ticket Office, Gateshead Old Town Hall
or call 0191 443 4661 for more information.
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Festive Celebrations
at Sage Gateshead
AVAILABLE DATES THROUGHOUT DECEMBER 2014
CHRISTMAS EVENING PARTIES
from 7.30pm
Celebrate the festive season in style this
year! Enjoy a three course meal, including
half a bottle of wine per person, finishing
with tea or coffee, then dance the night
away with our fantastic live band in the
stunning surroundings of our iconic
venue, Sage Gateshead.
Packages are from £49 per person.
CHRISTMAS LUNCHTIME PARTIES
from 12.30pm
For an extra special christmas lunchtime
party, our festive lunch package includes
a two course meal with a welcome drink.
From £38 per person.
To book your event contact:
amy.gibson@sagegateshead.com
0191 443 4669

10th Birthday Appeal
A birthday gift that keeps on giving
To sustain and grow our work long into the future we are asking our audience
and participants to consider giving us a gift which will establish a new
endowment fund. This endowment will be invested and provide an income
every year which will enable us to build our international artistic programme
and ensure a continuing musical legacy for future generations to enjoy.
Gifts of all amounts are very welcome and we can potentially
turn every £1 donated into £1.75!
Arts Council England has offered to match every pound we raise with an
additional 50p. For all donations also eligible for Gift Aid we can claim an
additional 25p from HMRC.
How can you make your gift?
Name a seat in Hall One
Give a one off or regular monthly gift
Name a space or room in the building
Organise your own fundraising activity
For more information visit our website or contact
rosie.thomas@sagegateshead.com or on 0191 443 4641
10th Birthday Appeal Patrons: Sir Thomas Allen CBE, Paul Callaghan CBE DL, Lady Cowie,
Jonathan Edwards CBE, Professor Peter Fidler, Lord Foster of Thames Bank, Howard Goodall CBE,
Louise Halbert, Mark Knopfler OBE, Gary Lydiate, Lorin Maazel, The Rt Hon David Miliband,
Sir Bob Murray CBE, Tony Pender CBE, Lord Puttnam of Queensgate, James Ramsbotham,
Sir Nigel Sherlock KVCO OBE, Lord Shipley, John Squires OBE, Kathryn Tickell, Sir Peter Vardy DL

STUDY MUSIC AT
SAGE GATESHEAD
BA (Hons) Community Music
BMus (Hons) Jazz, Popular
and Commercial Music
Higher Education Access Course in Music
Level 3 BTEC in Popular Music
BA (Hons) Folk and Traditional Music
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There’s no better
place to kick start
your career in music.
Study music and become part of the
industry alongside a community of amazing
professional musicians, at the heart of one of
the world’s finest music organisations.
Get closer to the music
with Sage Supporter membership
Benefits include:
•Food, drink, parking and shop discounts •Special events
•Notice of newly confirmed concerts •Priority booking where available
•Family and individual membership •Join from £40 per year
sagegateshead.com/support supporters@sagegateshead.com
Sage Gateshead is a registered charity (North Music Trust no.1087445)

You can book:
In person at Sage Gateshead
By phone on 0191 443 4661
Online at sagegateshead.com
You can select your seat when
you book online.
See website for Ticket Office
operating hours.
Purchasing Tickets
Payment can be made by
Mastercard, Visa, Debit and
Maestro/Switch cards or by
cheque. Cheques should be made
payable to North Music Trust and
please include your card number
on the reverse.
Where you book a ticket for a
show, exhibition, display, event or
performance at Sage Gateshead
you agree to our terms and
conditions.
Fees - £1.50 per ticket (up to 10
charges per transaction) which
applies to all bookings, including in
person. Fee is waived for tickets
costing £5 or less. When buying
a Classical Season package or
termly class, the fee is £2.50 per
transaction.
See website for current fees.
The information in this Events
Diary is correct at the time of
printing but is subject to change
and it is your responsibility to
ascertain whether a performance
has been cancelled or
rescheduled.
Collecting Tickets
When collecting prepaid tickets,
please bring the credit card with
which you paid and appropriate
identification.
Multibuy
Book a multibuy deal and save on
your classical concerts marked
‘M’. Book from as little as five
concerts to receive discounts
from 10% - 25%, plus other
benefits including a choice of
payment options and priority
booking for next season. Ask at
Concessions
Concessions for under 16s,
students, people over 60 and
the unemployed are available for
many of our performances: ask
Ticket Office for details. Parents/
carers with a Max Card are also
eligible for discounts on Under 5s
sessions and family shows. Please
ask at Ticket Office for details.
Children aged 2 and under may
sit on your lap and therefore
do not require a ticket, unless
attending under 5s sessions, family
events, family performances or
workshops.
For every performance, one free
ticket is available for the carer
of those who need assistance to
attend the performance.
Student offer
£5 standby tickets (on the day)
for all Royal Northern Sinfonia
concerts in our classical season.
£5 standby tickets will be
available on the day for other
selected concerts.
Sign up to receive ticket alerts
by emailing studentstandby@
sagegateshead.com with
‘Standby’ in the subject line.
All standby tickets sold subject
to availability. Valid NUS card
required.
Gift Certificates
You can buy gift certificates
from Ticket Office or from
our website: they are available
in denominations of £1 and
multiples thereof. Gift certificates
are now redeemable online, for
more information please contact
Ticket Office or visit our website.
TicketPlan Refund
Facility
Ticket cancellation protection
is now available at a cost of £2
per ticket. This will protect you
against cancellation resulting
from accidents, unexpected
illnesses and adverse weather
where the Police service or other
Government Agency have issued
warnings not to travel. For full
terms and conditions visit our
website sagegateshead.com or call
Ticket Office on 0191 443 4661.
Refunds and Exchanges
Please note we are unable to
offer refunds except in the event
of a cancelled performance. Sage
Gateshead reserves the right to
substitute artists and alter the
advertised programme without
prior notice. This does not affect
your statutory rights. Handling
fees will be retained in the event
of a refund.
Tickets may be exchanged for
seats for the same or higher price
for a performance of the same
production up to 24 hours before
the performance. Exchanges are
strictly subject to availability. A
£2.50 handling fee will be charged
per transaction. All original tickets
must be produced before an
exchange can be processed.
Handling fees will be retained in
the event of an exchange.
booking
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travel and general info
Metro
Thanks to the generosity of
Nexus, you can travel on the
Metro to and from Gateshead
free if you are attending
a ticketed event at Sage
Gateshead: simply retain your
ticket for inspection on the
Metro.
Buses
For selected concerts, we also
run buses from Hexham (via
Corbridge) and Alnwick (via
Felton, Morpeth and Gosforth).
Book through our Ticket Office.
The QuayLink bus service
runs both north and south of
the Tyne to St Mary’s Square
outside the west door of Sage
Gateshead. Sage Gateshead is
on route Q1. Check nexus.org.
uk/bus/guide-buses/quaylink.
Parking
There is a drop off and pick up
point at our west door. We have
our own car park with lift access
directly behind the building. If
you enter and exit within thirty
minutes, there is no charge.
With entry between 6am to
5pm, charges are per hour with
payment made at our ticket
machines prior to returning to
your vehicle. For entry after
5pm, a fixed charge applies.
Full details of our charges are
available on our website.
Accessibility
Sage Gateshead is designed
to be as accessible as possible
to people with all kinds of
disabilities. Please ring 0191 443
4666 for access information
or download it from the
visitor information section of
our website. Please inform
Ticket Office of your special
requirements. Guide dogs and
hearing dogs are welcome.
Tours and Group
Bookings
Private tours can be arranged
for groups of any size to learn
more about the building and
our organisation. For many of
our concerts, you can book
ten full price tickets and claim
an eleventh ticket free. We
welcome coach parties. Please
call 0191 443 4705.
Building Opening Hours
and Closures
See our website for full opening
and closing hours.
Sage Gateshead reserves the
right to fully or partially close
the building for conferencing or
maintenance purposes.
Blue Badge Holders
There are a number of priority
spaces for blue badge holders
immediately to the rear of
the building and by the lifts in
our car park. Please take your
car park ticket to the Coats
Desk, with your car registration
number, for an exit ticket.
Photo credits
Wai Tong Kwang, Mark Savage, Tim Young, John Clarke, Dan Brady, Steve Ullathorne, Tom Barnes,
James Berry, Mark Seliger, Sandeep Virdee, Angus Stewart, David Sinclair, Marina Chavez, Piper Ferguson,
Thomas Dorn, Tony McAnaney, Roger Mastroianni

You can select your own seat for most concerts when you book online at
sagegateshead.com
Hall One
For concerts with ‘Standing available’ the floor is lowered for a standing/dancing area. Tickets must be
purchased specifically for this area. The areas behind the stage are not always on sale. Please ask Ticket
Office. A* tickets: Seats closest to the stage are offered on selected shows.
Occasionally these tickets may have ‘added value’ extras (these will be detailed on our website,
sagegateshead.com).
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, and levels 2 and 3 are gallery-style spaces. The
main options are:
Theatre layout (default):
the stage is across one end of
the hall: there are rows of seats
on the flat floor and some
raised seating towards the rear.
Seated tickets are numbered,
standing tickets are not.
Family layout: like Theatre,
but the stage is lower and there
are mats at the front where
you can sit with your children.
Tickets for Level 1 are not
numbered: tickets for Levels 2
and 3 are numbered.
Cabaret layout: like
Theatre, but the seats on Level
1 are tables and chairs on a flat
floor. Seating around tables is
not numbered.
Club layout: Level 1 is
standing, with unnumbered
tickets specifying access to
the Level. Levels 2 and 3 are
numbered seating. Drinks are
allowed in on Level 1 only.
In the Round layout:
the stage is in the centre of the
hall with seats on every side.
All tickets are numbered: areas
A (Level 1), B (Level 2) and C
(Level 3) are seated; areas D
(Level 1) and E (Levels 2 and
3) are standing and not always
on sale.
Halls One and Two
In seats on the sides of Levels 2
and 3, you have to lean forwards
to obtain a full view of the stage.
Please ask our staff for more
information.
sagegateshead.com

Every gift is important to us and there are many ways you can support
Royal Northern Sinfonia and the work of Sage Gateshead.
Thank You
Sage Gateshead values its partnerships with individuals, trusts and foundations, and companies Core revenue
support is also provided by Arts Council England, North East and Gateshead Council. As a registered charity
(number 1087445) this support is vital to allow us to continue and develop our work.
Founding Patrons
(Tyne & Wear Community Foundation)
The Sage Group plc
The Barbour Foundation
Northern Rock Foundation
The Garfield Weston Foundation
Joan and Margaret Halbert
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
Legacy Bequests
Stuart Ayre
Jan Dyer
Joan Lees
10th Birthday Endowment Donors
(held by Sage Gateshead)
The Barbour Foundation
The Vardy Foundation
Stuart Halbert Foundation
Clore Duffield Foundation
Mr & Mrs M Howard
Ms W Oloman
Trust and Foundation Supporters
J Paul Getty JNR Charitable Trust
The Garfield Weston Foundation
The Hadrian Trust
The Kavli Trust
The Monument Trust
The PRS for Music Foundation
The Radcliffe Trust
The Sir James Knott Trust
The Vardy Foundation
The WA Handley Charitable Trust
Youth Music
Royal Northern Sinfonia Season 14/15 kindly supported
by The Barbour Foundation.
Thank you to all our Principal Partners for supporting
the work of Royal Northern Sinfonia.
Join our Sage Supporters
An annual membership costs from £40 per year
which supports the work of Sage Gateshead and
offers a range of benefits, including generous
discounts and invitations to exciting events.
For more information visit Ticket Office
Visit sagegateshead.com/support
Email: supporters@sagegateshead.com
Become a Friend of Royal Northern
Sinfonia
An annual membership that supports the work
of Royal Northern Sinfonia, benefits include
priority booking for our Classical Season and
exclusive members’ evenings.
For more information visit Ticket Office or email
joyce.porter@sagegateshead.com
Make a Gift in your Will
Making a Gift in your will is one of the most
enduring gifts you can make. As well as tax
benefits, you have the satisfaction of knowing
your donation will go on supporting our work
long into the future.
Email: katherine.leadbeter@sagegateshead.com
or call 0191 443 4563.
Become a Principal Partner
A great way to demonstrate a significant
commitment to a favourite ‘chair’ in our
orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia.
Email: natalie.heath@sagegateshead.com
or call 0191 443 5038

sagegateshead.com
ticketoffice@sagegateshead.com
Ticket Office: 0191 443 4661
Welcome Desk: 0191 443 4666
Brasserie: 0191 443 4654
Corporate Partners
Platinum Partners
Gold Partners
Chairman: Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Sage Gateshead
St Mary’s Square
Gateshead Quays
Gateshead
NE8 2JR
Silver Partners
Bronze Partners
Baker Tilly
The Open University
Barclays
O’Brien Waste Recycling Solutions
Rutherford Wilkinson Ltd
Rathbone Investment Management
Solution Group
We are proud of our environmental awareness: to see our policy and learn about the 2 Star Industry Green
award from Julie’s Bicycle, visit the About section of our website.
This paper is sourced from well-managed forests and other controlled environments,
as certified by the Forest Stewardship Council.
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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