Orchestra of Opera North at Sage Gateshead David Denton, Yorkshire Post***** Having spent a lifetime hearing concerts in Leeds Town Hall, listening to music in the ideal acoust...
Read the full post CommentsGateshead International Jazz Festival at Sage Gateshead Chris Minnis, The Journal THE sixth annual Gateshead International Jazz Festival provided a heady international mix of t...
Read the full post CommentsGateshead Jazz Festival at the Sage, Gateshead Alyn Shipton, The Times**** Now in its sixth year, the Gateshead Jazz Festival is not only the earliest national festival in the ...
Read the full post CommentsKeith Bruce, The Herald Brass Jaw/Stu Brown Sextet, Sage Gateshead***** Gateshead International Jazz Festival, like much else on Tyneside, has been shaped by the existence of T...
Read the full post CommentsNorthern Sinfonia – Theodora Alfred Hickling, The Guardian**** Many of Handel’s oratorios had a ground-breaking impact. The 1750 premiere of Theodora suffered a gen...
Read the full post CommentsStage Delight Nancy Durrant, timesonline Newcastle is challenging the assumption that regional shows are all about pantomime and Gilbert and Sullivan productions An ace café w...
Read the full post CommentsMichael Church, The Independent Tuesday 8th September 2009 (perfromance date Sunday 6th September) Two things are often forgotten about the Messiah: that it was written for Eas...
Read the full post CommentsProm 68 - Messiah, Royal Albert Hall, London
Read the full post CommentsBy Alfred Hickling. The Guardian Ernst Krenek’s vast output, which spanned some 70 years of the last century, has never been popular with British audiences. But Northern ...
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