The Sage, Gateshead | Royal Northern Sinfonia

Gateshead

Jess performs with the Royal Northern Sinfonia

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Time
7:30 pm
Tickets
£5-43 –
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Address
Sage Gateshead St Mary's Square, Gateshead QuaysGateshead, NE8 2JR
Phone
0191 443 4661
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Chloé van Soeterstède   conductor
Jess Gillam   saxophone
Royal Northern Sinfonia

Elfrida Andrée   Concert Overture (11 mins)
Alexander Glazunov   Saxophone Concerto (15 mins)
Johannes Brahms   Symphony No. 1

Pounding timpani, inexorably rising violins and musical tension ratcheting up with unyielding momentum: the opening of Brahms’ first symphony must have been quite the shock for the audience attending its 1876 premiere. Drama is everywhere in this powerful piece that provides emotional stress and release right through to the galloping energy of its exhilarating, visionary, conclusion.

Earlier, superstar Saxophonist Jess Gillam solos in Glazunov’s concerto, a piece that’s full of twists and turns and which showcases the gentle and soulful side of the instrument. Elfrida Andrée’s majestic overture starts the concert.