Northern Sinfonia and Chorus

Feb 12
Colin Matthews … through the glass
Britten Les Illuminations
Sandrine Piau (Soprano)
Beethoven Symphony No 9 in D minor, Op 125
Lisa Milne (Soprano)
Harriet Williams (Mezzo-soprano)
Michael Colvin (Tenor)
Stephan Loges (Baritone)
Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair


Northern Sinfonia, with its Music Director Thomas Zehetmair, is one of Europe’s most exciting chamber orchestras with a repertoire that spans three centuries of classical music and includes specially commissioned new works. The orchestra plays to great acclaim and also regularly appears at leading international venues including the Berlin Philharmonie, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Vienna’s Musikverein. October 2008 marks the start of Northern Sinfonia’s 50th Anniversary Season, its fourth season as the orchestra of The Sage Gateshead, its own spectacular Norman Foster designed home for music.

Northern Sinfonia and Chorus will perform in two glorious evenings of classical choral fare: Haydn’s biggest and last large-scale mass, Harmoniemesse, and Beethoven’s choral Ninth Symphony. A splendid array of soloists will join the performances: Sandrine Piau, Lisa Milne, Harriet Williams, Michael Colvin and Stephan Loges.