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WelcomeWelcometoanew season of classical music in the Main Hall and Courtroom, with our Middlesbrough Town Hall Classics 22/23 season. Our friends and partners at Sage Gateshead have taken over the curation of the classical seasons, meaning that in addition to regular visits from Royal Northern Sinfonia, a programme of exciting orchestras from around the UK and across the globe will continue to bring amazing music to Middlesbrough. Of course, the Classical Cafe series continues, as well as a huge programme of music, comedy and family entertainment at Town Hall. forward
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to welcoming you back! The more concerts you buy, the bigger your saving – plus, multi-buyers get priority booking for future seasons! BOOKSAVEMORE,MORE! Book middlesbroughtownhall.co.ukNow Box Office: 01642 729 729 Save a huge 25% When you book 7 Main Hall concerts AND the Courtroom chamber concert Save 20% When you book 7 Main Hall concerts Save 10% When you book 3-6 Main Hall concerts
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4 Tuesday 11 October 2022, 19.30 BRNO PHILHARMONIC Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis Bohuslav Martinů Cello Concerto Leoš Janáček Jealousy Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’ Brno DennisPhilharmonicRussellDavies conductor Laura van der Heijden cello Tickets: £25
There’s something special about the sound of a Czech orchestra playing Czech music – it’s like hearing poetry read with just the right accent. Brno is Janáček’s hometown, so naturally enough the Brno Philharmonic has put his music at the heart of this rare UK concert. And equally naturally, they’re playing the best-loved of all Czech symphonies: Dvořák’s gloriously tuneful musical postcard from the New World. But their chief conductor Dennis Russell Davies is nothing if not an explorer. Prepare to hear a British classic with new ears, and to discover a neglected Czech gem – played by the former BBC Young Musician Laura van der Heijden. middlesbroughtownhall.co.ukNow
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7 7 Wednesday 9 November 2022, 19.30 ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA: EUROPEAN DANCES Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Béla Bartók Roumanian Dances Fazil Say Symphonic Dances Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dances No. 1, 6 & 10 Royal Northern Sinfonia Nil Venditti conductor Eldbjorg Hemsing violin Tickets: £25 To play Tchaikovsky’s ever-popular Violin Concerto, we welcome Eldbjorg Hemsing – a violinist who’s been hailed for her “swashbuckling bravado”. She joins the brilliant young Italian-Turkish conductor Nil Venditti in a concert of classics with a hint of folk. Mozart’s comedy overture sets things buzzing, before Venditti launches into a joyous, no-holds-barred adventure through the folk music of Eastern Europe and Turkey from Bartók, Brahms and Fazil Say. Expect a very lively evening! Book middlesbroughtownhall.co.ukNow Box Office: 01642 729 729 6
98 Tuesday 2 January 2023, 15.00 ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA: NEW YEAR CONCERT Johann Brahms Franz Liszt Fritz JosefJosefKreislerStraussStrauss II Royal Northern Sinfonia Christoph Koncz conductor/violin Tickets: £25 What better way to start your year than with a concert of glorious music! This wonderful Viennese tradition has become a firm favourite with audiences in the North East. New Year celebrations just wouldn’t be the same without the music of the Strauss family and their friends – the sound of elegance, the sound of romance, and above all, the sound of pure tuneful indulgence. Prosit! Book middlesbroughtownhall.co.ukNow Box Office: 01642 729 729
10 11 Thursday 26 January 2023, 19.30 ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA: LARS VOGT’S DVOŘÁK Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adagio and Fugue in C minor Antonin Dvořák Serenade for Strings Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 Antonin Dvořák Czech Suite Royal Northern Sinfonia Lars Vogt director/piano Tickets: £25 Pianist, conductor and all-round communicator Lars Vogt returns to the North East. Royal Northern Sinfonia’s Principal Artistic Partner begins the year with a concert that positively glows with melody and warmth. Dvořák was a composer who never hid his emotions, and two gloriously tuneful minimasterpieces complement Mozart’s majestic homage to Bach and the lovely, lyrical Piano Concerto No. 23. A joyful treat to begin 2023. Book middlesbroughtownhall.co.ukNow Box Office: 01642 729 729
Gustav Holst Wind Quintet in A flat major, Op.14 Arthur Bliss
Maybe it’s our national fascination with the weather, but British composers have always had a way with wind instruments. When he wrote his Wind Quintet, Gustav Holst seemed to pull melodies out of the air of the English countryside; Arthur Bliss – a survivor of the trenches – finds dark emotions when a clarinet joins forces with a string quartet. Malcolm Arnold, on the other hand, simply puts five wind players together and throws a party! The RNS’s own players take centre stage in a riot of colour and emotion, and rediscover an exuberant mini-masterpiece by the suffragette composer Ethel Smyth.
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With some pieces, you can just feel the sunshine, and when Mendelssohn’s Italian symphony explodes into sunlit, sparkling life, the music itself seems to leap for joy. For Royal Northern Sinfonia principal conductor Dinis Sousa, it’s the perfect complement for the elegant song-and-dance of Haydn’s Cello Concerto, performed today by one of our own – RNS’s principal cellist Steffan Morris. But first, something completely different. What if a visitor from another time – or another world – found some fragments of music by Mozart and tried to fit them together? Schnittke’s mischievous classic sets the mood for a concert filled with fantasy – and fun. Book middlesbroughtownhall.co.ukNow Box Office: 01642 729 729
Ethel Smyth String Quintet
Moz-Art à la Haydn Joseph Haydn Cello Concerto Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 ‘Italian‘ Royal Northern Sinfonia Dinis Sousa conductor Steffan Morris cello Tickets: £25
Malcolm Arnold Wind Quintet
Royal Northern Sinfonia Wind Quintet Tickets: £15
Thursday 23 March 2023, 19.30 ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA: SCHNITTKE, HAYDN AND AlfredMENDELSSOHNSchnittke
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Violinist Callum Smart (“sublime” – BBC Music Magazine) joins Delyana Lazarova – the Hallé’s dynamic young Assistant Conductor. The Hallé’s Assistant conductors tend to be the stars of tomorrow, and she’s already causing quite a stir. You heard her here first! Book middlesbroughtownhall.co.ukNow Box Office:
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14 15 Thursday 13 April 2023, 19.30 THE HALLÉ Claude Debussy Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Camille Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No. 3 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 The DelyanaHalléLazarova conductor Callum Smart violin Tickets: £25 When a composer asks for his music to be played “with passion and desire”, you know you’re in for quite a ride. Pounding with emotion and bursting with unforgettable tunes, Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony is quite simply as romantic as music gets, and it’s a spectacular contrast to Debussy’s dreamy Prélude and the very French flair of SaintSaëns’s glittering Third Violin Concerto.
Thursday 25 May 2023, 19.30 ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA: NORDIC SYMPHONIES Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 7 Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto Carl Nielsen Symphony No. 1 Royal Northern Sinfonia Olli Mustonen conductor/piano Tickets: £25 Sibelius’s Seventh Symphony is music of elemental majesty and grandeur, evoking the power of nature. Conductor and pianist Olli Mustonen returns to the North East bringing a very personal charisma and warmth to Grieg’s lovely, ever-fresh Piano Concerto and Nielsen’s proud Symphony No 1. Power, pride and untamed inspiration; this should be quite a ride! 16 17 Book middlesbroughtownhall.co.ukNow Box Office: 01642 729 729
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