Bradley Creswick: Director
Northern Sinfonia
BARTÓK Rumanian Folk Dances
PETERIS VASKS Violin Concerto ‘Distant Light’
PROKOFIEV (arr. Barshai) Visions Fugitives
BARTÓK Divertimento
Even as the Russian revolution unfurled outside his window, Prokofiev maintained work on his ‘Vision Fugitives’ – snapshots of life and feeling, by turns mournful and mischievous and surely among the most elegant and revealing of Prokofiev’s works.
The very human foibles of Prokofiev’s miniatures are countered by the heavenly ingle span of ‘Distant Light’, the violin concerto by Latvian Peteris Vasks that is fast becoming a modern classic.
Bradley Creswick talks about ‘Distant Light
“The Sinfonia’s sound, sturdy and fresh, was pleasure enough, particularly when we just had the strings, coursing so crisply and succulently through Bartok’s Romanian Folk Dances” The Times on Northern Sinfonia at the Southbank Centre, February 2013
Post Concert Event
Anthony Lo Giudice: Choreographer
Anthony talks about his vision: watch the video.
Molly Hodkinson: Lead dancer
Rachel Jean Birch: Dancer
Shelley Brettle: Dancer
Kristin Kelly Abbot: Dancer
Part of Classical Season 2012/13
Music Director Thomas Zehetmair is to conduct the symphonies of Brahms and Schumann with Northern Sinfonia, Orchestra of The Sage Gateshead. Known for stylistic excellence, meticulous precision and intimate understanding Zehetmair and Northern Sinfonia’s interpretation of these greats will...