Which is the greater, music or poetry? The arts-loving Countess Madeleine struggles to find the answer – and to choose between her two suitors, the tender composer Flamand and the fiery poet Olivier.

Closing Concert – Capriccio

Usher Hall

The young Felix Mendelssohn transformed Johann Sebastian Bach’s majestic St Matthew Passion for modern orchestra. His groundbreaking performances of his impassioned arrangements in Berlin (1829) and Leipzig (1841 – the version heard in this concert) changed the course of music history. Without these, the great Bach revival might never have happened.

EIF Opening Concert: St Matthew Passion

The Usher Hall

Join us for our 2023-24 season launch as Chief Conductor John Storgårds sets the stage with Janáček’s gargantuan Sinfonietta.

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Janáček and Tchaikovsky

The Bridgewater Hall

Wow, have we got a packed stage for you tonight! Making the afternoon extra epic are singers and musicians from right across the North East, sharing the stage with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Chorus, and a superb line-up of soloists.

Sarah Connolly

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 24, 2024

Tippett’s A Child of Our Time · Royal Northern Sinfonia

Past events

Aug 25, 2024

Closing Concert – Capriccio · Usher Hall

Aug 4, 2024

EIF Opening Concert: St Matthew Passion · BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Clairon in Capriccio by Strauss

Usher Hall

Singer in A Child of Our Time by Tippett

Royal Northern Sinfonia

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