Join us for our four night visit to the The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead when the Royal Northern Sinfonia under Chief Conductor Dinis Sousa performs a Weekend of Beethoven including all five Piano Concerti & the Choral Fantasy with world-class pianists including Elisabeth Brauß, Sir Stephen Hough, Paul Lewis, Jonathan Biss, Elisabeth Leonskaja and Alice Sara Ott.
We stay at the 4* INNSiDE Hotel located on the Newcastle bank of the Tyne, just beside the iconic Swing Bridge. All rooms air air-conditioned and have in-room safe and tea/coffee making facilities as well as most with walk-in showers.
During our tour of the Newcastle/Gateshead area we will visit the Lit & Phil Library founded in 1793 as a 'place for conversation'. It contains the largest independent library outside of London with a collection of more than 200,000 books & publications as well as a massive music archive of CD's & LP. We will also visit the historic Grainger Market in Newcastle's classic Georgian heart.
On our way home we will make a stop at the Angel of the North, Antony Gormley’s colossal 20-meter-tall and 54-meter-wide steel sculpture standing proudly on a hill overlooking the A1.
And so to the music - ALL five of Beethoven's piano concerti with five of the great pianists of their respective generations including Elisabeth Brauß, Alice Sarah Ott, Paul Lewis, Stephen Hough and Jonathan Biss while Elisabeth Leonskaja completes the programme with Beethoven's Choral Fantasy. Each concert is introduced by the inimitable John Suchet OBE, known as both TV and Radio presenter but also a renowned authority on Ludwig van Beethoven.
Our visit includes executive coach travel from the northwest to Newcastle and all sightseeing and transfers to and from the concerts, best stalls seats for the performances and dinner or supper with wines each evening.
Deposit £500
Balance due: 1st February 2027
