top of page
NEWS
Search

Newcastle Bach Choir

  • 1 min read

Saturday 7 June 2025, 7.30 pm

Hexham Abbey

 

Handel: Coronation Anthems

Vivaldi: Operatic arias; Credo; Domine ad

Zelenka: Miserere

 

Newcastle upon Tyne Bach Choir 

Newcastle Baroque

Mhairi Lawson (soprano)  

Eric Cross (conductor)

 

A reminder of our final concert in a season celebrating Eric's 40th anniversary as Music Director of the choir.  We are in Hexham Abbey for a programme featuring music by two composers central to Eric: Handel and Vivaldi. 

Handel is represented by the Coronation Anthems, written for George II in 1727 and including Zadok the Priest.

 

Eric is a specialist in Vivaldi's operas, and the concert included some Vivaldi arias, for which we welcome soprano Mhairi Lawson. The choir also perform two of his sacred works, and finally the Miserere in C minor by Zelenka, a contemporary of the other two composers.

Tickets £15-20 available from the choir website.

 

Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery invites you to The Museum of Ordinary Things in Amble

  • 1 min read

We invite you to bring your ‘ordinary thing’ to our Pop-Up Museum and share its own unique story. Whether it’s a cherished family heirloom, a quirky gadget from your childhood, or a tool that has seen years of use, we want to hear about it!

No need to book, just turn up!

We'll be at Amble Youth Project on Saturday May 24th between 1 and 3pm.

Take a look at what we have in our Ordinary Things Archive, visit us, and add yours.


In partnership with Dovecote Street Arts


Refreshments provided.


 

'Scaffolding' at Amble Parish Hall on 26th April

  • 2 min read

SCAFFOLDING Tour Double Bill 

Documental Productions are excited to be touring our play Scaffolding.

The play is inspired by stories told to us by members of Documental Productions’ Sing and Sign Jukebox Choir, which is our inclusive Makaton choir for carers and adults with learning disabilities. You can see the choir in action here https://youtu.be/_A9isrnPiPA 

The choir had a new First this year as we started to perform original songs created by carers and the people they support in our community.

Our actor, Kerry, will lead in performing a handful of our carer-written songs set to Makaton signs as well as a couple of classic pop songs - and we are looking for local choirs to join her! An increasing number of choirs sign while they sing – it is a great way to memorise lyrics, make the lyrics accessible to people with memory and communication difficulties, it looks fabulous, and also, it’s a lot of fun! 

 The process: 

  • Join choir leaders Lucy Bell and Jo Rogers for 1 Zoom session to learn some Makaton signs and how to perform them to music 

  • We will share the backing tracks and lyrics in advance so you could familiarise yourselves with the songs. 

  • Interested folk will get a free ticket to the show and then be invited to get up and participate in singing alongside actor and vocalist Kerry Norton. 

  • All levels of ability are welcome, and we will have a projection of the signs too. The set of songs will include a couple of well-known classics.

The dates of the double bill / curtain raisers (7.30pm): ● 26 April, Amble Parish Hall 

You can watch/hear a few of the carer-written songs here: 

COLD TOES 

AUTUMN GOLD 

STAN AND OLLIE 

Our Engagement Producer will be on hand to support in the run up to the event - and if you have any questions please get in touch with info.documentaltheatre@gmail.com and susannahbramwell.prod@gmail.com 

If you are ready to dip a toe into the world of live signed choir performance, get in touch with susannahbramwell.prod@gmail.com

 
bottom of page