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Live at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms in Gateshead: Dinis Sousa conducts the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Chorus with the Huddersfield Choral Society and Voices of the River’s Edge in Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, 'Lobgesang'. In the first half, pianist David Fray is the soloist in Bach's Keyboard Concerto No. 1.

Presented by Sarah Walker, live from The Glasshouse International Centre for Music.

Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
David Fray (piano)
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Dinis Sousa (conductor)

8pm
Interval: A walk around the cultural highlights of Tyne & Wear, from Bede’s monastery in Jarrow to an arts centre in a former nuclear bunker that attracted the likes of Picasso and Matisse to the region.

8.20pm
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, 'Lobgesang'
Adèle Charvet (mezzo soprano)
Benjamin Hulett (tenor)
Voices of the River’s Edge
Huddersfield Choral Society
Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Dinis Sousa (conductor)

Mendelssohn’s Second Symphony is a ‘Hymn of Praise’, an expression of joy and faith, and replete with dances, fanfares and hymns. The dark, sober beauty of Bach’s Keyboard Concerto in D minor offers a stark contrast.