North Wind Quintet

The Abbots House, Abbots Langley

2011-10-01T20:59:00.005Z

On one of the hottest October days on record we performed at the Abbots House. An English/American theme was chosen for this the 6th year with our special hosts.
The concert opened with Sullivan's Iolanthe overture followed by Holst Wind Quintet in Ab and ending the first half with a new arrangement by Newbiggin composer Derek Hobbs - Five Northumbrian Songs.
Samuel Barber's Summer Music appropriately began the second half, followed by Belle Epoque en Sud America - a set of 3 South American dances by Medaglio. Gershwin's Promenade brought the concert to a close, with time for an encore of I Got Rhythm. A most appreciative audience enjoyed the music and beautiful surroundings of the venue, and over £800 was raised for Amnesty International.

St James UR Church, Newcastle

2011-07-02T20:08:00.001Z

The quintet's long ambition of playing the Spohr Nonet for wind quintet and strings was fulfilled. Violin, viola and double bass players from Newcastle University, with Geoff Wright from Orchestra North East joined us in the second half. The concert opened with Danzi's Quintet in G minor, followed by 2 short pieces by Fritz Kreisler and Paul Patterson's Westerley Winds based on 4 west country folk tunes. This concert was part of the 'Yellow Door Music series to be held at the church - www.yellowdoormusic.co.uk.
Proceeds of the concert were donated to Amnesty International.

St George's URC, Morpeth

2010-10-13T10:10:00.000Z

St George's URC, Morpeth, was the venue for our lunchtime concert as a woodwind quartet, with Robin playing organ. The programme began with a Goepfart quartet in D minor, Dave played an Arioso by Fiocco accompanied by Robin, followed by a Telemann Trio Sonata in F major. Malcolm Arnold's Divertimento for Wind Trio was an energetic wake up call followed by Jonathan playing the Larghetto from Mozart's Clarinet Quintet. A rousing arrangement of The Pirates of Penzance ended our performance - one of several in this successful Autumn series of lunchtime concerts held at the church.

The Abbots House, Abbots Langley

2010-10-06T11:19:00.000Z

A most appreciative audience enjoyed our new programme of pieces at Abbots Langley. The first half opened with 4 movements from Walton's Facade Suite, followed by Telemann Trio Sonata in F major for oboe and recorder. The Mozart quintet in C minor ended the first half.
Malcolm Arnold's Divertimento for flute oboe and clarinet gave a rousing start after the interval, followed by the more dulcit tones of Handel's Trio Sonata in F major, played on 2 recorders and spinet. Our first performance of Paul Patterson's Westerly Winds ended the concert 'with gusto', only to encore with Les Animaux from Mississippi Five.

The Church of Saint Ann, Newcastle

2010-02-06T09:33:00.007Z

The fine Church of Saint Ann provided the perfect venue for a concert in aid of the Congo Children Trust.
Clifford Lantaff (pictured), principal harpist with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, delighted the audience with Hindemith Sonata for Harp, Faure's Impromptu opus 86 and the Britten Suite for Harpe, opus 83.
North Wind performed three pieces from Walton's Facade (with Robin playing woodblock in the Popular Song), Reicha Quintet in Eb and Jim Parker's Mississippi Five.

The Abbots House, Abbots Langley

2009-10-10T19:08:00.000Z

Another warm welcome - our 4th visit, to The Abbots House. In our quest not to repeat previously performed pieces, we played Weber's Invitation to the Dance, the Nielson Quintet, Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin and Mississippi Five (Jim Parker).The evening ended with an encore of Hallam's Charleston.

The Singers Anniversary Concert

2009-04-25T12:17:00.003Z

All Saints Church, Quayside, Newcastle

Our second joint concert with The Singers, conductor Donald Halliday. (www.singers.org.uk)
They performed music from the 16th century of Batten and Victoria up to the the 21st century of Stuart Murray, Harris and Macmillan.
North Wind played Ibert Trois Piece Breve and the Malcolm Arnold Sea Shanties.

Pink Fizz Ball

2009-02-07T20:56:00.003Z

The Hilton Hotel, Gateshead, was the venue for a Charity Ball, raising funds for the Newcastle Maggie's Centre and the Healthcare at Home Cancer Fund.
We played at the drinks reception - our first performance of Weber's Invitation to the Dance, Mozart's Turkey Rock, Faure's Berceuse and the Tea for Two cha cha by Shostokovitch, as well as Agay's Five dances and the Pink Panther.

Photo on the evening by Ken Macmillan (www.kenmacmillanstudios.co.uk)

Ouseburn Open Studios

2008-11-30T20:26:00.000Z

The last weekend in November sees the return of the Ouseburn Open Studios. The event gives the public the opportunity to go behind the scenes of the region's leading studios and galleries.
North Wind quintet provided live music on the Saturday and Sunday in 36 Lime Street. (www.36limestreet.co.uk)

Morpeth Flood Relief

2008-11-15T20:38:00.002Z

In a fundraising concert titled 'An evening of light classical and lively jazz music' in aid of the Morpeth Flood Relief, North Wind shared the programme with The Bewick Orchestra and KEVI Community Jazz Band at St James's Church in Morpeth.
Dave performed the Arrival of the Queen of Sheba with the Bewick Orchestra. The quintet then played Gershwin's Promenade, Agay's Five Easy Dances, The Pink Panther, 4 movements from the Capriol Suite and finished with the Can Can.

St Bartholomew's Church, Newbiggin

2008-09-21T17:30:00.005Z

We received a warm welcome for our afternoon concert - the last in St Bartholomew's very successful Summer series.
The programme included Danzi G minor quintet, Agay's Five Easy dances, a selection of movements from the Capriol Suite, Sullivan Suite, Salut d'amour and Bobby Shaftoe - an arrangement by Newbiggin's very own composer/arranger Derek Hobbs.
Sparkling wine and multi variety kit-kat contributed to a pleasant, sociable interval .

Brinkburn Priory

2008-05-17T20:28:00.003Z

The 12th century church of the Augustinian Priory of Brinkburn provided a perfect setting for the programme of songs performed by The Singers. It included music from the 16th century - Whyte's 'O praise God in his Holiest', through to the 20th century with James MacMillan's 'A child's Prayer' and 'My Lord, what a morning' by Burleigh.
Alison Rudd performed 2 baroque pieces on the organ.
North Wind played the 4 movements of the Danzi Quintet in G Minor, The Three Ravens and Bobby Shaftoe.

The King's Hall, University of Newcastle

2008-04-19T23:30:00.003Z

North Wind members joined with the Northern English Singers and Northern Praeclassica in 'Faire is the Heaven' - a programme of songs of aspiration and yearning in various styles from the 16th to the 20th centuries. It included Bruckner's Mass in C minor and Faire is the Heaven by Harris. The wind players performed the first movement of the Mozart Serenade in Eb and a Dvorak Slavonic Dance.
Proceeds were in aid of the Great North Air Ambulance.

Lunchtime Concert, St George's URC Morpeth

2008-04-16T13:50:00.006Z

We received a very warm welcome from our audience. On this occasion we performed 3 different versions of Bobby Shaftoe, Danzi G minor Wind Quintet, Ferenc Three Hungarian Dances, Hallam Dance Suite and 2 folk song arrangements.

Mozart on Tweed

2008-03-29T19:22:00.005Z

'Mozart on Tweed' weekend festival held at Kelso Old Parish Church.

We performed Mozart Adagio & Rondo in C (arranged by Geoffrey Emerson), Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin, Francaix L'heure du berger and ended with the piano and wind quintet in E flat by Mozart.

In the evening we joined members of the Yetholm Sinfonia (http://www.yetholmsinfonia.com/) in an all Mozart programme.

ArtWorks, Stepney Bank

2007-10-05T10:43:00.001Z

Launch evening of an exhibition of paintings by the artist Andrea Marrion.
Entitled 'Girl with a Pink Headscarf' the paintings are her tribute to share how 'positive, confident and beautiful women can look after diagnosis and treatment' of breast cancer.
The exhibition runs from 5th to the 20th October at The Artworks Galleries, Stepney Bank, Newcastle.

The Abbot's House, Abbot's Langley

2007-07-07T21:59:00.000Z

Our 3rd visit to Abbot's Langley - in which we promised to play the Ligeti Sechs Bagatellen. These opened the concert and were surprisingly well received.
The Taffanel Quintet was followed by an interval in the beautiful garden of our hosts Sue and Peter
In the second half we played the Danzi Quintet in Bb major and an arrangement of Bizet's Jeux d'Enfants. Elgar's Salut d'Amour was our encore which marked the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth.

Profound and profane

2007-05-11T19:39:00.000Z

The 18th century Grade 1 listed building - The Church of St Ann in Newcastle - was the venue for our concert with the Northern English Singers, conducted by Howard Layfield. The choir performed a varied programme including 16th century Weelkes and Lassus to Messiaen and Dove of the 20th century. Robin accompanied on the organ.
North Wind performed the Malcolm Arnold Three Shanties for Wind and the Dance Suite by Norman Hallam.

The Abbot's House, Abbot's Langley

2006-10-07T14:19:00.000Z

We enjoyed family hospitality at The Abbot's House. The early evening concert was in aid of Amnesty International.
The programme included Mozart's Magic Flute Overture, Hindemith Kleine Kammermusik, Farkas Hungarian Dances, Danzi Quintet in G minor and Hallum Dance Suite.
Hazel and Dave played the Quantz C minor Trio Sonata with continuo accompaniment from Jonathan on spinet and Harriet, bassoon. The first of Malcolm Arnold's Three Shanties was played as an encore.

St George's Jesmond

2006-09-30T14:04:00.000Z

Our first concert with Ben - our new horn player.
The concert was organised by Carl Pearson and friends of St George's Parish Church who have been raising money for the past 6 years to support medical education at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College in Tanzania.
The programme included Mozart's Overture to the Magic Flute; Kleine Kammermusic, Hindemith; Ferenc, Early Hungarian Dances; Dance Suite by Norman Hallam.
Ben performed the Adagio and Allegro Opus 70 for Horn and Piano by Schumann, accompanied by Robin, who also played for Jonathan in Mozart's Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano.

The Abbot's House, Abbot's Langley

2005-10-31T14:39:00.000Z

Our first concert venue south gave us a warm welcome.
The proceeds of this concert were in aid of the Medical Foundation for the Victims of Torture.
The programme included, Agay Five Easy Dances, Poulenc Novelette, Reicha Blaserquintet, Three British Folk Tunes, Arnold Three Shanties and the Trois Pieces Breve by Ibert. Harriet and Hazel (recorders) performed 2 movements from a Telemann Trio Sonate in F major, and Hazel and Dave played 2 movements from the A minor Trio Sonata by Telemann. Jonathan accompanied both on spinet.

Christ Church, North Shields

2005-07-15T14:38:00.000Z

This concert was shared with Tynemouth Savoyards - a group of singers from Tynemouth Gilbert & Sullivan Society.
North Wind performed the slow movement of the Beethoven Quartet for wind and piano (+ Robin), Agay Five Easy Dances, Gershwin I Got Rhythm, Arnold Three Sea Shanties, Ist movement of the Trois Pieces Breve by Ibert,The Can Can and finally accompanied the Savoyards in the Cachucha, from The Gondoliers.
The proceeds from this concert were shared between Age Concern in North Tyneside and Amnesty International

Classics at Kirkleatham

2005-07-01T16:50:00.000Z

We were the last of the groups to perform in this very popular classical concert season held in the chapel of the former William Turner's Hospital, now the almshouses.
The first half programme included Mozart's Magic Flute Overture, Agay Five Easy Dances and Trois Piece Breve by Ibert. In the second half we performed the Piano Quintet in E flat by Mozart, with Robin playing the Steinway piano, Telemann Trio Sonata (Harriet and Hazel playing recorders), Gershwin Promenade and Jamaican Rumba.

Morpeth

2004-09-30T20:18:00.000Z

The programme for this concert included The Magic Flute Overture, Agay Five Easy Dances, Danzi Quintet in G major, Divertimento by Roussel and Trois Pieces Breve by Ibert.
The soprano Amanda Jones joined us and sang Schubert Le Parte Sur la Monagne with Jonathan on clarinet and Robin, piano. In the second half she performed Percy Grainger folk songs accompanied by Robin.

Classics at Kirkleatham

2004-03-26T17:02:00.000Z

This was our first visit to the Almhouses and their classical concert season.
We performed Peter Warlock's Capriol Suite, Bonnie at Morn, Bobbie Shafto, and the Reicha wind quintet in E flat in the first half. The second half opened with Poulenc Novelette in C then Mozart's Quintet in C minor, Wedding Day in Troldhaughan by Grieg and ended the evening with Gershwin's I Got Rhythm.

Saville Exchange, North Shields

2003-11-28T20:27:00.000Z

This was a lunchtime recital. We performed Peter Warlock's Capriol Suite, Three Shanties by Arnold, Mozart Quintet in C minor and Gershwin's I Got Rhythm.

St James' United Reformed Church, Newcastle

2001-11-03T20:11:00.000Z

We shared this concert with soprano Amanda Jones who sang a selection of Poulenc, Barber Schubert and Hely-Hutchinson songs.
We played the Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Reicha Quintet for Wind , Three British Folk Tunes and the Theme from the Pink Panther.

Hancock Gallery

2001-10-31T16:38:00.000Z

In October 2001 we provided music for the opening of a major new exhibition at the Hancock Gallery at Newcastle University.

School workshops

2000-06-05T17:10:00.000Z

Two local Primary schools were our first venues as a newly formed group. The children of Monkhouse Primary School and Chillingham Road Primary School enjoyed listening to the 4th movement of the Mozart Divertimento no.12, Carnival of the Animals, Clog Dance from Herold's La Fille Mal Garde and The Pink Panther by Mancini.

Musicians

2000-01-01T14:53:00.000Z

Hazel (Flute)

Dave (Oboe)

Jonathan (Clarinet)

Ben (French Horn)

Harriet (Bassoon)

Robin (Piano)