Northern Chords

15/05/2023

This is our festival finale! Tickets available now!We can’t wait!

09/02/2023

Just announced! A pop-up concert next Friday! In aid of local charities in Whickham with *free entry* and some beautiful music by Mendelssohn! Stars Benjamin Baker & Daniel Lebhardt, pianist with Festival Founder Jonathan Bloxham!

09/11/2022

Our friends at Voices of Hope are performing this amazing work on Sunday...

🎟️ Tickets at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/voices-of-hope

❗️Brahms: German Requiem

🗓 Sunday 13 November, 7pm (at The King’s Hall, Newcastle University)

🎶 Tonight is our final rehearsal ahead of our concert on Sunday. We are really looking forward to performing Brahms wonderful German Requiem and hope you will join us!

🎫 www.ticketsource.co.uk/voices-of-hope

04/10/2022

Exciting news from our Founder and Artistic Director Jonathan Bloxham!

15/05/2022

That's a wrap!

Thank you to our brilliant artists and everyone who joined us in this 2022 Festival, and congratulations to our fantastic Mentorship Scheme Musicians: Harvey Lin Lucy Walker Jacob Bettinelli, Bass-Baritone Kryštof Kohout.

See you at our 2023 festival!

14/05/2022

TODAY, 1PM

Our first concert features a WORLD PREMIERE by Lucy Walker written especially for our festival - join us!

Saturday 14 May 2022, 1-2pm
St James' and St Basil's Church

This year, the Northern Chords Festival will open with a special Mentorship Gala Concert, featuring four outstanding young musicians which have been mentored by our artists.

The event will be presented by Artistic Director Jonathan Bloxham, and will include a world premiere by Lucy Walker, written especially for the other mentees.
Jacob Bettinelli, Bass-Baritone Kryštof Kohout Harvey Lin

Not to be missed!

Book your tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mentorship-gala-concert-ncf-2022-tickets-323020371627?fbclid=IwAR05mFlTV0NvgF6e-RvuRGU0ptMYanVKFLpBCclEGgEdWm-XFVVShcD9yNw

14/05/2022

Voices of Hope and Northern Chords Festival Orchestra ready to rehearse!

14/05/2022

Northern Chords 2022 is here!

We have a fantastic weekend planned for our audiences. Come along to meet new faces from our inaugural Mentorship Scheme plus familiar favourite festival artists.

Tickets available on the door and remember it’s FREE for U18’s.

Check the full programme below 🎶

Tickets: https://northernchords.com/programme

13/05/2022

Sunday 15 May 2022, 12pm
St James' and St Basil's Church

The 2022 Northern Chords Festival will close with a spectacular concert featuring Ben Baker, Jonathan Bloxham and the Northern Chords Festival Orchestra performing Vivaldi's iconic Four Seasons.

Book your tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vivaldis-four-seasons-ncf-2022-tickets-323027382597

12/05/2022

Saturday 14 May 2022, 7pm
St James' and St Basil's Church

Celebrity Recital

BBC Radio 3's Petroc Trelawny is joined by two BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Audience Prize winners - Claire Barnett-Jones Mezzo Soprano and Ben Johnson - and pianist Tom Primrose, in an evening celebrating the intricate and beautiful relationship between words and music.

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebrity-recital-ncf-2022-tickets-322582191017

11/05/2022

Saturday 14 May 2022, 1-2pm
St James' and St Basil's Church

This year, the Northern Chords Festival will open with a special Mentorship Gala Concert, featuring four outstanding young musicians which have been mentored by our artists.

The event will be presented by Artistic Director Jonathan Bloxham, and will include a world premiere by Lucy Walker, written especially for the other mentees.
Jacob Bettinelli, Bass-Baritone Kryštof Kohout Harvey Lin

Not to be missed!

Book your tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mentorship-gala-concert-ncf-2022-tickets-323020371627?fbclid=IwAR05mFlTV0NvgF6e-RvuRGU0ptMYanVKFLpBCclEGgEdWm-XFVVShcD9yNw

03/05/2022

Tickets on sale now from our website!! Book now!!

he 2022 Northern Chords Festival will be taking place at St James’ and St Basil’s Church, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 9XP,

19/02/2022

Final 2 days to apply!!

Chamber music event, the Northern Chords Festival in Newcastle will be offering four young musicians fantastic mentoring opportunities

14/02/2022

Still a week to go to apply!!

Northern Chords Festival launches its mentorship scheme

04/02/2022

Applications now open until February 21st!

Northern Chords, of which Jonathan Bloxham is Artistic Director & Founder, have announced their first Mentoring Scheme for 2022.

Taking place over 3 months, four lucky musicians will get the opportunity to work with one of the Northern Chords mentors, including pianist Martin James Bartlett, and will perform at the 2022 Festival.

➡️ Find out more and apply: https://loom.ly/LHNmXIU

ℹ️ Find out more about Jonathan and Martin: https://loom.ly/ekGzK9Q

03/02/2022

Launching our Mentorship Scheme!

We're very excited to announce our Mentorship Scheme. Four lucky musicians will have the chance to work closely with Martin James Bartlett, Grace-Evangeline Mason, Hyeyoon Park and Ben Johnson - plus extra sessions with Jonathan Bloxham, Jess Gillam and Elena Urioste. For more information and to apply now go to www.northernchords.com. Deadline: February 21st!

16/12/2021

Northern Chords Ensemble will perform at Conway Hall, London on 22 May 2022. It would be wonderful to see you there!

🗓️Dates for your diaries! 🎵

Our 2022 spring season is packed with amazing music, performed by top international ensembles in the magical acoustic of Conway Hall. As well as welcoming an audience, we’ll be streaming all the concerts on YouTube using our state-of-the-art technology.

Browse the series and get your tickets now!
🔗🎟️bit.ly/38QGT6d

Tickets for under 26s are , thanks to the Cavatina Chamber Music Trust.

16 January | Echéa Quartet
23 January | London Bridge Trio
30 January | Pre-concert talk with Planet Hugill
30 January | Robert Max Bach Recital

06 February | Salomé Quartet
13 February | Chamber Ensemble of London
20 February | Resol String Quartet
27 February | Linos Piano Trio

06 March | Callum Smart, Ben Goldscheider & Richard Uttley
13 March | Consone Quartet
20 March | Carducci String Quartet & Simon Callaghan
27 March | Maria Włoszczowska, Timothy Ridout - Violist, Steffan Morris & Jâms Coleman

03 April | Pre-concert talk with Planet Hugill
03 April | The Tippett Quartet & Emma Abbate
10 April | Marsyas Trio
24 April | Odysseus Piano Trio

01 May | Royal Academy of Music Academy Showcase
01 May | Camerata Tchaikovsky Soloists
08 May | Maggini Quartet
15 May | Solem Quartet
22 May | Northern Chords Ensemble
29 May | Hugh Wood Memorial Concert

Tashmina Artists BBC Radio 3 Classic FM Scala Radio

21/05/2021

We’re in the national press, not once, not twice, but four times today!

Thrilled to see such great coverage of the return of live music to audiences.

Artistic Director Jonathan Bloxham was interviewed last week.

Read the Telegraph article here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/spark/in-this-together/return-to-live-music/

And catch us in print in today’s Telegraph, Mirror, Daily Express and Daily Star!

Photos by Mark Savage Photography

Venue: St James' and St Basil's Church

14/05/2021

SOLD OUT!

We are thrilled to be returning with a special one-off live concert, Monday 17 May, featuring a fantastic line-up of artists: Voices of Hope, tenor Ben Johnson, pianist Martin James Bartlett and Northern Chords Artistic Director and cellist Jonathan Bloxham.

We are looking forward to celebrating with you the return of live music.

14/05/2021

We are very sad to hear the news that Ester Mägi has passed away. It was a privilege to give the UK premiere of her vividly beautiful piece The Sea last weekend with Northern Chords Festival Orchestra as part of the Europe Day Concert.

07/05/2021

Northern Chords Festival Orchestra performs at the Europe Day 2021 Concert!

Just two days to Europe Day, Sunday 9th May: join us in this online performance, live-streamed from St John’s Smith Square (London) at 12pm (BST).

Northern Chords Artistic Director Jonathan Bloxham will conduct an exciting programme on the theme of ‘Journeys’, both earth-bound and spiritual, featuring works by Sibelius, Verdi, Dvořák and Meyerbeer among many others, as well as the UK premiere of 99-year-old Estonian composer Ester Mägi’s: "The Sea".

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/unitedkingdom/en/eventsandexhibitions/upcoming-events/europeday2021.html

This year's annual Europe Day concert will be livestreamed from St John's, Smith Square on Sunday, 9th May. The theme of the concert is ‘Journeys’, both earth-bound and spiritual.

25/10/2020

Our Gala Concert, to end a fantastic day of live music...

25/10/2020

Tenor Ben Johnson sings Finzi, with Jonathan Bloxham and the Northern Chords Festival Orchestra. 🎶

25/10/2020

Tenor Ben Johnson sings Schubert and Finzi, with pianists Daniel Lebhardt, Martin James Bartlett, violinist Benjamin Baker, Jonathan Bloxham and the Northern Chords Festival Orchestra. 🎶

24/10/2020

Rehearsal in progress!

We might not be singing hymns tomorrow, but we’re very excited to welcome Voices of Hope and the Northern Chords Festival for a full day of music, including Hayden’s wonderful St Nicholas Mass at 10am!

23/10/2020

Only 24 hours left to book tickets for our fantastic day of concerts! We’re taking sales offline tomorrow so we can organise our safe socially-distanced seating. And there are only a handful remaining anyway - so get in there quick!

Also thrilled to announce a new addition to our “Music in Times of Pandemic” programme a Huw Watkins’s fantastic piece Arietta - which will be performed by Ben Baker & Daniel Lebhardt!

29/09/2020

Thrilled to announce our Northern Chords Festival Day 2020 - a series of short socially distanced concerts at St James' and St Basil's Church on October 25th. Featuring Ben Johnson, Martin James Bartlett, Benjamin Baker, Daniel Lebhardt, Jonathan Bloxham, Jonathan McGovern and Voices of Hope! Tickets available now at www.northernchords.com - but book quick as they are very limited!

14/05/2020

This weekend would have been Northern Chords Festival 2020. To mark the occasion please join us for an online session on Saturday Night at 6pm. Artistic Director Jonathan Bloxham will talk about plans for the future of the Festival, and interview three festival artists - Martin James Bartlett, Sean Shibe and Ben Johnson. There will be a chance to ask questions too! To join simply sign up to our mailing list online and you'll automatically get some information about it. Or send us a message!

12/05/2020