WHAT’S ON

Northern Sinfonia, conducted by Bernard Labadie, Sage Gateshead, 7.30pm tomorrow.

Programme: Haydn, Bach and Rameau. 0191-433 4661.

To Be Certain of the Dawn, Stephen Paulus (BIS-CD-1726)

This oratorio, was commissioned by the Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis as a gift to the Jewish community to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the freeing of Holocaust survivors and as a lesson that the prevention of future genocide is in the hands of today’s children.

James Macmillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross (Naxos 8.570719)

Released to mark the 50th birthday of the Scottish composer, this CD of choral works includes his intense and beautiful cantata, performed by The Dmitri Ensemble.

Bax: Symphonic Variations (Naxos 8.570774)

Pianist Ashley Wass performs Sir Arnold Bax’s virtuosic Symphonic Variations dedicated in 1916 to the pianist Harriet Cohen. The album is completed with The Concertante for Piano (Left Hand) and Orchestra. Wass gives full voice to Bax’s swirling orchestral textures.