ON RED KITE WINGS

 SATURDAY 5 JULY | 11am - 6pm 
SAGE GATESHEAD

Join us as we celebrate all things wings
with Friends of Red Kites (FORK) and Royal Northern Sinfonia

On the concourse...

Art Installations and Performances
11am - 6pm

A hub of activity, the concourse will be packed with art installations from local artists, photographer Alan Mould and glass artist Rena Holford, as well as poetry, writing and pictures from children and FoRK members.

An aerial exhibition from local FoRK partner schools will appear to fly from the balconies and Children from Amble First School Choir will perform songs dedicated to the Red Kite.

Quickly becoming a recognisable feature in the region, after displays on Durham’s Palace Green and alongside the Angel of the North, the ‘Flight of the Kite’ mosaic will be displayed outside the building on the concert square.

Concourse activities are free

On stage...

Concerts in Hall Two
1.30pm and 3.30pm

In these short concerts, members of Royal Northern Sinfonia perform light new works from Newcastle University Music Students, the result of a commission competition, won by Hugo Bell with his work Lament of The Red Kite.

Trai Anfield, presenter of BBC Radio 4's natural history programme The Living World, and Patron of FoRK, will host the event, as well as present a film on red kites, produced by Enlightened Media in partnership with Northumbrian Water, to accompany the winning work.

Celebrating all things with wings, the chamber ensemble also perform Haydn’s String Quartet ‘The Bird’ with its twittering trill of strings, plus local folk group Stocksfield Stompers perform their own Red Kite-inspired tune set

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