Royal Northern Sinfonia Winter Tour

Royal Northern Sinfonia are playing The Fire Station on Sunday 29 November, part of their winter tour that takes the strings out of their usual home and into churches and theatres across the region. It's an afternoon concert, starting at 3:00pm, so you'll be out well before dark.

They're calling the programme a 'tasting menu of string delight', and it lives up to that. Mendelssohn's String Symphony No. 2 sits alongside Walton's Sonata for Strings and music from Henry V, and they'll work through Purcell's String Fantasias, Dvořák's Romance and Serenade for Strings, and Dorothy Howell's Nocturne. It's a broad sweep of string writing, from the Baroque to the 20th century, and the whole thing is played by the glow of candlelight.

The Royal Northern Sinfonia is a 37-piece orchestra based at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music in Gateshead, and they describe their work as bringing the talent and creativity of the North East to a worldwide stage. Their repertoire runs the full length of orchestral music, from symphonies and choral masses to film soundtracks, and they've collaborated with names as different as Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Vikingur Olafsson, Sam Fender and Self Esteem, alongside a commitment to programming new sounds from up-and-coming composers. This winter tour is the 'Out and about' strand of that work, taking the strings on the road rather than keeping them in the concert hall.

For this date, the strings are directed by violinist Jonathan Stone, with Maria Włoszczowska also on violin. Tickets range from £5 to £25, with £20-£25 for adults and £5 for children. It starts at 3:00pm at The Fire Station, High Street West, Sunderland SR1 3HA.