We give another warm Gateshead welcome to local conducting sensation John Wilson and his top-tier band of musicians, the Sinfonia of London, together with soloist, the viola player Edgar Francis.

Dukas’ The Sorcerers Apprentice - better known from the Disney film Fantasia (remember Mickey Mouse dancing with a broom?), Walton’s spine-tingling Viola Concerto and Rachmaninov’s muscular Symphonic Dances.