A celestial end to the season

London Firebird Orchestra’s 2016-17 season arrived at a fitting climax with Celestial Grandeur on 13 June and a packed out full house with hundreds in the audience in the beautiful setting of St Paul’s Covent Garden.

Firebird Conductor’s Circle member Michael Thrift’s exuberant direction of the orchestra brought music by three of the ‘classical greats’ to life with Mozart’s mischievous overture to Le Nozze di Figaro, Grieg’s much-loved and majestic Piano Concerto and Beethoven’s magnificent 5th Symphony.

The soloist in Grieg’s Piano Concerto was Firebird’s Artistic Director Marc Corbett-Weaver whose colourful delivery brought life and vigour to this popular and demanding work. This was the only concerto composed by Grieg which was to make his mark on the world at the age of 25.

2017/18 concert season dates

Add these dates to your diary and we look forward to seeing you in our next season. Tickets will be on sale soon!

Tuesday 10 October 2017
St Paul’s Covent Garden
Programme to include Saint-Saēns Cello Concerto with Aleksei Kiseliov

Thursday 8 February 2018
St George’s Hanover Square

Sunday 25 March 2018
Kings Place

Tuesday 12 June 2018
St Paul’s Covent Garden