Firebird’s new season revealed
London Firebird Orchestra’s new video sets the scene for a fabulous new season of concerts for 2019/20 featuring an outstanding programme of magnificent music, sensational soloists and charismatic conductors…
A Major Evening
Thursday 26 September 2019, 7:30 pm
St George’s, Hanover Square, London, W1S 1FX
Beethoven Coriolan Overture, Op. 72
Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622
Mozart Tamino’s Aria: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (from The Magic Flute)
Beethoven Symphony no. 7 in A, Op. 92
Conductor George Jackson
Clarinet James Meldrum
Tenor John Findon
“George Jackson conducted … a magnificent account of the score” The Daily Telegraph
Mission Paganini with Yury Revich
Tuesday 22 October 2019, 7:30 pm
St George’s, Hanover Square, London, W1S 1FX
Donizetti Overture to Don Pasquale
Paganini/Revich The 24 Caprices
Puccini Quando m’en vo’ (from La Boheme) & O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)
Conductor George Jackson
Violin Yury Revich
Soprano Sky Ingram
This concert has been generously sponsored by Rory Graham in memory of James B Cairns
“Yury Revich played with full-blooded authority, innate musicality and substantial accuracy…” The Strad
FROM THE EARTH TO THE SKIES
Tuesday 25 February 2020, 7:30 pm
St George’s, Hanover Square, London, W1S 1FX
Mozart Overture to Idomeneo, re di Creta, K, 366
Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat, Op. 19
Mozart Ilia’s Arias: Quando avran fine omai & Padre, germani, addio! (from Idomeneo)
Mozart Symphony no. 41 in C, K. 551 (Jupiter)
Conductor Michael Thrift
Piano Marc Corbett-Weaver
Soprano Rosanna Harris
“Marc Corbett-Weaver… fully immersed in the subtleties and considerable technical demands of each composer’s writing,” Musical Opinion
THE FIRST CUCKOO: NATURE UNWRAPPED
Sunday 22 March 2020, 6:30 pm
King’s Place, London, N1 9AG
Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo
Delius Spring Summer Night on the River
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Mozart The Queen of the Night Arias: Der Hölle Rache & O zittre nicht (from The Magic Flute)
Haydn Symphony no. 83 in G minor, Hob.I:83 (La Poule)
Conductor George Jackson
Violin Emmanuel Bach
Coloratura Samantha Hay
“…dazzling coloratura and fearless top notes drew audible gasps!” Intermezzo.com
FIREBIRD FOR SCHOOLS
Thursday 14 May 2020, 1:30 pm
St George’s, Hanover Square, London, W1S 1FX
Programme to include:
Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf, Op.67
Conductor George Jackson
“Marvellous responses!” Emily Bohill, London Music Teacher
B MINOR WITH LOVE
Thursday 11 June 2020, 7:30 pm
St George’s, Hanover Square, London, W1S 1FX
Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Winner of the Firebird Young Composer of the Year Competition New Work (World Première)
Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 (Pathétique)
Conductor Michael Thrift
Cello Aleksei Kiseliov
“Michael Thrift… deeply contemporary, with sinuous lines and sour harmonies creating a brooding, desperate mood,” Operissimo