Make the most of 2020 with Firebird

Happy New Year from everyone at Firebird!

It’s that time of year when many of us are making resolutions for the year ahead. Have you made yours yet?

The three most common resolutions people make are to:

* sort out their finances
* eat more healthily
* exercise more.

One other you might like to add is ‘Make the most of 2020 with Firebird. We have a fabulous line up of concerts this year, so make sure these are on your agenda for 2020…

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

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

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

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

NORTHERN LIGHTS

Thursday 24 September 2020, 7:30 pm
St George’s, Hanover Square, London, W1S 1FX

Glinka Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35
Sibelius Symphony no. 2 in D, Op. 43

Principal Guest Conductor George Jackson
Violin Yury Revich

FIREBIRD FLIES TO THE EAST

Thursday 22 October 2020, 7:30 pm
St George’s, Hanover Square, London, W1S 1FX

Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia
Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Puccini A Selection of Arias from ‘La Bohème’
Stravinsky The Firebird Suite (1919)

Principal Guest Conductor George Jackson
Piano George Harliono
Soprano Sky Ingram