Let’s talk about Tom Prior

Making a special appearance with Firebird, celebrated actor Tom Prior will narrate Vivaldi’s sonnets and a short story by Tartini. 

As part of our second Firebird Festival Night celebration on 17 November, Tom Prior teams up with violinist Yury Revich who directs a chamber-sized Firebird Orchestra for a colourful night to remember. 

English actor Tom Prior is recognisable for his lead role as Sergey in the British-Estonian historical romantic drama Firebird.

He has also appeared in supporting roles in Kingsman: The Secret Service and in The Theory of Everything as Stephen Hawking’s son Robert.

Prior’s West End debut was in 2013 in a trio of plays produced by the National Youth Theatre: 
Tory Boyz, Romeo and Juliet; and Prince of Denmark, a Hamlet prequel. 

Firebird is about the real-life romance between a conscript, Sergey Fetisov, and a fighter pilot in Soviet era Estonia. Prior co-wrote and produced the film with director Peeter Rebane in 2021.

Set in the Soviet Air Force during the Cold War, it tells the true story of forbidden love between a private and a fighter pilot. 

As part of the concert, Tom Prior will read Vivaldi’s sonnets which accompany The Four Seasons – probably the composer’s best known works. Unusually for the period, these sonnets capture the spirit of each season as Vivaldi translated the poetic lines directly into the manuscript.

Firebird is performing the Max Richter’s colourful version of the classic piece, which includes creative embellishments and special effects.

Tom will also read Tartini’s account in  Lalande’s Voyage d’un François of his supernatural dream which led to the Devil’s Trill Sonata.

Firebird Festival Night 2026

Vivaldi/ Max Richter  The Four Seasons
Tartini The Devils Trill Sonata
Revich Cascade & Ocean

Violin / Director Yury Revich
Narrator Tom Prior
London Firebird Orchestra