Entries by London Firebird Orchestra

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 […]

Pushing the boundaries: Beethoven the symphonist

Take a closer look at Beethoven the symphonist after conductor Michael Thrift’s recent performance of one of the most recognisable pieces in the classical repertoire – Beethoven’s 5th symphony.

Musician of the Month: Phoebe Goddard

Phoebe Goddard’s London Firebird Orchestra debut performance in 2015 was with Beethoven’s 6th symphony with fellow Yehudi Menuhin School alumni, conductor Jonathan Bloxham. We find out more about the career of one of our orchestral musicians… Can you tell us something about your musical training? I was a student at the Yehudi Menuhin School for 11 years studying with Natasha Boyarsky and Lutsia Ibragimova. […]

Musician of the Month: Rocco Smith

Rocco Smith has been involved with London Firebird Orchestra playing flute and piccolo for nearly two years. Rocco was awarded a first class bachelors degree in music from the Royal College of Music. Firebird asked Rocco about his involvement with LFO… When I started playing with the orchestra I played fourth flute and piccolo. Over […]

Mozart’s Figaro – the opera which nearly never was

What more of a sparkling opening to a concert could one wish for than the overture to Mozart’s most popular opera, The Marriage of Figaro. However this was a work which was very nearly never written as Nicholas Keyworth discovers.. The opera’s libretto is based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La folle journée, […]

Box office open for Celestial Grandeur

Our online box office is open for Celestial Grandeur on Tuesday 13 June which takes place back at our home venue of St Paul’s Covent Garden. Music on the grand scale sets the tone for this terrific finale to the 2016/17 season. After the overture to Mozart‘s mischievous opera Le Nozze di Figaro we will […]

Conductor Focus: Michael Thrift

Read about the welcome return to the podium of Australian conductor Michael Thrift with his upcoming programme of Mozart, Grieg and Beethoven.

Musical Connections at St George’s Hanover Square

Last week’s brilliant Firebird concert at St George’s Hanover Square took place in this historic and prestigious venue by popular demand from the orchestra’s Friends Society – and was a special evening to be remembered. Firebird’s Artistic Director, Marc Corbett-Weaver said of the event: It was wonderful to play this delightful programme in the musically historic and remarkable intimacy […]

Firebird Composer of the Year 2017: Lance Chung-yiu Mok

Our 16 March concert, HEROICS AND HIJINX saw the world premiere of TWO LOVES by the 2017 winner of the Firebird Composer of the Year Competition, Lance Chung-yiu Mok. Nicholas Keyworth talks to the composer to find out more… Firstly, tell us something about yourself and you musical development to date. I am a master’s student in Piano Performance at the […]

Musician of the Month: Steffan Morris

Appearing for his 16 March Firebird début performance will be Welsh cellist Steffan Morris as the soloist in Haydn’s Cello Concerto No 1. We speak to Steffan.