Musician of the Month: Tiffany Cheng
This month we are delighted to feature Tiffany Cheng, one of the viola players from the London Firebird Orchestra and find out more about her life in music…
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What to expect from Firebird in February
Firebird makes a welcome return to St John the Evangelist in Oxford following the orchestra’s hugely successful 2017 sell-out début. Let’s find out more…
It’s October, it’s time for Egmont!
Beethoven’s majestic Egmont Overture opens Firebird’s 2018/19 Season in truly monumental form on 9 October at St George’s Hanover Square.
Firebird 2018/19 season launch in pictures
Our 2018/19 season got off to a brilliant start with our launch event at the Gladwell and Patterson gallery in Knightsbridge. Here are some pictures from the night.
Meet the Soloist: Leonard Schreiber
London Firebird Orchestra’s spectacular opening to the 2018/19 season featuring talented soloist Leonard Schreiber is just around the corner. Let’s hear his story…
Beethoven’s mighty Egmont
How did a story about a 16th century nobleman become the music which inspired a 20th century Revolution? Find out more…
Dvořák the Bohemian
What does the word ‘Bohemia’ conjure up for you? Associations of wildly romantic eastern European castles? Or impoverished artists living in 19th century Paris? Or maybe ‘Bohemia’ the Raja King of Punjabi Rap?…
The Most Beautiful of all Violin Concertos
It may be one of the most popular – and most beautiful – of all violin concertos but the composition of Bruch’s First Violin Concerto was no easy matter…
Meet the soloist: Verity Wingate
We look forward to a spectacular opening to London Firebird Orchestra’s 2018/19 season on 9 October featuring the full orchestra, conductor George Jackson and two talented soloists. In this article we meet soprano Verity Wingate…
Egmont in October
Mount Egmont – also known as Taranaki – stands in New Zealand as one of the most majestic volcanic cones in the world at 2518 metres (8261 ft).