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 […]
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 […]
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.
Our next concert marks the Firebird début of French conductor Nicolas Nebout in a dazzling programme of Handel, Haydn and Mozart. We hear more from Nicolas.
Following the success of Firebird’s Oxford début, preparations are now well underway for Heroics and Hijnx in the prestigious setting of St George’s, Hanover Square. The sell out concert in Oxford was attended by an audience of over 300 guests. Artistic director, Marc Corbett-Weaver was delighted with the success of the event saying: “Our début concert in […]
The next two concerts in Oxford and London both feature two operatic arias portraying very different and complex female characters. Nicholas Keyworth finds out more… The Oxford debut concert, ‘From London to Vienna’ features two contrasting arias by Mozart. His well loved comic opera Cosí fan Tutte tests the fidelity of women – and they […]
In this video, conductor George Jackson highlights some of the exciting features in the forthcoming London Firebird Orchestra debut in Oxford on 12 February. George explains why he is particularly excited at working with Suzanne Fisher on the two Mozart Arias… “These are really important arias in the development of both these operas giving a […]
The next concert is our Oxford debut and features a symphony by the great Austrian composer, Josef Haydn. Nicholas Keyworth takes a closer look at his time as Kapellmeister with the wealthy Esterházy family where Haydn spent most of his working life. From 1761 Haydn began working for Prince Nikolaus Esterhàzy where, as Kapellmeister he […]
The next two concerts from London Firebird Orchestra feature some of the most virtuosic concertos from the repertoire. But where did the concept of the ‘virtuoso’ come from? Nicholas Keyworth explores… The origin of this word from ‘virtue’ implies excellence and skill. Back in 16th century Italy the term was applied to any person distinguished […]
One of the stars of the show at the next London Firebird Orchestra concert will be soprano Suzanne Fischer. Nicholas Keyworth caught up with Suzanne as she prepares to perform Mozart arias in the forthcoming concert on 12 February… Can you tell us a bit about your musical background and how you decided to become […]