Jonathan Bloxham
London Firebird Orchestra eagerly awaits its return to Kings Place in collaboration with the London Chamber Music Society. The performance opens with the stimulating energy of Mozart’s Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro complimented by arias from the opera performed by Lisa Rijmer. This followed with pomp and grandeur in Haydn’s magnificent ‘Drumroll’ Symphony no. 103, the penultimate symphony the Grandfather of the Symphony was to compose.
We are delighted to welcome for his Firebird début the acclaimed violinist Benjamin Baker (Winner of the First Prize and Audience Prize of the Windsor Festival International Violin Competition) as soloist in Mendelssohn’s exquisite Violin Concerto – famously described by Joseph Joachim as “the heart’s jewel.”
Jonathan Bloxham returns once again to conduct this special evening at Kings Place – which is not to be missed!
“A fine account of the concerto by Benjamin Baker, a sleek-sounding young soloist; hugely impressive.” The Daily Telegraph
Kings Place
Mozart Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Mozart Two Arias from Le Nozze di Figaro
Haydn Symphony no. 103 in E flat, H. 1/103 (‘Drumroll’)
Conductor Jonathan Bloxham
Soprano Lisa Rijmer
Violin Benjamin Baker
Produced in collaboration with London Chamber Music Society
Tickets £29.50, £24.50, £19.50, £14.50, £9.50 (saver ticket)
Buy your tickets via the the Kings Place website.
