Beethoven Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61
Mozart Symphony No.41, K.551 (Jupiter)
Guest Conductor George Jackson
Violin Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux
Yury Revich Olario Prelude
Gershwin/Frolov Fantasy on themes from Porgy and Bess
Yury Revich Olario Choriner Wald (the Forest of Chorin)
Massenet Méditation from Thais
Bizet/Sarasate Carmen Fantasy
Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Conductor Michael Thrift
Violin Yury Revich
Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro K.492
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op.67
Conductor Michael Thrift
Narrator Robert Bathurst
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No.3, Op.72
Mozart: Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466
Dvořák: Symphony No.8 in G, Op. 88
Conductor George Jackson
Piano Martin James Bartlett
Mendelssohn: Die Schöne Melusine Op.32 (The Fair Melusine)
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K.622
Beethoven: Symphony No.2 in D, Op.36
Michael Thrift conductor
Jonathan Leibovitz clarinet
The Garden of Fire
Sunday 28 January 2024
Ruth Gipps Cringlemire Garden: Impression for string orchestra, Op. 39
Mozart Piano Concerto No.9 in E flat, K. 271 ‘Jeunehomme’
Mozart Voi avete un cor fedele, K. 217
Haydn Symphony No. 59 in A, Hob. I:59 ‘Fire’
Conductor George Jackson
Piano Harris Tsz-Chun Leung
Soprano Sian Dicker
2023
The Avalon Trio
Tuesday 14 November 2023
Haydn Piano Trio no. 39 in G, Hob. XV/25 Gypsy Rondo
Rachmaninoff Trio Élégiaque no.1 in G minor, Op. Post.
Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
The English Landscape
Tuesday 19 September 2023
Edward Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony no. 5 in D
Conductor George Jackson
Cello Maciej Kułakoswki
European Classics: Virtuoso
Tuesday 13 June 2023
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Yury Revich Olario ‘Kaleidoscope’ Symphony no. 1 World premiere
Brahms Symphony no. 1, Op. 68
Conductor Michael Thrift
Violin Yury Revich Olario
Firebird Chamber Platform: Trio de Beauvoir
Tuesday 21 March 2023
Beethoven Piano trio in B flat, Op. 11
Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11
Gabriela Lena-Frank Four Folk Songs
Beethoven Piano Trio no. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 Dumky
Violin Enyuan Khong
Cello Charlotte Kaslin
Piano Élisabeth Pion
Magic & Mayhem
Tuesday 7 February 2023
Mozart Overture to Die Zauberflöte, K.620
Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor, Op.33
Beethoven Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67
Conductor George Jackson
Cello Maciej Kułakowski
2022
European Classics: Pastoral
Tuesday 25 October 2022
Mozart Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527
Brahms Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77
Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 Pastoral
Conductor Michael Thrift
Violin Emmanual Bach
European Classics: Egmont
Tuesday 27 September 2022
Beethoven Overture to Egmont, Op. 84
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op.37
Mozart Symphony No. 40 inn G minor, K. 550
Conductor Michael Thrift
Piano George Harliono
Firebird for Schools
Thursday 30 June 2022
Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro K.492
Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67
Conductor Michael Thrift
Narrator Ian Hislop
European Classics: Awakening
Tuesday 14 June 2022
Ravel Tombeau de Couperin
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op.26
Schubert Symphony No. 1 in D major, D.82
Yury Revich Awakening (The Blue Version) UK Première
Conductor George Jackson
Violin Yury Revich
From the New World
Sunday 13 March 2022
Arvo Pärt Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Grieg Piano Concerto in Am, Op. 16
Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in Em, From the New World, Op. 95
Conductor Michael Thrift
Piano Marc Corbett-Weaver
Generously sponsored by the Morris-Venables Charitable Foundation
Eroica!
Tuesday 1 February 2022
Mendelssohn Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op. 27
Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Op. 55 Eroica
Conductor Michael Thrift
2021
From the Germanic Lands
Thursday 28 October 2021
Mozart Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro
Mendelssohn Violin concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Beethoven Symphony no. 8 in F, Op. 93
Conductor Michael Thrift
Violin Emmanual Bach
Beyond Fingal’s Cave
Tuesday 28 September 2021
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture in B minor, Op. 26
Haydn Cello concerto in C, Hob. VIIb:1
Schubert Symphony no. 8 in B minor, D. 759 ‘The Unfinished’
Conductor George Jackson
Cello Jamal Aliyav
Appalachian Awakening
Thursday 24 June 2021
Aaron Copland
Suite from Appalachian Spring
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony no. 60 in C Il Distratto
Conductor George Jackson
Welcome the Spring
Tuesday 18 May 2021
Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Wagner Siegfried Idyll WWV 103
Mozart Symphony no. 36 in C, K.426 Linz
Conductor George Jackson
2020
From London to St Petersburg
Thursday 19 November 2020
Ralph Vaughan William Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso in D major, op. 6, No. 4
Gustav Holst St Paul’s Suite, op 29, No 2
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C major, op 48
Conductor Michael Thrift
String Fling
Thursday 22 October 2020
Ralph Vaughan Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Elgar Serenade for Strings, Op. 20
Mahler Adagietto (from Symphony no. 5)
Grieg Holberg Suite, Op. 40
Principal Guest Conductor George Jackson
The First Cuckoo: Nature Unwrapped
Sunday 22 March 2020
Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo
Delius Spring Summer Night on the River
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Mozart The Queen of the Night Arias: Der Hölle Rache & O zittre nicht (from Magic Flute)
Haydn Symphony no. 83 in G minor, Hob.I:83 (La Poule)
Conductor George Jackson
Violin Emmanuel Bach
Coloratura Samantha Hay
From the Earth to the Skies
Tuesday 25 February 2020
Beethoven Concerto for Piano and orchestra op. 61a
Mozart Overture to Idomeneo, re di Creta, K. 366
Mozart Ilia’s arias: Quando avran fine omai & Padre, germani, addio! (from Idomeneo)
Mozart Symphony no. 41 in C, K. 551 (Jupiter)
Conductor Michael Thrift
Piano George Harliono
Soprano Rosanna Harris
2019
Firebird in February
Sunday 10 February 2019
Mozart Overture to Die Zauberflöte K. 620
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb minor, Op. 23
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
George Jackson conductor
Marc Corbett-Weaver piano
Mendelssohn in March
Thursday 14 March 2019
Mendelssohn Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 21
Schumann Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129
Brahms Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op. 68
Michael Thrift conductor
Raphael Wallfisch cello
Firebird for Schools
Wednesday 22 May 2019
Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro K.492
Brahms Hungarian Dance No.5
Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf, Op.67
Michael Thrift conductor
Nickolas Grace narrator
Sibelius in Summer
Tuesday 11 June 2019
Rossini Overture to Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Paganini Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op.7
Angela Slater Twilight Inversions World Première
(Firebird Composer of the Year)
Sibelius Symphony No. 5 in E flat minor, op.82
Michael Thrift conductor
Yury Revich violin
A Major Evening
Thursday 26 September 2019
Beethoven Coriolan Overture, Op. 72
Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622
Mozart Tamino’s Aria:
Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (from The Magic Flute)
Beethoven Symphony no. 7 in A, Op. 92
George Jackson conductor
James Meldrum clarinet
Ben Thapa tenor
Mission Paganini with Yury Revich
Tuesday 22 October 2019
Donizetti Overture to Don Pasquale
Paganini/Revich The 24 Caprices
Puccini Quando m’en vo’ (from La Boheme) & O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)
George Jackson conductor
Yury Revich violin
Sky Ingram soprano
2018
Egmont in October
Tuesday 9 October 2018
Beethoven Egmont Overture, Op. 84
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op.26
Dvořák Song to the Moon’ from Rusalka Op. 114
Dvořák Symphony No.8 in G Major Op.88, B.163
George Jackson conductor
Leonard Schreiber violin
Verity Wingate soprano
Firebird Flies to the States
Tuesday 12 June 2018
Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Barber Adagio for Strings
Bernstein
Overture to Candide
Gershwin Summertime
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Dvorak
Symphony no.9 (‘From the
New World’)
Conductor Michael Thrift
Piano Marc Corbett-Weaver
Soprano He Wu
Firebird’s Little Surprise
Sunday 25 March 2018
London Firebird Orchestra in collaboration with the London Chamber Music Society
Haydn Symphony No. 94 in G, Hob.I:94 Surprise
Strauss Oboe Concerto, TrV 292
Mozart Opera arias (selection)
Schubert Symphony No. 3 in D, D.200
George Jackson conductor
John Anderson oboe
He Wu soprano
Firebird Well Seasoned
Thursday 8 February 2018
Vivaldi Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons)
Piazzolla Estaciones Porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)
Directed from the violin by Thomas Gould
2017
La Vie Parisienne
Tuesday 10 October 2017
Debussy Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune
A pair of French nineteenth century operatic arias:
Offenbach “Les oiseaux dans la charmille”
(The Doll Song) (from ‘The Tales of Hoffmann’)
Bizet “Me voilà seule dans la nuit”
(from ‘Le Pêcheurs de Perles’)
Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto no. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Beethoven Symphony no. 7 in A, Op. 92
Conductor Jonathan Bloxham
Cello Aleksei Kiseliov
Soprano He Wu
Celestial Grandeur
Tuesday 13 June 2017
Mozart Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Beethoven Symphony no. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Conductor Michael Thrift
Piano Marc Corbett-Weaver
From London to Vienna
Sunday 12 February 2017
Mozart Overture to Cosí fan Tutte, K. 588
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Mozart “Come Scoglio” (from Cosí fan Tutte) & “Porgi Amor” (from Le Nozze di Figaro)
Haydn Symphony no. 103 in E flat, H. 1/103 (‘The Drum Roll’)
Conductor George Jackson
Violin Benjamin Baker
Soprano Suzanne Fischer
This concert was generously sponsored by the Morris-Venables Charitable Foundation
Heroics and Hijinx
Thursday 16 March 2017
Handel
Overture to Rinaldo, HWV. 7
Two arias from Rinaldo: “Lascia ch’io pianga” & “Vo’ far guerra”
Haydn
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob. VIIb/1
Lance Chung-Yiu Mok
Two Loves (World Première)
Mozart
Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K.425 ‘Linz’
Conductor Nicolas Nebout
Cello Steffan Morris
Soprano Suzanne Fischer
2016
Classical Landscapes
Thursday 11 October 2016
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 (‘Fingal’s Cave’)
Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622
Beethoven Symphony no. 6 in F, Op. 68 (‘Pastorale’)
Conductor Jonathan Bloxham
Clarinet Matthew Hunt
From Russia With Love
Thursday 16 June 2016
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Conductor Michael Thrift
Piano Marc Corbett-Weaver
Firebird at Kings Place
Sunday 8 May 2016
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
Fantasia
Wednesday 24 February 2016
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Elgar Introduction & Allegro
Beethoven Symphony no. 7 in A, Op. 92
Conductor Michael Thrift
2015
From Darkness To Light
Tuesday 20 October 2015
Mozart Overture to Don Giovanni
Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
Dvorak Symphony no. 8 in G, Op. 88
Conductor George Jackson
Violin Jennifer Pike
Firebird Summer Concert 2015
Tuesday 16 June 2015
Barnaby Martin “Stillness” from the Kalamos Suite (World Première)
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no. 1 in B flat, Op. 23
Sibelius Symphony no. 5 in E flat, Op. 82
Conductor Edward Farmer
Composer Barnaby Martin
Piano Marc Corbett-Weaver
A Night of Beethoven (with Thomas Gould)
Tuesday 21 April 2015
Beethoven Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61
Beethoven Symphony no. 3 in E flat, Op. 55
Conductor William Kunhardt
Violin Thomas Gould
Firebird with Wallfisch (Kings Place debut)
Sunday 8 February 2015
J S Bach Air & Gavotte from Orchestra Suite no. 3 in D, BMV1068
Haydn Cello Concerto no. 1 in C, Hob.VIIb:1
Rossini Une Larme
Mozart Symphony no. 41 in C, K. 551 (‘Jupiter’)
Conductor Jonathan Bloxham
Guest Leader Sarah Sew
Cello Raphael Wallfisch
2014
A Viennese Whirl
Tuesday 14 October 2014
Strauss Overture to Die Fledermaus
Strauss Overture to Zigeunerbaron
Strauss Kaiser Waltz
Strauss Thunder and Lightening Polka, Trisch-Tratch Polka, Zigeunebaron Overture, and many others
Haydn “Farewell” Symphony, no. 45 in F sharp minor
and other popular Viennese pieces
and a selection of Operatic Arias
Conductor George Jackson
Mezzo-Soprano Silvia Hauer
Firebird Summer Concert 2014
Thursday 12 June 2014
Beethoven Overture to Egmont, Op. 84
Bruch Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Mozart Arias (selection)
Brahms Symphony no. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Conductor Jonathan Bloxham
Violin Mathieu van Bellen
Soprano Raphaela Papadakis
Royal Festival Hall 2014
Monday 21 April 2014
April Fools Comedy Concert
Conductor/Host Rainer Hersch
Rich Hall
Crouch End Festival Chorus
Oompah Brass
Christopher Turner Tenor
James Oldfield Baritone
London Firebird Orchestra
A Night of Tchaik
Tuesday 25 February 2014
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 (Pathetique)
Conductor Will Kunhardt
Violin Jennifer Pike
2013
Romanticism: From dawn until dusk
Tuesday 12 November 2013
Bach/Elgar Fantasy and Fugue in C minor
Strauss Four Last Songs
Beethoven Symphony no. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Conductor Jonathan Bloxham
Soprano Susanna Hurrell
1001 Arabian Nights
Wednesday 18 September 2013
Smetana Vltava (from “Ma Vlast”)
Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, Op. 34
Conductor: Edward Farmer
Cello: Jonathan Bloxham
Leader: Sarah Sew
Firebird Summer Concert 2013
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Grieg Two pieces from ‘Peer Gynt’:
Morgenstemning (Morning Mood)
I Dovregubbens hall (In the Hall of the Mountain King)
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
London Firebird Orchestra
Conductor: Edward Farmer
Piano: Marc Corbett-Weaver
April Fool’s Day Comedy Concert 2013
Monday 1 April 2013
Rainer Hersch – ‘the world’s first classical music hooligan’ (The Sun) – brings together the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain with full symphony orchestra and stars of the classical world for an afternoon of comedy, music and mayhem.
Opening Concert of the 2013 Season
Wednesday 13 March 2013
Beethoven Overture to Egmont, Op. 84
Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622
Elgar Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Principal Conductor: Achim Holub
Guest Conductor / Comedian: Rainer Hersch
Assistant Conductor: Michael Thrift
Clarinet: James Meldrum
2012
A Feast of Mozart
Tuesday 6 November 2012
Mozart Overture to Lucio Silla
Mozart Selection of arias from “Il Re Pastore” and “Le Nozze di Figaro
Mozart Piano Concerto no. 21 in C, K. 545
Mozart Symphony no. 41 in C, K. 551 (‘Jupiter’)
London Firebird Orchestra
Principal Conductor Achim Holub
Soprano Lisa Rijmer
Piano Marc Corbett-Weaver
Celebrating 35 years of The Story of Christmas
Thursday 27 September 2012
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 (‘Fingal’s Cave’)
Dvorak Song to the Moon
Bruch Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Dvorak Symphony no. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 (“From the New World”)
London Firebird Orchestra
Principal Conductor Achim Holub
Solo Violin Leonard Schreiber
Solo Soprano Lisa Rijmer
Aleksei Returns to London!
Tuesday 12 June 2012
Beethoven Overture to the Creatures of the Prometheus, Op. 43
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Wagner Vorspiel und Liebestod (from ‘Tristan und Isolde’)
Stravinsky The Firebird Suite (1919)
Principal Conductor: Achim Holub
Solo Cello: Aleksei Kiseliov
Soprano: Julietta Demetriades
Firebird flies to Russia!
Wednesday 16 May 2012
Glinka Overture to Rulsan and Ludmilla
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
Rachmaninoff Symphony no. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Principal Conductor: Achim Holub
Piano: Marc Corbett-Weaver
April Fool’s Day Concert 2012
Sunday 1 April 2012
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Conductor/Comedian Rainer Hersch
Inaugural Concert
Tuesday 20 March 2012
Mozart Overture to ‘The Magic Flute’
Mozart A selecon of popular arias (from ‘The Magic Flute’)
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Beethoven Symphony no. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Principal Conductor Achim Holub
Solo Violin Thomas Gould
Soprano Lisa Rijmer
Baritone Adam Gilbert