Welcome to our 2022-2023 season
Concert Details
22
March
Overview
Firebird Orchestra
The First Cuckoo
Nature Unwrapped
Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring & Summer Night on the River
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Mozart ‘Queen of the Night’ arias from The Magic Flute, K620
Haydn Symphony No. 83 in G minor The Hen
The Firebird Orchestra
George Jackson conductor
Emmanuel Bach violin
Samantha Hay soprano
Inspired by their name, the Firebird Orchestra explores some of Nature’s ornithological themes in music. Delius’ beautiful evocation of the first cuckoo calling in Spring and a Summer Night on the River are coupled with arias from the Mozart famous Magic Flute, an opera enlivened with birdsong and sonic references to the natural world.
The larger works in the concert include Mendelssohn’s famous Violin Concerto, with Emmanuel Bach as soloist, and Haydn’s ever-popular Hen Symphony, named for the first movement’s unusual musical theme.
Information
6.30pm Sunday, 22nd March 2020
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