The Firebird
The London Philharmonic Orchestra captures nature at its most dazzling and dramatic in an evening that leads us to the enchanted realm of Stravinsky’s ballet.
The music of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Orthodox Easter celebrates the rebirth of spring and light.
The enchanted world of Stravinsky’s The Firebird lies trapped in a wintry darkness, until the magic of fire, love and Stravinsky’s dazzling music restores it to glowing, vibrant life.
And on the island of La Palma, the volcano Tajogaite (cracked mountain) creates even while it destroys.
Composer-pianist Gustavo Díaz-Jerez incorporates actual recordings of its 2021 eruption into a new piano concerto like no other, and joins conductor Pierre Bleuse to dance with fire tonight.
Harmony with Nature isn’t always quiet.
Performers
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Gustavo Díaz-Jerez piano
Pierre Bleuse conductor *
Repertoire
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture
Gustavo Díaz-Jerez: Concerto for piano & orchestra (Tajogaite) (UK premiere)
Interval
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite (1945)
Need to know
* Please note change of conductor from originally advertised.
Royal Festival Hall at 5pm: pre-concert talk titled ‘Harmony with the Volcanic World’. Celebrated broadcaster Kate Humble explores Earth as a living, breathing force, constantly shifting and renewing itself. Free ticket required.
You can buy an exclusive box package for this event. More details of our Royal Festival Hall exclusive box package.
For your visit
This event is held at the Royal Festival Hall Southbank Centre
The Royal Festival Hall is open six days a week.
Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 11pm
Monday, closed.
Plan your visit
The Royal Festival Hall is home to our largest auditorium as well as The Clore Ballroom, National Poetry Library, Members’ Lounge, Festival Bar & Kitchen, Ballroom Cafe and Skylon restaurant.
Getting here
Our address is Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX.
The nearest tube stations to us are Waterloo and Embankment; Waterloo is also the nearest train station. And more than 20 different London bus routes pass within 500 metres of our venues. More information on getting here by rail, road or river is available on our Getting here page.
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Access
We’re working hard to remove barriers, so that our facilities and events can be accessible to as many people as possible.
All help points, toilets, performance and exhibition spaces at the Southbank Centre are accessible to all, as are the cafes, bars and restaurants. We also have excellent public transport links with step-free access.
All information about booking wheelchair spaces, step-free access, blue badge parking, access maps and guides and other help available whilst you’re here, including details about our Access Scheme, can be found on our Access page.
Food & drink
On Level 2 of our Royal Festival Hall you can grab a slice of life by the Thames with drinks and freshly made pizza at our Festival Bar & Kitchen which opens out onto our Riverside Terrace. You can grab a coffee and a slice of freshly made cake from our Ballroom Cafe. Or alternatively enjoy destination dining in the restaurant at Skylon.
From coffee to cocktails, filling favourites to fine dining, plus some of London’s best street food – it’s all here at the Southbank Centre.