Name: Spring Awakening: Birtwistle, Satie and The Firebird
Start: 2027-03-21T14:45:00
End: 2027-03-21T17:45:00
Location: Concert Hall

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra 2026/27 Season

Spring Awakening

A compelling journey, through Time’s Winter into Spring’s Awakening.

In a creative career that lasted more than 50 years, the great English composer Harrison Birtwistle showed a deep affinity for folklore, the seasons and the soil: he wrote of Gawain’s journey and the ancient landscape of Silbury Hill, and chose to live near Stonehenge. His breakthrough came in 1972 with the epic 
The Triumph of 

Spring Awakening: Birtwistle, Satie and The Firebird

Spring Awakening: Birtwistle, Satie and The Firebird @ Concert Hall

A compelling journey, through Time’s Winter into Spring’s Awakening.


In a creative career that lasted more than 50 years, the great English composer Harrison Birtwistle showed a deep affinity for folklore, the seasons and the soil: he wrote of Gawain’s journey and the ancient landscape of Silbury 

Spring Awakening · Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra 2026/27 Season

Spring Awakening: Birtwistle, Satie and The Firebird