NYO Ignite

Feel the heat! Get ready, The National Youth Orchestra ignites a musical fire on 15 April at Royal Festival Hall.

As soon as you step into the foyer, hundreds of musicians will light the touchpaper with performances in and around the Clore Ballroom from 7pm before we lead you – concert hall-bound – to the sound of the drums.

Without air there is no fire, teenage passion for music fuels the musical flames. As melodies flicker across the orchestra they grow and envelop you with their blazing sound and searing passion.

Stravinsky’s Firebird fans the flames high. This music tells the story of the phoenix rising from the ashes, it is one of the most famous pieces of orchestral music ever written and made its composer a superstar. NYO’s teenage superstars bring their inimitable energy to ignite our imaginations.