Soprano
Lucy Crowe
Widely regarded as one of the most versatile and respected singers of her generation.
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Fantasia Orchestra with Lucy Crowe: Birdsong
Sunday
23
November
2025
,
7:00 pm
Smith Square Hall, London, SW1P 3HA
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Vivaldi Spring from Four Seasons: Allegro
Handel As When the Dove Laments Her Love
Price Little Pastorale
Trad. She’s Like the Swallow
Mozart Dove Sono from The Marriage of Figaro
Blasio Kavuma I am the sea (London premiere)
Messiaen The Lovebird of the Star from Harawi
Strauss Spring from Four Last Songs
Interval
Haydn Symphony no. 83 'The Hen'
Berg The Nightingale from Seven Early Songs
Sherwin A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Gershwin Little Jazz Bird
Gershwin Summertime
Lucy Crowe
Soprano
Tom Fetherstonhaugh
Conductor
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We open 2025/26 by making our debut at Smith Square Hall. Inspired by the enduring symbolism of birdsong in music, this concert brings together some of the most expressive and imaginative works from across the centuries.
Joined by the phenomenal soprano Lucy Crowe, we journey across centuries and styles. From Handel and Haydn’s bright elegance to the vivid, kaleidoscopic textures of Messiaen, and from Berg’s exquisite The Nightingale to Gershwin’s jazz-tinged lyricism, come for an inspiring and beautiful range of music.
This concert promises to be a celebration of voice, nature and musical storytelling, and a chance to hear one of the UK’s finest singers in a concert that takes flight in every sense.
Collaborators
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Lucy Crowe
Widely regarded as one of the most versatile and respected singers of her generation, Lucy Crowe was awarded an OBE in the 2023 King's birthday honours. With repertoire ranging from Purcell, Handel and Mozart to Donizetti’s Adina and Verdi’s Gilda, she has sung with opera companies and orchestras all over the world.
Conductor
Tom Fetherstonhaugh
Tom is Fantasia's Conductor & Artistic Director.
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Tom Fetherstonhaugh
Tom Fetherstonhaugh is Artistic Director of Fantasia Orchestra, which he founded in 2016.
Alongside Fantasia, in the 25/26 season Tom returns to the BBC Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Manchester Camerata, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, and Ulster Orchestra.
Venue
Smith Square Hall
Smith Square Hall is a concert hall in the centre of Smith Square, Westminster.
Smith Square Hall, London, SW1P 3HA