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Fires of London

British music ensemble

Also known as: Pierrot Players

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Birtwistle

In Harrison Birtwistle
Indeed, Birtwistle cofounded the Pierrot Players with, among others, Davies in 1967. Birtwistle served as a clarinetist with the band of the Royal Artillery (1955–57) and afterward studied with Reginald Kell at the Royal Academy of Music (1957–58), London.
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Davies

In Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
…the Pierrot Players (renamed the Fires of London in 1970), a highly skilled ensemble dedicated to contemporary music. He often conducted this ensemble in Britain and abroad, and he wrote many works for it.
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