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'''The Fires of London''', founded as the '''Pierrot Players''', was a British [[chamber orchestra|chamber music ensemble]] which was active from 1965 to 1987.
The instrumentation proved to be too limited for Birtwistle and he left in 1970. Maxwell Davies took over as sole director, renaming the group the Fires of London. It was disbanded after its 20th anniversary concert in 1987. Maxwell Davies subsequently endorsed a new group [[Psappha (ensemble)|Psappha]], based in Manchester.
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The group collaborated with the [[Early Music Consort of London]] on the soundtrack for the film [[The Devils (film)|''The Devils'']].
The Fires of London was just one of many ensembles created to play ''[[Pierrot Lunaire]]'', and the presence of these ensembles led to many new works being written for the same instrumentation. This in turn led to the formation of yet more groups, leading to the establishment of the "[[Pierrot ensemble]]" (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano) as a standard instrumentation in contemporary music.▼
==Instrumentation and players==
Maxwell Davies described the basic instrumentation as flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, keyboards, percussion.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.maxopus.com/work_detail.aspx?key=255 | title=The Devils | work=maxopus.com | accessdate=21 March 2016 | archive-date=3 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403112725/http://www.maxopus.com/work_detail.aspx?key=255 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
Principal players in the formative years included Judith Pearce (flute), Alan Hacker (clarinet), [[Duncan Druce]] (violin), [[Jennifer Ward Clarke]] (cello) and Stephen Pruslin (piano).
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.maxopus.com/organisa/fires.htm The Fires of London]
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