Firebird Pops Orchestra
Dedicated to the musicians and their conductor, Brendan J. Kenney. Launched on August 31, 2023, Maestro Kenney and the orchestra performed the Mars Symphony, an original work by composer David Ibbett, at the Museum of Science in Boston. The first performance of its kind in the museum’s history. This visual recording, taken at rehearsals, is a tribute to the creative process, devotion to one’s craft, collaboration, and the human spirit to render a symphony to its final full measure.
Solitary Pursuit
One for All
Stars Align
Space Odyssey
Mars Bars
Mapping a Course
Distant Tundra
Calculating Trajectory
Thrust
Underscore the Point
Plot Twist
String Theory
Setting Glide Path
Course and Speed Computations
Adjustment on the Fly
Taking Measure
Zeroing In
Fine Tuning
Interface
Preflight Check
Ground Floor to Mars
Awaiting Launch
Embrace the Journey
Ground Control
Controller
Encapsulated
Flight Crew
Instrument Panel
Digital Display
Under Tension
Fusion
Fuel Rods
Blast Pad
Calm Winds
Mission Control
Signalman
Countdown
Oxygen Flow
Thrusters
Ignition
Valve Compression
Reverberations
Thunder Clap
Sound Wave
Feynman Repose
Whispers of What's to Come
His Own Red Planet
Areography
Worlds Apart
Mercury-Mars Conjunction
First Movement
Overcoming Gravity
Cross into Space
Point of Entry
Wind Chamber
Time and Space
The Firmament
Pleiades
In Retrograde
Descent
Glide Slope
Orbiting Mars
Behold Mars
Valles Marineris
Successful Landing
Mars Framed in the Context of Music