Fires of London

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.

…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.