Prom 52: Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky & Ryan Wigglesworth

28 Aug 2019, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Wed 28 Aug 2019 Next Event

Proms 2019 Prom 52: Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky & Ryan Wigglesworth

19:30 Wed 28 Aug 2019 Royal Albert Hall

Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the Britten Sinfonia in a concert of musical homages, including Tchaikovsky鈥檚 suite of 鈥楳ozartiana鈥� and Stravinsky鈥檚 tribute to Tchaikovsky The Fairy鈥檚 Kiss. Also included is the premiere of Wigglesworth鈥檚 own Piano Concerto.

Programme

- - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  - Concerto in E flat major for two pianos(26 mins)
- - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  - Suite No. 4, 'Mozartiana'(25 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1897
- - interval
- - Ryan Wigglesworth
  - Piano Concerto(25 mins)大象传媒 co-commission with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: world premiere
- - Igor Stravinsky
  - Divertimento 'The Fairy's Kiss'(24 mins)

Performers

Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin
piano
piano
Britten Sinfonia
Ryan Wigglesworth
piano/conductor
piano/conductor

Composers

About This Event

Arranging four pieces by Mozart in his Suite No. 4, Tchaikovsky pays homage to the composer he regarded as a 鈥榙ivinity鈥�.

Tchaikovsky himself was the inspiration for Stravinsky鈥檚 ballet The Fairy鈥檚 Kiss, shot through with Tchaikovsky鈥檚 melodies.

Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth also features as both pianist 鈥� alongside Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin in Mozart鈥檚 Concerto for two pianos 鈥� and composer, with the world premiere of his own Piano Concerto.

Please note change of artist.

Approx. end time: 22:05

Image: Ryan Wigglesworth 漏 Benjamin Ealovega