Wed 28 Aug 2019

• 17:45

  Proms Plus Talk

  Imperial College Union

  Ahead of tonight’s Prom, musicologist Jonathan Cross and Jane Pritchard introduce Stravinsky’s Divertimento: The Fairy’s Kiss.

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• 19:30

  Prom 52: Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky & Ryan Wigglesworth

  Royal Albert Hall

  Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the Britten Sinfonia in a concert of musical homages, including Tchaikovsky’s suite of ‘Mozartiana’ and Stravinsky’s tribute to Tchaikovsky The Fairy’s Kiss. Also included is the premiere of Wigglesworth’s own Piano Concerto.

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  Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the Britten Sinfonia in a concert of musical homages, including Tchaikovsky’s suite of ‘Mozartiana’ and Stravinsky’s tribute to Tchaikovsky The Fairy’s Kiss. Also included is the premiere of Wigglesworth’s own Piano Concerto.

  Programme

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

  Performers

  • Marc-André Hamelin

    piano
    piano
  • Britten Sinfonia
  • Ryan Wigglesworth

    piano/conductor
    piano/conductor

  Composers

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  • Ryan Wigglesworth
  • Igor Stravinsky

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