Prom 52: Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky & Ryan Wigglesworth by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, P. I., Wigglesworth, Stravinsky, No (2019/2019), Diriģents Ryan Wigglesworth, Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom

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. Arranging four pieces by Mozart in his Suite No. 4, Tchaikovsky pays homage to the composer he regarded as a ‘divinity’. Tchaikovsky himself was the inspiration for Stravinsky’s ballet The Fairy’s Kiss, shot through with Tchaikovsky’s melodies. Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth also features as both pianist – alongside Marc-André Hamelin in Mozart’s Concerto for two pianos – and composer, with the world premiere of his own Piano Concerto.