Wigglesworth’s Mozart Tribute

A programme of tributes, where the multi-talents of Ryan Wigglesworth are revealed; not only as a conductor but also through his latest composition, and as a performer when he joins his eminent colleague, Paul Lewis, in the concerto Mozart composed for himself and his sister to play. Locke’s Theatre was originally commissioned for the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Aldeburgh Festival to celebrate Benjamin Britten’s 100th birthday. It was recorded with the Hallé on the NMC label to great critical acclaim. Aware of Britten’s own revival and adoption of English music, Ryans has drawn inspiration from Matthew Locke, the leading English stage composer in the period before Purcell. Wigglesworth presents arrangements of three of Locke’s movements interspersed with his own musical responses. Book-ending the concert are two quintessential French works, Debussy’s En blanc et noir, originally for piano duet, brought into orchestral garb by Robin Holloway in ‘homage and in the spirit of Debussy’ and Ravel’s suite of waltzes, inspired by his love of Schubert.

Pre-concert event, 6.30pm
Free to concert ticket holders
The Bridgewater Hall auditorium

Ryan Wigglesworth and Paul Lewis
Ahead of their double concerto performance, the multi-talented Ryan Wigglesworth and acclaimed pianist Paul Lewis take the stage to discuss the evening’s programme followed by a special performance by Paul Lewis of Brahms’s Three Intermezzi for Piano, Op. 117.