BBC Proms 2016 - W. A. Mozart, Abrahamsen & Tchaikovsky

Prom 55: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla , , Royal Albert Hall Hans Abrahamsen’s let me tell you is paired with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 for the CBSO’s first of two Proms, this one conducted by the orchestra’s new music director. Programme Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Magic Flute (Overture) (7 mins) Hans Abrahamsen let me tell you (35 mins) London premiere Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 in F minor (44 mins) Performers Barbara Hannigan soprano City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Mirga Gražinytė‐Tyla conductor About This Event The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra makes its first London appearance with young Lithuanian Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, who becomes the orchestra’s Music Director next season. While Mozart’s overture combines infectious energy with Masonic symbolism, Tchaikovsky’s dramatic Fourth Symphony explores the shadow cast by Fate.