BBC Proms 2016 W. A. Mozart, Abrahamsen Tchaikovsky

Prom 55: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Mirga GražinytėTyla 7. 30pm, Royal Albert Hall Hans Abrahamsens let me tell you is paired with Tchaikovskys Symphony No. 4 for the CBSOs first of two Proms, this one conducted by the orchestras 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 GražinytėTyla conductor About This Event The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra makes its first London appearance with young Lithuanian Mirga GražinytėTyla, who becomes the orchestras Music Director next season. While Mozarts overture combines infectious energy with Masonic symbolism, Tchaikovskys dramatic Fourth Symphony explores the shadow cast by Fate.