Ryan Wigglesworth conducts Mozart, Debussy and Wigglesworth

Please note! There are two concerts: at 1 pm and at 3:15 pm



Ryan Wigglesworth conducts and composes - a combination that has not been obvious for a long time.
It is precisely this 'double function' that makes him perhaps the ideal interpreter.



Get to know Wigglesworth's Piano Concerto!



The composer-conductor: a combination that is becoming increasingly rare. Ryan Wigglesworth, who has a decade of experience with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and has previously led the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra to musical heights, is one of the greats in that select group.
This season, the maestro is bringing his atmospheric and sizzling Piano Concerto to the Netherlands for the first time.



Debussy's siren song and Mozart's supplication

Wigglesworth's refined orchestration, varied texture and captivating play on motifs dovetail beautifully with Claude Debussy's colourful, sometimes dark Nocturnes.
The largely joyous second movement is followed by 'Sirènes'. This final movement 'describes the sea and its countless rhythms', according to the composer. In it, amidst the silver glint of the moonlight, you can hear the mysterious song of the Sirens as they glide by laughing.
The eight female voices sing without text. The choral text in Mozart'sKyrie, KV 341, is limited to a few words.
But the music, possibly from Mozart's last years in Vienna and perhaps the first draft of a complete mass, is distinctly dramatic: a deeply felt plea for mercy.