**Change of Artist: Sergei Leiferkus replaces the previously advertised soloist, Elena Zhidkova.
Love, death and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Tchaikovsky didn鈥檛 just enjoy Mozart鈥檚 music: he practically worshipped it. 鈥淢ozart is the highest, the culminating point that beauty has attained in the sphere of music鈥�, he declared 鈥� and in his orchestral suite Mozartiana he chose four of his favourite Mozart pieces and simply drenched them in his own, unmistakable combination of uninhibited affection and glowing orchestral colour. It鈥檚 a rare treat in the concert hall, and the sweetest imaginable way to end a concert that begins with a luminous evocation of an Orkney wedding by the late 鈥� and much-missed 鈥� Martin Dalby, the Scottish composer and former Head of Music for 麻豆官网首页入口 Scotland. As a powerful contrast, Martyn Brabbins links these two labours of love with two very different Russian rarities: Alfred Schnittke鈥檚 altogether more sardonic tribute to Mozart, and Mussorgsky鈥檚 鈥楽ongs and Dances of Death鈥�. Don鈥檛 be misled by that morbid-sounding title: you鈥檒l never hear anything more blackly comic 鈥� or a more entertaining showcase for a great voice.
The concert will be recorded for future broadcast on 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 3.