Discovered by Alfred Brendel, Kit Armstrong is a child prodigy. He learns languages rapidly, reads books while travelling, calculates in his sleep and composes and plays the piano sensationally. The latter is crucial – Armstrong is a pianist who systematically broadens his Œuvre. In collaboration with him we have planned a cycle of Mozart Piano Concerti which will extend over multiple seasons, and which begins today. The first work in the cycle, Mozart’s 22nd Concerto, will be framed by two “war horses” of the concert world – “Zarathustra” and “Death and Transfiguration”, both by Richard Strauss.

Kit Armstrong Piano
François Xavier Roth Conductor
SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg

Richard Strauss
Death and Transfiguration

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto in E-flat Major, KV 482

Richard Strauss
Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Finishing time approx.: 9.00 pm