Wordsworth was appointed assistant conductor to the touring orchestra of
The Royal Ballet in 1972. In 1973, he became principal conductor of the
Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet, and held the same title after the company moved to Birmingham to become the
Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB). He served as music director of the Royal Ballet from 1990 to 1995, and again from 2006 to 2015. He returned to BRB as its music director from 2005 to 2008. Wordsworth is currently principal guest conductor of The Royal Ballet. From 1989 to 2006, he was principal conductor of the
BBC Concert Orchestra, becoming conductor laureate in 2006. From 1989 to 2015, Wordsworth was music director and the Principal Conductor of the
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra. Wordsworth's discography includes works by lesser-known British composers alongside more mainstream pieces. In his career Wordsworth has appeared with orchestras in the UK and overseas. He has made appearances at the BBC Proms and conducted the
Last Night of the Proms in 1993 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. In 2003, he was the first conductor to record commercially all nine surviving movements of
Constant Lambert's ballet
Horoscope (only a suite of five movements had previously been recorded). ==References==