Proms
Thursday, September 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
I hope you’ve all had a fantastic summer and managed to catch some of the BBC Proms. The finale is this Saturday, and the programme this year has included some incredible pianists. I recommend catching up if you haven’t managed to watch or listen to their performances.
A particular highlight was Yuja Wang playing Rachmaninov’s Paganini Rhapsody (prom 27-televised). Some other highlights included:
Benjamin Grosvenor playing Debussy, Ravel and Liszt (prom 3)
Stephen Hough playing Rachmaninov (prom 6)
Isata Kanneh-Mason playing Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev (prom 22-televised)
Alim Baisembayev playing Rachmaninov (prom 30-televised)
Andras Schiff playing Schumann (prom 37-televised)
Martin Helmchen playing Brahms (prom 40)
Alexandre Kantorow playing Beethoven (prom 41)
Seong-Jin Cho playing Chopin (prom 42)
Not piano but another keyboard instrument and very special - Anna Lapwood playing the great Royal Albert Hall organ on 25th July (prom 15)
There’s also another piano performance tonight…
