Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2001 - One Hundred and Seventh Season - Prom 68
Performance Date11 September 2001
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersHelene Grimaud - piano
Orchestra or BandOrchestre de Paris
ConductorsChristoph Eschenbach
Set ListOriginal Set List:'The Creatures of Prometheus, Op.43 - Overture', Beethoven (Orchestre de Paris),
'Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major, Op.58', Beethoven (Helene Grimaud, Orchestre de Paris)
INTERVAL
'Symphonie Fantastique', Berlioz (Orchestre de Paris)

Altered Set List:
'Funeral March' from Eroica, Beethoven,
'Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major, Op.58', Beethoven (Helene Grimaud, Orchestre de Paris)
INTERVAL
'Symphonie Fantastique', Berlioz (Orchestre de Paris)
Performance NotesThere was a change of set list from the one scheduled above following the events of September 11 2001.

Helene Grimaud wrote in 'Wild Harmonies', "I have never cried while playing, except on the night of September 11, 2001. (…) I had a lump in my throat when I walked onstage, and when I greeted the audience and the musicians. All of them, I knew had the same images in their minds, the same pain. But we played, played in honor of life. From the very first measures, I felt a warm liquid dampering my hands and and the keyboards - my tears. I believe that the entire audience was crying a well."
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2001/58),
Programme (RAHE/1/2001/127)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/Rr2RBXRr5rh1J
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2001/126BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2001 - One Hundred and Seventh Season - Prom 6811 September 2001
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oofomoisior_TogBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2001 - One Hundred and Seventh Season73
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6138Orchestra de Paris; 1967-; French orchestra
DS/UK/6140Grimaud; Helene (7 November 1969); French classical pianist and conservationist
DS/UK/6183Eschenbach; Christoph (1940-); German-born American pianist, conductor
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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