| Main Performers | Sir András Schiff - piano |
| Set List | 'Piano Sonata No.30 in E Major, Op.109, Beethoven,
'Piano Sonata No.31 in A Flat Major, Op.110, Beethoven,
'Piano Sonata No.32 in C Minor, Op.111, Beethoven |
| Performance Notes | Continuing his sequence of Proms solo recitals, legendary pianist Sir András Schiff returns with Beethovens final three sonatas.
Written in 182022 alongside the Missa solemnis (see Prom 69) and the first sketches of the Ninth Symphony (see Prom 61), this trilogy of late works represents the composers last and most profound thoughts in a medium often seen as his most intimate and revealing: a vivid, detailed self-portrait, as Joseph Horowitz once described them.
The lyrical, contained No. 30 contrasts with its more expansive successor a hymn to hope in the face of despair while No. 32 presents an Olympian conclusion to a monumental sequence of sonatas spanning a lifetime. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2022/26),
Programme (RAHE/1/2022/ ),
Digital Photographs |