Record

Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1997 - One Hundred and Third Season - Prom 29
Performance Date10 August 1997
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersEvgeny Kissin - piano
Set List'Piano Sonata in E Flat Major, Hob. XVI:52', Haydn,
'Liebestraum No.3', Liszt,
'Hungarian Rhapsody No.12 in C Sharp Minor', Liszt
INTERVAL
'Two Nocturnes, Op.27', Chopin
'Piano Sonata No.3 in B Minor, Op.58', Chopin
ENCORES
'Turkish March', arr. Anton Rubinstein, Beethoven,
'Waltz in A Flat, Op.34, No.1', Chopin,
'La Campanella', Liszt,
'Moment Musical No.3 in F Minor', arr. Godowsky, Schubert,
'Rage Over a Lost Penny', Beethoven,
'Mazurka in B Minor, Op.33, No.4', Chopin,
'Waltz in E Minor', Chopin
Performance NotesEvgeny Kissin played the first solo recital in the 103-year history of the London Promenade Concerts. It was a Sunday afternoon in the second hottest August since records began but Kissin nevertheless drew the biggest Prom audience in all of those 103 years. As if that were not enough Kissin ended his recital with the longest succession of encores in the entire history of the Proms.

Film Director Christopher Nupen made a film of the event called "Evgeny Kissin at the Royal Albert Hall: The Encores"

Kissin played for a record two-and-three-quarter hours.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1997/58),
Programme (RAHE/1/1997/86),
Merchandise Catalogue (RAHE/6/1997/24A),
Mini Proms Guide (RAHE/6/1997/24B-C),
Posters (RAHE/2/1997/2),
Colour Transparencies,
Video (RAHE/5/1997/7)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1997/86BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1997 - One Hundred and Third Season - Prom 2910 August 1997
RAHE/3/18/14Prom 28 - Evgeny Kissin10 August 1997
RAHE/5/1/1997/4BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1997 - One Hundred and Third Season - Prom 29 - Evgeny Kissin: The Encores'10 August 1997
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Yvovoiniok_VoimBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1997 - One Hundred and Third Season74
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/14694Kissin; Evgeny (1971-); Russian classical pianist
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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