BBC Proms - 2010 - Prom 07 - Maria Joao Pires

From the BBC Proms 2010 Presented by Petroc Trelawny For such a huge venue - it holds almost six thousand people - the Royal Albert Hall can be amazingly intimate when the focus is on a single performer. What better way for the Proms to celebrate the 200th birthday this year of Frédéric Chopin than another chance to hear a late-night performance of his Nocturnes for solo piano, played in July by acclaimed Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires. Chopin: Nocturnes, op 9, nos. 1, 2 and 3 op 15, nos. 1, 2 and 3 op 27, nos. 1 and 2 op 62, nos. 1 and 2 op 72, no 1 Lento con gran espressione, KK IVa No.16 Maria João Pires (piano).