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Encores Galore
Proms 2016 has been the year of the 'encore'. From conductors taking a turn at the piano to singing cellists and joke telling violinists, here are some of the best...
1. The First Night of the Proms and we've come to expect an encore: but no one was expecting this...
2. Nor were we expecting a stand-up routine from Pekka Kuusisto's encore...
Pekka Kuusisto’s hilarious Proms encore
The violinist had the audience on their feet with a spirited Finnish folksong.
3. Conductor Daniel Barenboim joins Martha Argerich at the piano to perform Schubert.
Schubert: Rondo in A Major D951 (Encore)
With Daniel Barenboim and Martha Argerich (piano duet).
4. Stephen Hough gives us the slip with his false intro into his own improvisation of "Moscow Nights".
Prom Encore – Stephen Hough: Moscow Nights
After a cheeky false intro, Stephen plays his own arrangement of Moscow Nights...
5. And what’s the point of an encore if not to show off a little bit? Gabriela Montero turns "Land of Hope and Glory" into "Land of all things in her repertoire".
Gabriela Montero: Improvisation on "Land of Hope and Glory"
From Elgar to Scott Joplin, Gabriela Montero improvises on "Land of Hope and Glory".
6. A burst of 17th-century minimalism, anyone?
Proms Encore – Johann Paul von Westhoff: Imitazione delle Campane
With Baiba Skride (violin)
7. One of the most sought-after of today’s pianists, Daniil Trifonov, performs an encore of Prokofiev.
Proms Encore – Trifonov plays Prokofiev
Daniil Trifonov taps into his Russian roots with the Gavotte from Prokofiev's Cinderella.
One more? Ok, go on then...
Belá Kovács: Sholem - Alekhem, Rov Feidman
An encore from Ákos Ács (clarinet) and the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
