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Marc-André Hamelin makes his mark as composer-pianist in Toronto

Stanley Fefferman, 22nd January

The virtuoso pianist Marc-André Hamelin played a program of works by Bach, Fauré, Ravel and Rachmaninov, bracketed by his own Variations on a theme by Paganini. Last March in Toronto, when Hamelin snuck this piece into the program as an encore, I wrote that it was “ten minutes of the most fun you’ll ever have crowding around a piano at the end of party.

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Rachmaninov, Sergueï (1873-1943)	Sonate pour piano no. 2 en si bémol mineur, Op.36
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)	Fantasia and Fugue "Grand" in G Minor, BWV542
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)	Impromptu no. 2 en fa mineur, Op.31
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)	Barcarolle no. 3 en sol bémol majeur, Op.42
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)	Gaspard de la nuit
Hamelin, Marc-André (n. 1961)	Variations on a theme by Paganini
Rachmaninov, Sergueï (1873-1943)	Prélude en sol majeur, Op.32 no. 5
Rachmaninov, Sergueï (1873-1943)	Prélude en sol mineur, Op.32 no. 12
Rachmaninov, Sergueï (1873-1943)	Sonate pour piano no. 2 en si bémol mineur, Op.36