Hamelin, the technician, at Chicago Symphony Center

By Dan Wang, 22 May 2013

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Reviewed at Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago on 19 May 2013

Berg, Piano Sonata in B minor, Op.1

Fauré, Impromptu no. 2 in F minor, Op.31

Fauré, Barcarolle no.3 in G flat major, Op.42

Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit

Hamelin, Variations on a theme by Paganini

Debussy, Images, Set 1 no. 1: Reflets dans l'eau, for piano

Ravel, Jeux d'eau

Rachmaninov, Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, Op.36

Marc-André Hamelin, Piano

Cameron Kelsall, 12th March

Conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Philadelphia Orchestra’s latest concert also features Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto with Marc-André Hamelin.

****1

Zoltán Szabó, 15th September

Two mighty piano sonatas bookend Marc-André Hamelin's concert at Sydney's City Recital Hall.

****1

Michelle Assay, 23rd February

Canadian superstar pianist Marc-André Hamelin amazes and moves while hardly breaking sweat in recital at London's Southbank Centre.

*****

Sam Jacobson, 23rd January

At the Cleveland Chamber Music Society, the Takács Quartet collaborates with Marc-André Hamelin in works by Price and Dvořák.

***11

Sam Jacobson, 19th November

Marc-André Hamelin opens his recital with the uncompromising demands of Ives’ Concord Sonata, followed by suites of Schumann and Ravel.

****1

Gianmarco Segato, 4th May

Gustavo Gimeno, Marc-André Hamelin and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra raise the roof with Messiaen’s epic – and eclectic – Turangalîla-Symphonie.

****1

Dan Wang is a graduate student in music history and theory at the University of Chicago.