Marc-André Hamelin at Carnegie Hall

By David Allen, 28 January 2014

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Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Zankel, New York City on 27 January 2014

Hamelin, Barcarolle (NY Premiere)

Medtner, Piano Sonata no. 7 in E minor, "Night Wind", Op.25 no.2

Schubert, Four Impromptus, D.935

Marc-André Hamelin, Piano

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****1

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****1

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*****

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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

Hamelin’s bracing Ives anchors memorable Cleveland recital

Sam Jacobson, 19th November

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****1

Toronto Symphony burns down the barn with Messiaen's Turangalîla

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

****1

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David Allen

David is a PhD student at Columbia University, where he studies international history. A lapsed pianist and organist, he writes on concerts on both sides of the Atlantic, and blogs at Unpredictable Inevitability.

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