Hamelin brings new insights to both obscure and famous piano works

By Edward Sava-Segal, 24 October 2019

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“the music gave the impression of slowly taking shape, like a boat emerging from deep fog”

Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City on 22 October 2019

Scriabin, Fantasie in B minor, Op.28

Prokofiev, Sarcasms, Op.17

Feinberg, Piano Sonata no. 3, Op.3

Schubert, Piano Sonata no. 21 in B flat major, D.960

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

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 2 no. 6: Général Lavine - eccentric (Encore)

Hamelin, Con Intimissimo Sentimento: Music Box (Encore)

Marc-André Hamelin, Piano

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

****1

The sublime and the rambunctious: Marc-André Hamelin in Sydney recital

Zoltán Szabó, 15th September

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

****1

Memory and timelessness: Marc-André Hamelin’s poetic piano wizardry

Michelle Assay, 23rd February

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

*****

Takács Quartet explores folk-inflected repertoire in Cleveland

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

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

****1

Toronto Symphony burns down the barn with Messiaen's Turangalîla

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

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.

Marc-André Hamelin brings new insights to both obscure and famous piano works