Ives and Brahms with Marc-André Hamelin at Wigmore Hall

By Frances Wilson, 01 July 2013

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Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 27 June 2013

Ives, Piano Sonata no. 2, “Concord, Mass., 1840–60”

Brahms, Piano Sonata no. 3 in F minor, Op.5

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.

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Zoltán Szabó, 15th September

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

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Michelle Assay, 23rd February

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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.

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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.

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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.

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A keen concert-goer, Frances is a pianist, piano teacher and blogger on pianism, music and culture.