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| Composer | Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) |
| Period | Baroque |
| Work type | Instrumental |
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Prom 47: Earthbound Bach and uneven Bruckner from the Gewandhaus
Andris Nelson’s repeated fast upward flicks of the baton were disquieting to watch.
Dmytro Sukhovienko overwhelms in Valletta
A powerful piano and a tendency towards fortissimo dynamics disappoints at this recital of baroque piano transcriptions.
Marc-André Hamelin makes his mark as composer-pianist in Toronto
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.