Marc-André Hamelin piano

Performers

Marc-André Hamelin

piano

Programme

Haydn

Piano Sonata in E minor HXVI:34

Stockhausen

Klavierstück IX

Villa-Lobos

Rudepoema

Liszt

Piano Sonata in B minor S178

About this concert

Since making his London debut 20 years ago with a mesmerising performance of Alkan’s Concerto for solo piano, Marc-André Hamelin has fashioned a deep impression on the capital’s music scene with his exceptional virtuosity, heroic artistry and innovative programming.

The Canadian pianist’s latest repertoire adventure spans almost two centuries of creative history and, in the case of Liszt’s B minor Sonata, a seemingly infinite emotional range. It also highlights points of contact and contrast between the convention defying harmonic turns of Haydn’s Sonata in E minor, the kaleidoscopic tonal shifts of Stockhausen’s Klavierstück IX and Villa Lobos’s pioneering Rudepoema.

Supported by Peter and Sonia Field