# Leif Ove Andsnes and Marc-André Hamelin at Herbst Theatre, April 25, 2017

[San Francisco Performances](http://www.sfperformances.org/performances/1617/AndsnesHamelin.html) presents [Leif Ove Andsnes](http://www.andsnes.com/) and [Marc-André Hamelin](http://www.marcandrehamelin.com/)  
[Herbst Theatre](http://performances.org/)  
[401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102-4522 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=401+Van+Ness+Avenue,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102-4522+USA&hl=en)  
7:30 PM, Tuesday, April 25, 2017

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## Tentative Program

* Mozart: Larghetto and Allegro in E-flat Major
* Stravinsky: Concerto for Two Pianos
* Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
* Debussy: En Blanc et Noir

## Set One

[7:34 PM lights down, announcements, performers out: LOA on the stage right piano, looking at us, and MAH on the stage left piano, looking away from us]

### Mozart: Larghetto and Allegro in E-flat Major

01. [7:35 PM] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): _Larghetto and Allegro_ in E-flat Major, K.deest, (as completed by Paul Badura-Skoda, b.1927)  
[work ends 7:44 PM; pause for a brief rest, then onward!]

### Stravinsky: Concerto for Two Pianos

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971): Concerto for Two Pianos (1935)

01. [7:45 PM] _Con moto_
02. [7:51 PM] _Notturno: Adagietto_
03. [7:57 PM] _Quattro variazioni_
04. [8:02 PM] _Preludio e fuga_  
[work ends 8:07 PM; both up at end, offstage after bows, back in a minute]

### Debussy: En Blanc et Noir

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): _En Blanc et Noir_, L.134 (1915)

01. [8:08 PM] _Avec emportement_
02. [8:12 PM] _Lent. Sombre_
03. [8:20 PM] _Scherzando_  
[set ends 8:24 PM]

## Set Two: Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps

[8:49 PM lights down, performers back out; LOA and MAH have switched sides]

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971): _Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)_, 1913

01. [8:50 PM] _L'Adoration de la Terre (Adoration of the Earth)_
02. [9:05 PM] _Le Sacrifice (The Sacrifice)_  
[work ends 9:23 PM; applause and bows; back for an ovation or two; pause]  
   
**1st Encore**
03. [9:25 PM] Stravinsky: _Étude pour pianola_ AKA _Madrid_ (1921)  
[work ends 9:28 PM; applause and bows; back for another ovation; pause]  
   
**2nd Encore**
04. [9:30 PM] Stravinsky: _Circus Polka_ (1942)  
[show ends 9:33 PM; applause and bows; back for a final ovation, then off, leaving behind the music for Stravinsky's _Tango (1940)]


## Performers

* [Leif Ove Andsnes](http://www.andsnes.com/): piano;
* [Marc-André Hamelin](http://www.marcandrehamelin.com/): piano.

## Notes 

I was taken by surprise by how loud tonight's show was; in retrospect, I should have worn my earplugs! Lots and lots of hammerklavier! It wouldn't have surprised me at all to have seen a piano tuner out at set break, or maybe a janitor to sweep up any loose splinters and broken strings. Heck, even the Debussy sounded clangorous; according to the program notes, his piece was a direct reaction to the horror of World War One, and among others, it managed to offend the prim stylistic sensibilities of Camille Saint-Saëns. Certainly it is far removed from the dreamy and moody pieces that I typically associate with Debussy!

As the program notes also commented that the second Stravinsky work was written for Igor to perform on tour with his son, Soulima, I'm curious to know whether any more of tonight's program was filched from that tour of about 100 years ago... it sure seemed to be heavy on Stravinsky! Maybe someone with access to the performers will be tempted to ask...

A nice thing about the two encores is that they showed a bit more expressive range than that of the regularly programmed works: a little bit of that Spanish tinge in _Madrid_ (but of course!), and then drunken dancing in the crazy _Circus Polka_ (sadly, no pink elephants appeared onstage tonight to complete Stravinsky's artistic vision). Always fun to end a night out with drunken dancing, right?

Steve Iisaka posted a [review](https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/san-francisco-performances/andsnes-and-hamelin-make-a-dynamic-duo) of the show for SFCV.

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