# Marc-André Hamelin at Herbst Theatre, July 20, 2021

[San Francisco Performances](https://sfperformances.org/performances/summer-sessions/summer-sessions.html) presents [Marc-André Hamelin](http://www.marcandrehamelin.com/), with the [Alexander String Quartet](http://www.asq4.com/) 
[Herbst Theatre](http://www.sfwmpac.org/herbst-theatre)  
[Veterans' Building, San Francisco War Memorial Performing Arts Center, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102-4522 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Veterans'+Building,+San+Francisco+War+Memorial+Performing+Arts+Center,+401+Van+Ness+Avenue,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102-4522+USA&hl=en)  
7:30 PM, Tuesday, July 20, 2021

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## Original 2020 Program

* Scriabin: Fantasy in B minor, Op. 28;
* Prokofiev: _Sarcasms_, Op. 17;
* Feinberg: Piano Sonata No. 3;
* Schubert: Sonata in B-Flat Major, D. 960

## Updated Program 6/7/21 Announcement

* CPE Bach: Rondo in C minor, Wq 59/4
* Beethoven: Sonata in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3
* Hamelin: _Nowhere Going Fast_ for Piano Quintet (featuring the Alexander String Quartet) (World Premiere)
* Beethoven: Sonata in B flat Major, Op. 106, “Hammerklavier”

## One Set

[7:35 PM] {lights down; announcements by Melanie Smith; MAH out}

### CPE Bach: Rondo in C minor

01. [7:37 PM] Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788):  Rondo in C minor, (1784) H. 283, Wq 59/4  
[7:42 PM] {work ends; pause}

### Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827):  Piano Sonata in C Major, (1795) Op. 2, No. 3

01. [7:43 PM] Allegro con brio
02. [7:50 PM] Adagio
03. [7:58 PM] Scherzo: Allegro
04. [8:01 PM] Allegro assai  
[8:07 PM] {work ends; MAH off for a brief break after ovations; pause to set up for ASQ}

### Marc-André Hamelin: Nowhere Fast for Piano Quintet

01. [8:10 PM] Marc-André Hamelin: _Nowhere Fast_ for Piano Quintet (featuring the Alexander String Quartet) (2020; World Premiere)  
[8:17 PM] {work ends; bows, then all off; pause to reset the stage}

### Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827):  Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, (1818) Op. 106, _Große Sonate für das Hammerklavier_

01. [8:23 PM] Allegro
02. [8:34 PM] Scherzo: Assai vivace
03. [8:37 PM] Adagio sostenuto
04. [8:55 PM] Introduzione: Largo... Allegro – Fuga: Allegro risoluto  
[9:07 PM] {set ends; applause & bows; back and forth; then MAH returns to introduce the encore}

### Encore: CPE Bach: La Complaisante

01. [9:09 PM] Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788): _La Complaisante_, H.109, Wq.117/28 (1756)  
[9:12 PM] {show ends; all done after another minute or so}


## Performers

* [Marc-André Hamelin](http://www.marcandrehamelin.com/): piano.

with the [Alexander String Quartet](http://www.asq4.com/)

* Zakarias Grafilo: violin;
* Frederick Lifsitz: violin;
* David Samuel: viola;
* Sandy Wilson: cello.

## Notes

I thought tonight's show was excellent. Curiously, Marc-André Hamelin played the entire recital from memory -- EXCEPT for his own work!

That one was apparently commissioned and composed to be premiered at the SF Performances 40th Anniversary Gala that was to have taken place in April 2020. Aptly named, I liked it, and would like to hear it again sometime. Tonight it served as a nice bit of variety between the two long Beethoven sonatas that anchored the program.

I think my favorite part of the evening was the long slow Adagio sostenuto movement of the _Hammerklavier_ sonata. I like it when Beethoven gets spacey!

[Program Notes](https://sfperformances.org/img/perfnotes/summer-sessions/HamelinProgram.pdf) or {{:2021:2021-07:2021-07-20_program.pdf|program notes}}

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