San Francisco Performances
Saturday, February 08 2025 | 07:30 PM
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MARC ANDRE HAMELIN, PIANO
San Francisco Performances, Herbst Theatre
“Hamelin’s legend will grow—right now there is no one like him,” according to The New Yorker. The legendary Canadian piano titan Marc-André Hamelin returns to SF Performances with the type of deliciously eclectic and technically demanding program that consistently affirms his versatile artistry, intelligence, skill, and humor.
HAYDN: Piano Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:37
FRANK ZAPPA: Ruth Is Sleeping
STEFAN WOLPE: Passacaglia
JOHN OSWALD: TIP
NIKOLAI MEDTNER: Improvisation in B Flat Minor Op. 31 No. 1; Danza festiva, Op. 38 No. 3
RACHMANINOFF: Etude-Tableau Op. 39 No. 5; Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36 (1931 version)