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MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN CONCERT PROGRAM BACH & BEYOND / CHAN CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT UBC, 8PM friday & saturday, october 15, 16 SURREY NIGHTS / BELL PERFORMING CENTRE FOR THE ARTS, 8PM monday, october 18 Bramwell Tovey conductor ♦ Marc-André Hamelin piano Schubert Symphony No. 8 in B minor, Unfinished I. Allegro moderato II. Andante con moto ♦ Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491 I. Allegro II. Larghetto III. Allegretto INTERMISSION Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major, K. 543 I. Adagio-Allegro II. Andante con moto III. Menuetto & Trio: Allegretto IV. Finale: Allegro Visit the Symphony Gift Shop for CD selections RADIO SPONSOR 30 allegro The presentation of the Bach & Beyond Series is made possible, in part, through the generous assistance of the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts of the University of British Columbia. The VSO’s Surrey Nights Series has been endowed by a generous gift from Werner and Helga Höing.
Officer of the Order of Canada in 2003 and a Chevalier de l’Ordre du Québec in 2004; he is also a member of the Royal Society of Canada. He makes his home in Boston. BRAMWELL TOVEY Bramwell Tovey conductor For a biography of Maestro Tovey please refer to page 9. Marc-André Hamelin piano Marc-André Hamelin’s unique blend of musicianship and virtuosity brings forth interpretations remarkable for their freedom, originality, and prodigious mastery of the piano’s resources. Long known for his bold exploration of unfamiliar pianistic terrain, Mr. Hamelin has increasingly turned his attention to the established masterworks of the piano literature, in performances and recordings of the piano sonatas of Haydn, major works by Mozart, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin and others. Under exclusive contract with Hyperion Records, Mr. Hamelin has received 8 Grammy ® nominations including a 2008 nomination for Marc-André Hamelin in a state of jazz. His latest solo release Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2, follows up the critically acclaimed first installment. In the fall, Hyperion releases a disc of Hamelin’s own compositions, Etudes and other works. Mr. Hamelin was recently presented with a lifetime achievement prize by the German Record Critic’s Award (Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik) and was made an Franz Schubert b. Vienna, Austria / January 31, 1797 d. Vienna, Austria / November 19, 1828 Symphony No. 8 in B minor, Unfinished Franz Schubert was the ultimate tragic poet of music. With his death at the very young age of thirty-one passed possibly the greatest writer of melody the world has known before or since – only surpassed by Mozart and Beethoven, if at all. By the time of his death, Schubert had written a staggering total of nearly one thousand works, including some of the most beloved works in the Classical repertoire. His was not always an appreciated genius, not even to himself: it was not until after his death that his music was rediscovered, collected and published. Mostly self-taught (one of his only teachers was the famous Antonio Salieri, and another famously stated about the ten-year old Schubert, “…I merely conversed with him and watched him with silent astonishment.”), the preternaturally-gifted Schubert produced many masterpieces for full orchestra, chamber ensembles, extraordinary vocal works, and piano. In an unfinished life, stands the “Unfinished” Symphony No. 8. It is unclear why the work remained unfinished, especially given that the two completed movements represent some of the finest writing of Schubert’s career. It is, however, most likely that composition stopped when the composer contracted syphilis in November of 1822 (the two completed movements of the work were composed in October and November of that allegro 31
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