Etiket: Hamelin
Under an impeccable blue sky, the snowshoe hike of columnist Louis Hamelin
There are no more seasons, as Thing would say. The day before Easter, on the basketball court of the neighboring school, gloves were needed to dribble and shoot baskets. The…
“Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie”, Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Marc-André Hamelin
Few people, here or elsewhere, have kept the flame alive, but in 1967 the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Seiji Ozawa recorded a large Turangalîla-Symphony (with Yvonne and Jeanne Loriod!). To…
“Works for piano”, Marc-André Hamelin
After recording compositions by Stephen Hough, Hyperion offers Marc-André Hamelin a generous anthology. The pianist likes forms: variations, suite in the old style, varied pavane, chaconne, toccata, what’s more The…
The reconstruction of the moguls team is coming to an end, assures Michel Hamelin
(Saint-Côme) The head coach of the Canadian moguls team at Ski Acro Canada admits it straight away: his training has hit a slump. But Michel Hamelin assures that the reconstruction…
Interview with Louis Hamelin | A Thoreau of flesh and blood
In A lake in the morning, the writer Louis Hamelin brought to life the legendary American thinker Henry David Thoreau. We asked him what guided him in this contemplative novel,…
Review of Nocturnes & Barcarolles | Marc-André Hamelin: another success
A new pianistic gem signed Marc-André Hamelin. Posted at 6:00 p.m. Emmanuel Bernier Special collaboration Each new release by Marc-André Hamelin on Hyperion is an event, as he has accustomed…
The glorious maturity of Marc-André Hamelin
Quebec pianist Marc-André Hamelin performed a titanic concert for Pro Musica on Sunday, with two 45-minute sonatas: the Sonata in E flat by Paul Dukas and the famous hammer keyboard…
Quebec Games: Hamelin wants to give back to young people
Wolf River | Thirteen months ago, Charles Hamelin became the most decorated male athlete of the Winter Games by winning a sixth career Olympic medal in Beijing. A year later,…
[Chronique de Louis Hamelin] Hunters and their prey
This year at the Super Bowl, no last-minute guest, no team that snuck into the playoffs through the back door, no underdog surprised to find themselves in the Finals. Nor…
[Chronique de Louis Hamelin] Sentimental, a chronicle with guns
It happened in Blanc-Sablon, in the old days. The daughter-in-law of the inhabitant whose house I had ended up on disembarking from Fort Mingan was shopping for a shotgun in…
[Chronique de Louis Hamelin] Business is business
The cause is heard: the world, in Qatar, is going to play foot ball (as they said when I was a kid) while covering their noses. Samuel Piette, the Montreal…
Charles Hamelin: Mission accomplished | Memoirs of a Champion
Young Charles Hamelin was not a prodigy. “A little clumsy skater”, he did not get on the podium. But he had fire in his eyes and determination in his stomach;…
[Chronique de Louis Hamelin] Back to Roulette
I do not like to run. I like to have run. And I also love runners, all runners, even the serious ones, even the ridiculous ones who can’t take three…
[Chronique de Louis Hamelin] The Tour de France: The fantastic ride
“The Tour has an ambiguous morality”, wrote Roland Barthes in his Mythologies (1957): “chivalrous imperatives are constantly mixed with brutal reminders of the pure spirit of success”. In this confrontation…
[Chronique de Louis Hamelin] bass at heart
Write about what you know…” Why does this worn-out cliché about literary creation remind me of old Hemingway? Verification made, in Paris is a partyhe talks about his decision to…
Lewis Hamilton and Charles Hamelin | A meeting between legends
Two legends of their sport, one on the ice and one on the track, met on Saturday afternoon, in the paddocks of the Gilles-Villeneuve circuit. Ex-short track speed skater Charles…
[Chronique de Louis Hamelin] The real season
It doesn’t seem like it will ever be warm enough for the tastes of the fans of the big, humid swelter, who make up, at a glance, three-quarters of the…
[Critique] “William Bolcom: The Complete Rags”, Marc-André Hamelin
From the beginning of his career, Marc-André Hamelin was interested in the music of William Bolcom, an American composer born in 1938. As winner in 1985 of the Piano Competition…
Jonathan Huberdeau and Charles Hamelin are committed to the Cité de la Santé Foundation
This text is part of the special section Philanthropy Athletes at the highest level have joined the ranks of volunteers of the Cité de la Santé Foundation. By committing to…
[Chronique de Louis Hamelin] The Mom Who Loved Baseball
The essential ingredient of baseball is its slowness. An elastic time which is also at the source of its decline. You have read all your free articles Do you like…