Pianist Claire Hammond On UK Tour
Monday 17 August, BBC Radio 3, In Tune
With Petroc Trelawny and George Vass
- BBC Radio 3 – Clare will be a guest on ‘In Tune’.
Listen live on BBC Radio 3 from 5pm, or listen back on BBC Sounds.
Friday 28 August, Presteigne Festival
With Fenella Humphreys (violin) and Ben Goldscheider (horn)
- Michael Zev Gordon – Barcarola for violin, horn and piano
- Ravel – Violin Sonata in G
- Huw Watkins – Horn Trio
- Michael Zev Gordon – Waldeinsamkeit for horn and piano (World Premiere)
- Mathilde Wantenaar – Petit Morceau for violin and piano
- Lennox Berkeley – Horn Trio, Op. 44
7.30pm. St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD8 2AF.
Tickets £20-27, £1 (aged 8-25), available online.
Sunday 30 August, Presteigne Festival
With the HearAndNow Collective
- Michael Zev Gordon – Three Short Pieces for string quartet
- Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade – How Clear, How Lovely Bright
- Mathilde Wantenaar – Movement for String Quartet
- Ravel – String Quartet in F
7.30pm. St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD8 2AF.
Tickets £20-27, £1 (aged 8-25), available online.
Monday 31 August, Presteigne Festival
Solo Recital
- Mél Bonis – Three Femmes de légende (Desdémona, Phœbé, Mélisande)
- Michael Zev Gordon – Diary Pieces 2021, Set 2
- Doreen Carwithen – Sonatina
- Adrian Williams – Soliloquy
- Emma-Ruth Richards – Three Etudes (World Premiere)
- Ravel – Sonatine
2.00pm. St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD8 2AF.
Tickets £15-22, £1 (aged 8-25), available online.
Wednesday 23 September, Wigmore Hall
Solo Recital
- Chopin – Barcarolle, Op. 60
- Bacewicz – Sonatina
- Rachmaninov – Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33, Nos. 1-2, 5-9
- Emma-Ruth Richards – Three Etudes
- Stravinsky (arr. Agosti) – The Firebird Suite
1.00pm. Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, London W1U 2BP.
Tickets £16-18, available online.
Tuesday 29 September, Cheltenham
Solo Recital
- Chopin – Barcarolle, Op. 60
- Bacewicz – Sonatina
- Rachmaninov – Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33, Nos. 1-2, 5-9
- Emma-Ruth Richards – Three Etudes
- Stravinsky (arr. Agosti) – The Firebird Suite
7.00pm. Helen Porter Hall, Dean Close, Hatherley Road, Cheltenham GL51 6EP.
Tickets £12, available online.
Saturday 3 October, Lichfield Festival
Solo Recital
- Chopin – Barcarolle, Op. 60
- Bacewicz – Sonatina
- Rachmaninov – Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33
- Janacek – In The Mists
- Co-created by participants at HMP Oakwood with Michael Betteridge – Internal Victories
- Earl Wild / Gershwin – 3 Virtuoso Etudes on Fascinatin’ Rhythm, Embraceable You and I Got Rhythm
- Stravinsky (arr. Agosti) – The Firebird Suite
7.45pm. The Hub at St Mary’s, Market St, Lichfield WS13 6LG.
Tickets £24, available online. To be preceded by a screening of ‘Internal Victories’, a documentary about Clare’s co-creation project in prisons at 7pm.
Sunday 4 October, Little Missenden Festival
Solo Recital
- Chopin – Barcarolle, Op. 60
- Bacewicz – Sonatina
- Rachmaninov – Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33
- Janacek – In The Mists
- Co-created by participants at HMP Featherstone with Michael Betteridge – Shattered Freedom, Shards of Hope
- Earl Wild / Gershwin – 3 Virtuoso Etudes on Fascinatin’ Rhythm, Embraceable You and I Got Rhythm
- Stravinsky (arr. Agosti) – The Firebird Suite
3.00pm. St John the Baptist Church, Village Rd, Little Missenden, Amersham HP7 0RA.
Tickets £12-30, available online.
Friday 20 November, Birmingham
Solo Recital
- Mél Bonis – Selection from Femmes de légende
- Michael Zev Gordon – Diary Pieces 2021, set 2
- Carwithen – Sonatina
- Emma-Ruth Richards – Three Etudes
- Ravel – Sonatine
1.00pm. Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT.
Free entry. More information available online.
Thursday 26 November, Leeds International Concert Series
Solo Recital
- Montgeroult – Etudes Nos. 37, 67, 107, 110, 111
- Bacewicz – Sonatina
- Chopin – Barcarolle, Op. 60
- Emma-Ruth Richards – Three Etudes
- Earl Wild / Gershwin – 3 Virtuoso Etudes on Fascinatin’ Rhythm, Embraceable You and I Got Rhythm
- Rachmaninov – Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33
- Stravinsky (arr. Agosti) – The Firebird Suite
7.30pm. The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire, 3 Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7PD.
Tickets £10-£29.50, available online.
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