Rising Star Pianist to Perform at St Nicholas Church

Clare Hammond will play pieces by Beethoven, Debussy, Fauré, Stravinsky and others

A rising star in the piano-playing world, Clare Hammond will give a recital in St Nicholas Church, Church Street on Thursday 27 April 2017, at 7.30pm.

Clare Hammond

She will play pieces by Beethoven, Debussy, Fauré, Stravinsky and others.

Acclaimed as a pianist of “amazing power and panache” (The Telegraph), Clare Hammond is recognised for the virtuosity and authority of her performances and has developed a “reputation for brilliantly imaginative concert programmes” (BBC Music Magazine, ‘Rising Star’). She recently won the Royal Philharmonic Society's 'Young Artist Award', in recognition of outstanding achievements in 2015.

Highlights in 2016 included a performance at the Royal Festival Hall with the Philharmonia, and a concerto tour of Poland, with a newly discovered work by Josef Myslivecek, a mentor of Mozart. Over the autumn, Clare curated three concerts for the BBC at the Belfast International Arts Festival, which were broadcast in November as part of the BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts series. Future projects include the premiere of Edwin Roxburgh’s Concerto for Piano and Winds with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and world premiere recordings of two keyboard concertos by Myslivecek with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra and conductor Nicholas McGegan for BIS Records.

Clare completed a BA at Cambridge University, where she obtained a double first in music, and undertook doctoral study with Ronan O’Hora at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and with Professor Rhian Samuel at City University London.

Clare will play the following programme:

JACQUET DE LA GUERRE: Suite No. 6 in G major
ASHTON: ‘Goldfinch’, ‘O’ahu ‘o ‘o’ and ‘Windhover’ from Ornithology
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, Op. 7

Interval

DEBUSSY: L'isle joyeuse
DUTILLEUX: Au gré des ondes
FAURÉ - 2 Nocturnes (No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 84 No. 8 and No. 12 in E minor, Op. 107)
STRAVINSKY: Petroushka Suite

Entrance £ 7.00 (concessions £ 5.00; free to Friends of St Nicholas Church). Doors open at 7.00pm; refreshments will be available.

April 17, 2017