Music
Clare Hammond (Piano)
Wednesday 19 October, 8pm
St Gregory’s Centre for Music Tickets £18, Students £12 (Incl. £1.50 booking fee)
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Hélène de Montgeroult Études
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No 8 in C minor, Op 13 Pathétique
Doreen Carwithen Sonatina
George Walker Variations on a Kentucky Folk Song
Nikolai Medtner Sonata Romantica, Op 53 No 1
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Acclaimed as a ‘pianist of extraordinary gifts’ (Gramophone) and ‘immense power’ (The Times), Clare Hammond is recognised for the virtuosity and authority of her performances. She also demonstrates genius as a programmer – as her concerts combine works by lesser-known composers with giants of the piano repertoire. Crescendo (Belgium) hailed her as ’one of the most exploratory pianistic personalities of our time’