Following Clare Hammond’s beautifully shaped performance of Pearl on Prestigne Digital this year (still available to watch until Dec 31st – click here), Clare is performing the piece twice more this month: Firstly on Monday 7 December in a solo recital at Mansfield Street, London (full details below), and again on Friday 11 December at 1pm as part of a BBC Radio 3 ‘Focus on Welsh Festivals’ lunchtime series – The Presteigne Festival being represented by Clare performing an eclectic programme broadcast live from St David’s Hall, Cardiff (full details below).
Monday 7 December, 7 for 7.45pm
Clare Hammond Solo recital
22 Mansfield Street, London W1G 9NR
Tickets £25 on boasb1@outlook.com, includes drinks and canapés.
Friday 11 December, 1pm
Clare Hammond at BBC Radio 3
Live broadcast from St David’s Hall, Cardiff – click here for BBC page
In association with the Presteigne Festival
Programme:
Lili Boulanger – 3 morceaux
Robert Peate – Pearl
Rachmaninov – Sonata No.2 (revised version, 1931)
Edmund Finnis – Youth
Earl Wild / Gershwin – 3 Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin Nos. 4 and 6 (‘Embraceable You’ and ‘I Got Rhythm’)
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