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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 2h

My first time playing celeste! ✨ Rehearsing @krhes.bsky.social's stunning 'Living Ghosts' with Lisa Nelsen, Kamila Bydlowska and Ella Rundle today 🎶 Catch the World Premiere @musicatoxford.bsky.social 1 Nov: www.musicatoxford.com/whats-on/ken... @rcmlondon.bsky.social @vwfndn.bsky.social

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 1d

At the National Gallery this weekend - a joy to perform alongside breathtaking artworks and explore stunning music by Ravel, Bonis, Chaminade & Barraine ✨ Catch these next in Chipping Campden (tonight), Norwich, @rwcmd.bsky.social, Newton Abbot & Whitstable 🎶 clarehammond.com/concerts/

Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 3d

Delighted that BBC Radio 3s Record Review featured our album of British piano concertos yesterday, describing Walton's Sinfonia Concertante as "persuasive", "entertaining" and "fun" 🎉 🎶 Listen back at www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... (from 12'00) and explore the score with OUP!

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Composers Edition @composersed.bsky.social · 3d

Clare Hammond will perform Michael Betteridge’s ‘Shards of Freedom, Shattered Hope’ at Campden Music on Tuesday.

The work was co-created by Betteridge & participants from HMP Oakwood
@clarehammondpiano.bsky.social @mbetteridge.bsky.social

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Clare Hammond performs Michael Betteridge - What's New

The pianist Clare Hammond will perform Michael Betteridge’s ‘Shards of Freedom, Shattered Hope’ during three concerts in the UK this month.

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 5d

OUT TODAY!! 🎉 My album of concertos by Walton, Britten and Tippett with the BBC Symphony Orchestra & @georgevass.bsky.social is now out on BIS. Praised @thetimes.com for its "crisp artistry" and Video of the Day in Gramophone, listen online bisrecords.lnk.to/2604

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 10d

🔉 Less than one week to go! My album of concertos by Walton, Britten and Tippett with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and @georgevass.bsky.social will be released on Fri 10 October, for BIS Records and Apple Music 🎉 Pre-order at bisrecords.lnk.to/2604

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 12d

I have been playing Ravel's Sonatine for a quarter of a century now and still find new beauty every time. The glimmer of light, tart bite of the harmonies, and exuberance is just exhilarating! ✨ Hear it live at London's National Gallery, Fri 10 Oct: www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/music...

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 16d

I'm delighted to be on the front cover of this month's Pianist Magazine 🎉 It was so lovely to speak to Peter Quantrill about my new album of British concertos, work in schools and prisons, and collaborating with living composers! www.pianistmagazine.com

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 17d

From last weekend's performance @royalalberthall.bsky.social with @philharmonialondon.bsky.social & Christopher Warren-Green for RG Live. Thank you to Oliver Dixon for the amazing photos! 📸

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 19d

Listen to the 'Vivace' from Tippett's Piano Concerto - an advance release from my album of British Piano Concertos with the BBC Symphony Orchestra & @georgevass.bsky.social. The full album goes live on the 10 Oct on BIS Records / Apple Music! 🎉 🎹 bisrecords.lnk.to/2604S03

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 21d

🔉Pre-order my new album, of concertos by Walton, Britten and Tippett with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and @georgevass.bsky.social - due for release with BIS Records on the 10 Oct!! 🎉 🎹 bisrecords.lnk.to/2604

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 21d

Performing to 1,225 children at 12 schools near Cirencester over 3 days - intense work but so fulfilling. I love seeing the enthusiasm on the children's faces 😊 Thank you to the Arts Society Corinium, Gloucestershire Music & the Gloucestershire Piano Trust for their support!

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 24d

Mind still reeling after yesterday @royalalberthall.bsky.social... An incredible experience to perform with the phenomenal @philharmonialondon.bsky.social & Christopher Warren-Green ✨🎶 Thank you to everyone at RG Live, @rayfieldallied.bsky.social, the backstage crew & friends who came in support 🙏

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 26d

Such a joyful evening, performing Mozart's luminous concerto No. 21 last night with the superb @bournemouthso.bsky.social and Enyi Okpara at Portsmouth Guildhall ✨ The encore was Montgeroult's Etude No. 41 bisrecords.lnk.to/2603

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · Sep 15

Joy, life and light ✨ 🎶 Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major. Join me on Thursday with @bournemouthso.bsky.social and conductor Enyi Okpara to hear this magnificent concerto alongside Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture and Beethoven 7! bsolive.com/events/energ...

Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · Sep 14

Ravel's Sonatina was written for a competition. The only entry, it was disqualified for being a few bars too long... Given what a masterpiece it is, this seems like an extraordinary oversight!! 😬 Catch it live @rwcmd.bsky.social, 26 Oct 🎹 🎶 www.rwcmd.ac.uk/events/stein...

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · Sep 12

🔉 OUT TODAY! A pre-release from my album of British piano concertos with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and George Vass - Britten's 'Romance' from Diversions for left-hand piano and orchestra. Official release on the 10 Oct with BIS Records and Apple Music 🎉 bisrecords.lnk.to/2604S02

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · Sep 11

Less than a month until my recital at the National Gallery 🎉 Gorgeous music by Ravel, Chaminade, Bonis and Fauré. Here is a snippet from 'Mélisande' by Mél Bonis to whet your appetite! www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/music...

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · Sep 9

Had a wonderful time at Radio 3's In Tune speaking to Katie Derham about my new album of British concertos for BIS Records, the extraordinary music of Mél Bonis & my co-creation project in prisons with @mbetteridge.bsky.social! Listen back www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · Sep 3

Another trip down memory lane - playing oboe in the Nottingham Youth Orchestra, c. 2001 🥰 Lifelong friends and some wonderful musical memories. Very glad to see that they are still going strong and providing opportunities for the next generation! #youthmusic #youthorchestras #nottingham

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · Aug 29

Really looking forward to joining @bournemouthso.bsky.social & conductor Enyi Okpara for Mozart's exquisite Piano Concerto No. 21 in Portsmouth on the 18 Sep - do join us if you can! 🎶 bsolive.com/events/energ...

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · Aug 27

Rachmaninov really knew how to make an entrance 🚀🔥 The opening to the third movement of his second piano concerto. Less than a month to go before I perform this with @philharmonialondon.bsky.social and Christopher Warren-Green @royalalberthall.bsky.social! 🎉

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · Aug 22

My first ever piano competition - clearly way past my bedtime!! (And, had I cut my own fringe...?) Thank you to the Long Eaton Rotary Club and Rotary International for these early opportunities 😊

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · Jul 27

Read Bronte Schiltz's take on our co-creation in prisons project with composer Michael Betteridge in the @bigissue.com! It has been inspiring to see how powerful and therapeutic music can be: www.bigissue.com/culture/musi...

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · Jul 24

Performing on two pianos in one recital for Martin Randall Travel last week at the Château d'Ételan - here is Ravel and Bonis on a modern Steinway and Montgeroult on a 1914 Gaveau!

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