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Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre
Eastgate
Peebles
Scottish Borders
EH45 8AD
Scotland
Programme
Joseph Haydn – Fantasia in C major, Hob.XVII:4
Franz Schubert – Four Impromptus, D.899
Karol Szymanowski – Metopes: ‘L'île des Sirènes' & 'Calypso'
~ Interval ~
Malcolm Hayes – Purgatorio (World premiere)
Frédéric Chopin – Etudes, Op.25
Performers
Clare Hammond – piano
Other concerts in this Series (+)
Programme Note
Clare Hammond has recently found fame for both musical and extra-musical reasons, having won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Young Artist Award and appeared in the Alan Bennett film ‘The Lady in the Van’.
Her ‘reputation for brilliantly imaginative concert programmes’ (BBC Music Magazine) is illustrated here, as she brings together music from four centuries. Haydn’s Fantasia provides a vivacious opening whilst Schubert’s first set of Impromptus is among the best-loved works in the piano repertoire. As a noted champion of contemporary music, Clare will also play the world premiere of a work by Malcolm Hayes, inspired by Dante.
The remaining works reflect Clare’s particular interest in Polish music. First come two pieces from Szymanowski’s 1915 ‘Metopes’, in which his style leans towards that of the French ‘Impressionist’ composers, and the season is brought to a dazzling close by Chopin’s highly virtuosic Opus 25 set of Etudes.
“a winning combination of technical subtlety and expressive spontaneity.”
(Gramophone)
For full details, please visit the Music in Peebles website.
