Myra Hess Festival
Family concert: Clare Hammond
Tickets
| Child: | £5 |
| Accompanying adults: | £7 |
Children must be accompanied by an adult. Both children and adults require a booked ticket.
This event is suitable for children aged 5 years and above.
About
Come and enjoy a magical family concert in our Pigott Theatre, with beautiful piano music that will inspire listeners of all ages.
Join pianist Clare Hammond with educator and storyteller Fiona Alderton as they take you on a musical journey across space and time. Soar over a stormy ocean with Ravel, experience the drama of the French Revolution with Hélène de Montgeroult and revel in the passion of Florence Price's African American spirituals (all while trying not to get caught out by Mozart's practical jokes!). With projections of key works from the gallery's collection, this promises to be a fascinating and inspiring ride!
On this special occasion, pick up one of our musical instrument trails and enjoy a self-led family hunt around the Gallery to spot as many instruments as you can. Once you've found them all, head to the Roden Centre for Creative Learning to collect a sticker and enjoy even more fun activities!
Clare Hammond
Acclaimed as a “pianist of extraordinary gifts” (Gramophone) and “immense power” (The Times), Clare Hammond is recognised for her imaginative playing, visionary programming, and communicative performance style. She won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Young Artist Award in 2016.
Last year saw her debuts at the BBC Proms, Konzerthaus Berlin, and Salle Bourgie in Montreal, and return visits to the Wigmore Hall, London’s National Gallery, and Raritäten der Klaviermusik in Husum. Clare recorded a disc of concertos by Britten, Tippett and Walton with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and gave the second ever performance of the recently revived Fantasia by Andrzej Panufnik more than sixty years after its premiere, with the Filharmonia Poznańska. In 2025, Clare makes her debut at the Royal Albert Hall, performing Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto with the Philharmonia, and premieres new concertos by Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade and George Stevenson with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Britten Sinfonia.
Clare has recorded six discs for BIS, most recently releasing an album of Etudes by visionary French composer Hélène de Montgeroult, launched in a special concert at London’s National Gallery and featured extensively on BBC Radio 3’s Composer of the Week and Essential Classics. The disc was selected as Editor’s Choice in Gramophone. Her disc of etudes by Unsuk Chin, Nikolai Kapustin, Sergei Lyapunov and Karol Szymanowski won her an Opus d’Or from Opus HD magazine and 5 diapasons from Diapason, while 'Youth', an album of music written for Clare by Edmund Finnis, won an Edison Klassiek Award and Presto Classical's 'EP of the Year' Award in 2024.