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Pianist Clare Hammond with musical rediscoveries and vibrant virtuosity

Pianist Clare Hammond reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from searing vocal music to a glowing piano quintet.

Today on Inside Music, pianist Clare Hammond introduces different examples of how music isn’t always easy to engage with - from her gradual understanding of Grace Williams's writing style, to prisoners’ reactions to a concert she gave.

Clare also plays music by composers who have only recently been celebrated, from Dorween Carwithen’s witty opera The Sofa, to Hélène de Montgeroult whose music Clare thinks reveals our limited view of the Classical and Romantic styles.

Plus, a piece for piano that is fun to listen to but extremely difficult to play…

A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.

A Tandem Production for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3

1 hour, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    Trio for flute, cello & piano, Op. 86 (II. Andante)

    Performer: Immanuel Davis. Performer: Pitnarry Shin. Performer: Timothy Lovelace.
    • NAXOS.
  • Elizabeth Maconchy

    Ha, ha, ha! Where's Dominic? (The Sofa)

    Orchestra: Independent Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Dominic Wheeler.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Franz Schubert

    Kriegers Ahnung (Schwanengesang, D. 957, No. 2)

    Performer: Martin Helmchen. Singer: Julian Prégardien.
    • ALPHA.
  • Doreen Carwithen

    ODTAA (One Damn Thing After Another)

    Performer: Howard Shelley. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Piano Quintet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 30 (I. Allegro)

    Ensemble: Schubert Ensemble.
    • ASV.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O viridissima virga

    Music Arranger: Sequentia. Ensemble: Sequentia. Singer: Barbara Thornton.
    • DEUTSCHE HM.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Instrumentalstuck

    Music Arranger: Sequentia. Ensemble: Sequentia.
    • DEUTSCHE HM.
  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    Étude No. 111 in G minor

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • BIS.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Pan (6 Metamorphoses after Ovid Op.49)

    Performer: François Leleux.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Céphale et Procris (Overture)

    Orchestra: Cologne Baroque Orchestra.
    • COVIELLO.
  • Grace Williams

    Sextet for oboe, trumpet and piano quartet (III. Andante)

    Performer: Madeleine Mitchell. Ensemble: London Chamber Ensemble.
    • NAXOS.
  • Giles Swayne

    Cry, Op. 27 (II. Sky)

    Performer: Giles Swayne. Choir: 91Èȱ¬ Singers. Conductor: John Poole.
    • NMC.
  • Grażyna Bacewicz

    Violin Concerto No. 1 (II. Andante)

    Performer: Piotr Plawner. Orchestra: Kammersymphonie Berlin. Conductor: Jürgen Bruns.
    • NAXOS.
  • Unsuk Chin

    Étude No. 5, 'Toccata'

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • BIS.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Les Elfes de Bois, Op. 159

    Singer: Lisa Chaib-Auriol. Choir: Choeur Fiat Cantus. Conductor: Thomas Tacquet.
    • EDITION HORTUS.
  • Josef Myslivecek

    Octet No. 2 in E flat major, (I. Allegro spiritoso)

    Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble New York. Conductor: Steven Richman.
    • MUSIC AND ARTS.
  • Elsa Barraine

    Avis

    Choir: Ensemble Vocal Francois. Director: Didier Bolay.
    • SKARBO.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor, Op. 10 (III. Scherzo)

    Performer: Klaus Hampl. Ensemble: Quartetto di Roma.
    • NAXOS.
  • Joseph Canteloube

    Jou l'pount d'o Mirabel (Chants d'Auvergne, Vol. 4, No. 1)

    Singer: Frederica von Stade. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antonio de Almeida.
    • SONY.

Broadcast

  • Sat 25 Mar 2023 13:00

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