FLORA AND FAUNA

Ely Sinfonia

The Isle of Ely Arts Festival presents

Clare Hammond, pianist

FLORA AND FAUNA

A colourful and inspired musical journey in celebration of the Isle of Ely Arts Festival

Franz Schubert                                 Four Impromptus, opus D899

Felix Mendelssohn                          Presto from The Bee’s Wedding

Edmund Finnis                                 Youth

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov               Flight of the Bumble-bee

Claude Debussy                               Selection from Préludes

Ewan Campbell                                Flight of the Killer Bee

Igor Stravinsky                                 Trois mouvements de Petroushka

 Acclaimed as a pianist of “amazing power and panache” (The Telegraph), Clare Hammond is recognised for the virtuosity and authority of her performances and has developed a “reputation for brilliantly imaginative concert programmes” (BBC Music Magazine, ‘Rising Star’).  In 2016, she won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s ‘Young Artist Award’ in recognition of outstanding achievements.

Tonight she takes us on a colourful and inspired musical journey in celebration of the Isle of Ely Arts Festival, with works from Schubert, Mendelssohn and Rimsky-Korsakov.