Description
This album represents a deeply personal and creative collaboration between Clare Hammond and composer Kenneth Hesketh, spanning over a decade.
This album, Hände - Music for Piano, represents a deeply personal and creative collaboration between Clare Hammond and composer Kenneth Hesketh, spanning over a decade. The collection includes works written specifically for Hammond, as well as earlier compositions, all of which showcase Hesketh's intricate and imaginative style. Exploring themes of life, death and memory, the album includes pieces dedicated to loved ones and inspired by literature and visual art. Hammond's dynamic playing and Hesketh's rich, multi-layered compositions create a compelling and unique musical experience, inviting the listener to discover new depths with each encounter.
Track Listing
- Poetic Conceits (2006) for piano: I. Epigram
- Poetic Conceits (2006) for piano: II. Of Silence and Slow Time
- Poetic Conceits (2006) for piano: III. Epigraph
- Poetic Conceits (2006) for piano: IV. Cold Pastoral
- Poetic Conceits (2006) for piano: V. Mad Pursuits
- Poetic Conceits (2006) for piano: VI. Epitaph
- Pour Henri (2011) for piano
- Heu, heu, heu (2012) for piano
- Hände (2015) for piano
- Chorales and Kolam (2019) for piano
- Lullaby of the Land Beyond (2018) for piano
- Auszüge aus einem kleinen Totenbuch (2023) for piano
Additional Details
Label: Paladino Music
Genre: Contemporary Instrumental
Run Time: 70:29 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 12/06/24
UPC: 9120040737375

