Clare Hammond, the pianist on this album, is acclaimed as a "pianist of extraordinary gifts" and "immense power" and won the Royal Philharmonic Society's Young Artist Award in 2016.
Interpretation
Pianist Clare Hammond's playing style has influenced how composer Kenneth Hesketh writes for the piano, creating a unique musical symbiosis between them.
Compositional Technique
In the piece Hände, the pianist uses knitting needles to strike strings, performs prepared techniques inside the piano, and plays on a set of six desk bells.
Compositional Technique
In Auszüge aus einem kleinen Totenbuch, the pianist strikes a Tibetan prayer bowl, plucks strings inside the instrument, and uses an EBow to sustain notes indefinitely.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Kenneth Hesketh's work is characterized by a fascination with entropy, mutation, and existentialism, combined with an interest in formal design influenced by labyrinths and mazes.
Composition History
The piece Hände for piano was commissioned with support from the Britten-Pears Foundation, Hinrichsen Foundation, and RVW Trust, premiering at the Cornerstone Festival in Liverpool in 2015.
Recording & Production
This album gathers works written for Clare Hammond by Kenneth Hesketh over the past eight years, along with two earlier miniatures and his six-movement Poetic Conceits, which predates their friendship.
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