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Clare Hammond – Shards of Hope

Clare Hammond (piano)

Location: St Mary’s Church, Wooler

Date/Time: Sunday 14 June 2026, 3.00pm

Shards of Hope

Frederyk Chopin
Barcarolle, Op.60

Grażyna Bacewicz
Sonatina

Sergei Rachmaninov
Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33

INTERVAL

Florence Price
Fantaisie Nègre No.1

Earl Wild
Three Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin

Michael Betteridge
Shattered Freedom, Shards of Hope*

Stravinsky
Suite from L’Oiseau de Feu (The Firebird)

*Shattered Freedom, Shards of Hope was co-created with participants at HMP Featherstone and composer Michael Betteridge and depicts a prisoner’s journey. Regardless of our situation, freedom is fragile. Once it is shattered, it takes work to rebuild a life from the shards.

VIDEO DOCUMENTARY AT 5.15PM

Clare Hammond and Michael Betteridge Project with participants at HMP Oakwood

At about 5.15pm, after Clare Hammond’s concert, we will show a video documentary of an identical project to the one co-created with prisoners at HMP Featherstone which features in Clare’s concert. This is open to all, free of charge, and the video lasts under half an hour. After the showing of the documentary, Clare Hammond will join us for a brief Q&A session.

This concert is supported by the Hadrian Trust and The Henfrey Charitable Trust

Tickets available on the door and online

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