A collaboration in music and film between concert pianist Clare Hammond and legendary filmmakers the Quay Brothers, renowned for their haunting, surreal animations.
Searching, striving, in flux: as humans, we are continually on the move, whether driven by necessity or the hope of a better future. Centred on Rachmaninov’s impassioned Second Piano Sonata, Roam brings together music by Frédéric Chopin, Dmitri Shostakovich, Sofia Gubaidulina, Grażyna Bacewicz and Nikolai Medtner, exploring how composers have responded to revolution, war and political repression.
Hammond’s live performance unfolds alongside a specially commissioned film from the Quay Brothers, creating an immersive journey through doubt and fear, strength and resolve.
The programme lasts an hour without interval and has been developed in collaboration with Professor Philip Bullock as part of Oxford University's Schwarzman Centre Cultural Programme. It receives its World Premiere in Oxford on 23 February 2027. Read more and book tickets here.
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