Festival 2025 – Programme & Tickets
Natalie Clein cello & artistic director
Ruby Hughes soprano
Julius Drake piano
Trio con brio Copenhagen:
Soo-Jin Hong violin / Soo-Kyung Hong cello / Jens Elvekjaer piano
Mirijam Contzen violin
Gareth Lubbe viola
Joe Browne violin, saxophone
Milos Milivojevic accordion
Selene Munoz dance
Kate Kennedy author
CONCERT 1
Love of the cello
Fine Gallery, Durlston Country Park
Thursday 4 September 2025
3:00PM
Free entry to 25 year old and under. Thanks to the CAVATINA ticket scheme.
Johann Sebastian Bach Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV1008
Cheryl Frances-Hoad Through Silence to Sound
Natalie Clein, cello
Kate Kennedy, author
This performance blends narrative and music, telling the stories of cellos lost and found. The stories are drawn from Kate Kennedy’s book Cello: A Journey through Silence to Sound
Concert without interval
Ends c.4:10PM
CONCERT 2
‘Agape’ and more…
Priory Church of Lady St Mary Wareham
Thursday 4 September 2025
7:30PM
Free entry to 25 year old and under. Thanks to the CAVATINA ticket scheme.
Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
Soo-Kyung Hong, cello / Jens Elvekjaer, piano
Prokofiev Four Pieces from “Romeo and Juliet”
(arr. by Trio con Brio Copenhagen)
Trio con Brio Copenhagen
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Tchaikovsky Nocturne in D minor op.19 no.4
Natalie Clein, cello / Jens Elvekjaer, piano
Arensky String Quartet No. 2, Op. 35
Mirijam Contzen, violin / Gareth Lubbe, viola / Soo Kyung Hong, Natalie Clein, cello
Concert with interval
Ends c.9:30PM
CONCERT 3
Partnerships
Saint Peter’s Church, Church Knowle
Friday 5 September 2025
11:00AM
Free entry to 25 year old and under. Thanks to the CAVATINA ticket scheme.
Ravel Sonata for violin and cello
Mirijam Contzen, violin / Natalie Clein, cello
Mozart Duo for violin and viola in B flat K424
Mirijam Contzen, violin / Gareth Lubbe, viola
Bach Inventions BWV 772-801 in viola & cello arrangement
Gareth Lubbe, viola / Natalie Clein, cello
Concert without interval
Ends c.12.00PM
CONCERT 4
‘Storge’
Priory Church of Lady St Mary Wareham
Friday 5 September 2025
19:30PM
Free entry to 25 year old and under. Thanks to the CAVATINA ticket scheme.
Clara Schumann three Romances
Mirijam Contzen, violin
Joseph Joachim from Hebrew Melodies
Natalie Clein, cello / Julius Drake, piano
Brahms Songs Op. 91 Zwei Gesänge
Ruby Hughes, soprano / Natalie Clein, cello / Julius Drake, piano
Schumann Kinderszenen Op. 15
Julius Drake, piano
Dvorak ‘Songs my mother taught me’ (Kreisler arrangement)
Mirijam Contzen, violin / Julius Drake, piano
Schumann Piano Quartet in E♭ major, Op. 47
Trio con Brio Copenhagen / Gareth Lubbe, viola
Concert with interval
Ends c.9:10PM
CONCERT 5
The Joy of Solitude
St Nicholas’ Church, Studland
Saturday 6 September 2025
11.00AM
Free entry to 25 year old and under. Thanks to the CAVATINA ticket scheme.
Bach Partita and Chaconne in D minor for solo violin BWV 1004
Mirijam Contzen, violin
Stravinsky Elegie for solo viola
Gareth Lubbe, viola
Improvisation
Gareth Lubbe, viola / Joe Browne, saxophone
Bach Cello Suite no. 6 in D major BWV 1012
Natalie Clein, cello
Concert without interval
Ends c.12.00PM
CONCERT 6
Colours of the Romantic Soul
Priory Church of Lady St Mary Wareham
Saturday 6 September 2025
2:30PM
Free entry to 25 year old and under. Thanks to the CAVATINA ticket scheme.
Deborah Pritchard Couleurs d’un rêve (world première)
Natalie Clein, cello / Julius Drake, piano
Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39
Ruby Hughes, soprano / Julius Drake, piano
Concert without interval
Ends c.3:30PM
CONCERT 7
Eros, Mania, Nostalgia
Priory Church of Lady St Mary Wareham
Saturday 6 September 2025
7:30PM
Free entry to 25 year old and under. Thanks to the CAVATINA ticket scheme.
Ligeti Solo Cello Sonata arranged for two cellos and dancer
Soo-Kyung Hong, cello / Natalie Clein, cello / Selene Munoz, dance
Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor Op. 50
Trio con Brio Copenhagen
Tango extravaganza
Milos Milivojevic, accordeon / Natalie Clein, cello / Gareth Lubbe, viola / Mirijam Contzen, violin / Joe Browne, saxophone / Selene Munoz, dance
Concert with interval
Ends c.9:05PM
PUB SESSION
Square & Compass
The Square & Compass - Worth Matravers
Saturday 6 September 2025
from 9:30PM
Festival Musicians
CONCERT 8
Beyond definitions
St James' Church, Kingston
Sunday 7 September 2025
11:30AM
Free entry to 25 year old and under. Thanks to the CAVATINA ticket scheme.
Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Natalie Clein, cello / Selene Munoz, dance
Beethoven String Trio in G major Op. 9 No. 1
Mirijam Contzen, violin / Gareth Lubbe, viola / Natalie Clein, cello
Concert without interval
Ends c.12:40PM