Festival 2022
FESTIVAL 2022
1 – 4 September 2022
Natalie Clein Artistic Director
9 VENUES
IN PURBECK AND ACROSS DORSET
9 ARTISTS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD
4 DAYS
OF EXHILARATING LIVE MUSIC
VIDEOS GALLERY
PICMF 2022
Promotional Video
Bloch
Meditation hebraique | PICMF 2022 | Wigmore Hall
PHOTOS 2022
Credits : Keith Bridle Photography & Richard Wynn-Jones
ARTISTS PICMF 2022
PROGRAMMES PICMF 2022
CONCERT 1
Freedom through Form
Lulworth Castle Chapel
Thu 1st September 2022
5:00PM
Nurit Stark – violin | Max Baillie – violin & viola | Natalie Clein – cello
CONCERT 2
Pure Freedom
St Mary’s Church, Swanage
Thu 1st September 2022
7:30PM
Debussy Preludes From Book 2: Général Lavine Excentric – La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune – Ondine
Cedric Pescia – piano
Bach Cello Suite No.1 in G major
Natalie Clein – cello
Improvisation by festival musicians
Hayden Chisholm – saxophone | Max Baillie – violin & viola | Stephan Braun – cello
Poetry by Dave Neita
CONCERT 3
Peace is freedom
St Nicholas' Church, Studland
Fri 2nd September 2022
11:00AM
Hayden Chisholm – saxophone
Max Baillie – violin & viola
Stephan Braun – cello
CONCERT 4
Introducing the unique world of Deborah Pritchard
Fine Collection, Durlston Country Park
Fri 2nd September 2022
2:00PM
Natalie Clein in conversation with Composer Deborah Pritchard (pictures presented)
Pritchard Colour Circle – an improvisation on the graphic score presented by festival musicians
Pritchard Inside colour for solo violin
Max Baillie – violin
CONCERT 5
Frei aber Einsam (Free but lonely)
Dorset Museum, Dorchester
Fri 2nd September 2022
7:30PM
Bloch Meditation Hebraique (newly added)
Natalie Clein – cello | Cedric Pescia – piano
Schumann Intermezzo from FAE Sonata (Violin Sonata No.3)
Max Baillie – violin | Cedric Pescia – piano
Poetry by Dave Neita
Brahms Songs op 91
Ruby Hughes – soprano | Natalie Clein – cello | Cedric Pescia – piano
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Pritchard Radiance for cello solo (2022) / PICMF commission
Natalie Clein – cello
Schumann Piano Quartet No. 2 in E Flat Major op. 47
Nurit Stark – violin | Max Baillie – viola | Natalie Clein – cello | Cedric Pescia – piano
CONCERT 6 & 7
Intimate voices
Saint Nicholas Church, Worth Matravers
Sat 3rd September 2022
Concert 6 – 10.00am
Concert 7 – 11.30am
Bloch Solo Suite N.1 for solo violin
Nurit Stark – violin
Kurtag Solo violin Suite
Nurit Stark – violin
Bach Cello Suite No.5 in C minor
Natalie Clein – cello
CONCERT 8
The loss of freedom
St Edward's Church, Corfe Castle
Sat 3rd September 2022
6.00PM
Pritchard Storm Song for soprano, piano and cello text by Jeanette Winterson.
Commissioned by Natalie Clein and the University of Oxford for International Women’s Day 2017
Dave Neita new poem
Tavener Dante, Couplet and Boris Pasternak from Akhamatova Songs for voice and cello
Ruby Hughes – soprano | Natalie Clein – cello
Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Nurit Stark violin | Natalie Clein – cello | Cedric Pescia – piano
CONCERT 9
Parallel Worlds
St Edward's Church, Corfe Castle
Sat 3rd September 2022
8.30PM
Schubert Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock)
Ruby Hughes – soprano | Natalie Clein – cello | Cedric Pescia – piano
Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821
Natalie Clein – cello | Cedric Pescia – piano
Improvisation by festival musicians
CONCERT 10
Returning full circle
St James' Church, Kingston
Sun 4th September 2022
11.30AM
Bach Goldberg Variations arrangement for string trio
Nurit Stark – violin | Max Baillie – violin & viola | Natalie Clein – cello
Improvisation by festival musicians
CONCERT 11
Family concert Colour circle
St James' Church, Kingston
Sun 4th September 2022
14.15PM
Festival musicians come together to introduce young people and their family to the joy of live music.