Festival 2023
FESTIVAL 2023
7 – 10 September 2023
Natalie Clein Artistic Director
9 VENUES
IN PURBECK AND ACROSS DORSET
10 ARTISTS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD
4 DAYS
OF EXHILARATING LIVE MUSIC
VIDEOS GALLERY
PICMF 2023
Promotional Video
SCHUBERT
String Quintet in C Major, D.956 | PICMF 2023 | DORCHESTER MUSEUM
PHOTOS 2023
ARTISTS PICMF 2023
PROGRAMMES PICMF 2023
CONCERT 1
Forgotten Genius
Lulworth Castle Chapel
Thu 7th September 2023
3:00PM
Schubert Quartettsatz No12 D703
Danel Quartet
Glière Selection from duos for violin and cello
Natalie Clein cello, Nurit Stark violin
Gyorgy Kurtag Signs, games and messages
Natalie Clein cello, Nurit Stark violin
Weinberg Quartet No6 (1946)
Danel Quartet
CONCERT 2
She/Her/They
St George’s Church, Langton Matravers
Thu 7th September 2023
7:30PM
Madeline Dring Shakespeare songs
Kate Royal soprano, Marianna Shirinyan piano
Bosmans Sonata for violoncello & piano
with live painting of her portrait by Katharina Ziemke
Natalie Clein cello, Marianna Shirinyan piano
Clara Schumann Mazurka
Marianna Shirinyan piano
Younghi pagh-Paan Fanfarella for Solo violin
Nurit Stark violin
Amy Beach Piano Trio Op.150
Nurit Stark violin, Natalie Clein cello, Marianna Shirinyan piano
CONCERT 3
Conversations between ourselves
St Nicholas' Church, Studland
Fri 8th September 2023
11:00AM
Krasa Tanec Dance for String Trio
Nurit Stark violin, Vlad Bogdanas viola, Natalie Clein cello
Nurit Hirsh Mit farmakhte oygn (With Closed Eyes)
Vivi Lachs, singer Natalie Clein cello
Bela Bartok Duos for two violins
Marc Danel, Nurit Stark, violin
Yiddish folk song Shtil, die nacht is ojgesternt
Vivi Lachs, singer, Nurit Stark, violin, Vlad Bogdanas viola, Natalie Clein cello
Oliver Greif, Sonata for two cellos, “The Battle of Agincourt” Selected excerpts
Movement 3 (based on a Yiddish folk song) Shtil, die nacht is ojgesternt
Movement 4 Rondeau de la Belle Dame sans Merci!
Natalie Clein, Yovan Markovitch, cello
Book launch
London Yiddishtown
Dorset Museum, Dorchester
Fri 8th September 2023
5:00PM
Author and performer Vivi Lachs talks about her new book London Yiddishtown and performs related songs.
CONCERT 4
The voice of the soul
Dorset Museum, Dorchester
Fri 8th September 2023
7:00PM
Chausson Chanson perpétuelle
Kate Royal soprano, Danel Quartet
Ernest Bloch Three scenes from Jewish Life – Prayer, Supplication, Song
Natalie Clein cello, Marianna Shirinyan piano
Yiddish popular songs
Vivi Lachs London Bay Nakht (London At Night) by the poet Morris Winchevsky
Vivi Lachs Azoy geyt dos gelt avek (That’s the way the Money Goes) unkown author
Arn Nager Viktorye Park (Victoria Park) by songwriter Arn Nager
Vivi Lachs singer, Marianna Shirinyan piano
Ernest Bloch Nigun for violin and piano
Nurit Stark violin, Marianna Shirinyan piano
Schubert Song Meeres Stille
Kate Royal soprano, Marianna Shirinyan piano
Schubert String Quintet in C Major, D. 956
Danel Quartet, Natalie Clein cello
Free Family Concert
With Swanage Folk Festival
Sandpit Field, Swanage
Sat 9th September 2023
10:00am
Hungarian folk music by Marc Danel, Nurit Stark violin
Including Bela Bartok Duos for two violins
CONCERT 5
Solo
Saint Nicholas Church, Worth Matravers
Sat 9th September 2023
11.00am
Domenico Gabrielli Ricercari for solo cello
Natalie Clein cello
James Helgeson from Tierpark for solo cello
Natalie Clein cello
Bela Bartok Sonata for Solo Violin
Nurit Stark violin
CONCERT 6
Deception – a film and a concerto
The REX Cinema
Sat 9th September 2023
3.30PM
Korngold Cello Concerto Op.37
Natalie Clein cello, Marianna Shirinyan piano
Film showing of 1946 American film noir Deception with Bette Davis, music by Korngold
CONCERT 7
Forgotten memories
Priory Church of Lady St Mary, Wareham
Sat 9th September 2023
7.30PM
Kurt Weill Songs Youkali, Je ne t’aime pas, Buddy on the Night Shift, One life to live
Kate Royal soprano, Marianna Shirinyan piano
Josef Suk From Four Pieces for violin and piano, Op 17 un poco triste : andante Espressivo
Nurit Stark violin
Rebecca Clarke Viola Sonata
Cello & piano with live painting of her portrait by Katharina Ziemke
Natalie Clein cello, Marianna Shirinyan piano
Dvorak Piano Quintet No.1, Op.5
Danel Quartet, Marianna Shirinyan piano
CONCERT 8
Enduring voices
St James' Church, Kingston
Sun 10th September 2023
11.30AM
Schulhof Duo for Violin and Cello
Nurit Stark violin, Natalie Clein cello
Dick Kattenburg String Trio
Nurit Stark violin, Vlad Bogdanas, viola Natalie Clein cello
Mieczyslaw Weinberg Quartet No 16
Danel Quartet