Festival 2024

FESTIVAL 2024

29 August – 1st September 2024

Natalie Clein Artistic Director

4 VENUES

IN PURBECK AND ACROSS DORSET

12 ARTISTS

FROM AROUND THE WORLD

4 DAYS

OF EXHILARATING LIVE MUSIC

VIDEOS GALLERY – coming soom

9

PICMF 2023

Promotional Video

8

SCHUBERT

String Quintet in C Major, D.956 | PICMF 2023 | DORCHESTER MUSEUM

PHOTOS 2024

ARTISTS PICMF 2024

Natalie Clein cello & artistic director

Lotte Betts Dean mezzo soprano

Henning Kraggerud violin

Alma Kraggerud violin

Priya Mitchell violin

Aoife Ní Bhriain violin

Nurit Stark violin

Brett Dean viola

Tatu Kauppinen cello

Einav Yarden piano

Speakers

Judge Theodore Meron
Robert Rinder

PROGRAMMES PICMF 2024

CONCERT 1

Tales from the enchanted forest

St Mary’s Church, Swanage

Thu 29th August 2024

7:00PM

Tickets £30/£10 (students & universal credit)
Free entry to 25 year old and under. Thanks to the CAVATINA ticket scheme.

Kraggerud “Tales from the enchanted forest“
Alma Kraggerud violin, Franz Kraggerud cello, Hector Kraggerud piano

Improvisation by Aoife Ní Bhriain, Henning Kraggerud and Festival performers including Natalie Clein

Schubert Excerpt from Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in A minor, D. 821 (2nd & 3rd mov)
Tattu Kauppinen cello, Einav Yarden piano

Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102 No. 2
Natalie Clein, cello, Einav Yarden, piano

Dvořák Silent Woods Op. 68
Kiki Skinner cello, Einav Yarden piano

Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Alma Kraggerud, violin, Henning Kraggerud, viola, Franz Kraggerud, cello, Hector Kraggerud, piano

 

CONCERT 2

Cell’Ode to Joy

St Nicholas' Church, Studland

Fri 30th August 2024

11:00AM

Tickets £22/£10 (students & universal credit)
Free entry to 25 year old and under. Thanks to the CAVATINA ticket scheme.

Bach Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
Natalie Clein, cello

Gubaidulina Preludes for solo cello
Tatu Kauppinen, cello

Bach Cello Suite No. 4 in E♭ major, BWV 1010
Tatu Kauppinen, cello

Bach Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011
Natalie Clein, cello

Arlen Somewhere over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz, arr. for cello duet by Levent Altuntas
Kiki Skinner, Natalie Clein, cello

EVENT 3

In Conversation with Rob Rinder 

St Mary’s Church, Swanage

Fri 30th August 2024

5:30PM

Tickets £15. (Can also be booked with Concert 4 (see Concert 4 details below)
Free entry to 25 year old and under. Thanks to the CAVATINA ticket scheme.

Why is music important in our lives?

Natalie Clein talks with Rob Rinder

CONCERT 4

Beginnings

St Mary’s Church, Swanage

Fri 30th August 2024

19:00PM

Tickets £30/£10 (students universal credit).
£34 ticket including 5:30pm talk (event 3)
Free entry to 25 year old and under. Thanks to the CAVATINA ticket scheme.

Beethoven Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat major
Nurit Stark, Natalie Clein, Einav Yarden

Improvisation
Henning Kraggerud & Aoife Ní Bhriain, violin

Stuart MacRae Chaidh mo Dhonnachadh ‘na bheinn
Lotte Betts Dean, Priya Mitchell, Tatu Kauppinen

Schumann songs from ‘Frauenliebe und -leben‘
Lotte Betts Dean mezzo soprano, Einav Yarden, piano

Mendelssohn String Quintet No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 87
Priya Mitchell, Aoife Ní Bhriain, Henning Kraggerud, Brett Dean, Natalie Clein

CONCERT 5

Violin Extravaganza

Saint Peter’s Church, Church Knowle

Sat 31st August 2024

11.00AM

Tickets £22/£10 (students universal credit)
Free entry to 25 year old and under. Thanks to the CAVATINA ticket scheme.

Mozart String Duo No. 1 in G major for violin and viola K. 423
Priya Mitchell, violin & Henning Kraggerud, viola

Irish folk fiddle improvisation – Aoife Ní Bhriain, violin

Rosza Sonata for 2 violins Op. 15
Aoife Ní Bhriain & Nurit Stark, violin

Veress Sonata for Solo Violin
Nurit Stark, violin

CONCERT 6

Fathers and their children

St Mary’s Church, Swanage

Sat 31st August 2024

4:00PM
(One hour long no interval)

Tickets £22/£10 (students & universal credit)
Free entry to 25 year old and under. Thanks to the CAVATINA ticket scheme.

Improvisation by Henning Kraggerud & Alma Kraggerud, violin

 

Ralph Vaughan-Williams Three Vocalises: Prelude

Sally Beamish Buzz

Lotte Betts Dean, mezzo soprano, Brett Dean, viola

 

JS Bach Fantasy from the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor BWV 903

CPE Bach Fantasia in E flat major, Wq. 58/6

CPE Bach Sonata in C minor, Wq. 65/31  

Joseph ‘Papa‘ Haydn Sonata in D major sonata Hob XVI/24

Einav Yarden, piano

EVENT 7

In Conversation with Judge Theodore Meron 

St Mary’s Church, Swanage

Sat 31st August 2024

6:00PM

Tickets £15. (Can also be booked with Concert 4 (see Concert 8 details below)
Free entry to 25 year old and under. Thanks to the CAVATINA ticket scheme.

Natalie Clein talks with Judge Theodore Meron about his life experience and love of music, especially Schubert

CONCERT 8

“ Youth and experience – joy and reflection “

St Mary’s Church, Swanage

Sat 31st August 2024

7:30PM

Tickets £30/£10 (students & universal credit)
£34 ticket including 6:00pm talk (event 7)

Free entry to 25 year old and under. Thanks to the CAVATINA ticket scheme.

Schubert String Trio in B-flat major, D. 581
Nurit Stark, Henning Kraggerud, Natalie Clein

Brett Dean “I Starred Last Night, I Shone” World Premiere
(new version for mezzo soprano and string trio)
Lotte Betts Dean, Nurit Stark, Brett Dean, Natalie Clein

Schubert Auf dem Strom D. 943 Op. 119
Lotte Betts Dean, Natalie Clein, Einav Yarden

Mendelssohn String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
Henning Kraggerud, Alma Kraggerud, Aoife Ní Bhriain, Priya Mitchell, Nurit Stark, Brett Dean, Natalie Clein, Tatu Kauppinen

CONCERT 9

Friendship through generations

St James' Church, Kingston

Sun 1st September 2024

11:30AM

Tickets £25/£10 (students & universal credit)
Free entry to 25 year old and under. Thanks to the CAVATINA ticket scheme.

Concert dedicated to Tony Viney

Dvořák Selection from 4 Romantic pieces Terzetto For 2 Violins and Viola In C, Op. 74, B. 148 – Scherzo
Henning Kraggerud, Alma Kraggerud, violin, Nurit Stark, viola

Schumann Mary Stuart songs Op. 135 for string quartet (arrangement Brett Dean)
Lotte Betts Dean and string quartet

Mendelssohn String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
Henning Kraggerud, Alma Kraggerud, Aoife Ní Bhriain, Priya Mitchell, Nurit Stark, Brett Dean, Natalie Clein, Tatu Kauppinen