HUNDREDS of people packed out venues at this year’s Purbeck Chamber Music Festival.
Organisers have hailed it one of the music highlights of the year, with performances of chamber music written by Elgar, Bach, Brahms, Mozart, Schoenberg and Beamish to name a few.
Festival spokesman Charlotte Heath said: “The concerts were full to capacity and in some cases spilled out – but what could be better than listening to the magic of a Bach unaccompanied cello suite, sitting in the soft early autumn sun at Durlston Park.”
The festival’s artistic director this year was Poole-born cellist Natalie Clein.
Another popular element of the four-concert festival, run at selected Purbeck venues during late August, was Natalie’s masterclass for three talented young Dorset cellists.
Next year’s festival is already being planned for September 4-6.
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