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Our Concerts & Events – PAW 2024

We are delighted to be able to confirm the following events that will make up Purbeck Art Weeks Festival 2024. Keep an eye our for our website and the brochure for more information on how to book.

  • Saturday 25 May – St James’, Kingston at 6pm – In the Summertime… – Gawain Glenton, who has been to Purbeck before with the English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble and with I Fagiolini, returns with In Echo, an ensemble of cornettos, violins, viola, violone and organ, to open the Festival with a celebration of summertime, featuring virtuosic 17th century German music and the ensemble’s own take on Pachelbel’s famous Canon in D.
  • Bank Holiday Monday 27 May – Lady St Mary, Wareham at 6.30pm – From Venice (to Rome) With Love – I Fagiolini return to Purbeck to perform a little known four-choir mass by Benevoli, Carissimi’s beautiful oratorio, Jephtha, and some of Monteverdi’s greatest ensemble and solo works from Venice.
  • Wednesday 29 May – Conservative Club, Swanage at 6pm – The Changing Face of Beauty – illustrated talk by internationally renowned sculptor, Philip Jackson, exploring how concepts of beauty – both male and female – have evolved over the centuries.
  • Friday 31 May – St James’, Kingston at 6pm – Dawn Chorus – we welcome the Fieri Consort back to Purbeck with their magical programme of music inspired by birdsong, from the revolutionary songs of Monteverdi, Marenzio and de Wert to 20th century masterpieces by Vaughan Williams and Stanford.
  • Monday 3 June – Swanage, The Globe Inn – 7.30pm – open mic poetry night with The Purbeck Poets.
  • Wednesday 5 June – Encombe at 10.15 for 11.30 – a coffee concert – Joanna Shaw (flute), Miranda Fulleylove (violin) and Sebastian Comberti (cello) perform trios by Quantz, JC Bach and Haydn.
  • Friday 7 June – St Edward’s, Corfe Castle at 6pm – Lend us your Ears – Helen Charlston (mezzo soprano) and Toby Carr (lute) return with another lovely programme, this time of English songs from the 16th and 17th centuries to the world premiere of songs by contemporary composers, Anna Semple and Ben Rowarth.
  • Saturday 8 June  – Lady St Mary, Wareham at 6.30pm – Fading – The Gesualdo Six return to close the Festival with an achingly beautiful contemplative concert of music inspired by the ancient service of Compline, from the renaissance to the present day.

Stay tuned for updates on when tickets will be released and how to book.