Afternoon on 3 - European Summer Festivals 2007 - Episode 1

Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Live from Wigmore Hall in London, Verity Sharp introduces a recital in which Radio 3 New Generation Artist cellist Danjulo Ishizaka is joined by pianist Markus Schirmer in two central works of the cello repertoire. Beethoven: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 5, No 2 Brahms: Cello Sonata in E, Op 38 2.00pm Summer Festivals The first week of highlights from Festivals held around Europe this summer, starting with a performance of Beethoven's 5th Symphony by musicians from all over the continent under the banner of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Plus Stravinsky from Finland's Avanti! Festival, Reger from the Lahti Organ Festival, Messiaen from the Gergiev Festival, Schubert's Quartetsatz from the Schubertiade, Dvorak from Verbrier Festival and the Latvian Radio Choir singing Ligeti at the Baltic Sea Festival. Beethoven: Symphony No 5 in C minor Chamber Orchestra of Europe Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) Stravinsky: 3 Japanese Lyrics Rosemary Hardy (soprano) Avanti! Reger: Fantasia and Fugue on B-A-C-H David Goode (organ) Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F Dresden Staatskapelle Kai Vogler (conductor/violin) Schubert: String Quartet in C minor (Quartettsatz) Artemis Quartet Messiaen: L'Ascension Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Valery Gergiev (conductor) Ligeti: Lux aeterna Latvian Radio Chorus Sigvards Klava (conductor) Medtner: Violin Sonata No 1 in B minor Dmitri Makhtin (violin) Boris Berezovsky (piano) Dvorak: Carnival Overture UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra Zubin Mehta (conductor).