Afternoon on 3 - Summer Festivals 2008 - Episode 1

Highlights from the rich variety of music festivals that took place over summer 2008 in Europe and North America. Presented by Louise Fryer. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 Alexandre Tharaud (piano) Les Violons du Roy Bernard Labadie (conductor) From Domaine Forget International Festival, Canada Arvo Part: Salve regina Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Chorus Paul Hiller (director) From St John's Church, Tallinn, Estonia Glazunov: Interludium in modo antico, No 3; Valse, No 4; All' ungharese, No 5 (Novelettes, Op 15) St Petersburg String Quartet: Alla Aranovskaya (violin) Alla Krolevich (violin) Boris Vayner (viola) Leonid Shukayev (cello) From Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Germany Schoenberg: Gurrelieder Valdemar ...... Stig Fogh Andersen (tenor) Tove ...... Eva Johansson (soprano) Waldtaube ...... Randi Stene (mezzo-soprano) Peasant ...... Carsten Stabell (bass) Klaus Narr ...... Andreas Conrad (tenor) Narrator ...... Dietrich Henschel Estonian National Male Chorus Collegium Musicum Chorus Norwegian Army Band, Bergen Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Andrew Litton (conductor) From Bergen Festival, Norway.