Afternoon on 3 - Summer Festivals 2008 - Episode 2

Highlights from the rich variety of music festivals that took place in Europe and North America in summer 2008. Presented by Louise Fryer. Schubert: String Quartet in C minor, D703 (Quartettsatz) Cuarteto Casals: Vera Martinez Mehner (violin) Abel Tomas Realp (violin) Jonathan Brown (viola) Arnau Tomas Realp (cello) From the Schubertiade, Austria. Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47 Hrachya Avanesian (violin) Gulbenkian Orchestra Joana Carneiro (conductor) Euroradio Youth Concert, Portugal. Fazil Say: Summertime-Fantasy, improvisation on Summertime by Gershwin; Alla turca, improvisation on Mozart's Turkish March; Rhapsody in Blue Fazil Say (piano) From the Musica Mundi Festival, Belgium. Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A, Op 92 Orchestre National de France Kurt Masur (conductor) From the Paris Beethoven Cycle. Handel: Clori, Tirsi et Fileno, HWV 96 Roberta Invernizzi (soprano) Yetzabel Arias Fernandez (soprano) Romina Basso (contralto) Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord) La Risonanza Fabio Bonizzoni (conductor) From Saint-Michel en Thierache Early and Baroque Music Festival, France. Stravinsky: Petrushka (1911 version) Mariinsky Orchestra Valery Gergiev (conductor) From Mikkeli Music Festival, Finland. Haydn: String Quartet in G, H III 41 (Russian) Cuarteto Casals: Vera Martinez Mehner (violin) Abel Tomas Realp (violin) Jonathan Brown (viola) Arnau Tomas Realp (cello) From the Schubertiade, Austria.