Afternoon on 3 - Summer Festivals 2008 - Episode 7

Ian Skelly presents highlights from the rich variety of music festivals that took place in Europe and North America in summer 2008. Janacek: String Quartet No 2 (Intimate Letters) Bennewitz String Quartet From the Reggio Emilia String Quartet Competition, Italy Smetana: Dreams Jitka Cechova (piano) From the Smetana Litomysl Festival, Czech Republic Gluck: Orphee et Eurydice Orphee ...... Stefano Ferrari (tenor) Eurydice ...... Maria Riccarda Wesseling (mezzo-soprano) Amour ...... Magali Leger (soprano) Les Elements Chorus Le Cercle de l'Harmonie Jeremie Rhorer (conductor) From the International Baroque Opera Festival, Beaune, France Mozart: Piano Concerto in D, K537 Chamber Orchestra of Europe Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano/director) From the Styriate Festival, Austria Schubert: Winterreise (Parts 1-4) Matjaz Robavs (baritone) Edoardo Torbianelli (piano) From the Radovljica Festival, Slovenia Strauss: Metamorphosen Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) From the Wartburg Eisenach Festival, Germany.