Afternoon on 3 - Summer Festivals 2008 - Summer Festivals 2008

Highlights from music festivals that took place in Europe and North America in summer 2008. Presented by Louise Fryer. Strauss: Serenade; Festmarsch; Arabian Dance; Little Song of Love RIX Piano Quartet From the 2008 Cesis Arts Festival, Latvia. Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto in D, H VIIb 2 Steven Isserlis (cello) Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra Jaap van Zweden (conductor) From the Robeco Summer Series, Amsterdam. Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (Act 1) Hans Sachs ...... Franz Hawlata (bass-baritone) Walther von Stolzing ...... Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor) Sixtus Beckenmesser ...... Michael Volle (bass) Eva ...... Michaela Kaune (soprano) Veit Pogner ...... Artur Korn (bass) Kunz Vogelgesang ...... Charles Reid (tenor) Konrad Nachtigall ...... Rainer Zaun (bass) Fritz Kothner ..... Markus Eiche (bass) Balthasar Zorn ...... Edward Randall (tenor) Ulrich Eisslinger ...... Hans-Jurgen Lazar (tenor) Augustin Moser ...... Stefan Heibach (tenor) Hermann Ortel ...... Martin Snell (bass) Hans Schwarz ...... Andreas Macco (bass) Hans Foltz ...... Diogenes Randes (bass) David ...... Norbert Ernst (tenor) Magdalene ...... Carola Guber (soprano) A Nightwatchman ...... Friedemann Rohlig (bass) Bayreuth Festival Chorus Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Sebastian Weigle (conductor) From Bayreuth Festival. Anna Bon: Sonata No 4 in D for flute and harpsichord CPE Bach: Trio in D, Wq 94 La Stagione From the Mozart Festival, Augsburg, Germany.