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Episode 2

Highlights from music festivals in Europe and North America. Including music by Schubert, Sibelius, Fazil Say, Beethoven, Handel, Stravinsky and Haydn.

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.

4 hours

Last on

Tue 14 Oct 2008 13:00

Broadcast

  • Tue 14 Oct 2008 13:00