#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalSummer Week 1

Summer is the time of music festivals, which is why the Classics a Day team opted to make it August's theme. The idea is to post performances from summer festivals, either past or present. Some of these events have been going on for decades (if not centuries) so there's a lot to choose from.

But there are also challenges with this theme. Not every festival shares its performances online. Some only offer promotional excerpts. Here are my posts -- of complete works -- from various festivals for week one of #ClassicalSummer

08/02/21 Interlochen, 2017

Nancy Stagnitta, flute, performs Christopher Rouse's Flute Concerto. The Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra was directed by Ara Sarkissian.

08/03/21 Tanglewood Music Festival, 1969

Eral Wild performs the Piano Concerto No. 1 of Xaver Scharwenka ith Eric Leinsdorf and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

08/04/21 Oregon Bach Festival, 2019

Helmut Rilling and the Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra perform Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

08/05/21 Colorado College Music Festival, 2018

A performance of Brahms' Academic Festival Overture with Scott Yoo conducting the Colorado College Music Festival Orchestra.

08/06/21 Three Choirs Festival, 2020

Samuel Hudson directs the Three Choirs Festival Virtual Choir in a performance of Antiphon by Ralph Vaughan Willams