#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalSummer Week 4, 2021

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 from various festivals for week four of #ClassicalSummer

08/23/21 Pärnu Music Festival, 2016

Valse triste by Jean Sibelius is performed by the Estonian Festival Orchestra, conducted by Paavo Jarvi.

08/24/21 George Enescu International Festival 2015

Francesco Landini's "Ecco la Primavera" performed by the Madrigal National Choir directed by Anna Ungurenau.

08/25/21 Glyndebourne 1992

Nettuno s'onori from Mozart's "Idomeneo" is sung by the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, directed by Bernard Haitink.

08/26/21 The Grange Festival, 2019

Stephanie True sings "Se guinge un dispetto" from Handel's Agrippina

08/27/21 York Early Music Festival, 2015

The Nexus Baroque perform Tarquino Merula"s "La Treccia." This was part of the festival's young artist competition.