BBC Radio 3 at the Summer Festivals Radio 3 is travelling around the UK this summer to capture the great concerts, recitals and operas from many of the UK's leading classical music festivals. Find out more details of our broadcasts below or via the links on the right-hand side of the page.  The Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music15 May - 21 May. Including concerts from Collegium Vocale Ghent, Musica ad Rhenum and Concordia broadcast in Performance on 3 and the Early Music Show  The Bath International Music Festival21 May - 7 June. Highlights include Radio 3 broadcasts of concerts by trumpeter Alison Balsam, the Great Voices of Bulgaria choir and pianist Yevgeny Sudbin.  The Hay Festival22 May - 1 June. Including Sir Thomas Allen with a programme of French songs, the Gould Piano Trio and former Radio 3 New Generation Artists, the Psophos Quartet.  The Spitalfields Festival2 - 20 June. An eclectic mix of music from Spitalfields reflecting the nature of the festival - a Chinese inspired music-drama and a modern take on music hall.  Wyastone Summer Series6 June - 19 July. Vocal highlights include Katerina Karneus and Florilegium - with a programme of works written for famous castrato Farinelli.  Aldeburgh Festival13 - 19 June. String quartet and piano works from the Belcea Quartet and Imogen Cooper. Steven Isserlis and Thomas Ades's programme includes Debussy, Ravel and Janacek.  Mananan Festival15 - 29 June. Artists recorded for Radio 3's Lunchtime Concert include the Carducci Quartet, Patricia Rozario, Cedric Tiberghien and Tasmin Little  St Magnus Festival20 - 25 June. Ilya Gringolts' programme includes the premiere of Maxwell Davies's violin sonata. Other music comes from the Nash Ensemble, Tenebrae and organist Gillian Weir.  BBC Proms 200818 July - 13 September. The 114th year of the BBC Proms includes 76 concerts at the Royal Albert Hall plus chamber concerts and Proms in the Park. Every Prom is live on Radio 3.  City of London Festival20 June - 10 July. Radio 3 New Generation Artists take centre stage in a series of Lunchtime Concerts recorded for broadcast early in 2009.  York Early Music Festival3 - 12 July. A series of concerts recorded for broadcast on Radio 3's Early Music Show. Highlights include the Choir of New College Oxford and works by Dufay from La Reverdie.  Cheltenham Festival4 - 19 July. Including Haydn and Schubert from pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin, and a folk extravaganza from the Manchester Camerata at the Town Hall.  Brinkburn Festival4 - 6 July & 11 - 13 July. The Gabrieli Consort, mezzo-soprano Daniela Lehner and the Pavel Haas Quartet all give concerts at this beautiful 12th Century Northumbrian Priory.  Edinburgh Festival8 - 31 August. 'Artists without borders' is this year's theme and Radio 3's extensive coverage reflects the wide range of great music on offer with broadcasts throughout September. New Generation Artists Scheme
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