Lucie Skeaping reports from the festival held in the Dutch town of Utrecht. Today's programme includes Romantic songs on the theme of night; the sounds of the carillon imitated by Handel; ancient and exotic chant from Eastern Europe; and a dramatic Baroque oratorio based on the Old Testament story of Jephtha.

Schubert Nachtgesang im Walde, D913; Nacht und Traume, D827; Der Winterabend, D938;AufderBruck, D853 Christopher Genz (tenor), Kristian Bezuidenhout (piano), Netherlands Chamber Choir, conductor Marcus Creed Handel Or Let the Merry Bells Ring Round (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato) Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner Chant from a Dalmatian Monastery
Ensemble Dialogus/Katarina Livljanic Carlssimi Historiadi Jephte Monique
Zanetti, Francoise Masset and Raphaelle Kennedy (sopranos), Jean-Francois Lombard and Jean-Francois Novelli (tenors), Renaud Delaigue (bass), Les Paladins, conductor Jerome Correas