What 9th-century German composer conceived and promoted the idea of a special festival to showcase his own works, in particular his monumental cycle that is an opera in three acts that is loosely based on "Parzival" by Wolfram von Eschenbach?
Bayreuth Festival The Bayreuth Festival (German: Bayreuther Festspiele ) is a music festival held annually in Bayreuth, Germany, at which performances of operas by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner are presented. Wagner himself conceived and promoted the idea of a special festival to showcase his own works, in particular his monumental cycle "Der Ring des Nibelungen " and "Parsifal".
Tallis Festival The Tallis Festival, hosted by Exmoor Singers of London, forms the Tallis Festival Choir for just one weekend every 12 to 18 months. The Festival always includes Thomas Tallis' Spem in Alium for 40-part choir, but in addition has commissioned new 40-part works by modern composers, as companion pieces to Spem in Alium. In 2007 the Festival was recognised by the BBC for its contribution to new music and highlights from the Festival were broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 28 October 2007.