Some other participants are the Chamber Music Theater of Moscow with Stravinsky's opera ''The Rake's Progress,'' Consortium Musicum of London, the A Cappella Choir of Riga, the Bartok Quartet, the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra of Budapest, the Chamber Orchestra of the Landes Theater of Dessau, the Halle Philharmonia, the Radio Symphony Orchestras of Leipzig and Berlin, the Collegium Instrumentale of Halle, the Chamber Orchestra of the Staatskapelle, Weimar, and the Telemann Chamber Orchestra of Blankenburg, which is offering an all-Telemann concert on June 16. Other dance companies are the Netherlands Dance Theater of The Hague; Les Ballets Suedois; the Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation of New York, the Dance Theater of Wuppertal and Kei Takei's Moving Earth from New York. Among the world premieres scheduled at the Holland Festival are Andriessen's ''The Time'' and works by three winners of the 1980 Music Theater Contest: Kessner's ''The Telltale Heart,'' Alexandra's ''Die Schneekonigin'' and McQueen's ''Mirrors of the Truth.'' This is the first season of the Corfu Festival, organized by the Prime Minister of Greece, George Rallis, and Dino Yannopoulos, director of the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia. Wallonia Festival July 4 to Oct. 27. The contemporary works are Aulis Sallien's ''Dies Irae,'' Edwin Roxburgh's ''The Rock'' and Knud Jeppesen's ''Te Deum Danicum'' and new works by Pierre Villette, Jean Langlais and Jonathan Harvey. A parade, music and plenty of sales are all on tap for this year's Town and Country Festival to be . Among ensembles participating will be the Spanish National Choir and Orchestra, the Paris Orchestra under the direction of Daniel Barenboim, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the Clemencic Consort and the Trio of Madrid. Tickets: from $5 to $26. Among participating ensembles are the Darmstadt Kantori, the Troels Svendsens Baroque Ensemble, the Ensemble Quadro and vocal and instrumental soloists accompanied on the Buxtehude organ by the organist Birgit Marcussen and others. Concert Series. The open-air theater seats 4,300, and an indoor theater seats 1,800; a common foyer serves both. The Wurzburg Philharmonic, the Wurzburg Wind Soloists, the Orchestra of the Academy of Music Wurzburg and the Koeckert Quartet all join in the celebration. ''Das Rheingold'' is schedudled on June 9, ''Die Walkure'' on June 10, ''Siegfried'' on June 12 and ''Gotterdammerung'' on June 14. It reflects trends in orchestral, choral and chamber music, and this year includes performances of Elgar's ''The Apostles,'' Liszt's ''Missa Solemnis,'' Mahler's ''Resurrection Symphony,'' Berlioz's ''Grande Messe des Morts'' and Handel's ''Messiah,'' which will be performed with early instruments. Zubin Mehta is the conductor for Wagner's ''Die Gotterdammerung,'' and Luciano Berio takes over that duty for Monteverdi's ''Orfeo.'' Tribute will also be paid to Modest Mussorgsky on the 100th anniversary of his death. Held in the Theater Royal of Waterford, the festival boasts 14 different companies in competition for the Waterford Glass Trophy, which is presented at the theater. Tickets: from $8.50 to $28. Berlin Festival Weeks Sept. 2 to Oct. 8. Leonie Rysanek will perform five of her major roles during the Vienna Festival and make a rare concert appearance at the Flanders Festival in Ghent, Belgium. Tickets: from $3 to $17. We are officially the first summer festival in (Lenawee) County and the surrounding counties. THE Town and Country Festival at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire is set to attract over 100,000 families from all over the Midlands during the Bank Holiday weekend from August 24 to 26. The Bach offering will be under the direction of Enoch Zu Guttenberg with the Neubeuern Chorus and the Bavarian Chamber Orchestra. Hugo von Hofmannsthal's ''Everyman'' is presented in Cathedral Square. See Ya There! After making its debut as an international festival last year, the Madeira Bach Festival is expanding its second season by including composers other than Bach. Tickets: from $12.50 to $136. "ZriCarneval" | zuerich.com Tickets: from $2.30 to $14. There is no cost to enter. Opera presentations are given in the Wurzburg Opera House. 1 for Cello and Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra. One performance of each of the operas is scheduled at the Lyons Festival in France. Orchestras this year are the London Philharmonia conducted by Riccardo Muti and Simon Rattle, the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado, the Dresden Staatskapelle conducted by Herbert Blomstedt, the Frankfurt Symphony conducted by Eliahu Inbal and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Looking for festivals events in Town and Country? Events and activities over the weekend include: Experts DirectoryTelephone ListingsCommunications OfficePress and Media RelationsImage LibraryUniversity ProfileSocial Media, University of WarwickCoventryCV4 7ALUnited KingdomTel: +44 (0)24 7652 3523Fax: +44 (0)24 7646 1606. Giving recitals will be Miss Horne, Miss Ricciarelli and Valerie Masterson, and an early evening series called ''An Hour With '' will present Dimitri Kavrakos, Barry McCauley, Max-Rene Cosotti, Ellen Shade, Malcolm King, Marie-Christine Porta, Faith Esham and Paolo Martinelli. Under the patronage of Mrs. Carmen Romano de Lopez Portillo, Mexico's first lady, the Cervantes Festival is a showcase for Mexican performers including the Ballet Folklorico of Mexico, the National Dance Company and the Mexico City Philharmonic. Tickets: from $30 to $70. Visiting orchestras and ensembles are the Austrian Radio Symphony conducted by Gustav Kuhn with the soloists Ernst Kovacic, violin, and Heinrich Schiff, cello, and the chamber group I Virtuosi di Roma, which performs at the Theater am Kornmarkt. On Aug. 8 a performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony can be heard in the arena, and the ballet ''Don Quixote'' will alternate with opera during the latter part of August and into September. 6:15pm "Get Your Art On" Kiddie Parade w/Lil'Royalty As Grand Marshal's (Line-Up @ 6pm) East of United Church Parade Route on Troendle St. SW . One especially notable event appearing on the list for the first time is the Cervantes Festival, which takes place in the colonial silver town of Guanajuato, north of Mexico City. Events are scheduled for such spots in the city as the Jerusalem Theater, the Khan Theater, Sultan's Pool and the Y.M.C.A. Todays queens pageant has a candy theme, and Greg Bell Chevrolet is sponsoring the festivals Power Wheels mud drags and poker run, both taking place Saturday. Registration for the cornhole games can be made by calling Deryl Clark at 517-403-7045. Website. Heidelberg Castle Festival July 25 to Aug. 30. Great choral works are performed in St. David's Cathedral. ''West Side Story,'' will be performed at the Athens, Bregenz and Macerata festivals, and ''My Fair Lady,'' at the Vienna Festival. Others include Zoot Sims, Illinois Jacquet, Arnette Cobb, Bud Freeman, Vic Dickenson, Gus Johnson, Shelly Manne, Cedar Walton, Bob Haggart, Mel Torme, Jimmy Witherspoon, Bunny Briggs, Teddy Gibbs and Lightn' Hopkins. Attending a music festival in a foreign land offers a special combination of experiences that can enhance both the pleasure of listening and the adventure of traveling. The festival committee is a group of community volunteers and is always looking for additional members and new ideas. Among recitalists will be Montserrat Caballe, Narciso Yepes, Krystian Zimerman, Montserrat Torrent, Jose Manuel Azcue and Maria Teresa Martinez. Veranstaltungskalender | Standort Zrcher Unterland Another unusual work debuts at the Holland Festival with the world premiere of ''The Slungels,'' in which the title characters are robots that share the stage with human actors. This year the opera is ''Idomeneo.'' The Zurich Country Fair, 4th Weekend in July! Mozart Festival, Augsburg May 16 to 23. Some other visitors to the festival will be the Welsh National Opera, the Berlin Symphony, the City of London Sinfonia, the Amadeus String Quartet and the Northern Ballet Theater. In addition, the concert halls and jazz clubs offer concerts every night. The Wurzburg Mozart Festival dates from the early 1920's. Georg Philipp Telemann, whose 300th birthday is being celebrated this year, is represented by his opera ''Der Geduldige Sokrates,'' and several other works including ''Die Tageszeitgen'' and ''Der Tag des Gerichts,'' the latter a presentation by the Berlin Song Academy, are planned. The royal . The festival closes with Beethoven's ''Missa Solemnis'' conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini. The music performed at these festivals is derived from Gregorian chants and European traditional songs. Among participating ensembles will be the Lindsay String Quartet, the Takaschi Quartet and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. The Varna State Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Ivan Marinov, with soloists Julia Wiener, soprano, Rositzza Trojeva-Mirtcheva, mezzo-soprano, Dimiter Berov, tenor, and Stefan Dichliev, bass, perform the Verdi ''Requiem'' and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, and Mikhail Pletniov, winner of the 1978 Tchaikovsky piano competition, will give a concert on Aug. 29. A symposium on contemporary music theater offers the participation of Rolf Liebermann, Goetz Friedrich and Rudolf Noelte, and there is a literature symposium with Gunter Grass, Max Frisch and Luise Rinser. The biggest and best day for festival fun and attractions is Saturday, he added. Strasbourg Festival June 18 to July 3. Performances of music from the Baroque era are presented each year in the theater of Schwetzingen Palace near Heidelberg, built from 1746 to 1752 and seating 465. Tickets: from $2.20 to $15. Most performances are held in a gigantic tent in the Porticada Plaza, but some are presented in the cathedral and churches in the city and others are given in Santillana del Mar and Torrelevega, two nearby towns. The fireworks show . Guest soloists include Nathan Milstein, Daniel Barenboim and Rudolf Nureyev, who appears as guest artist with the Stuttgart Ballet Company, which is presenting ''Bluebeard's Castle,'' ''The Bourgeois Gentleman'' and other works. The Finnish National Opera presents Peter Maxwell Davies's opera ''The Lighthouse,'' with the Fires of London and soloists. Tickets: from $1.20 to $6. Open mic jam provides a platform for local musicians, singers and performers to showcase their talents on the festival's main stage from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Friday, June 16. Tickets: Tourist Information am Schloss, Neue Schloss-Strasse 54, D-6900, Heidelberg, West Germany. Musical variety continues with the world premiere of Friedrich Cerha's ''Netzwerk,'' a musical and theatrical ''action'' for 24 musicians, one baritone, one high soprano, five speakers and one ''motion group'' at the Theater an der Wien. First staged in 1969, this festival takes place in the lakeside resort town of Ossiach and the nearby spa of Villach, in Austria's southern Alpine province of Carinthia on the Venice-Salzburg route. In other cases, it is often possible to obtain a ticket for standing room an hour or so before performance time. Others taking part include the Light Blues, the Endellion String Quartet, Benny Green and Jonathan Miller, the Scottish Ballet and the Sussex Opera, which will present Benjamin Britten's ''Peter Grimes.'' Performances are given at the Abbey Church of Ossiach and the Conference Center in Villach. Other participants will be the Verkhovina Ciscarpathian Song and Dance Ensemble, the Mriya Ensemble and the State Dance Ensemble of the Ukraine. A parade will start at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. We all try to help and pitch in when we can.. The Wilanow String Quartet, the National Philharmonic of Warsaw and Pro Cantione Antiqua will also participate. This season, they are Mozart's ''The Magic Flute,'' Verdi's ''Don Carlos'' and Wagner's ''The Flying Dutchman.''. Besan,con Festival Sept. 3 to 20. Concerts, operas, ballet and theater are all part of the Lausanne Festival, which opens with Haydn's oratorio ''The Creation,'' performed by the Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne with soloists and combined choirs of the Radio Swiss Romande and Pro Arte Choir, conducted by Armin Jordan. Glimpse on countryside life - traditional ales, displays of country crafts, home-made cakes and teas. An international festival that concentrates on contemporary music, Warsaw Autumn is in its 25th year. Barbados Carifesta July 19 to Aug. 3. Inlets, coves and beaches encircled by the Preseli Hills make this festival area particularly appealing. Proms '81, Jerusalem June 24 to July 2. The cellists will perform with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Ulf Sederblom. Other events will be symphony concerts, ballets and plays. The Town & Country Fall Festival is an annual Forgottonia event held in Bushnell, IL at the beginning of the school year in late summer/early fall and is open to the public. The opening concert is given in the Basilica by the Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra conducted by Maurice Andre.
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