TV Schedule for Stingray Classica
Sunday, May 4th TV listings for Stingray Classica
Wagner Das Rheingold
`Das Rheingold' is the prologue to Wagner's Ring Cycle, and opens up the rich world of gods, dwarves, giants, dragons and humans that the story inhabits.
British tenor Paul Agnew leads Les Arts Florissants in the madrigals of `Book I'. Published on New Year's day of 1587, it consists of seventeen madrigals for five voices. This performance was recorded at the Cité de la musique in Paris, 2011.
Brahms Symphony No. 3, Op. 90
Greek conductor Teodor Currentzis leads his ensemble MusicAeterna alongside Austrian-Moldovan violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja in a performance showcasing young, accomplished and energetic musicians.
Beethoven Diabelli Variations
Music publisher Anton Diabelli spent most of 1819 collecting money to help families that had lost their sons or fathers in the wars. He wrote a theme, hoping 51 composers would be willing to write variations to, with the intention of publishing.
Emmy-award winning film following the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. Founded by conductor Daniel Barenboim, it unites young Arab and Jewish musicians, surmounting traditional prejudices.
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
From the Festspielhaus Baden Baden: L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love) by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848). Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado.
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
Johann Sebastian Bach craved a career change in 1721. Wishing to join the court of Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg, Bach presented him with six new concertos in the hopes of securing a position.
J. S. Bach - Jesu, Meine Freude, BWV 227
Five-strong vocal ensemble amarcord is joined by an extra alto and two soprano voices for an unusual concert at Leipzig's St. Thomas Church.
A four-act tragic opera by German-born composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. Written for the French stage, the work's premiere in 1779 at the Parisian Royal Academy of Music was a great success.
To transcend the political and ideological divides between their respective countries, Daniel Barenboim, an Argentinian Jew, and Edward Said, a Palestinian philosopher and Christian, created the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.
Behind the Scenes Teatro Regio Torino
Behind-the-scenes of the Teatro Regio Torino and bearing witness to the enviable reputation that has prevailed since its opening in 1740. It is both a symbol of excellence and a prestigious stage hosting operas, ballets, concerts, and musicals.
Beethoven - Violin Concerto, Op. 61
Bernard Haitink conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker at the Easter Festival in Baden-Baden, 2015, featuring Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Concerto, Op 61. The award-winning Isabelle Faust is the soloist.
Hildegard von Bingen - Chants Selection
Over the course of eleven days in August 2020, the French town of Rocamadour hosted the fifteenth edition of Festival de Rocamadour, a music festival dedicated to sacred music from the classical, baroque, and romantic periods.
PIAM Semi-Final I: Chopin and Scriabin
Pianist Micah McLaurin performs pieces by Frédéric Chopin and Alexander Scriabin at Teatro EDI Barrio's in Milan in January 2020 as part of the first edition of the Premio Internazionale Antonio Mormone competition.
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
Mozart, Symphony No. 38, K. 504
Gerd Albrecht conducts the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie in a performance of W A Mozart's Prague Symphony No 38 (K 504).
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3, K. 216
The Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink opens the Berlin Philharmonic's Europakonzert at the Royal Albert Hall in London with Tchaikovsky's `Fantasy Overture' from Roméo et Juliette.
Works by Haydn, Mozart and Saint-Saëns
Italian cellist and conductor Enrico Bronzi leads the Orchestra da Camera di Perugia in this intimate concert at the magnificent Basilica di San Pietro in the Italian city of Perugia, recorded on September 27, 2021.
CMIM Voice 2022 Semi-Final: Arvid Fagerfjäll
Baritone Arvid Fagerfjäll (Sweden, 1991) performs 'Chanson à boire' from Édouard Lalo's Chansons pour voix et piano, Op. 17; 'Was in der Schenke waren Heute' from Hugo Wolf's Goethe-Lieder.
This is a review of what television brought to musical life over the years, from formats such as "Last Night of the Proms" or the New Year's Concert to building priceless archives with Stravinsky conducting his own Firebird.
Schumann - Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 14
Evgeny Kissin enchants with a magnificent piano recital of works by Chopin, Schumann, and Debussy at the 25th anniversary edition of the Swiss Verbier Festival in 2018, on the centennial of Debussy's death.
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
Although the great Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi applied unsuccessfully to study at the Milan Conservatory, this renowned college of music was eventually named after him.
Beethoven - String Quartets Nos. 1, 9 & 10
Renowned French string quartet Quatuor Ébène marked the 250th birth anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) with a remarkable project: recording all of the great composer's sixteen string quartets.
Lang Lang - The Third Dimension
Chinese pianist Lang Lang performs some of the greatest works in the piano repertoire at Berghain in Berlin in 2010. The concert program includes the first movement of Piano Sonata No 23, opus 57, called Beethoven's Appassionata.
Schumann - Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
The concert pays tribute to the cellist Aleksandr Khramouchin who passed away on May 13, 2023. Martha Argerich, Tedi Papavrami and Yossif Ivanov, Lyda Chen-Argerich, and Jing Zhao perform Robert Schumann's `Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op 44'.
Saint-Saëns - Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 22
Pianist Mikhail Pletnev is accompanied by the Russian National Orchestra led by Kirill Karabits in a performance of Camille Saint-Saëns's Piano Concerto no. 2, Op. 22.
A Mozart Celebration From Berlin
Performed in the grandeur of Berlin's foremost opera house, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, the `Mozart Celebration' is dedicated to the life's work of the famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.