TV Schedule for Stingray Classica
Monday, August 11th TV listings for Stingray Classica
Waldbühne 2004: Tchaikovsky Night
The Berliner Philharmoniker and Lang Lang under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle.
Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465
From the Rammenau castle, the Gewandhaus-Quartett performs Mozart's String Quartet No 19 in C major, K 465, a piece dubbed `Dissonance' because of its unusual introduction including dissonant notes preceding a brilliant allegro.
Ballet on Ice: Cinderella 2008
An interpretation of Cinderella in the form of theatrical ice dancing. Presents a twist on the classic folk tale by telling the story of a young dancer who is unexpectedly thrown into the spotlight.
Villa-Lobos String Quartet No. 9
Quarteto Radamés Gnattali performs Heitor Villa-Lobos's String Quartet No 9 at the Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janiero, Brasil. The ensemble was founded in 2006, specialises in Brazilian music, and focuses on educational activities.
Stravinsky, Webern and Debussy
Conductor Michel Tabachnik's ensemble focuses on one of the leading composers of modern music: Igor Stravinsky. His first ballet music, Firebird, is a highlight of the concert. The concert opens with Anton Webern's Five Pieces for Orchestra Op. 10.
Olivier Latry, current holder of the Great Organ of Notre Dame, plays Pierre Cochereau's Boléro, Louis Vierne's Carillon of Westminster and Scherzo.
Franz Liszt Competition 2017 - Semi Final II
Ayumu Yamanaka (1988, Japan) performs `La lugubre gondola' (S134bis), `Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth', (S382bis) and `Die drei Zigeuner' (S383) during semi-final II (chamber music) of the 11th International Franz Liszt Piano Competition.
On September 19, 2012, Liège, reopened its Opera house. The season opens with Stradella, the uncompleted work of the youth of the composer César Franck, who was born and raised in Liège.
Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements
Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Berliner Philharmonic during the 2008 edition of the Europakonzert, held in the renowned hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow.
On 18 December 2017, the Valerius Ensemble played a Christmas concert in Concordia, Enschede. The ensemble consists of Robert Windak (violin), Annemarie van Vliegen (violin), Eva Šušliková (viola) and Réne Geesing (cello).
Verdi La Traviata
Alfredo Germont has met his femme fatale in the body of the rich and famous courtesan Violetta. When he is invited to one of her parties, he does not waste a second letting her know he loves her.
Legato: World of the Piano Pierre-Laurent Aimard
French master pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard performs excerpts from Bach's 'The Art of Fugue', Carter's 'Matribute', 'Two Diversions' and 'Caténaires', George Benjamin's 'Shadowlines' and Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 31.
Behind the Scenes Zurich Opera House
Behind the scenes at the Zurich Opera House, one of the most renowned in Europe, where fifteen premiers are staged each year. An insight into the curtain to understanding an opera house's many exciting facets.
Dvorák - Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53
For the 2016 edition of the Waldbühne, the Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili and the Québécois conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin join the Berliner Philharmoniker for a beautiful concert.
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.
Schumann - Faschingsschwank aus Wien, op. 26
Schwarz performs Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op 26 (Carnival Scenes from Vienna). Schumann composed most of the work during his stay in Vienna in 1839, where he wrote the first four movements.
Rolando Villazon: One Night in Berlin
French-Mexican tenor Rolando Villazón is accompanied by the Südwestdeutsche Kammerphilharmonie Konstanz, performing a colourful recital from the Berliner Philharmonie in 2006.
Haydn Symphony No. 94, Hob. I:94
Mariss Jansons conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in a performance of Joseph Haydn's `Symphony No. 94 in G major' at their European Concert in 2001 at the church Hagia Eirene in Istanbul, Turkey.
Beethoven : Quatuors à cordes nos 3, 8 et 11
Renowned French string quartet, Quatuor Ébène, mark the 250th birth anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven by recording all of the composer's 16 string quartets. Five years of effort culminate in a performance at Philharmonie de Paris.
J.D. Heinichen - Magnificat in A
Patrick Debrabandere conducts the Vox Mago chamber choir in a performance of JD Heinichen's Magnificat in A.
From 28 August to 6 September 2015, the Early Music Festival Utrecht focused on `England, My England'. On the basis of the festival theme, presenter Lex Bohlmeijer takes the viewer in a two-part journey through England.
Liszt: Aida (From Parafrasi da opere)
Daniel Barenboim performs Liszt's `Aida' at Milan's La Scala opera house in 2007.
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
Bruckner Symphony No. 5
Bruckner's Fifth Symphony has been called `the Medieval' because of its multi-layered, Baroque, contrapuntal tonal textures and `the Catholic' because of its solemn majesty.
Piano Duets - Mozart, Ravel, Rachmaninoff a. o
Russian pianists Nikolay Lugansky and Vadim Rudenko join forces in a program for two pianos comprising works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Maurice Ravel, Anton Arensky, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Nikolai Kapustin.
Excerpts of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Brandenburg Concertos' are performed by the Freiburger Barockorchester, under the baton of Gottfried von der Goltz.
Bach Sonata No. 2 BWV 1015
Johann Sebastian Bach probably wrote this set of six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord during his time as chapel master in Köthen. Presumably, he wrote these sonatas for Prince Leopold and later adapted them for further use in Leipzig.
Leonard Bernstein, David Bowie, Bill Clinton, and Mikhail Gorbachev have all narrated the symphonic fairy tale `Peter and the Wolf', composed by Sergei Prokofiev in 1936. Every character is illustrated by a different instrument with its own theme.
Josquin: Missa L'homme Armé Sexti Toni
Josquin des Prez used the same melody twice to compose masses. Lionel Meunier, Marco Mencoboni and Katharina Bäuml perform the second of these compositions: `L'homme armé sexti toni'.