TV Schedule for Stingray Classica
Saturday, September 6th TV listings for Stingray Classica
Abbado conducts Mahler and Schönberg
The programme is introduced with a short documentation about Schönberg's Pelleas et Melisande, based on a text by Claudio Abbado. Every musical theme relates to a special colour appearing on screen.
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.
The Royal Ballet Flanders performs Ravel, a programme which remains a source of inspiration for many choreographers. Cherkaoui and rising talent Verbruggen take their vision of Ravel's music to the stage with the Ballet Flanders.
J. S. Bach - Arias, Solos, and Duets
Baritone Matthias Goerne teams up with violinist Vilde Frang, cellist Nicolas Altstaedt, flautist Stathis Karapanos, and harpsichordist Michaela Hasselt for a performance dedicated to the music of Bach.
The spectacular and decadent world of The Babylon Hotel, where music pours out of every crevice like bubbling champagne.
Pierre Boulez: A Life For Music
A year after the death of Pierre Boulez, the French Institute invites Prague director and producer Reiner Moritz to talk about the life and work of this French composer, pianist and conductor.
Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Op. 125
Claudio Abbado conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's `Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125' to commemorate the anniversary of the orchestra's founding on 1 May 1882.
A visualisation that breathes new life into Holst's classic work. Specially shot footage intercut with performance, this creates worlds to complement the musical masterpiece.
Von Zemlinsky: Clarinet Trio; Op. 3
The Valerius Ensemble, consisting of Jorge Gaona Ros (clarinet), Ksenia Kouzmenko (piano) and René Geesing (cello) plays Von Zemlinsky's Klarinet Trio, Op 3. It was recorded in Concordia, Enschede, on February 18, 2018.
Bellini/Liszt - Réminiscences de Norma S.394
Minsoo Hong performs Liszt's `Sposalizio' from `Années de Pèlerinage: Deuxième Année' and Bellini/Liszt's `Réminiscences de Norma' during the Solo Finals of the 11th International Franz Liszt Piano Competition, held in Utrecht in 2017.
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
Handel Agrippina
Schwetzingen is a tiny town near Heidelberg which has a famous palace with magnificent gardens, not unlike those at Versailles.
Waldbühne 2002: Night of the Encores
In front of a cheering audience, Mariss Jansons conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker and violinist Vadim Repin as part of an evening devoted to the most popular encore compositions at the Walbühne in Berlin.
Discovering Masterpieces Symphonie Fantastique
This `Fantastic Symphony' is widely regarded as one of the most important and representative pieces of the early Romantic period. Leonard Bernstein once called it the first musical expedition into psychedelia because of its dream-like nature.
Tchaikovsky Romeo & Juliet: Fantasy Ouverture
Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink starts the Berlin Philharmonic's 1993 European Concert with Tchaikovsky's `Fantasy Overture' from Roméo et Juliette at hte Royal Albert Hall in London.
CMIM Voice 2022 Final: Valerie Eickhoff
Mezzo-soprano Valerie Eickhoff performs `Deh, per questo istante solo' from Mozart's `La clemenza di Tito', `Vois sous l'archet frémissant' from Offenbach's `Les contes d'Hoffmann', and `Una voce poco fa' from Rossini's `Il barbiere di Siviglia'.
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 40
Fabio Luisi conducts the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in this powerful performance taken from the 150th Anniversary celebrations of Denmark's national composer, Carl Nielsen.
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 26
W. A. Mozart composed his Piano Concerto in D Major, KV. 537 in Vienna in February 1788. This concerto was later nicknamed Coronation because Mozart played it in October 1790 when Leopold II was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Frankfurt am Main.
Debussy La Mer
Claude Debussy's symphonic sketches for orchestra known collectively as `La Mer' evoke a richly varied vision of the sea.
Lucerne Festival: Abbado Conducts Mahler No. 1
Claudio Abbado conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1. The principal motif of this symphony, Like a cry of Nature, gave the Lucerne Festival 2009 its central theme.
IVC 2021 Semi-Finals: Wolf, Debussy a. o
Soprano Sophia Burgos and pianist Daniel Gerzenberg perform works including Bart Visman's `Vermeer's Gold', `Nixe Binsefuss' from Hugo Wolf's `Mörike-Lieder', and `C'est l'extase langoureuse' from Claude Debussy's `Ariettes oubliées'.
Discovering Masterpieces Concerto for Orchestra
An audio-visual concert guide to Bela Bartok's `Concerto for Orchestra'.
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 21 - III
Julijana Sarac performs the third movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's `Piano Sonata No 21'. The work was completed in 1804 and is considered one of Beethoven's most technically challenging piano sonatas.
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
Ladies First: From Marian Motet to Love Song
From the Virgin Mary to Joan of Arc and Christine de Pisan: in this programme medieval woman appears in all her guises in music by Baude Cordier, Gilles Binchois and Johannes Ghiselin, among others.
This episode of the series 'In the Artist's Workshop' features a masterclass by French classical pianist Philippe Cassard in the works of Claude Debussy.
Brahms Symphony No. 4 Op. 98
The 2007 Europa-Konzert takes place in Berlin, on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the Berliner Philharmoniker. Under the theme The Year 1882.
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73
The Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim and Claudio Abbado star at the Europakonzert 1994 in Meiningen, Germany, performing Ludwig van Beethoven's `Piano Concerto No. 5' and Johannes Brahms' `Symphony No. 2'.
IVC 2019 Final: Schubert, Schumann e.a.
Soprano Harriet Burns and pianist Ian Tindale perform works including Franz Schubert's `Verklärung', Clara Schumann's `Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen', and `L'heure exquise' from Reynaldo Hahn's `Chansons Grises'.
`I puritani', a bel canto opera stamped with vocal and orchestral writing of intoxicating beauty and dramatic intensity by Bellini. Set in England in the Civil War period after Oliver Cromwell's triumph, it involves romantic and political intrigues.