TV Schedule for Stingray Classica
Sunday, March 1st TV listings for Stingray Classica
`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.
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.
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite No. 2
Iván Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra in a concert recorded at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall in Budapest, Hungary in 2015. The concert opens with Sergei Prokofiev's Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op 34.
Schumann - Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13
Schwartz presents Schumann's Symphonic Etudes, Op 13. Composed between 1834-37, the work began as a theme and a set of sixteen variations. The theme had been composed by Baron von Fricken, an amateur musician and father of Ernestine von Fricken.
Throughout the centuries, the Italian city of Naples has proved to have a remarkably favourable climate for artistic innovation.
Berlioz : Symphonie fantastique, op. 14
Conductor Eduard Topchjan leads the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, Op 14. Berlioz wrote the piece of program music in 1830 while still a conservatory student.
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.
Beethoven - Last Sonatas, Op. 109, 110 & 111
Beethoven's last three sonatas explore the intimate meanders of the human soul, from despair to transfiguration. Director Mariano Nante explores them, setting pianist Alexandre Tharaud in a film inspired by the universe of Tarkovski.
Schumann - Fantasiestücke, Op.12
A performance from the 25th anniversary edition of the Verbier Festival, Seong-Jin Cho pays tribute to Debussy on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the French composer's death.
Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor
Speranza Scappucci leads the Philharmonia Zürich and the Chorus of the Opernhaus Zürich in a performance of Gaetano Donizetti's opera `Lucia di Lammermoor'. The work tells the story of Lucia as she falls in love with Edgardo, her family's enemy.
Waldbühne 2003 - A Gershwin Night
Seiji Ozawa and the Berliner Philharmoniker perform works by George Gershwin, with the special guest of the night: the outstanding US-American Marcus Roberts Trio.
The Boy With the Wig: Kids on Mozart
The Boy with the Wig: Kids on Mozart explores children's fascination with the composer. The 30-minute film features boys and girls aged between eight and eleven recounting his life through humour and serious interpretations of Mozart's biography.
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).
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'.
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
The German Brass ensemble delivers some of Bach's most popular tunes in breathtaking brass arrangements. Recorded live from the magnificent St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, this concert features timeless pieces by the legendary German composer.
Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218
Les Dissonances play Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Violin Concerto No 4 in D major, K 218. Leading violinist Grimal features as the soloist. Les Dissonances is a conductorless ensemble, consisting of musicians from prestigious European orchestras.
Tales of Two Cities: The Leipzig-Damascus Coffee House
The Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, alongside the Trio Arabica, celebrate the music and culture of eighteenth-century coffee houses in Leipzig and Damascus. They perform works by Bach, Telemann and Handel as well as classical Arabic music.
Telemann - Der am Ölberg zagende Jesus, TWV 1: 364
Philippe Jaroussky sings Bach and Telemann in a portrait of a very special vocalist, and of two exceptional composers.
Napoli - Music's forgotten capital
In the summer of 2019, the Utrecht Early Music Festival explored the musical legacy of Naples: a cultural metropolis of contradiction and solidarity.
Featuring a performance of Alban Berg's Piano Sonata, originally published in 1910.
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
Olivier Latry, current holder of the Great Organ of Notre Dame, plays Pierre Cochereau's Boléro, Louis Vierne's Carillon of Westminster and Scherzo.
Villa-Lobos String Quartet No. 16
Quarteto Radamés Gnattali performs Heitor Villa-Lobos's String Quartet No 16 at the Palácio das Laranjeiras in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. The ensemble was founded in 2006 and consists of Carla Rincón and Francisco Roa.
Beethoven -- Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68
Swiss conductor Philippe Jordan and the Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris recorded all of Ludwig van Beethoven's symphonies in 2014-2015. Jordan conducts Beethoven's Symphony No 6 in F major, Op 68.
Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book III
British tenor Paul Agnew Agnew leads Les Arts Florissants in the madrigals of `Book III'. Published in 1592, the book contains twenty madrigals for five voices. This performance was recorded at the Cité de la musique in Paris, France in 2012.
Piano Works by Scriabin, Berg & Beethoven
The Italian pianist Roberto Prosseda is particularly noted for his performances of newly discovered works by Felix Mendelssohn. Moreover, Prosseda is particularly praised for his interpretations of Mozart.
Shostakovich -- 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87
English-French pianist David Levy performs Dmitri Shostakovich's `24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87'. The work is a set of twenty-four pieces for piano, one in each of the major and minor keys of the chromatic scale.