TV Schedule for Stingray Classica
Wednesday, May 27th TV listings for Stingray Classica
Liszt's Concerto No. 1 & Mahler's Symphony No. 5
American "Conductor Laureate" Michael Tilson Thomas leads the London Symphony Orchestra in a programme of romantic masterworks. The concert opens with Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1, featuring the Czech pianist Lukáš Vondrácek as soloist.
Chopin Ballade No. 4, Op. 52
Roberto Prosseda performs Mozart's 'Piano Sonata No. 5' and 'Four Impromptus Op. 90' by Franz Schubert. The performance ends with Chopin's technically demanding 'Ballade No. 4, Op. 52'.
Closed - A Ballet from Real Life
Encounter four completely different people who, once a week, leave their everyday lives and get together in a closed café, where they get the opportunity and help to relax and momentarily distance themselves from reality.
The 12 Cellists of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded in the Philharmonie Berlin on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the ensemble.
Works by Bach, Bartók, and Brahms
Iván Fischer leads his Budapest Festival Orchestra in a programme consisting of works by J. S. Bach, Béla Bartók, and Johannes Brahms. The programme opens with Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048.
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.
The concert pays tribute to the renowned cellist Aleksandr Khramouchin. As part of this concert, pianists Martha Argerich and Khramouchin's widow Eliane Reyes perform Maurice Ravel's `Ma mère l'Oye'.
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
From the Semperoper Dresden: 'The Nutcracker' by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893). Choreographers: Aaron S. Watkin/Jason Beechey; conductor: Vello Pähn. With István Simon (Nutcracker/Prince) and Anna Merkulova (Marie).
Beethoven, Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Bernstein, plays the Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). Recorded live at the Vienna Musikvereinssaal.
Brahms - Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
On her 80th birthday, Argentinean pianist Martha Argerich explores chamber music repertoire featuring works by Mendelssohn, Janácek, Schubert and Brahms at Château de Chantilly, France.
Giuseppe Verdi's popular opera La traviata performed outdoors at the St. Margarethen Festival in 2008 by the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Ernst Märzendorfer.
J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
Herbert Blomstedt conducts the Gewandhaus Orchestra and Kammerchor for the last time as the Gewandhaus Music Director at the Leipzig Bachfest 2005. After seven successful years in Leipzig, the maestro performs J S Bach's Mass in B minor (BWV 232).
Discovering Masterpieces Debussy: La Mer
Claude Debussy's 'La Mer', masterpiece of suggestion and subtlety, richly depicts the ocean.
Stravinsky Le Sacre du Printemps
Few premieres will have been as troublesome as that of Igor Stravinsky's ballet `Le Sacre du Printemps'. The ballet tells the story of a young girl who literally has to dance herself to death as a sacrifice to the sun god.
IVC 2021 Semi-finals: Fauré, Tchaikovsky A. O
Tenor Zhuohan Sun and pianist Sara Pavlovic perform 'Ehetanzlied' from Alexander von Zemlinsky's Sechs Lieder und Gesänge, Op 10, 'Nell' from Gabriel Fauré's Trois mélodies, Op 18, and 'Net, tol'ko tot, kto znal'.
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
A music encounter between soprano Angelika Kirchschlager and jazz trumpeter Tomasz Stanko combines traditional holiday music with the spontaneity and freshness of jazz.
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 63
Iván Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra in a concert recorded at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall in Budapest, Hungary in 2015, opening with Sergei Prokofiev's Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op 34.
Brahms: A German Requiem, Op. 45
In this concert recorded in November 2016 at the magnificent Baroque basilica of Saint Florian, Austria - once the home of Anton Bruckner.
IVC 2021 Semi-Finals: Duparc, Schumann a. o
Geng Lee and Nils Basters perform works including Henri Duparc's 'Chanson Triste', 'Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen' from Robert Schumann's 'Dichterliebe', 'Litany' from John Musto's 'Shadow of the Blues', and Bart Visman's 'Vermeer's Gold'.
Modena and its opera tradition, derived from a long history with roots in the area's folk culture, are located with the region with the highest concentration of opera houses in the world.
Chopin - Polonaise-Fantaisie, op. 61
Pianist Maria João Pires performs the Polonaise-fantasy in A-flat major, Op 61 by the famous conductor, Frédéric Chopin. Composed in 1846, the piece is dedicated to a friend of the composer.
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
Dialogue between Zubin Mehta and the musicians as they explore Strauss' tone poem together.
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.
Les Dissonances: Mozart Gran Partita
Les Dissonances play Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Serenade No 10 for winds in B-flat major, K 361, also known as the 'Gran Partita'. The composition is written for twelve winds and double bass and consists of seven parts.
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.
Bach - Italian Concerto & Chaconne (arr. Busoni)
At one of Italy's oldest extant Renaissance theatres, the Teatro Olimpico in the northern Italian town of Vicenza, Costanza Principe performs Johann Sebastian Bach's 'Concerto Italiano' and 'Ciaccona', as transcribed for piano by Ferruccio Busoni.
The French soprano Hanna Bayodi and the Portuguese Ana Quintans join the Ricercar Consort today. The music is by maestro Couperin who, just prior to his death, had his printer's licence renewed in order to be able to publish all his music.
Mosaïque Project - Canadian Piano Quartets
Celebrating the diversity and richness of Canada through the eyes and ears of its people.