TV Schedule for Stingray Classica
Wednesday, September 9th TV listings for Stingray Classica
The Galileo Project: Music of the Spheres
The Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, also known simply as Tafelmusik, is a Toronto-based Canadian baroque orchestra, specialised in early music.
Misha Fomin at the Concertgebouw
Misha Fomin in concerto from the Concertgebouw.
Mahler -- Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)
Recorded at the Rheingau Musik Festival in Eberbach Abbey.
Iván Fischer conducts Daniel Hope and the Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin in a tribute performance to violinist Yehudi Menuhin, on the occasion of his centenary.
Liszt -- Elegies No. 1 and 2 (S. 130 & 131)
Italian cellist Silvia Chiesa and Italian pianist Maurizio Baglini perform Franz Liszt's 'Two Elegies for cello and piano', plus a recital of works by Ferruccio Busoni, Frédéric Chopin and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Accompanied by the original music of Tchaikovsky and choreographed by Tony Mercer, the Imperial Ice Stars interpret the Swan Lake ballet.
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 2, Op. 17
The Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote his second symphony in 1872. The première was an instant success and the joyful composition won the favour of 'The Five'.
Sinding -- Serenade in A Major, Op. 92
Violinists Francesca Dego and Domenico Nordio and pianist Andrea Bacchetti perform Serenade in A major, Op. 92 by Norwegian composer Christian Sinding. This performance was recorded at Teatro Comunale Città di Vicenza, Italy, on December 2, 2013.
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
Tchaikovsky Iolanta
'Iolanta' and 'Perséphone' - a double bill consisting of two stage works that represent an ideal of beauty, poetry and hope form this new production in Madrid from the Teatro Real.
Grieg's Piano Concerto & Beethoven Symphony No. 7
Conductor Jan Latham-Koenig leads the Flanders Symphony Orchestra in a concert recorded at Concertgebouw Brugge, Belgium, on 21 April 2016. Opening with Felix Mendelssohn's concert overture Die Hebriden, Op 26 (The Hebrides).
For Misha Mengelberg, the forgetting has begun. The Dutch composer and grand duke of jazz has become submerged in dementia, ending his life as a musician. In 2013, at the London jazz club Vortex, he says his goodbyes to the international stage.
Dvorák - Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
Soviet-born conductor Semyon Bychkov leads the Czech Philharmonic and London Voices in a concert at the Rudolfinum, Dvorák Hall. Featuring Luciano Berio's Sinfonia for eight voices and orchestra and Antonín Dvorák's Symphony No 7 in D Minor, Op 70.
Schumann - Fantasie in C, Op. 17
After recording all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas to celebrate the composer's 250th birthday, celebrated Italian pianist Riccardo Schwartz decided to record solo piano works by Robert Schumann. His Fantasie in C, Op. 17, was written in 1836.
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
Mozart -- Requiem in D Minor, K. 626
Daniel Harding leads the Orchestra and Choir of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and four vocal soloists in a magnificent performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem in D minor, K. 626.
Stravinsky Le Sacre - II : Le Sacrifice
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.
Arvo Pärt based his Kanon Pokajanen (from 'Canon of Repentance to Our Lord Jesus Christ', 1995-97) on the canon of repentance as handed down in the earliest Slavic-Christian manuscripts, dating back to the sixth century after Christ.
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.
A portrait of the composer Charles Ives. Ives was among the first American composers to achieve international acclaim. Born in 1874, he experimented with advanced features including polytonality, twelve-tone technique, and quarter tones.
Nine Symphonies That Changed the World
Following Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra on tour as they perform Beethoven's nine symphonies, highlighting music's unique ability to bring people together, both on stage and in the audience.
Beethoven -- String Quartet No. 5, Op. 18, No. 5
French quartet Quatuor Ébène perform Beethoven's 'String Quartet No 5 in A major', 'String Quartet No 4 in C minor, Op 18, No 4', and 'String Quartet No 12 in E-flat major, Op 127'.
Beethoven, Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 with The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen conducted by Paavo Järvi - recorded at the 2009 Beethoven Festival in Bonn, the birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven.
Mosaïque Project - Canadian Piano Quartets
Celebrating the diversity and richness of Canada through the eyes and ears of its people.
Conrad van Alphen conducts Sinfonia Rotterdam, recorded in De Doelen, Rotterdam, in 2018. Alvaro Siviero is the soloist in Grieg's Piano Concerto No. 1, and closes his performance with 'Dansa do Índio Branco' by Villa-Lobos.
Belgian conductor Jos van Immerseel leads Anima Eterna Brugge in a concert dedicated to American composer George Gershwin. Opening with Gershwin's symphonic suite Catfish Row (arr Steven D Bowen).