TV Schedule for Stingray Classica
Thursday, October 22nd TV listings for Stingray Classica
Featuring a performance of Mahler's 'Symphony No. 9', a profoundly emotional and technically complex work from 1909-1910, characterised by its sprawling, late-Romantic style, exploring themes of human experience, love, and existential questions.
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.
Sergei Prokofiev based his ballet 'Romeo and Juliet' on William Shakespeare's famous play of the same name, telling the story of two young lovers from the feuding families Montague and Capulet.
Mosaïque Project - Canadian Piano Quartets
Celebrating the diversity and richness of Canada through the eyes and ears of its people.
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 & Symphony No. 35
Stefano Conticello leads the Orchestra of Teatro Comunale di Bologna in a Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart program. The concert opens with the overture from Mozart's popular opera 'The Magic Flute'.
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.
Debussy La Mer
Claude Debussy's symphonic sketches for orchestra known collectively as 'La Mer' evoke a richly varied vision of the sea.
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
Chopin: Piano Concertos No. 1 & No. 2
Antoni Wit conducts the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra in performances of Chopin's Piano Concertos No 1, Op 11 and No 2, Op 21. Soloists are Nikolai Demidenko and Evgeny Kissin.
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15
Martha Argerich performs her signature piece with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra under the baton of Swedish conductor Herbert Blomstedt. This performance was recorded at the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre in Switzerland.
Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 21
Conductor Antoni Wit leads the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra in delivering a performance featuring a piano concerto by Frédéric Chopin, a celebrated Polish composer of the Romantic period.
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
Beethoven: Symphonies and Piano Concerto No. 4
Opening with the composer's Symphony No 1 in C major, Op 21. Afterward, Fischer conducts Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4 in G major, Op 58, in which Richard Goode features as the soloist.
Welser-Möst conducts Farrenc, Ravel & Mussorgsky
Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Music Center in Cleveland in 2023. On the programme are Louise Farrenc's 'Symphony No. 3, Ravel's Piano Concerto in G' and Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition'.
In Rehearsal Esa-Pekka Salonen
Esa-Pekka Salonen rehearses Debussy's "La Mer" with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.
Mahler - The Song of Lamentation
Mexican conductor José Areán leads the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería and four vocal soloists in a performance of Gustav Mahler's cantata 'The Song of Lamentation' (Das klagende Lied). Among the soloists is soprano Sally Dibblee.
Chopin, Fantasy in F Minor, Op. 49
Krystian Zimerman plays `Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49' by Frédéric Chopin.
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
IVC 2019 Final: Haydn, Schubert e.a.
Mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska and pianist Michael Sikich perform pieces including 'The Sailor's Song' by Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert's 'Auf dem See', and 'Botschaft' from Johannes Brahms' 'Fünf Lieder'.
Haydn Symphony No. 45 'Farewell'
Under the direction of Conrad van Alphen, the Sinfonia Rotterdam Orchestra performs Haydn's Symphony No. 45 at the Nieuwe Kerk in The Hague.
Violinist Vadim Repin and pianist Murad Hüseynov perform Gara Garayev's 'Violin Sonata and 24 Preludes for Piano'. Murad represents a character carried by solitude and found in the romantic paintings of Friedrich.
Bach - Partita No. 2 and Sonata No. 3
German violinist Isabelle Faust performs 'Partita No 2 in D minor' and 'Sonata No 3 in C major' from Bach's 'Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin'. At St Thomas Church in Leipzig, Faust shows her mastery of Bach's technically challenging work.
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.
Who Stole the Bolero by Maurice Ravel
An investigation into perhaps one of the most played pieces of music in the world. A phenomenal success, leading to covers, questions concerning rights and legal disputes.
Brahms Clarinet sonata No. 2, Op. 120
Performers include clarinettist Sharon Kam, soprano Jacquelyn Wagner and pianist Matan Porat who bundle their forces in this recital from Schinkel Pavillon in Berlin on 11 May 2020.
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.
Baroque Choral Music by Bach, Schütz et al
Five-strong vocal ensemble amarcord is joined by an extra alto and two soprano voices for an unusual concert at Leipzig's St Thomas Church. As amarcordplus, the ensemble presents a range of pieces centred on the city itself.
Bach, Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Chinese pianist Zhu Xiao-Mei performs JS Bach's 'Goldberg Variations BWV 988' at the Leipzig Bach Festival at St Thomas Church, where Bach spent most of his career as the musical director of the Thomanerchor church choir.
Mahler, Symphony No. 9 in D major
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): Symphony No. 9 in D major. Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Paavo Järvi. Recorded at the Rheingau Musik Festival in Eberbach Abbey.