TV Schedule for Stingray Classica
Monday, November 2nd TV listings for Stingray Classica
Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms
German conductor Wolfgang Gönnenwein leads the Orchester der Ludwigsburger Schloßfestspiele and the Süddeutscher Madrigalchor Stuttgart in a performance of Igor Stravinsky's 'Symphony of Psalms'.
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Johann Sebastian Bach craved a career change in 1721. Wishing to join the court of Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg, Bach presented him with six new concertos in the hopes of securing a position.
The melodies of the most beautiful preludes by Chopin, Debussy and Rachmaninov, combined with the power of Bach and the notes of the piano, are depicted with flair in the bodies of three dancers, forming the perfect marriage of dance and music.
Beethoven : Quatuors à cordes nos 3, 8 et 11
Renowned French string quartet, Quatuor Ébène, marks the 250th birth anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven by recording all the composer's 16 string quartets. Five years of effort culminate in a performance at Philharmonie de Paris.
Slatkin conducts Bolcom, Beethoven & Ravel
American conductor Leonard Slatkin leads the Orchestre National de Lyon in a concert recorded at the Auditorium de Lyon in 2014. The concert opens with William Bolcom's Circus Overture, which was specially composed for Slatkin's 70th birthday.
Schwarz performs Humoreske in B-flat major, Op 20. Schumann composed the work in 1839 and dedicated it to German-Austrian composer Julie von Webenau. The piece's title refers to humour as an emotional state.
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.
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
Chamber music ensemble The Philharmonics pay tribute to the music of Vienna in a 2011 concert from Vienna's Café Sperl. The ensemble consists of musicians from the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonic performing five waltzes from Johann Strauss II.
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55
Maestro Herbert Blomstedt makes his debut with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra at the 2020 Lucerne Festival conducting Ludwig van Beethoven's celebrated Symphony No 3 in E-flat major, Op 55, Eroica.
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'
Gianandrea Noseda conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's 'Piano Concerto No 5 in E-flat major, Op 73 ('Emperor')', featuring Beatrice Rana as the soloist. Recorded at Barbican Hall in London, UK, in 2022.
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
Philippe Herreweghe conducts his Collegium Vocale Gent in this chamber music program dedicated to the music of JS Bach. On the program are Bach's Orchestral Suite No 4 in D major, BWV 1069, Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79.
The Danish National Symphony Orchestra takes you on a new spectacular symphonic space journey.
The Three Lives of Clara Schumann
Traces the fascinating life of the German pianist and composer Clara Schumann. Born Clara Wieck, she was an exceptional pianist who had a successful international music career. In 1840, she married Robert Schumann and eventually had eight children.
Mexican conductor José Areán leads the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería in a performance of Gustav Mahler's song cycle 'Songs of a Wayfarer' (Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen). Baritone Jorge Lagunes is the soloist. Written in 1884-1885.
Schumann - Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13
Schwartz presents Schumann's Symphonic Études, 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.
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
Schumann - Kreisleriana, op. 16
Contrasting sections invoke the imaginary musician's violent mood swings as well as the conflict between Schumann's own two fictional characters, Florestan and Eusebius, which represent the duality of the composer's own personality.
Glass: Double Concerto for Two Pianos
As part of a new collaboration with the famous composer Philip Glass, French pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque perform the European premiere of Glass' Concerto for Two Pianos with the Orchestre de Paris.
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'.
Clara Haskil : le mystère de l'interprète
Charlie Chaplin considered her a genius. Clara Haskil was undeniably a brilliant pianist, an enchanting, fluid, poetic performer able to captivate an audience like no other artist.
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.
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
Gustavo Dudamel and his Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra perform Mahler to mark the highlight of the residency of El Sistema at the Salzburg Festival.
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.
Music in the Air (2012)
The Vienna-based IMZ International Music + Media Centre, a global association, celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2015. Shedding light on the history of classical music. Featuring footage of Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra.
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Johann Sebastian Bach craved a career change in 1721. Wishing to join the court of Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg, Bach presented him with six new concertos in the hopes of securing a position.
Britten War Requiem
Paul McCreesh conducts the Orquesta Gulbenkian and Coro Infantil da Academia de Música de Santa Cecília in a performance of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, Op 66.