| Day | Hour | Type Event |
Name Lang | Event name | Short Event | Extended Lang | Extended Event |
| 11/05 | 03h44>04h25 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | The Pianists Keys | The Pianists Keys | ENG | This documentary by Christoph Keller follows various participants and teachers participating in the International Summer Piano Academy. |
| 11/05 | 04h25>05h05 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 | Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 | ENG | In September 2016, we celebrated the birthday of one of Japan's best-known conductors: Seiji Ozawa. Renowned for his advocacy of modern composers, Ozawa founded the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto in 1992. As of 2015, it is better known as the Seiji Ozawa Festival. Seiji Ozawa appeared on stage himself with 63 Saito Kinen Orchestra members, passionately conducting Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 and No. 7. Beethoven's Second Symphony was mostly written during the composer's stay at Heiligenstadt, at a time when his deafness was becoming more pronounced. The work premiered in the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on April 5, 1803. The Seventh Symphony premiered with Beethoven himself conducting in Vienna in 1813 at a charity concert for wounded soldiers. The Allegretto was the most popular movement and had to be encored. |
| 11/05 | 05h05>05h31 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | IVC 2021 - Semi-finals: Fauré, Wolf a. o. | IVC 2021 - Semi-finals: Fauré, Wolf a. o. | ENG | Soprano Alisa Fedorenko (Russia, 1999) and pianist Evgenii Sergeev (Russia, 1986) perform 'Mandoline' and 'À Clymène' from Gabriel Fauré's Cinq melodies "de Venise", Op. 58; 'Lied der Delphine' from Franz Schubert's Zwei Szenen aus dem Schauspiel 'Lacrimas', D. 857; 'Son' (A dream) from Sergei Rachmaninoff's Six Romances, Op. 38; 'Elfenlied' from Hugo Wolf's Mörike-Lieder; 'Staccato' from Rodion Shchedrin's Three solfege exercises; and Bart Visman's Vermeer's Gold, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2021 - Lied Duo. This performance was recorded at Het Noordbrabants Museum in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. |
| 11/05 | 05h32>05h59 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 31, Op. 110 | Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 31, Op. 110 | ENG | Can we get into Beethoven's creative mind, especially in the last phase of his life, when he was coping with severe hearing loss? Tom Beghin's new recording of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Opus 109, 110, and 111 is an artistic exploration of how Beethoven's musicking was shaped by the work environment he created with the help of colleagues and friends. Not only does pianist Tom Beghin perform Beethoven's trilogy of pianistic masterpieces on a magnificent new replica of Beethoven's Broadwood piano, he uses a reconstruction of the Gehörmaschine that was mounted on the composer's piano so he could continue to create music as his hearing declined. 'You do hear better when you bring your head under this machine, don't you?' André Stein asked Beethoven. Two centuries later, we too can bring our heads under the machine and wonder: Do we hear Beethoven differently? Beghin draws us inside the hearing machine, where we feel as well as hear the essence of Beethoven's rambunctious and irresistibly poetic musical vibrations. Inside the Hearing Machine invites us into the multisensory playground of a deaf composer for whom the machine was more than a hearing aid and who interacted with his instrument through much more than sound. |
| 11/05 | 06h00>06h33 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Mozart - Symphony No. 39, K. 543 | Mozart - Symphony No. 39, K. 543 | ENG | David Zinman conducts the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie in a performance of W. A. Mozart's (1756-1791) Symphony No. 39, K. 543. Recorded in the Sophiensaal in Munich in 1991 and directed by János Darvas. The work is the first in a set of three which became Mozart's last symphonies. The set was composed in rapid succession in the summer of 1788. The first movement opens with a majestic introduction with fanfares heard in the brass section. The work has an interesting minuet and trio, which features an Austrian folk dance ("Ländler") and a clarinet solo. |
| 11/05 | 06h33>06h46 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Saint-Saëns - Cyprès et lauriers, Op. 156 | Saint-Saëns - Cyprès et lauriers, Op. 156 | ENG | Leonard Slatkin conducts the Orchestre national de Lyon in a concert recorded at the Auditorium de Lyon in France, 2013. The concert is a tribute to the organ of the Maurice-Ravel Auditorium, which was made by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. The program features three works which premiered on exactly the same organ: Camille Saint-Saëns' Cyprès et Lauriers and Symphony No. 3 and Poulenc's Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings. Soloist is Vincent Warnier. |
| 11/05 | 06h47>07h59 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Brahms - A German Requiem, Op. 45 | Brahms - A German Requiem, Op. 45 | ENG | In this concert recorded in November 2016 at the magnificent Baroque basilica of Saint Florian, Austria - once the home of Anton Bruckner - the Wiener Singverein, the Cleveland Orchestra and its principal conductor Franz Welser-Möst pare down all traces of bombast wherever emotions could easily run out of control. Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45, reaches out to comfort the living through religious texts not traditionally associated with the Requiem Mass. The result is a work of great intensity that speaks to people of all faiths, believers and non-believers alike. The program's two soloists - Hanna-Elisabeth Müller and Simon Keenlyside - are already at home on the world's stages. While the former has carved a career for herself not only as an opera singer but also as a concert artist, the London-born Keenlyside has been building his impressive career around the prestigious guest appearances he has made during the past ten years. |
| 11/05 | 07h59>08h26 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | IVC 2021 - Semi-finals: Debussy, Schubert a. o. | IVC 2021 - Semi-finals: Debussy, Schubert a. o. | ENG | Mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein (Germany, 1998) and pianist Maria Yulin (Israel, 1988) perform 'Colloque sentimental' from Claude Debussy's Fêtes galantes II; 'Die Geister am Mummelsee' from Hugo Wolf's Mörike-Lieder; 'Bei dir allein' from Franz Schubert's Vier Refrainlieder, D. 866; Bart Visman's Vermeer's Gold; 'La fleur qui va sur l'eau' from Gabriel Fauré's Trois melodies, Op. 85; 'Dance of the moon in Santiago' from George Crumb's Sun and Shadow (Spanish Songbook II); and 'Den' li tsarit?' (Does the day reign?) from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Seven Romances, Op. 47, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2021 - Lied Duo. This performance was recorded at Het Noordbrabants Museum in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. |
| 11/05 | 08h26>09h34 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Pierre Boulez - A life for music | Pierre Boulez - A life for music | ENG | The French musician and composer Pierre Boulez (1925-2016) is considered one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century music. In the documentary 'Pierre Boulez - A life of music' (2017), Reiner E. Moritz creates a personal portrait of the young and impatient artist who once impetuously suggested to blow up the opera houses in order to do away with stuffy traditions, yet later moved on to conduct the "Ring of the Century" in the very heart of traditional opera, Bayreuth, and became a prized guest conductor with the worlds greatest orchestras. The documentary includes fragments from the composer's rich oeuvre, and features rare photographs from the Boulez-Chevalier archive. The documentary is at its most personal when the maestro's family and friends reflect on his life. Boulez's younger brother Roger shares invaluable information about Pierre's early years, and the renowned pianist Daniel Barenboim opens up about his friend's music and compositions. |
| 11/05 | 09h34>09h59 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Classica Spotlight | Classica Spotlight | ENG | Cinematic classical clips and energizing concert pieces featuring up-and-coming artists. |
| 11/05 | 10h00>11h30 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Penderecki - Symphony No. 7: 7 Gates of Jerusalem | Penderecki - Symphony No. 7: 7 Gates of Jerusalem | ENG | The 2017 Prague Spring festival is brought to a powerful close as Krzysztof Penderecki conducts the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and Slovak Philharmonic Choir in a performance of his monumental seventh symphony "Seven Gates of Jerusalem". This work bears witness to an introspective thought about faith, written in honour of the city of Jerusalem, for soloists, choir and orchestra, with libretto taken from Old Testament. For expressive purposes, Penderecki uses specific instruments: the tubaphone, percussive objects designed by the composer himself, and the shofar, an ancient Jewish liturgical instrument. Soloists for this performance include Iwona Hossa (soprano), Karolina Sikora (soprano), Anna Lubanska (mezzo-soprano), Adam Zdunikowsk (tenor), Piotr Nowacki (bass) and David ¦vehlík (speaker). Also featured in the programme is a rendition of the "Serenade for Orchestra" by Czech composer Isa Krejci. Recorded at Smetana Hall in Prague, Czech Republic. |
| 11/05 | 11h30>13h01 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Legato - World of the Piano | Legato - World of the Piano | ENG | We live in a "renaissance of the piano", as the New York Times has recently put it. With virtuosic flair and an eagerness to expand the repertoire, a new generation of pianists has revitalized the instrument's appeal. In addition to the usual classics, they perform formerly scorned works or discover neglected composers. Legato is a series dedicated to presenting some of this new movement's most fascinating pianists - their individual approaches, their fresh ideas and their music. Each episode portrays an artist and shows an aspect of the world of the piano. The sum of these portraits provides viewers with an overall picture of the art of the pianist. Montréal native Marc-André Hamelin is internationally renowned for his musical virtuosity and refined pianism. The Times described one of his performances as "ultimate perfection". He plays works by Haydn (Piano sonata in E major), Chopin (Piano sonata No. 3), Debussy ('Préludes', book two), Hamelin (Etude No. 7), as well as two short pieces by Gershwin ('Do, Do, Do' and 'Liza'). |
| 11/05 | 13h02>13h25 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Heitor Villa-Lobos Music for Cello and Piano - V | Heitor Villa-Lobos Music for Cello and Piano - V | ENG | In this six-part documentary on the life and work by Heitor Villa-Lobos, director Liloye Boubli takes viewers on a journey through the life and work of the Brazilian legend of classical music. The composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist was born 1887 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Growing up amongst the immense social changes Brazil went through at the time - social revolution and modernization, abolishing slavery in 1888 - Villa-Lobos went on to become one of the best-known South American composers of all time. This fifth episode takes a closer look at the authentically Brazilian sounds and references to be found in Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas", as well as the importance of the violoncello in most of his compositions. |
| 11/05 | 13h26>13h39 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Bartók - Romanian Folk Dances | Bartók - Romanian Folk Dances | ENG | This concert entitled 'Liszt Mosaics' is dedicated to the rich traditonal of Hungarian Folk Music. The concert opens with a selection of Bartók's 44 Duos for 2 Violins (No. 17, 18, 36 and 44) performed by Shlomo Mintz and Radics Ferenc. Furthermore, Pál Eszter is accompanied by the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble and Cameristi della Scala in vocal performances of Hungarian Folk Music from the Kalotaszeg region. The ensembles conclude the concert by performing Romanian Folk Dances by Bartók, led by musical director István Pál Szalonna. Solo violinist is Agnese Ferraro. |
| 11/05 | 13h39>13h49 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Nizamov - Heavenly Movement | Nizamov - Heavenly Movement | ENG | Piano soloist Boris Berezovsky is accompanied by the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Alexander Sladkovsky in a performance of Sergei Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto no. 1, Op. 1. Rachmaninov composed his first concerto while studying at the Moscow Conservatory at the age of 18. The concert opens with 'Heavenly Movement', a composition by the young Russian composer Elmir Nizamov (*1986). This concert was recorded at the Tchaikovksy Concert Hall of the Moscow Philharmonic Society on April 28, 2017. |
| 11/05 | 13h50>14h04 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Classica Spotlight | Classica Spotlight | ENG | Cinematic classical clips and energizing concert pieces featuring up-and-coming artists. |
| 11/05 | 14h05>15h47 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Homage to Yehudi Menuhin | Homage to Yehudi Menuhin | ENG | On 22 April 2016, Yehudi Menuhin would have celebrated his 100th birthday. One of his most famous students - and one of his best friends - is violinist Daniel Hope. For him, Yehudi Menuhin was the reason he become a violinist. At first, his mother became the secretary of Menuhin when Daniel Hoe and his parents moved to London. Hope grew up in Menuhin's house and learned not only to love music, but also to make the violin a part of his life. Playing the violin every day is like walking every day, or drinking and eating. He played with Menuhin some of Bartok's Duos which was, according to Hope, an introduction to Bartok's extraordinary music. A piece of Bartok had to be part of this program as well as Ravel's Kaddish, the encore Daniel Hope choose when Menuhin conducted his last concert in Düsseldorf. But this concert starts with Elgar's Violin Concerto. Hope plays with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin under the baton of Iván Fischer. |
| 11/05 | 15h48>16h15 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 5 | Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 5 | ENG | Les Dissonances is a collective of artists founded by violinist David Grimal in 2004. The conductorless ensemble consists of musicians from the most prestigious European orchestras, international soloists, and young talents. In this performance, Les Dissonances play Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219, also known as the 'Turkish Concerto'. Leading violinist Grimal features as the soloist. With the exception of the first violin concerto, Mozart composed his other four violin concertos in 1775 at a time when he was concertmaster at the Salzburg court. It is the third and final movement that gives Concerto No. 5 its nickname, the 'Turkish Concerto'. This movement features a striking middle section of 'Turkish music', which the composer achieves not only by changing the meter, and the mode to minor, but also by letting the cellos and basses play col legno - creating a percussive sound with the wood of their bow. This performance was recorded at Cité de la Musique, France, in 2014. |
| 11/05 | 16h15>18h27 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Les Saltimbanques | Les Saltimbanques | ENG | In 2021, Kader Belarbi, choreographer and director of dance of the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, brought his 1998 ballet 'Les Saltimbanques' back to the stage. Inspired by Pablo Picasso's painting 'Famille de saltimbanques' (Family of Saltimbanques, 1905) and the fifth of German poet Rainer Maria Rilke's 'Duino Elegies' (1922), Belarbi animates the company of acrobats from Picasso's canvas, bringing circus and dance together. The dancers of Ballet du Capitole bring the colorful acrobats, clowns, tightrope walkers, and ballerinas to life, accompanied by the music of accordionist Sergio Tomassi. This performance was recorded at the Halle aux Grains in Toulouse, France, in 2021. |
| 11/05 | 18h27>19h01 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Glière, Op. 20 and Shostakovich, Op. 57 | Glière, Op. 20 and Shostakovich, Op. 57 | ENG | The Valerius Ensemble, consisting of Robert Windak (violin), Michael Rein (violin), Eva ¦u¨líková (viola), Judith Chapman (cello) and Ingo Lylofs (piano) played a concert in Muziekcentrum Enschede on April 15, 2018. On the concert program are the Allegro Moderato from Glières String Quartet No. 2 and the Scherzo, Intermezzo, and Finale from Shostakovich's Piano Quintet, Op. 57. The work is one of the more popular chamber music works by the composer and a year after its premiere it was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1941. |
| 11/05 | 19h01>20h14 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | A Mozart Concert from Berlin | A Mozart Concert from Berlin | ENG | The Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra delivers a program entirely devoted to Mozart at the Konzerthaus in Berlin under the direction of Hartmut Haenchen. In reduced form, the ensemble manages to bring to life the many characteristics of the music and the unique spirit of the famous composer, be it his gaiety of heart, his lyricism, his dramatic side or his polyphonic writing inspired. Criticism has always praised Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's stylistic assurance, transparency of textures and technical precision. The extraordinary sensitivity and ease of Stefan Vladar make him an ideal partner for Haenchen and his orchestra. The evening's program includes Divertimento, K. 113; the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 20, K. 466, and Symphony No. 41, K. 551. |
| 11/05 | 20h15>20h40 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Modena - City of Belcanto | Modena - City of Belcanto | ENG | This documentary by Mark Perna shows the training and professional growth actions for opera singers, the promotion and enhancement of the cultural offer of the city and province of Modena and the maintenance and development of the Modenese musical tradition in the field of opera. |
| 11/05 | 20h40>20h59 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Semi Final II - Liszt Competition 2017 | Semi Final II - Liszt Competition 2017 | ENG | Han Chen (1992, Taiwan) performs Epithalam zu Eduard Reményis Vermählungsfeier (S129) and Grand Duo concertant sur la Romance de 'Le Marin' (S128) during semi-final II (chamber music) of the 11th International Franz Liszt Piano Competition, held in TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, in 2017. The competition actively presents, develops, and promotes piano talents from around the world. In doing so, it has become one of the prominent gateways to the international professional classical music scene for young musicians. The International Franz Liszt Piano Competition was founded in 1986 in the Netherlands and has since built a reputation as one of the world's most prestigious piano competitions. |
| 11/05 | 21h00>22h33 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Chopin - Piano Concertos No. 1 & No. 2 | Chopin - Piano Concertos No. 1 & No. 2 | ENG | 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. After performing the first concerto, Demidenko encores with Chopin's Mazurka Op. 17/4. Kissin closes the concert with Chopin's Etude Op. 10/12 and the Waltz in E minor, Op. post. This concert was part of the celebration of Chopin's 200th anniversary in 2010. Chopin composed the second concerto one year before the Concerto No. 1 and completed both works at the age of 20, before leaving his home country Poland and moving to Paris. |
| 11/05 | 22h33>23h07 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Dvoák - Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 | Dvoák - Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 | ENG | For the 2016 edition of the Waldbühne, the Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili and the Québécois conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin join the Berliner Philharmoniker for a beautiful concert. They present an all Czech program! We always think of Germany, Austria, and Italy when we name great classical composers, but the Czech Republic also delivered some master composers such as Antonin Dvorák, Bedrich Smetana, Leos Janacek, and Bohuslav Martinu. This concert starts with Smetana's famous Vltava from Má Vlast. Lisa Batiashvili plays Dvorák's Violin Concerto in A minor, and the concerts centerpiece is Dvorák's Symphony No. 6. |
| 11/05 | 23h07>23h27 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | J. S. Bach - Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 | J. S. Bach - Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 | ENG | Five-strong vocal ensemble amarcord is joined by an extra alto and two soprano voices for this unusual concert at Leipzig's St. Thomas Church. As amarcordplus, the ensemble presents a program focused on the city of Leipzig, which includes sacred madrigals by Johann Hermann Schein, motets from Heinrich Schütz's collection Geistliche Chor-Music, as well as two motets by the most famous Thomaskantor: Johann Sebastian Bach. Moreover, various sacred works by lesser-known contemporaries Philipp Heinrich Erlebach and mononymous composer Liebhold are performed, in addition to compositions by other members of the Bach family, including Johann Michael Bach and Johann Christoph Bach. This performance was recorded on May 1, 2020. |
| 11/05 | 23h27>23h59 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Classica Spotlight | Classica Spotlight | ENG | Cinematic classical clips and energizing concert pieces featuring up-and-coming artists. |
| 11/05 | 00h00>02h06 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Offenbach - La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein | Offenbach - La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein | ENG | In La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein by Jacques Offenbach, the authors of this comic opera mock the war on France's threshold. The charge against the powers, the army and the nobility is pointed but, to satisfy censorship, it is skilfully camouflaged by the grotesque costumes of an imaginary duchy and by some musical buffoonery of sparkling gaiety. And yet, at the time, no-one was fooled! Only Offenbach could pull off the trick of being adulated by those by whom he was so cynically inspired! A production by Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège. With conductor Cyril Englebert, Solists: Patricia Fernandez, Sébastien Droy, Lionel Lhote, Sophie Junker, Jean-Philippe Corre, Giovanni Iovino, Patrick Delcour, Roger Joakim and the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège Orchestra and Chorus. |
| 12/05 | 02h06>04h33 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Summer Night Music - Love Songs | Summer Night Music - Love Songs | ENG | In Summer Night Music - Love Songs, artists from all over the world contribute their favourite love songs to an unusual and exciting event uniting classical, jazz, and world music. Among the classical musicians are the Gewandhaus Orchestra, cellist Mischa Maisky, and The King's Singers. Other world stars include jazz vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and flamenco cantaora Mayte Martin. The variety of musicians and genres appeals to a wide audience, aiming to create a grand open-air atmosphere that every music lover will remember. |
| 12/05 | 04h34>05h01 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Discovering Masterpieces - Concerto for Orchestra | Discovering Masterpieces - Concerto for Orchestra | ENG | Watch the series 'Discovering Masterpieces', your audio-visual concert guide to the great masterpieces of classical music. The series brings you 20 half-hour documentaries on 20 classical masterpieces: acclaimed experts, famous soloists and outstanding conductors take you on a journey back to the time and place of composition. In today's documentary, Bela Bartok's 'Concerto for Orchestra' is discussed. This piece is one of the most frequently performed works of the twentieth century. Pierre Boulez explains how he interpreted this composition with the Berlin Philharmonic. He also describes its fascination against the backdrop of Bartok's biography. |
| 12/05 | 05h02>05h27 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Scriabin - Prometheus: The Poem of Fire, Op. 60 | Scriabin - Prometheus: The Poem of Fire, Op. 60 | ENG | The Russian National Orchestra and the Moscow Synodal Choir are led by maestro Mikhail Pletnev at a concert from the 9th Russian National Orchestra Grand Festival. The orchestra opens with a performance of Maurice Ravel's music suite to the ballet 'Daphnis and Chloe'. Furthermore, Lucas Debargue is the solo pianist in Alexander Scriabin's 'Prometheus: The Poem of Fire', Op. 60, a tone poem for piano, orchestra, choir, and a clavier à lumières ("Chromola"). A clavier à lumières actually is a musical instrument, especially invented by Scriabin for use in this work. Only one copy of the instrument was constructed for a performance of the piece in New York, 1915. As encore, Debargue performs Erik Satie's Gnossienne No. 1. This concert was recorded at Moscow's Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in 2018. |
| 12/05 | 05h27>05h41 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Escaich - Trois motets | Escaich - Trois motets | ENG | Over the course of eleven days in August 2020, the French town of Rocamadour hosted the fifteenth edition of Festival de Rocamadour, a music festival dedicated to sacred music from the classical, baroque, and romantic periods. On August 16, the young British organist Jeremiah Stephenson performed at the medieval Basilique Saint-Sauveur with the French chamber choir Dulci Jubilo under the direction of its founder, Christopher Gibert. The organ plays a central role in this atmospheric concert, which opens with Trois motets by composer and organist Thierry Escaich (*1965). The three-part suite is made up of Eaux natales, Le Masque, and Vers l'espérance. Requiem by composer and organist Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) follows. The concert concludes with Timor et tremor, from Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963). |
| 12/05 | 05h42>05h59 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Chopin - Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49 | Chopin - Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49 | ENG | Italian pianist Andrea Molteni (1998) performs Frédéric Chopin's Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49. Molteni began studying the piano at the age of six. He graduated with honors and honorable mention at the Conservatorio di musica Giuseppe Verdi di Como, and was awarded a master's degree Magna cum Laude in Advanced Performance Studies by the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano. He has performed at the Wiener Saal of the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Scriabin Museum in Moscow, National Opera Center in New York, and several other international venues. This performance was recorded at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Ohio, USA, in 2022. |
| 12/05 | 06h00>07h00 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Sounds like Christmas | Sounds like Christmas | ENG | Set in the magnificent Cistercian Monastery Schulpforte near Naumburg, Germany, Sounds like Christmas combines festive music with the spontaneity and freshness of jazz. This Christmas program is the musical encounter between soprano Angelika Kirchschlager and jazz trumpeter Tomasz Stako. Interpreting popular and lesser-known Christmas songs, the soloists are accompanied by the outstanding Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and the Leipzig a cappella ensemble Amarcord, consisting of former members of St. Thomas Boys Choir. The artists' different backgrounds and stylistic preferences create a suspenseful, varied musical experience. The origins of the monastery date back to the Benedictine convent founded in Schmölln in 1127. Concert footage is juxtaposed with snowy mountain landscapes and cities decorated for Christmas. |
| 12/05 | 07h00>07h27 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 40 | Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 40 | ENG | Fabio Luisi conducts the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in this powerful performance taken from the 150th Anniversary celebrations of Denmark's national composer, Carl Nielsen. Alongside Nielsen's inscrutably ironic Symphony No. 6, this performance features world-renowned French pianist Lise de la Salle as soloist in Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 4. This lesser-known concerto saw three separate iterations throughout the composer's life and is characterized by bold chromaticism and a distinctly Jazz-like quality. Luisi and de la Salle have prior experience with this piece, having previously performed and recorded it together. This performance was recorded at the DR Koncerthuset in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2017. |
| 12/05 | 07h28>08h30 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Mirabile Mysterium - A Christmas Tale | Mirabile Mysterium - A Christmas Tale | ENG | Conductor Paul Van Nevel and his Huelgas Ensemble present the ideal Christmas program, consisting of an atmospheric musical selection of 14th to 19th-century compositions. The Huelgas Ensemble, which has emerged as one of Europe's premiere vocal ensembles dedicated to the performance of music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, is the ideal candidate for the job, conveying all the mystery and luster a Christmas celebration calls for. Van Nevel organized his varied musical selection in four distinct themes: 'The Birth in Bethlehem', 'The Crime of Herodes', 'The Travel of the Three Kings', and an Epilogue. In 2015, the full program was performed and recorded at the baroque St. Augustine Church currently known as AMUZ in Antwerp, Belgium. 'The Birth in Bethlehem' opens and closes with pieces by unidentified composers, 'Balaam de quo Vaticinans' and 'A Carol for Christmas Eve' respectively. The core of this section is made up of Jacobus Gallus's 'Myrabile Mysterium' and Jerónimo Luca's 'Este nino que es sol del Aurora'. 'The Crime of Herodes' opens with 'Hostis Herodes Impie' by an unidentified composer, followed by Jean Mouton's 'Interrogabat Magos Herodes', Giaches De Wert's 'Vox in Rama', and Bertram Luard-Selby's 'A Voice from Ramah was There Sent'. 'The Travel of the Three Kings Melchior, Caspar and Balthazar' opens with 'Vincti Presepio' (anonymous), followed by Pierre De Manchicourt's 'Reges Terrae', Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck's 'Ab Oriente', and Peter Cornelius 'Drei Könige Wandern'. Lastly, the Epilogue consists of 'Quae Stella Sole Pulchrior' (anonymous) and António Marques Lésbio's 'Dexen que Ilore mi Niño'. |
| 12/05 | 08h31>08h58 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | CMIM Voice 2022 - Semi-final: Meredith Wohlgemuth | CMIM Voice 2022 - Semi-final: Meredith Wohlgemuth | ENG | Soprano Meredith Wohlgemuth (USA, 1995) performs 'Shadowinnower' from Joseph Schwantner's Two Poems of Agueda Pizarro; 'Erwartung' and 'Erhebung' from Arnold Schoenberg's 4 Lieder, Op. 2; 'Lied der Delphine' from Franz Schubert's Zwei Szenen aus dem Schauspiel 'Lacrimas', D. 857; Francis Poulenc's Trois poèmes de Louise Lalanne, FP. 57; and 'Rose', 'Gris', and 'Mauve' from Lionel Daunais's song cycle Fantaisie dans tous les tons, during the semi-finals of the Art Song division of the Concours musical international de Montréal 2022 (CMIM). This performance was recorded at the Bourgie Hall of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. |
| 12/05 | 08h58>09h18 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | England, my England - I | England, my England - I | ENG | From August 28 to September 6, 2015, the Early Music Festival Utrecht focused on England, my England. On the basis of the festival theme, presenter Lex Bohlmeijer takes the viewer in a two-part documentary on an intriguing journey through England of the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque, and relates this to the city of Utrecht. Episode 1 offers a peek into the inner city churches of Utrecht, visiting the source of inspiration if this year's festival: the English estate Boughton House, where the Duke of Buccleuch shows us around. |
| 12/05 | 09h19>09h31 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Berg - Piano Sonata, Op. 1 | Berg - Piano Sonata, Op. 1 | ENG | Italian pianist Andrea Molteni (1998) performs Alban Berg's Piano Sonata in B minor, Op. 1. Molteni began studying the piano at the age of six. He graduated with honors and honorable mention at the Conservatorio di musica Giuseppe Verdi di Como, and was awarded a master's degree Magna cum Laude in Advanced Performance Studies by the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano. He has appeared at the Wiener Saal of the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Scriabin Museum in Moscow, National Opera Center in New York, and several other international venues. This performance was recorded at the Verbrugghen Hall of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Australia, in 2023. |
| 12/05 | 09h31>10h00 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Classica Spotlight | Classica Spotlight | ENG | Cinematic classical clips and energizing concert pieces featuring up-and-coming artists. |
| 12/05 | 10h00>10h57 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Farina, Amodei - Serenatas & Cantatas | Farina, Amodei - Serenatas & Cantatas | ENG | During the 17th century, the Neapolitan rich and famous gathered in droves for the Spassi di Posillipo, open-air festivals on the coast. The most famous musicians sang and played for them from boats. With his Dutch Ensemble Odyssee Andrea Friggi presents the results of his research into this repertoire, with cantatas and serenades by Antonio Farina and Cataldo Amodei. The soloist is the Italian soprano Raffaella Milanesi. |
| 12/05 | 10h57>12h03 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Misha Enzovoort | Misha Enzovoort | ENG | Misha Mengelberg, the forgetting has begun. He is waiting for a taxi he didn't call to go to a performance that won't take place. Dutch composer/pianist and grand duke of jazz Misha Mengelberg (1935) has been submerged in the shadow of dementia, ending his life as a musician. At the London jazz club Vortex in 2013 he impressively says his goodbyes to the international stage. It's also his last major performance with his band, the Instant Composers Pool Orchestra. The musicians find it hard to let him go, but Misha's decline is constant, and he slowly fades away from their midst. A film about exceptional loyalty, dilemmas, respect and dedication. And about music, the music of Misha Mengelberg. |
| 12/05 | 12h03>12h47 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Johan de Meij - Symphony No. 1 "Lord of the Rings" | Johan de Meij - Symphony No. 1 "Lord of the Rings" | ENG | This concert is the result of the collaboration between the "Giuseppe Nicolini," Conservatory of Piacenza, and the "Giuseppe Verdi," Conservatory of Milan, as part of the project "MIlanoPIACEnza ... suonare insieme". On the program are works by the Dutch conductor and composer Johan de Meij. His Symphony No. 1 for woodwind and brass orchestra is titled "Lord of the Rings" and is based on the famous trilogy by writer J. R. R Tolkien. The work exists of five movements, inspired by characters and passages from the story: Gandalf, Lothlórien, Gollum, Journey in the Dark and Hobbits. The symphony premiered in Brussels in 1988. In 2001, a symphonic version was recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra. This concert is recorded at the Sala dei Teatini of the Teatri di Piacenza in 2018. Directed by Pietro Tagliaferri. |
| 12/05 | 12h48>13h28 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Piano works by Bruckner | Piano works by Bruckner | ENG | Lithuanian pianist Vadim Chaimovich (*1978) has won several prizes at international piano competitions, such as the Schubert Competition in Dortmund, the William Kapell International Piano Competition in Maryland, and the 29th Masterplayers International Music Competition in Lugano. Moreover, the pianist has performed in several European countries, Japan, and the USA , and has played at many international music festivals. In the current recital, Chaimovich performs piano works by Anton Bruckner. On the program are Klavierstück in E-flat major, WAB 119, Erinnerung in A-flat major, WAB 117, Lancier-Quadrille Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 4 in C major, WAB 120, Steiermärker in G major, WAB 122, Stille Betrachtung an einem Herbstabend ('Quiet meditation on an autumn evening') in F-sharp minor, WAB 123, Fantasie in G major, WAB 118, and Piano sonata in G minor, WAB 243. |
| 12/05 | 13h28>13h48 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | IVC 2021 - Semi-finals: Schubert, Wolf a. o. | IVC 2021 - Semi-finals: Schubert, Wolf a. o. | ENG | Soprano Heidi Baumgartner (Austria, 1998) and pianist Asuka Tagami (Japan, 1991) perform Franz Schubert's Suleika I, Op. 14 No. 1, D. 720; 'Er ist's' from Hugo Wolf's Mörike-Lieder; Bart Visman's Vermeer's Gold; 'Sua katselen' (Looking at you) from Kaija Saariaho's Leino-Laulut (Leino songs); and 'Pantomime' and 'Apparition' from Claude Debussy's Quatre chansons de jeunesse, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2021 - Lied Duo. This performance was recorded at Het Noordbrabants Museum in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. |
| 12/05 | 13h49>14h00 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Classica Spotlight | Classica Spotlight | ENG | Cinematic classical clips and energizing concert pieces featuring up-and-coming artists. |
| 12/05 | 14h01>17h56 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Wagner - Die Walküre | Wagner - Die Walküre | ENG | Hartmut Haenchen conducts the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and Dutch National Opera in a production of Richard Wagner's opera Die Walküre, the second opera of the four-part cycle 'Der Ring des Nibelungen'. Richard Wagner, perhaps the greatest innovator of the opera genre in the nineteenth century, aimed for the creation of a 'Gesamtkunstwerk' in which theatre, music and words are united. The opera cycle was composed between 1853 and 1874, and consists of Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung. Noteworthy about Wagner's operas is his use of the so-called 'Leitmotiv', a recurrent melodic motif that stands for a certain idea or character. Moreover, Wagner uses unconventional harmonies and very extensive orchestral instrumentation. The entire cycle is still performed annually at the Bayreuth Festival, where it premiered in 1876. This 2014 performance was recorded at the National Dutch Opera under the artistic direction of Pierre Audi. Among the soloists are Christopher Ventris, Kurt Rydl, Thomas Johannes Mayer, Catherine Naglestad, Catherine Foster, and Doris Soffel. |
| 12/05 | 17h56>19h01 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | A Tribute to Vienna | A Tribute to Vienna | ENG | Chamber music ensemble The Philharmonics pays tribute to the music of Vienna in this March 9, 2011 concert from Vienna's Café Sperl. The ensemble, which consists of musicians from the Vienna Philharmonic and the Berlin Philharmonic, performs arrangements of five popular waltzes by Johann Straus II. Among them are Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437, and Schatz-Walzer, Op. 418, from the operetta The Gypsy Baron. In May 1921, the likes of Arnold Schönberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern wrote these chamber music arrangements to raise funds for their Society for Private Musical Performances. Although both the concert and the auction of the scores were very successful, the Society eventually went under. In addition to these pieces by Strauss, The Philharmonics perform works by Fritz Kreisler, Leopold Godowsky, as well as The Philharmonics's first violinist, Tibor Ková. The program comes to an end with Godowsky's tribute to the city: Alt Wien. |
| 12/05 | 19h01>19h41 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3, Op. 56 | Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3, Op. 56 | ENG | Andris Nelsons's starts off his official opening concert as principal conductor of the Gewandhausorchester with the world premiere of Steffen Schleiermacher's 'Relief for Orchestra'. Baiba Skride features as soloist in Alban Berg's Violin Concerto. In the slow finale the solo violin's line is gradually joined by the rest of the first violin, providing a lovely moment between soloist and orchestra. Skride's encore is Imitatione delle Campane by von Westhoff, a Bach contemporary. The concert closes with a rendition of Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3, Op. 56, known as the 'Scottish' which actually premiered in the Leipzig Gewandhaus in 1842. Recorded on February 22/23, 2018 in the Gewandhaus, Leipzig. |
| 12/05 | 19h42>19h52 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Schubert - Four Impromptus, Op. 90: - I. | Schubert - Four Impromptus, Op. 90: - I. | ENG | Roberto Prosseda (1975) performs Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 5 (KV. 283) and four Impromptus Op. 90 by Franz Schubert. The performance ends with Chopin's technically demanding Ballade No. 4, Op. 52. Prosseda is particularly noted for his performances of newly discovered works by Mendelssohn and has recorded a nine-CD series for Decca of the piano works of Mendelssohn. Since 2012, Prosseda also gives lecture-concerts with the robot pianist TeoTronico, as educational or family concerts, to demonstrate differences between a literal production of music and human interpretation. |
| 12/05 | 19h52>20h48 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | How to get out of the Cage - A year with John Cage | How to get out of the Cage - A year with John Cage | ENG | The compelling documentary How to Get Out of the Cage (2012) by award-winning filmmaker Frank Scheffer presents an intimate portrait of John Cage (1912-1992), one of 20th century's most important composers. From 1982 to 1992, Scheffer worked with Cage on numerous occasions, which resulted in unique archives of historical audio-visual material, including interviews, musical performances, and images of locations related to the composer's life and work. In all Scheffer's works related to Cage, he used the old Chinese method of chance operations based on the Yi Jing - as often used by Cage himself in his compositions. Instead of using chance operations, Scheffer edited the film in the usual way that is based on choice. |
| 12/05 | 20h49>20h59 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Classica Spotlight | Classica Spotlight | ENG | Cinematic classical clips and energizing concert pieces featuring up-and-coming artists. |
| 12/05 | 21h00>23h01 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Puccini - La Bohème | Puccini - La Bohème | ENG | Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Paris Opera Orchestra and Choir in a performance of Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème. Recorded at the Opéra National de Paris in 2017 and directed by Claus Guth. Among the soloists are Nicole Car, Aida Garifullina Atalla Ayan and Artur Ruciski. La Bohème premiered in 1896 at the Teatro Regio in Italy. The opera's libretto focuses on the relationship between Rodolfo and Mimì. When young poet Rodolfo meets seamstress Mimì, it's love at first sight. But faced by the cruel realities of poverty and ill health, will the flame that burns between them flicker and die? Or will the timeless strength of their youthful passion withstand every trial and tribulation that life can throw at them? |
| 12/05 | 23h01>23h20 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.2 | Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.2 | ENG | The Russian National Orchestra and the Moscow Synodal Choir are led by maestro Mikhail Pletnev at a concert from the 9th Russian National Orchestra Grand Festival. The orchestra opens with a performance of Maurice Ravel's music suite to the ballet 'Daphnis and Chloe'. Furthermore, Lucas Debargue is the solo pianist in Alexander Scriabin's 'Prometheus: The Poem of Fire', Op. 60, a tone poem for piano, orchestra, choir, and a clavier à lumières ("Chromola"). A clavier à lumières actually is a musical instrument, especially invented by Scriabin for use in this work. Only one copy of the instrument was constructed for a performance of the piece in New York, 1915. As encore, Debargue performs Erik Satie's Gnossienne No. 1. This concert was recorded at Moscow's Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in 2018. |
| 12/05 | 23h21>23h59 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Classica Spotlight | Classica Spotlight | ENG | Cinematic classical clips and energizing concert pieces featuring up-and-coming artists. |
| 12/05 | 00h00>01h59 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Puccini - La bohème | Puccini - La bohème | ENG | In 2012, Norwegian opera director Stefan Herheim brought Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème to the stage of the Norwegian National Opera in Oslo. About his choice for this updated version, Herheim explained: "In bringing La bohème into a present-day setting with this new production we hope to revive the immediate power of suggestion and importance that this work at one time revelled in." The opera about the Bohemian lifestyle of the poor seamstress Mimì and her artist friends is a fast-moving story, and offers some of the greatest arias Puccini ever wrote. Norwegian conductor Eivind Gullberg Jensen leads the Orchestra and Chorus of the National Opera Oslo. Among the soloists are Marita Sølberg (Mimì), Diego Torre (Rodolfo), Vasily Ladyuk (Marcello), and Jennifer Rowley (Musetta). |
| 12/05 | 01h59>03h43 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Concert Live from Geneva | Concert Live from Geneva | ENG | To transcend the political and ideological divides between their respective countries, Daniel Barenboim, an Argentinian Jew and Israel's most famous pianist and conductor, and Edward Said, a Palestinian philosopher and Christian, created the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, an ensemble of young musicians between the ages of 13 and 26 who have as many Israelis as there are Arabs. Despite this great symbolism, the objectives and ambitions of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra are first and foremost musical: the political divisions of the Middle East are setting aside the time of the union of these young musical talents which speaks volumes about the power of cultural interaction. This performance delivered to Victoria Hall in Geneva features two famous masterpieces: Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5. The concert ends with the Sad Waltz of Sibelius and the opening of La Forza del Destino of Verdi. |
| 13/05 | 03h44>04h11 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Discovering Masterpieces - Beethoven No. 5 | Discovering Masterpieces - Beethoven No. 5 | ENG | Watch the series 'Discovering Masterpieces', your audio-visual concert guide to the great masterpieces of classical music. The series brings you 20 half-hour documentaries on 20 classical masterpieces: acclaimed experts, famous soloists and outstanding conductors take you on a journey back to the time and place of composition. In today's documentary, Ludwig van Beethoven's 'Symphony No. 5' is discussed. The piece has the character of an appeal from the very start, when the four-note "fate" motif casts a spell on listeners. The German musicologist Armin Koch analyses the work, while the German Beethoven expert Wulf Konold illustrates the ingenious variations of the "fate" motif on piano, and also explains other features of this magnificent work. |
| 13/05 | 04h11>04h58 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5, Op. 47 | Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5, Op. 47 | ENG | As part of a new collaboration with the famous composer of "music with repetitive structures" Philip Glass, French pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque perform the European premiere of Glass's Concerto for two pianos with the Orchester de Paris. The program continues with Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 with the Orchester de Paris, directed by Jaap van Zweden, current music director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the next musical director of the New York Philharmonic. |
| 13/05 | 04h59>05h19 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | CMIM Voice 2022 - Semi-final: Valerie Eickhoff | CMIM Voice 2022 - Semi-final: Valerie Eickhoff | ENG | Mezzo-soprano Valerie Eickhoff (Germany, 1996) performs 'Crude furie degli orridi abissi' from George Frideric Handel's opera Serse; 'Assisi a pie d'un salice' from Gioachino Rossini's opera Otello; and 'Nobles seigneurs, salut!' from Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera Les Huguenots, during the semi-finals of the Aria division of the Concours musical international de Montréal 2022 (CMIM). She is accompanied by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Jacques Lacombe. This performance was recorded at the Montreal Symphony House. |
| 13/05 | 05h20>05h47 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | PIAM - Semi-final I: Liszt and Ravel | PIAM - Semi-final I: Liszt and Ravel | ENG | Acclaimed classical music talent scout Antonio Mormone (1930-2017) lives on as the name-giver of the Premio Internazionale Antonio Mormone (PIAM), awarded to the winner of the Italian music competition of the same name. The first edition of this competition, which was held in various venues in Milan from 2019 to 2021, was dedicated to the piano. As part of this competition, Josef Edoardo Mossali (Italy, 2001) performs Franz Liszt's Après une Lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata; Maurice Ravel's Toccata from Le tombeau de Couperin; and Etude No. 3 "La Campanella" from Liszt's Six Grandes études de Paganini. This performance was recorded at Teatro EDI Barrio's in Milan, in February 2020. |
| 13/05 | 05h48>05h59 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Classica Spotlight | Classica Spotlight | ENG | Cinematic classical clips and energizing concert pieces featuring up-and-coming artists. |
| 13/05 | 06h00>06h23 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Bach - Works for organ | Bach - Works for organ | ENG | The Dutch musicologist, conductor, organ and clavecimbel player Ton Koopman specilizes in the performance of Early Music, in particular the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Although Koopman performs across the globe with his Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Koopman is also a sought-after organist. In this broadcast in St. Mary's Cathdral in Leipzig, the treasured musician performs organ compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach: 'Wachtet Auf', BWV 645; 'Nun komm der Heiden Heiland', 'Fugue in g minor', 'Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele', and the 'Toccata in d minor'. |
| 13/05 | 06h23>06h33 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 | Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 | ENG | J. S. Bach's six Brandenburg Concerto's belong to his best-known works. The composer wrote these concertos between 1711 and 1720 and dedicated them in 1721 to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg. In celebration of the pieces' 300th anniversary, Czech harpsichordist and conductor Václav Luks and the renowned Baroque ensemble Collegium 1704 recorded all six Brandenburg Concertos on historical instruments in 2021. The concertos are based on the Italian concerto grosso form, in which a group of solo instruments is set against a large ensemble. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos feature remarkable combinations of solo instruments and virtuoso solos. In this performance at the Hall of Mirrors in the Köthen Castle, Germany, Luks and his Collegium 1704 present Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048. This concerto was composed for three violins, three violas, three cellos, and basso continuo. Remarkable is the concerto's form: the two fast movements are separated by an Adagio consisting of a single measure of just two chords. |
| 13/05 | 06h34>07h53 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | The Galileo Project: Music of the Spheres | The Galileo Project: Music of the Spheres | ENG | The Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, also known simply as Tafelmusik, is a Toronto-based Canadian baroque orchestra, specialised in early music. The ensemble is directed by violinist Jeanne Lamon. In 'The Galileo Project: Music of the Spheres' they perform music by Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Bach and Handel to a backdrop of high-definition images from the Hubble telescope, NASA and Canadian astronomers. Explore the fusion of arts, science and culture in the 17th and 18th centuries in this imaginative concert commemorating Galileo's first public demonstration of the telescope. Actor Shaun Smyth narrates a compelling script while the musicians weave in and around a magical stage set by Marshal Pynkoski. Created and scripted by Alison Mackay. |
| 13/05 | 07h54>08h17 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | IVC 2021 - Semi-finals: Fauré, Tchaikovsky a. o. | IVC 2021 - Semi-finals: Fauré, Tchaikovsky a. o. | ENG | Tenor Zhuohan Sun (China, 1993) and pianist Sara Pavlovic (Serbia, 1996) perform 'Ehetanzlied' from Alexander von Zemlinsky's Sechs Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 10; 'Nell' from Gabriel Fauré's Trois mélodies, Op. 18; 'Net, tol'ko tot, kto znal' (None but the lonely heart) from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Six Romances, Op. 6; Franz Schubert's Die Mutter Erde, D. 788; Bart Visman's Vermeer's Gold; 'Bonne journée' from Francis Poulenc's Tel jour, telle nuit, FP 86; and 'Der Jäger' from Hugo Wolf's Mörike-Lieder, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2021 - Lied Duo. This performance was recorded at Het Noordbrabants Museum in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. |
| 13/05 | 08h17>09h00 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Documentary 2017 | Documentary 2017 | ENG | This short documentary follows the participants of the 11th International Franz Liszt Piano Competition, held in TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, in 2017. The competition actively presents, develops, and promotes piano talents from around the world. In doing so, it has become one of the prominent gateways to the international professional classical music scene for young musicians. The International Franz Liszt Piano Competition was founded in 1986 in the Netherlands and has since built a reputation as one of the world's most prestigious piano competitions. |
| 13/05 | 09h00>09h34 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | PIAM - Semi-final II: Mozart and Bartók | PIAM - Semi-final II: Mozart and Bartók | ENG | Acclaimed classical music talent scout Antonio Mormone (1930-2017) lives on as the name-giver of the Premio Internazionale Antonio Mormone (PIAM), awarded to the winner of the Italian music competition of the same name. The first edition of this competition, which was held in various venues in Milan from 2019 to 2021, was dedicated to the piano. As part of this competition, Ying Li (China, 1997) performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Sonata No. 13 in B-flat major, K. 333, and Béla Bartók's Sonata, BB 88, Sz.80. This performance was recorded at Nuovo Teatro Ariberto in Milan, in June 2021. |
| 13/05 | 09h34>10h02 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Classica Spotlight | Classica Spotlight | ENG | Cinematic classical clips and energizing concert pieces featuring up-and-coming artists. |
| 13/05 | 10h02>10h29 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Heitor Villa-Lobos Music for Cello and Piano - VI | Heitor Villa-Lobos Music for Cello and Piano - VI | ENG | In this six-part documentary on the life and work by Heitor Villa-Lobos, director Liloye Boubli takes viewers on a journey through the life and work of the Brazilian legend of classical music. The composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist was born 1887 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Growing up amongst the immense social changes Brazil went through at the time - social revolution and modernization, abolishing slavery in 1888 - Villa-Lobos went on to become one of the best-known South American composers of all time. In this sixth and final episode of the mini-series, Brazilian musicians and experts discuss Villa-Lobos' everlasting legacy and how his compositions continue to inspire Brazilian composers and artists to this day. |
| 13/05 | 10h30>11h42 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Septets by Mozart and Beethoven | Septets by Mozart and Beethoven | ENG | The soloists from the Lucerne Festival Orchestra present two septets in this engaging 2020 concert, recorded at Lucerne Culture and Congress Center (KKL), Switzerland. It opens with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Divertimento No. 11 in D major, K. 251, known as the 'Nannerl-Septet'. Mozart composed it in 1776, probably on the occasion of his sister Maria Anna's name day, whose nickname was 'Nannerl'. The septet is scored for oboe, two horns, two violins, viola and double bass. The program continues with Ludwig van Beethoven's Septet in E-flat major, Op. 20, which is scored for clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass. This 1799 piece achieved great popularity during Beethoven's lifetime. It was arranged for many various instrumental ensembles, including versions for two guitars, and piano four-hands, but also a trio for clarinet (or violin), cello, and piano, arranged by Beethoven himself. |
| 13/05 | 11h43>12h22 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Beethoven - Symphony No. 2, Op. 36 | Beethoven - Symphony No. 2, Op. 36 | ENG | In this concert at the Lucerne Festival, Swedish conductor Herbert Blomstedt leads the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in a performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36. This performance was recorded at the Lucerne Culture and Congress Center (KKL), Switzerland, in August 2020. |
| 13/05 | 12h22>13h36 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Baroque choral music by Bach, Schütz et al. | Baroque choral music by Bach, Schütz et al. | ENG | Five-strong vocal ensemble amarcord is joined by an extra alto and two soprano voices for this unusual concert at Leipzig's St. Thomas Church. As amarcordplus, the ensemble presents a program focused on the city of Leipzig, which includes sacred madrigals by Johann Hermann Schein, motets from Heinrich Schütz's collection Geistliche Chor-Music, as well as two motets by the most famous Thomaskantor: Johann Sebastian Bach. Moreover, various sacred works by lesser-known contemporaries Philipp Heinrich Erlebach and mononymous composer Liebhold are performed, in addition to compositions by other members of the Bach family, including Johann Michael Bach and Johann Christoph Bach. This performance was recorded on May 1, 2020. |
| 13/05 | 13h36>13h59 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Schumann - Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26 | Schumann - Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26 | ENG | After recording all 32 Ludwig van Beethoven piano sonatas to celebrate the composer's 250th birth anniversary, celebrated Italian pianist Riccardo Schwartz decided to record solo piano works by Robert Schumann. In this performance, Schwartz 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, presenting pictures of lively carnival revelry. He completed the fifth, last movement on his return to Leipzig. This piano cycle is among the composer's most popular. Acclaimed pianist Riccardo Schwartz (1986) has performed as a soloist with many world-renowned conductors, including Gustav Kuhn and Yuri Temirkanov. His acclaimed performances include recitals and concertos for piano and orchestra in many prestigious concert halls. |
| 13/05 | 14h00>15h31 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Misha Fomin at the Concertgebouw 2018 | Misha Fomin at the Concertgebouw 2018 | ENG | Musical critics from North America, Europe, and Russia praise Nalchik-born pianist Misha Fomin for his subtlety of touch and phrasing. He graduated cum laude from the Gnessin's Russian Academy of Music, Moscow, where he studied with Lina Bulatova, a former student of professor Helen Gnessina and legendary Heinrich Neuhaus, and later continued his musical studies at the Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt" in Weimar. Today, he enjoys the praise from audiences around the world for outstanding performances and is known to teach piano to young musicians through frequent masterclasses and educational events. For this 2018 concert, Fomin returned to Amsterdams Concertgebouw to interpret Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 Pathétique and Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27, Nr. 2 Moonlight, as well as Tchaikovsky's The Four Seasons, Op. 37b. |
| 13/05 | 15h31>15h44 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Smetana - My Country | Smetana - My Country | ENG | For the 2016 edition of the Waldbühne, the Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili and the Québécois conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin join the Berliner Philharmoniker for a beautiful concert. They present an all Czech program! We always think of Germany, Austria, and Italy when we name great classical composers, but the Czech Republic also delivered some master composers such as Antonin Dvorák, Bedrich Smetana, Leos Janacek, and Bohuslav Martinu. This concert starts with Smetana's famous Vltava from Má Vlast. Lisa Batiashvili plays Dvorák's Violin Concerto in A minor, and the concerts centerpiece is Dvorák's Symphony No. 6. |
| 13/05 | 15h45>17h39 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Ice Dance: Swan Lake (2006) | Ice Dance: Swan Lake (2006) | ENG | Using the complete sound track from the show and filmed live in Sydney, Australia 2006 during the World Tour's first leg, this stunning performance captures the art form of Ice Dance and allows the viewer to truly marvel at the skills of the Imperial Ice Stars. Superb sets, lighting design, Tony Mercer's direction and Tchaikovsky's beautiful music specially performed by the Manchester Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tim A. Duncan, together with a cast of 26 skaters - including Vadim Yarkov and Olga Sharutenko (Dancing on Ice) - combine to create a very special production. |
| 13/05 | 17h39>18h37 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Bach - Partita No. 2 and Sonata No. 3 | Bach - Partita No. 2 and Sonata No. 3 | ENG | Celebrated German violinist Isabelle Faust performs two of J. S. Bach's incredible works for solo violin: Partita No. 2 in D minor (BWV 1004), and Sonata No. 3 in C major (BWV 1005). Both works are part of the composer's well-known Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin (BWV 1001-1006). Partita No. 2 is made up of four dance movements, concluded by its famous Chaconne, a monumental piece within the violin repertoire. In this Chaconne, Bach develops a series of continuous variations from a theme, exploring a complex range of harmonic possibilities. Sonata No. 3 includes an extensive fugue in which Bach employs many contrapuntal techniques. In this wonderful performance, Faust shows her mastery of Bach's technically challenging pieces. This performance was recorded at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Germany, in 2020. |
| 13/05 | 18h38>20h10 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Berthollet Sisters at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées | Berthollet Sisters at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées | ENG | For this exceptional recital, recorded in 2019 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Camille (cello) and Julie Berthollet (violin) are accompanied by pianist Guillaume Vincent and the Ensemble Appassionato under the direction of Mathieu Herzog. The two musical sisters have chosen a repertoire which crosses genres and eras to explore the expressive palette of the violin and cello, from the baroque of Vivaldi to the jazzy notes of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grapelli. Among the works on the program are Brahms Hungarian Dances No. 5 and No. 6, Karl Jenkins' Palladio, 'Theme from Forrest Gump' by Alan Silvestri, Schumann's Piano Quintet, Op. 44, The Red Violin by Corigliano, Hungarian Rhapsody, op. 68 by Popper, Minor Swing by Reinhardt/Grappeli and Csárdás by Monti. |
| 13/05 | 20h10>20h22 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Music of Naples | Music of Naples | ENG | Throughout the centuries, the Italian city of Naples has proved to have a remarkably favorable climate for artistic innovation. The presence of the royal or vice royal courts, the practice of music in churches, fraternities, and charitable institutions, financial support from well-to-do citizens, and the popularity of song and dance in public life made for an extraordinarily diverse musical landscape. |
| 13/05 | 20h23>20h48 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Solo Finals - Liszt Competition 2017 | Solo Finals - Liszt Competition 2017 | ENG | Minsoo Hong (1993, South Korea) performs Liszt's Sposalizio from Années de Pèlerinage: Deuxième Année (S161/1) and Bellini/Liszt's Réminiscences de Norma (S394) during the Solo Finals of the11th International Franz Liszt Piano Competition, held in TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, in 2017. The competition actively presents, develops, and promotes piano talents from around the world. In doing so, it has become one of the prominent gateways to the international professional classical music scene for young musicians. The International Franz Liszt Piano Competition was founded in 1986 in the Netherlands and has since built a reputation as one of the world's most prestigious piano competitions. |
| 13/05 | 20h49>20h59 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Classica Spotlight | Classica Spotlight | ENG | Cinematic classical clips and energizing concert pieces featuring up-and-coming artists. |
| 13/05 | 21h00>22h41 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Beethoven - Symphonies and Piano Concerto No. 4 | Beethoven - Symphonies and Piano Concerto No. 4 | ENG | Iván Fischer leads his Budapest Festival Orchestra (BFO) in a concert program dedicated to the music of Ludwig van Beethoven. The program opens 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. The acclaimed American pianist (1943) is known for his interpretations of the Beethoven repertoire. Goode recorded all five Beethoven piano concertos with the BFO and Fischer, earning him exceptional critical acclaim and a Grammy Award nomination. As an encore, Goode performs the Sarabande from J. S. Bach's Partita in B-flat major, BWV 825. The program closes with Beethoven's famous Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67. This performance was recorded at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall in Budapest, Hungary, on January 29, 2017. |
| 13/05 | 22h41>23h39 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 | Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 | ENG | 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. Inspired on the composer's unrequited love for Irish actress Harriet Smithson, the five-movement piece portrays the dreams of a young artist who has taken an overdose of opium in the aftermath of a failed love affair. Berlioz used one melody in each movement of the work representing the artist's beloved, an 'idée fixe' (a fixed idea or obsession). The work is scored for a large orchestra and features an astonishing array of instrumental colors, including church bells, an off-stage oboe, and strings playing col legno (using the wood of their bow). This performance was recorded at the Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall in Yerevan, Armenia, in 2021. |
| 13/05 | 23h39>23h59 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Schubert - Overture to Rosamunde (D. 644) | Schubert - Overture to Rosamunde (D. 644) | ENG | Andreas Spering conducts Philharmonie Zuidnederland in a performance of "Overture Rosamunde" (D. 644), by Franz Schubert (1797-1828). Recorded in Muziekgebouw Eindhoven, the Netherlands in 2015. Schubert initially composed the Overture for Georg Ernst von hofmann's play 'Die Zauberharfe' ('The Magic Harp'), which premiered on August 19, 1820. Three years later, the overture was used again, this time for Helmina von Chézy's play Rosemunde. Chézy's (1783-1856) librettos enjoyed little succes, and it is said that Schubert's contribution to Rosamunde saved the production. |
| 13/05 | 00h00>02h29 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Nicolai - The Merry Wives of Windsor | Nicolai - The Merry Wives of Windsor | ENG | Sir John Falstaff leads a dissipated life. Permanently penniless, he sends the same love letter to Frau Fluth and Frau Reich, two rich bourgeois women. These women, seeing through the ruse, are highly put out. From that time on, their only amusement comes at the expense of the inept suitor. Thrown into the Thames with dirty laundry or expelled from the room with great sweeps of the broom while disguised as a woman, Falstaff becomes the laughing-stock of the village children when he walks through the woods in a ghost costume. The performance features an opera by Otto Nicolai, libretto by Hermann Von Mosenthal, and is based on William Shakespeare's play. Performed at the Opéra de Liege in Opéra Royal de Liege with conductor Christian Zacharias and star singers Franz Hawlata, Anneke Luyten, Werner Van Mechelen, Sabina Willeit and Laurent Kubla. |
| 14/05 | 02h29>04h17 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Waldbühne 1996 - Italian Night | Waldbühne 1996 - Italian Night | ENG | Designed by the German architect Werner March, Berlin's Waldbühne is an amphitheater that seats over 22,000 people. It was built between 1934 and 1936 for the Summer Olympics of 1936. Since WWII, the Waldbühne has been used for a variety of events, including boxing matches, film screenings, and classical and rock concerts. Annually, the Berlin Philharmonic performs a stunning open concert. In this broadcast of the 1996 edition, Claudio Abbado conducts the orchestra and invites bass-baritone Bryn Terfel, tenor Sergei Larin, and soprano Angela Gheorghiu to sing Verdi arias. This program also features Giuseppe Verdi's Overture Nabucco, duet Et lui (from Don Carlos), Fire chorus Fuoco di gioia, Jago's Credo, Gia nella notte (from Otello), Triumphal March, and chorus Gloria all' Egitto from Aida. You can also discover Vincenzo Bellini's Eccomi from I Capuleti e i Montecchi. |
| 14/05 | 04h17>04h42 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Heitor Villa-Lobos Music for Cello and Piano - IV | Heitor Villa-Lobos Music for Cello and Piano - IV | ENG | In this six-part documentary on the life and work of Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, director Liloye Boubli takes viewers on a journey through the life and work of this legend of Brazilian classical music. The composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1887. Growing up during a time of immense social change in Brazil - with the abolishment of slavery in 1888, this was a time of social revolution and far-reaching modernizations - Villa-Lobos went on to become one of South America's best-known composers of all time. This fourth episode dives deeper into the composer's "Bachianas brasileiras", particularly the "Ária (Cantilena)" from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, which is one of Villa-Lobos's most renowned pieces. |
| 14/05 | 04h43>05h18 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Danielpour - Elegies | Danielpour - Elegies | ENG | Richard Danielpour (*1956) is one of the most beloved American composers of his generation due to his frequent referencing of and connection with the past, being inspired by American icons such as Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber and Leonard Bernstein. His lush musical language is often infused with swingy jazz rhythms just as is the music of Copland and Bernstein. Thus, he conveys an intense musical experience to the listener with his intuitive musical style, his exquisite melodic lines and accessible harmonic language. All this makes him to be a hugely popular composer with American orchestras. The initial idea for the composition of a song cycle "Elegies" came from the American mezzo soprano Frederica von Stade who was born in 1945, the same year in which her father was killed when the Jeep he was driving drove over a land mine. Charles von Stade is buried at the American cemetery in Margraten (South Netherlands). His daughter could thus only create a picture of him for herself via family stories and through his letters. These letters form the basis of the text of the songs, where father and daughter "meet" and communicate for the first time. The first movement Vigil, depicts the arrival of the daughter who hopes for a spiritual connection with her father. The second movement describes the intense sorrow of her father at the horrors of war and is as if his daughter is calling on him to return to her. In the third movement we hear the father give his unborn daughter his blessing, "Little soul, to where would you go from the darkness of the womb?" Movement four is the preparation for the reunion of the souls of father and daughter which takes place in movement five, Paradise. Here the daughter welcomes her father's spiritual rest and sings, "Peace, the air which I breathe". The philharmonie zuidnederland is conducted by Harmut Haenchen. The German born conductor who naturalized to become Dutch and was chief conductor of the Dutch Opera Amsterdam, the Dutch Philharmon |
| 14/05 | 05h19>05h42 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | IVC 2021 - Semi-finals: Finzi, Duparc a. o. | IVC 2021 - Semi-finals: Finzi, Duparc a. o. | ENG | Tenor Ilja Aksionov (Lithuania, 1996) and pianist Gustas Raudonius (Lithuania, 1996) perform Bart Visman's Het goud van Vermeer; 'As I lay in the early sun' from Gerald Finzi's Oh fair to see, Op. 13b; Henri Duparc's Extase; Claude Debussy's Paysage sentimental, L. 55; 'Mausfallensprüchlein' from Hugo Wolf's Sechs Lieder; 'Krysolov' (The pied piper) from Sergei Rachmaninoff's Six Romances, Op. 38; Franz Schubert's Rastlose Liebe, Op. 5, No. 1, D. 138; and Alphons Diepenbrock's De klare dag, RC 4, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2021 - Lied Duo. This performance was recorded at Het Noordbrabants Museum in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. |
| 14/05 | 05h43>05h59 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Schubert - Four Impromptus, Op. 90: - I. | Schubert - Four Impromptus, Op. 90: - I. | ENG | Roberto Prosseda (1975) performs Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 5 (KV. 283) and four Impromptus Op. 90 by Franz Schubert. The performance ends with Chopin's technically demanding Ballade No. 4, Op. 52. Prosseda is particularly noted for his performances of newly discovered works by Mendelssohn and has recorded a nine-CD series for Decca of the piano works of Mendelssohn. Since 2012, Prosseda also gives lecture-concerts with the robot pianist TeoTronico, as educational or family concerts, to demonstrate differences between a literal production of music and human interpretation. |
| 14/05 | 06h00>06h55 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Sergiu Celibidache - The Triumphant Return | Sergiu Celibidache - The Triumphant Return | ENG | Maestro Sergiu Celibidache conducted the Berliner Philharmoniker from 1945 to 1954, and once in 1992. Wolfgang Becker's documentary The Triumphant Return documents Celibidache's long-awaited return to the Berlin Philharmonic after a 38-year-absence. Discover extensive footage from the rehearsals of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 (the only video recording in existence of Celibiadache), interviews with former orchestra members, and Celibidache's final concert with the Berliner Philharmoniker. |
| 14/05 | 06h55>07h20 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Nielsen - Commotio | Nielsen - Commotio | ENG | Fabio Luisi conducts the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in this powerful performance taken from the 150th Anniversary celebrations of Denmark's national composer, Carl Nielsen. Alongside Nielsen's inscrutably ironic Symphony No. 6, this performance features world-renowned French pianist Lise de la Salle as soloist in Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 4. This lesser-known concerto saw three separate iterations throughout the composer's life and is characterized by bold chromaticism and a distinctly Jazz-like quality. Luisi and de la Salle have prior experience with this piece, having previously performed and recorded it together. This performance was recorded at the DR Koncerthuset in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2017. |
| 14/05 | 07h21>08h34 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | A Mozart Concert from Berlin | A Mozart Concert from Berlin | ENG | The Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra delivers a program entirely devoted to Mozart at the Konzerthaus in Berlin under the direction of Hartmut Haenchen. In reduced form, the ensemble manages to bring to life the many characteristics of the music and the unique spirit of the famous composer, be it his gaiety of heart, his lyricism, his dramatic side or his polyphonic writing inspired. Criticism has always praised Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's stylistic assurance, transparency of textures and technical precision. The extraordinary sensitivity and ease of Stefan Vladar make him an ideal partner for Haenchen and his orchestra. The evening's program includes Divertimento, K. 113; the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 20, K. 466, and Symphony No. 41, K. 551. |
| 14/05 | 08h35>09h01 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | IVC 2021 - Semi-finals: Debussy, Messiaen a. o. | IVC 2021 - Semi-finals: Debussy, Messiaen a. o. | ENG | Soprano Sara Gouzy (France, 1991) and pianist Seri Dan (South Korea, 1992) perform 'Chevaux de bois' from Claude Debussy's Ariettes oubliées, L. 63; Franz Schubert's An den Mond, Op. 57, No. 3, D. 193; 'Le collier' from Olivier Messiaen's Poèmes pour Mi; 'Margaritki' (Daisies) from Sergei Rachmaninoff's Six Romances, Op. 38; 'Quelle aventure!', and 'La reine de coeur' from Francis Poulenc's La courte paille; Bart Visman's Vermeer's Gold; and 'Wie Lange schon war immer mein Verlangen', and 'Ich hab' in Penna einen Liebsten wohnen' from Hugo Wolf's Italienisches Liederbuch, during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2021 - Lied Duo. This performance was recorded at Het Noordbrabants Museum in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. |
| 14/05 | 09h01>09h28 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Brazilian music for cello and piano | Brazilian music for cello and piano | ENG | In this six-part documentary on the life and work of Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, director Liloye Boubli takes viewers on a journey through the life and work of this legend of Brazilian classical music. The composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1887. Growing up during a time of immense social change in Brazil - with the abolishment of slavery in 1888, this was a time of social revolution and far-reaching modernizations - Villa-Lobos went on to become one of South America's best-known composers of all time. In this first episode, Brazilian musicians discuss the importance of Villa-Lobos's work for their own artistic development, and shed light on the composer's close connection with his home soil. |
| 14/05 | 09h28>09h39 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Scriabin - Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 | Scriabin - Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 | ENG | In recent years, a new generation of Chinese pianists has emerged on the international scene. But there are many more young Chinese artists, who the Académie France-Chine aims to enable to deepen their art by introducing them to and giving them a platform within French and European culture. Four of these artists are Chen Xue-Hong, Zhang Cheng, Chen Yunjie and Chen Sa, who made their joint debut in Paris in this unique concert at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées that showcased their extraordinary talent. On the program are Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2, Schumann's Piano Sonata No. 1, Scriabin's Piano Sonata No. 8 and Paysage (No. 3) and Mazeppa (No. 4) from Liszt's Études d'Exécution Transcendante. The concert closes with Messiaen's Regard de l'Esprit de la joie (No. 10) from Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus. |
| 14/05 | 09h40>10h00 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Classica Spotlight | Classica Spotlight | ENG | Cinematic classical clips and energizing concert pieces featuring up-and-coming artists. |
| 14/05 | 10h00>11h10 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 | Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 | ENG | In honor of Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th anniversary in 2020, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería performed Beethoven's symphonic cycle at the Academia de Música del Palacio de Minería in Mexico City in 2019. Mexican conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto leads the orchestra, four vocal soloists, the Vocal Essence choir, and the choir of Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería in this performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125. Prieto has been serving as music director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería since 2008, and is considered the foremost Mexican conductor of his generation. Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 is widely considered his greatest composition. He completed this piece in 1824, when he was almost deaf. This symphony is unique, since Beethoven included a choir and vocal soloists in the last movement. Here, Beethoven set to music parts of Friedrich Schiller's poem "Ode an die Freude" ("Ode to Joy"). The symphony consists of four movements: Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso, Molto vivace, Adagio molto e cantabile, and Finale. The four vocal soloists are Katherine Whyte (soprano), Grace Echauri (mezzosoprano), Thomas Studebaker (tenor), and Kevin Deas (bass). |
| 14/05 | 11h11>12h20 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Works for Flute & Oboe: Haydn, Schumann, Bach | Works for Flute & Oboe: Haydn, Schumann, Bach | ENG | On April 9, 2020, when that year's pandemic forced concert life to a standstill, flautist Ana de la Vega and oboist Ramón Ortega Quero were well into their scheduled concert tour. They played their concert at Palais Lichtenau in the German city of Potsdam as planned, albeit without an audience. This intimate recording is the result. On the program are Joseph Haydn's "Londoner" Trio No.1 C Hb. IV/1, Clara Schumann's Drei Romanzen, Op.22, Antonín Dvoák's Silent Woods for cello and piano, J. S Bach's Trio Sonata in C minor from "Musikalischen Opfer" BWV 1079 and Robert Schumann's Drei Romanzen, Op. 94. The concert concludes with Ignaz Moscheles's Concertante in F. |
| 14/05 | 12h20>12h49 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Discovering Masterpieces - Symphonie Fantastique | Discovering Masterpieces - Symphonie Fantastique | ENG | Watch the series 'Discovering Masterpieces', your audio-visual concert guide to the great masterpieces of classical music. The series brings you 20 half-hour documentaries on 20 classical masterpieces: acclaimed experts, famous soloists and outstanding conductors take you on a journey back to the time and place of composition. In today's documentary, Hector Berlioz' 'Symphonie Fantastique'. This 'Fantastic Symphony' is widely regarded as one of the most important and representative pieces of the early Romantic period. Leonard Bernstein once called it "the first musical expedition into psychedelia" because of its hallucinatory and dream-like nature. The German musicologist Wulf Konold describes the idea behind and the realization of this fascinating work. |
| 14/05 | 12h50>13h16 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Villa-Lobos - String Quartet No. 13 | Villa-Lobos - String Quartet No. 13 | ENG | The Quarteto Radamés Gnattali performs Heitor Villa-Lobos' String Quartet No. 13. The quartet, existing of Carla Rincón (violin), Francisco Roa (violin), Fernando Thebaldi (viola) and Hugo Pilger (cello), was founded in 2006 and is specialised in Brazilian music and educational activities. Their recording of the complete set of Villa-Lobos string quartets is a major achievement and was very well received by the international music press. Except for the Bachianas Brasileiros Heitor Villa-Lobos is little known outside Latin America. Not only a composer but also a highly regarded conductor and educationist in his native Brazil, Villa-Lobos has operas, symphonies, concertos, piano and choral music as well as 17 String Quartets to his credit. Recorded at the Theatro Municipal, Rio de Janiero, Brasil. |
| 14/05 | 13h16>13h44 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Mozart - String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465 | Mozart - String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465 | ENG | Les Dissonances is a collective of artists founded by violinist David Grimal in 2004. The conductorless ensemble consists of musicians from the most prestigious European orchestras, international soloists, and young talents. In this performance, Les Dissonances' string quartet - consisting of David Grimal (violin), Hans Peter Hofmann (violin), David Gaillard (viola), and Xavier Phillips (cello) - performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465, 'Dissonance' (Op. 10 No. 6). The String Quartet is the last in the set of six quartets that were dedicated to Joseph Haydn. Written between 1782 and 1785, these are also known as the Haydn Quartets (Op. 10). String Quartet No. 19 is remarkable for its slow, dissonant introduction, giving the piece its nickname. This ominous passage suddenly gives way to the bright Allegro in C major. This performance was recorded at Opéra Comique in Paris, France, in 2015. |
| 14/05 | 13h45>13h59 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Classica Spotlight | Classica Spotlight | ENG | Cinematic classical clips and energizing concert pieces featuring up-and-coming artists. |
| 14/05 | 14h00>15h00 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Requiem: Ockeghem and De la Rue | Requiem: Ockeghem and De la Rue | ENG | 'Requiem' - the first word of the Liturgy for the Dead - has become synonymous with a genre that has existed for more than five centuries. The polyphonist Johannes Ockeghem is responsible for the very first complete and polyphonic Requiem. His pioneering composition smoothed the way for Pierre de La Rue, who in turn built a spectacular construction out of existing melodies. |
| 14/05 | 15h00>17h26 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival | Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival | ENG | Having achieved incredible success with consistently sold-out concerts, the Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival is renowned for its exceptional repertoire of performances by top soloists who otherwise seldom share a stage. This program presents highlights of the 2008 edition, of which the theme centered on the exploration of the "national spirit" of music. |
| 14/05 | 17h27>18h15 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Brahms - Symphony No. 1, Op. 68 | Brahms - Symphony No. 1, Op. 68 | ENG | For over two decades, the Berlin Philharmonic has celebrated its creation on May 1 with the annual Europakonzert, which in 2010 was held in Oxford. Led by Daniel Barenboim, the orchestra performed a program including Johannes Brahms' Symphony No. 1. |
| 14/05 | 18h16>19h18 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 25 & Symphony No. 35 | Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 25 & Symphony No. 35 | ENG | 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". This is followed by Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503, with Maurizio Baglini as the featured soloist. Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 25 is just one of the twelve great piano concertos he composed during 1784 and 1786. The concert ends with Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, also known as the "Haffner Symphony". On the occasion of the ennoblement of Sigmund Haffner in 1782, the prominent Salzburg Haffner family of businessmen and philanthropists commissioned Mozart to compose a new piece. Mozart agreed, and initially wrote a serenade before recasting it as a symphony a few months later: the "Haffner Symphony". This performance was recorded at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Italy. |
| 14/05 | 19h18>19h43 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Rachmaninoff & Dvoák Trios | Rachmaninoff & Dvoák Trios | ENG | The Valerius Ensemble, consisting of Eeva Koskinen (violin), René Geesing (cello) and Ingo Lulofs (piano) plays Rachmaninoff's Trio élégiaque Nr. 1 and the Finale of Dvoák's Piano Trio No.3, Op. 65. Rachmaninoff composed this Trio in 1892 at the age of 19. The work does not have an opus number and consists only of one movement, which is highly unusual for a Piano Trio. This concert was recorded at Muziekcentrum Enschede in the Netherlands on March 18, 2018. |
| 14/05 | 19h44>19h59 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Summertime at the Domaine Forget | Summertime at the Domaine Forget | ENG | The documentary Summertime at the Domaine Forget introduces internationally renowned treasure: Domaine Forget festival in Saint-Irénée, Québec. Domaine Forget is one of Canada's leading music academies and hosts this annual festival to promote music and dance. Every summer, 500 music students from around the world gather for an intensive course program featuring: masterclasses, individual lessons, chamber music sessions, lectures, and special workshops. |
| 14/05 | 20h00>20h33 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Bach - Partita for Violin No. 2 (BWV 1004) | Bach - Partita for Violin No. 2 (BWV 1004) | ENG | Celebrated German violinist Isabelle Faust performs J. S. Bach's Partita No. 2 in D minor (BWV 1004). The work is part of the composer's well-known Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin (BWV 1001-1006). Partita No. 2 is made up of four dance movements, concluded by its famous Chaconne, a monumental piece within the violin repertoire. In this Chaconne, Bach develops a series of continuous variations from a theme, exploring a complex range of harmonic possibilities. This performance was recorded at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Germany, in 2020. |
| 14/05 | 20h33>20h59 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Classica Spotlight | Classica Spotlight | ENG | Cinematic classical clips and energizing concert pieces featuring up-and-coming artists. |
| 14/05 | 21h00>21h36 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Clash of the Soloists | Clash of the Soloists | ENG | We live in a world where millions of people will walk past a concert hall and only a fraction will step inside. Interestingly, a great number will gather at Wrestlemania. Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo have finally found common ground between these two, seemingly opposite, spectator sports. Clementi had to contend with Mozart's ingenuity, Beethoven blew Steinbelt out of Vienna, and Handel sparred Scarlatti in a joust of fingers. In the right corner we have Korean/Japanese/Chinese piano prodigy Whay-Tsu Fast and in the left, Russian/American/Jewish/German/Spanish-speaking violin virtuoso Sergey Amadeus Showoff. In the feud as ancient as time itself, to determine the superior instrument, who will emerge triumphant? Who will prevail as champion in this Clash of the Soloists? Igudesman and Joo blaze through concertos with extraordinary dexterity and finesse that will keep audiences on the edge of their seats. An unforgettable, laugh-until-soda-comes-out-of-your-nose performance that will leave listeners of all ages thirsting for more. "Clash of the Soloists" was commissioned by the Zürich Tonhalle Orchester to commemorate their 150th anniversary, with a world premiere performance featuring conductor, referee, and Maestro of Ceremonies, Joshua Weilerstein. |
| 14/05 | 21h36>22h29 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: Coming Home | Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: Coming Home | ENG | On December 24, 2011, one of the world's most renowned classical orchestras, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, celebrated the 75th anniversary of its founding. The film portrays the orchestra and its eventful history against the backdrop of Israel and the holocaust. Interwoven with individual biographies and archival footage, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra's 75 years of history are brought back to life in concerts featuring Arturo Toscanini, Arthur Rubinstein, Leonard Bernstein, Isaac Stern, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim and Itzhak Perlman. We also get the opportunity to watch the Israel Philharmonic in rehearsals, concerts and on tour |
| 14/05 | 22h30>22h58 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | PIAM - Semi-final I: Chopin and Scriabin | PIAM - Semi-final I: Chopin and Scriabin | ENG | Acclaimed classical music talent scout Antonio Mormone (1930-2017) lives on as the name-giver of the Premio Internazionale Antonio Mormone (PIAM), awarded to the winner of the Italian music competition of the same name. The first edition of this competition, which was held in various venues in Milan from 2019 to 2021, was dedicated to the piano. As part of this competition, Micah McLaurin (USA, 1994) performs Frédéric Chopin's Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2, and Barcarolle, Op. 60; and a selection of Alexander Scriabin's Etudes: Op. 42 No. 5, and Op. 8 Nos. 11 and 12. This performance was recorded at Teatro EDI Barrio's in Milan, in January 2020. |
| 14/05 | 22h58>23h28 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Lifschitz & Davidson | Lifschitz & Davidson | ENG | Sonya Lifschitz is a pianist working across many contexts, with repertoire spanning from 15th century Faenza Codex to works written for her today. She is known for her fiercely imaginative, daring collaborations across film, animation, spoken word, visual and performance art. Robert Davidson has been making music from language since childhood. He has created music from the voices of Australia's prime ministers, from 100 years of radio broadcasts and from stories of asylum seekers and indigenous members of Australia's Stolen Generations. This performance is recorded during Classical:NEXT 2019 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. |
| 14/05 | 23h28>23h44 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Schumann - Märchenbilder for viola & piano, Op 113 | Schumann - Märchenbilder for viola & piano, Op 113 | ENG | Vilde Frang, Tabea Zimmermann and conductor/pianist András Schiff team up for a concert at the 25th anniversary edition of the Swiss Verbier Festival in 2018. András Schiff's versatile artistry excels both as pianist and conductor, as this program illustrates. He is joined by Vilde Frang, a superlative Mozart interpreter, and master violist Tabea Zimmermann for Mozart's Sinfonia concertante. The work exemplifies the vast range of emotion Mozart is capable of instilling in one single work: from serene and joyful in the outer movements, to thoughtful and sad in the central movement. Schumann and Brahms - Schiff accompanies Tabea Zimmermann in the core 19th century viola repertoire. Unlike Schumann, whose Märchenbilder were written with the viola in mind, Brahms' wrote his Op.120 for clarinet and piano. He soon provided a viola transcription, which has become as popular than the original. |
| 14/05 | 23h45>23h59 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Classica Spotlight | Classica Spotlight | ENG | Cinematic classical clips and energizing concert pieces featuring up-and-coming artists. |
| 14/05 | 00h00>02h02 |
(0x00) ? | ENG | Donizetti - Don Pasquale | Donizetti - Don Pasquale | ENG | Frédéric Chaslin leads the Orchestre Symphonique Région Centre-Val de Loire/Tours and the Choir of Opéra de Tours in a performance of Gaetano Donizetti's comic opera Don Pasquale (1842). Featuring a cast of the most famous singers of the day, Don Pasquale premiered at the Parisian Salle Ventadour in 1843. It was an immediate success, being performed in the great opera houses of Europe within a year after its premiere. The work's libretto is largely written by Giovanni Ruffini, as well as by the composer himself. It tells the hilarious story of the old, wealthy bachelor Don Pasquale, who is outraged when hearing his nephew Ernesto wishes to marry the impoverished widow Norina. Consequently, Pasquale decides to disinherit his nephew by marrying himself. His friend Malatesta and Norina, however, make up a plan to thwart the old bachelor, arranging a mock marriage. Among the soloists are Laurent Naouri (Don Pasquale), Florian Sempey (Malatesta), Sébastien Droy (Ernesto), Anne-Catherine Gillet (Norina), and François Bazola (notary). This performance was recorded at Opéra de Tours, in 2021. |