Schedules
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02/24/2023 6:00 pm |
Mozart, Symphony No. 41, K. 551 |
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| Jeffrey Tate conducts the English Chamber Orchestra in a performance of Mozart's Jupiter Symphony No. 41 (K. 551). This symphony is the last of a set of three that Mozart composed in rapid succession during the summer of 1788. | |||||
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02/24/2023 6:37 pm |
Bach |
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| During the years when Bach was in the service of the courts of Prince Leopold in Köthen, he had his own orchestra and was contracted to compose a great deal of instrumental music. | |||||
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02/24/2023 8:13 pm |
CMIM Piano 2021 |
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| Joon Yoon performs works by Yun, Bach, Couperin, Wild, and Ravel during the semi-finals of the 2021 piano edition of the Concours Musical International de Montréal. | |||||
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02/24/2023 8:55 pm |
Discovering Masterpieces |
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| 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 dream-like nature. | |||||
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02/24/2023 9:24 pm |
Beethoven |
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| Italian pianist Riccardo Schwartz was born in Milan in 1986 and completed his studies at the Conservatorio of Milan as a student of acclaimed musicians such as Riccardo Risaliti, Leonardo Leonardi, and Annibale Rebaudengo. He graduated with Honorable Mention and continued his piano studies at the Accademia Pianistica of Imola. Here, he performs Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 30, Op. 109. | |||||
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02/24/2023 10:06 pm |
Penderecki - Symphony No. 7: 7 Gates of Jerusalem |
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| 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. | |||||
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02/24/2023 11:37 pm |
Piano works by Rossini, Verdi, Rendano |
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| Dedicated to music of Italian composers and performed by Italian musicians on Italian instruments. Covering four centuries of music: from Girolamo Frescobaldi and Antonio Vivaldi to more contemporary music by Ennio Morricone and Azio Corghi. | |||||
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02/25/2023 12:13 am |
Heavenly Voices |
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| A look at the Legacy of Farinelli' and following the history of castrato in choral music: male singers who were castrated at a young age in order to preserve their high vocal range. | |||||
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02/25/2023 1:04 am |
Villa-Lobos |
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| The Quarteto Radamés Gnattali performs Heitor Villa-Lobos' String Quartet No 15. The quartet, existing of Carla Rincón, Francisco Roa, Fernando Thebaldi, and Hugo Pilger, was founded in 2006. | |||||
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02/25/2023 1:27 am |
Rota - 'The Godfather' Suite |
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| This exclusive live concert production presents a unique selection of movie classics - from Sergio Leone's iconic Spaghetti Westerns to modern mafia masterpieces by Francis Ford Coppola and the cult movies of Tarantino. | |||||
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02/25/2023 2:03 am |
Historical and Hysterical Guide to the Orchestra |
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| Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo explore the sound and historical context of each orchestral instrument. This piece was commissioned and given its world premiere by the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich for their 150th anniversary Celebration Concert. | |||||
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02/25/2023 3:00 am |
Bruckner |
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| Bruckner's Fifth Symphony has been called `the Medieval' because of its multi-layered, Baroque, contrapuntal tonal textures and `the Catholic' because of its solemn majesty. These designations are uniquely fitting to the work. Bruckner himself called it his `Fantastic', especially when it is performed at the Monastery of St Florian, as on this recording. It is not without reason that Bruckner also called the Fifth his contrapuntal masterpiece. | |||||
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02/25/2023 4:17 am |
Veerhavenconcert 2016 |
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| Conrad van Alphen conducts the Sinfonia Rotterdam in works by Mendelssohn, Mozart, Haydn, Rossini, Beethoven and Fauré. | |||||
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02/25/2023 5:22 am |
Schubert: Four Impromptus Op. 90 |
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| Roberto Prosseda 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. | |||||
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02/25/2023 5:33 am |
Tchaikovsky |
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| In May 2019, the new principal conductor of the Gewandhaus, Andris Nelsons, presented Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 5 with his orchestra in combination with Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No 1 with outstanding violinist Baiba Skride as the soloist. | |||||
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02/25/2023 6:25 am |
Mahler |
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| Due to the occasionally grim atmosphere of this composition by Gustav Mahler, and his use of Ludwig van Beethoven's Sonata 'Les Adieux', it has been suggested that his 'Ninth Symphony' was composed as a musical farewell. | |||||
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02/25/2023 8:00 am |
Franz Liszt Competition 2017 - Semi Final I |
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| Ran Feng (1991, China) performs in semi-final I of the 11th International Franz Liszt Piano Competition, held in TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, in 2017. | |||||
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02/25/2023 9:00 am |
Puccini |
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| This opera tells the story of young artists who live under poor circumstances. Rodolfo and Marcello share a house but have little money. When the girl next-door, Mimi, comes knocking, Rodolfo quickly falls in love. | |||||
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02/25/2023 11:01 am |
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite No. 2 |
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| Iván Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra in a concert recorded at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall in Budapest, Hungary in 2015. The concert opens with Sergei Prokofiev's Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op 34. | |||||
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02/25/2023 12:00 pm |
Beethoven |
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| Fidelio (originally titled Leonore, oder Der Triumph der ehelichen Liebe, which translates to Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love), Op. 72, is Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera. This 2018 opera film from the Swiss Theater St. Gallen is based on Jan Schmidt-Garre's highly acclaimed stage production of Beethoven's Fidelio. Otto Tausk conducts the Sinfonieorchester and choir of St. Gallen, as well as many wonderful soloists in a beautifully designed set by Nikolaus Webern. | |||||
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02/25/2023 1:56 pm |
Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival |
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| 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. | |||||
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02/25/2023 4:24 pm |
Ginandrea Noseda |
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| Although the great Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi applied unsuccessfully to study at the Milan Conservatory, this renowned college of music was eventually named after him. Today, the 'Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi' counts numerous successful musicians among its alumni: from Giacomo Puccini, Alfredo Catalani, Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Luigi Einaudi and Daniele Gatti, to Gianandrea Noseda. | |||||
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02/25/2023 5:00 pm |
Dutilleux - Symphony No. 2 'Le Double' |
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| Soviet-born conductor Semyon Bychkov leads the Czech Philharmonic in a concert featuring works by Bohuslav Martinů, Maurice Ravel and Henri Dutilleux, recorded at the Rudolfinum, Dvořák Hall, Prague in 2020. | |||||
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02/25/2023 5:32 pm |
Viardot - Five Songs |
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| Olena Tokar (soprano) and Igor Grishin (piano) perform a lieder and piano program, recorded at Schinkel Pavillon in Berlin on March 30, 2020. The program opens with five songs by Pauline Viardot: 'Two Roses', 'On Georgia's Hills', 'Evening Song'. | |||||
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02/25/2023 5:43 pm |
Liszt - Légende S.175, No.1 |
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| Tabea Zimmermann on viola and Francesco Piemontesi on piano perform live at Schinkel Pavilion in Berlin, on 17 April 2020: Robert Schumann's Phantasiestücke for clarinet and piano, Op 73 and Max Reger's Suite No 1 in G minor, Op 131d. | |||||