Schedules
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10/29/2024 6:00 pm |
Beethoven's Octet and Dvořák's Serenade |
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| The Berliner Philharmoniker has been among the best orchestras in the world for years. In 1990, musicians from the orchestra came together to play some wonderful chamber music pieces. The first is Ludwig van Beethoven's Octet in E-flat major. | |||||
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10/29/2024 6:54 pm |
Nielsen - Commotio |
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| 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. | |||||
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10/29/2024 7:19 pm |
Bach |
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| In 1722, when Johann Sebastian Bach lived in Köthen, Germany, he published a book of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys. This collection became known as The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book One, BWV 846-869. | |||||
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10/29/2024 8:37 pm |
IVC 2021 |
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| Soprano Isabel Weller and pianist Yuriko Watanabe perform works including Claude Debussy's `Nuit d'étoiles', Joseph Haydn's `Piercing Eyes', `Die Mainacht' from Johannes Brahms' `Vier Gesänge', and `Pietà' from Paul Hindemith's `Das Marienleben'. | |||||
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10/29/2024 9:00 pm |
England, My England: I |
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| From 28 August to 6 September 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 journey through England. | |||||
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10/29/2024 9:21 pm |
Beethoven |
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| Getting into Beethoven's creative mind, especially in the last phase of his life, when he was coping with severe hearing loss. Exploring Tom Beghin's new recording of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Opus 109, 110, and 111. | |||||
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10/29/2024 9:39 pm |
Classica Spotlight |
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| Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists. | |||||
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10/29/2024 10:05 pm |
Mahler |
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| On 14 November 1987, conductor Simon Rattle made his Berlin Philharmonic debut with Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 6. In retrospect Rattle says that he felt like he was finding his voice that day. Mahler's multifaceted work is now again on the program when Sir Simon appears for the last time as chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic in the Philharmonie in 2018. | |||||
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10/29/2024 11:36 pm |
Roberto Giordano Plays Brahms and Beethoven |
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| In this recital, Roberto Giordano plays the Six Pieces for Piano, opus 118 of Brahms. The concert program also includes Beethoven's famous Moonlight Sonata No 14, opus 27, and Sonata No 31, opus 110, one of the last sonatas signed by the composer. | |||||
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10/30/2024 12:40 am |
Heitor Villa-Lobos Music for Cello and Piano - VI |
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| A six-part documentary on the life and work of Heitor Villa-Lobos. Director Liloye Boubli takes viewers on a journey through the life and work of the Brazilian legend of classical music. | |||||
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10/30/2024 1:06 am |
Mexican Concert: Part II |
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| A concert conducted by Raúl Delgado dedicated to Mexican composers. | |||||
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10/30/2024 1:39 am |
Rimsky-Korsakov - The Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite |
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| In this exquisite 2016 concert from Moscow's Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, the Russian National Orchestra and star-pianist Boris Berezovsky are led by conductor Mikhail Pletnev in a performance of magnificent works by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. | |||||
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10/30/2024 2:00 am |
Niccolò Jommelli - Requiem |
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| In 1754 Jommelli took up the position of 'Ober-Kapellmeister' at the ducal court of Stuttgart. There he wrote not only operas, serenatas and pastorales but also religious music for special occasions. | |||||
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10/30/2024 2:51 am |
Riccardo Chailly Conducts Mendelssohn |
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| Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847): Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream - Psalm 114, Op. 51 Da Israel aus Ägypten zog (When Israel went out from Egypt) - Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise). | |||||
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10/30/2024 4:25 am |
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 |
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| Bernhard Haitink conducts the Berlin Philharmonic and the Ernst Senff Choir in a performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 at the Berliner Philharmonie in 1992. | |||||
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10/30/2024 5:50 am |
Europa Concert 2010: Oxford |
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| 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. The young American cellist Alisa Weilerstein, who has attracted widespread attention for her passionate yet precise musicianship, joined the orchestra for a breathtaking performance of Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto. | |||||
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10/30/2024 7:20 am |
Villa-Lobos |
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| The Quarteto Radamés Gnattali performs Heitor Villa-Lobos' String Quartet No 14. The quartet, existing of Carla Rincón, Francisco Roa, Fernando Thebaldi, and Hugo Pilger, was founded in 2006. | |||||
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10/30/2024 7:43 am |
The Boy With the Wig: Kids on Mozart |
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| The Boy with the Wig: Kids on Mozart explores children's fascination with the composer. The 30-minute film features boys and girls aged between eight and eleven recounting his life through humour and serious interpretations of Mozart's biography. | |||||
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10/30/2024 8:12 am |
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf |
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| Leonard Bernstein, David Bowie, Bill Clinton, and Mikhail Gorbachev have all narrated the symphonic fairy tale `Peter and the Wolf', composed by Sergei Prokofiev in 1936. Every character is illustrated by a different instrument with its own theme. | |||||
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10/30/2024 8:39 am |
Classica Spotlight |
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| Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists. | |||||
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10/30/2024 9:00 am |
Segatta - Concerto Bizantino |
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| The La Piccola Orchestra Lumière performs the piece `Concerto Bizantino' by Italian contemporary composer Nicola Segatta. Cellist Giovanni Sollima is the leading soloist in this performance, and the orchestra is conducted by Marcello Fera. | |||||
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10/30/2024 9:40 am |
Behind the Scenes |
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| Behind the scenes at the Zurich Opera House, one of the most renowned in Europe, where fifteen premiers are staged each year. An insight into the curtain to understanding an opera house's many exciting facets. | |||||
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10/30/2024 10:35 am |
M. Armanini & Qiu Xia He - Dream (as a Dream) |
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| Intercultural chamber music ensemble AU Ensemble performs 'Dream (as a Dream)', written by Canadian contemporary composer Mark Armanini and Chinese pipa player Qiu Xia He. The composition is inspired by a poem by Chinese poet Li Qing Zhao. | |||||
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10/30/2024 11:10 am |
Brahms |
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| In this splendid 2013 concert from the Church of Verbier, Switzerland, Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos and Chinese pianist Yuja Wang join forces to interpret three sonatas by Johannes Brahms. Leonidas Kavakos rose to fame in 1985, when he became the youngest musician to ever win the first prize of the prestigious Sibelius Competition. | |||||
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10/30/2024 11:40 am |
Classica Spotlight |
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| Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists. | |||||
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10/30/2024 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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10/30/2024 1:56 pm |
Mahler Symphony No. 7 |
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| The Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink leads the Berliner Philharmoniker in the Seventh Symphony by Gustav Mahler, recorded at The Berliner Filharmonie in 1993. | |||||
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10/30/2024 3:19 pm |
Pierre Boulez: A Life For Music |
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| A year after the death of Pierre Boulez, the French Institute invites Prague director and producer Reiner Moritz to talk about the life and work of this French composer, pianist and conductor. | |||||
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10/30/2024 4:17 pm |
Mendelssohn |
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| 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. | |||||
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10/30/2024 4:58 pm |
IVC 2021 |
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| Tenor Ilja Aksionov and pianist Gustas Raudonius perform works by Bart Visman, Gerald Finzi, Henri Duparc, Claude Debussy, Hugo Wolf, Sergei Rachmaninoff or Franz Schubert as part of the IVC 2021 semi-finals. | |||||
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10/30/2024 5:22 pm |
Saint-Saëns - Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 22 |
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| Pianist Mikhail Pletnev is accompanied by the Russian National Orchestra led by Kirill Karabits in a performance of Camille Saint-Saëns's Piano Concerto no. 2, Op. 22. | |||||