Program
07:35 - 08:30
In Rehearsal: Zubin Mehta
Dialogue between Zubin Mehta and the musicians as they explore Strauss' tone poem together.
08:30 - 09:06
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 23 K. 488
At his 2016 Deeply Mozart concert tour, Francesco Attesti performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's piano concertos `KV 449' and `KV 488' with the Italian OIDA orchestra and conductor Paolo Belloli.
09:06 - 10:33
Mahler: Symphony No. 2
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.
10:33 - 11:31
The Three Lives of Clara Schumann
Traces the fascinating life of the German pianist and composer Clara Schumann. Born Clara Wieck, she was an exceptional pianist who had a successful international music career. In 1840, she married Robert Schumann and eventually had eight children.
11:31 - 12:26
Richard Strauss - A Hero's Life, Op. 40
12:26 - 13:00
Schumann - Carnaval, Op. 9
After recording all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas to celebrate the composer's 250th birthday, celebrated Italian pianist Riccardo Schwartz decided to record solo piano works by Robert Schumann. Carnaval, Op. 9 is written in 1834-1835.
13:00 - 14:39
Beethoven
String Quartets No. 4, 5 & 12
Quatuor Ébène performs Beethoven's "String Quartet No. 5" in A major, Op. 18 at Philharmonie de Paris in the autumn of 2020, as a part of a series of six concerts in honour of the composer.
14:39 - 15:37
The LSO performs Dvořák and Tchaikovsky
Sir Simon Rattle conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in a concert programme consisting of Antonín Dvořák's Scherzo Capriccioso in D-flat major, Op 66, and selections from Act II of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's famous ballet 'The Nutcracker'.
15:37 - 16:42
Bruckner
Symphony No. 7
In a 2019 performance from the Muziekgebouw in Eindhoven, Hartmut Haenchen conducts the Philharmonie Zuidnederland for this performance of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 7.
16:42 - 19:03
Live in Aix-en-Provence
The shy and elusive Grigory Sokolov is one of the greatest pianists. His performances leave critics and audiences speechless, like they don't quite believe what they have just experienced.
19:03 - 19:17
Bach
Sonata No. 2 BWV 1015
Johann Sebastian Bach probably wrote this set of six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord during his time as chapel master in Köthen. Presumably, he wrote these sonatas for Prince Leopold and later adapted them for further use in Leipzig.
19:17 - 19:52
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 2, Op. 17
Sir John Eliot Gardiner leads the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in a concert program that includes Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17, 'Little Russian', and Edward Elgar's Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36.
19:52 - 20:02
Classica Spotlight
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
20:02 - 21:25
Welser-Möst conducts Farrenc, Ravel & Mussorgsky
Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Music Center in Cleveland in 2023. On the programme are Louise Farrenc's 'Symphony No. 3, Ravel's Piano Concerto in G' and Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition'.
21:25 - 22:13
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13
Conrad van Alphen leads Sinfonia Rotterdam in a performance of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 'Symphony No 1 in G minor', also known as 'Winter Daydreams', recorded at De Doelen in Rotterdam, the Netherlands in September 2022.
22:13 - 22:47
Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Filmed in April 1975 at Croydon's Fairfield Hall. Rubinstein is at his warm-hearted, lyrical best.
22:47 - 23:00
Classica Spotlight
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
23:00 - 02:10
Mozart, Così fan tutte
Sylvain Cambreling conducts Michael Haneke's interpretation of Mozart's Così fan tutte at the Teatro Real de Madrid. The opera tells the story of two young officers, Ferrando and Guglielmo, who test the fidelity of their fiancées.
