Mezzo
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Mezzo is a television channel available in Sweden that focuses on music performance and cultural programming. Its schedule typically includes classical concerts, opera, jazz, and dance performances recorded from venues around the world. The channel also presents documentaries on composers, musicians, and visual artists. Mezzo does not carry advertising, allowing uninterrupted broadcasts of full-length performances. Viewers in Sweden can access the channel through selected cable and satellite providers. The channel’s content is primarily in the original performance languages, with occasional subtitles for spoken segments.
Program
00:30 - 01:55
Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä : Copland, Connesson, Gershwin, Tower, Varèse
Special, Music, Concert, Classical
The Orchestre de Paris, conducted by Klaus Mäkelä, and flautist Vincent Lucas perform works by Copland, Connesson, Gershwin, Tower and Varèse. A performance given on 10 September 2025 at the Philharmonie de Paris.
01:55 - 03:10
Giovanni Antonini, Il Giardino Armonico: Il viaggio dei Bassano
Special, Music, Concert
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (recorders, transverse flutes, artistic direction). Improvisation Josquin des Prez L'homme armé - canon à 4 from Canti B numero cinquanta La Spagna à 5 Heinrich.
03:10 - 04:40
Verdi: Requiem - Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker
Opera
The Berliner Philharmoniker performs Giuseppe Verdi's 'Messa da Requiem'.
04:40 - 05:30
Claudio Abbado 10 Years After
Special, Documentary
The Italian conductor Claudio Abbado was one of the leading conductors of his generation, considered one of the successors of the Italian tradition embodied by Arturo Toscanini and Victor de Sabata.
05:30 - 07:20
Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker : Beethoven, Brahms, Dvořák
Special, Music, Concert, Classical
Claudio Abbado conducts as the Berliner Philharmoniker perform Beethoven's 'Egmont, overture', Brahms's 'Violin Concerto in D major Op 77', Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 in E minor Op 95 'From the New World', and Verdi's 'I Vespri siciliani, overture'.
07:20 - 08:40
Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker
Special, Music, Concert
Claudio Abbado leads the Berlin Philharmonic and the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir in a performance of an iconic Brahms composition. Recorded at Musikverein, Vienna, 3 April 1997.
08:40 - 10:00
The Sound of Cinema
Conversations with Simone Menezes
Series, Documentary, Music
Stéphane Lerouge delves into the rich heritage and culture of sound at the movies.
10:00 - 11:10
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons in Dance - Mourad Merzouki
Music, Dance
Presenting a performance of Mourad Merzouki's choreographic interpretation of Antonio Vivaldi's 'The Four Seasons'.
11:10 - 12:35
La grande danza: Aterballetto in Milan
Special, Ballet, Performing arts
Choreographer Philippe Kratz tries to understand who humans are and what they are capable of becoming. Giuseppe Spota has a look at modern youth and if they are ready to come out of their virtual frames and face the mirror of everyday life.
12:35 - 12:55
Mozart: Symphony no. 35 - Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker
Special, Music
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 – 1791 Symphony in D Major, K. 385, 'Haffner'.
12:55 - 13:30
INTERMEZZO
Music
Highlights from our repertoire.
13:30 - 16:10
L'incoronazione di Poppea by Monteverdi at Versailles
Music, Classical
L'Incoronazione di Poppea 'Dramma musicale' in a prologue and three acts by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) Libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello. With conductor Leonardo García Alarcón at Château de Versailles, Opéra Royal, 29 January 2023.
16:10 - 16:45
INTERMEZZO
Music
Highlights from our repertoire.
16:45 - 17:25
Chick Corea : Piano Solo, Munich
Special, Music, Jazz
This 1983 performance at the Munich Summer Piano Festival sees Chick Corea return for a second solo concert.
17:25 - 18:10
Dizzy Gillespie Quartet, Berliner Jazztage
Music, Concert, Jazz
In 1974, Dizzy Gillespie took the stage at the Berlin Philharmonie with his quartet.
18:10 - 18:50
John Coltrane: Comblain la Tour Jazz Festival 1966
Special, Entertainment, Music
Including hits 'Vigil', 'Naema' and 'My Favorite Things.
18:50 - 20:30
Tribute to John Coltrane - Emile Parisien Quartet - Jazz Concert
Music, Concert, Jazz
20:30 - 21:30
The Ensemble Intercontemporain plays Roberto Negro
Special, Music, Concert, Jazz
The Ensemble Intercontemporain and pianist Roberto Negro play 'Newborn' for trio and ensemble by the pianist himself. A performance given on 7 November 2022 at La Filature in Mulhouse.
21:30 - 22:20
Messiaen's quartet for the end of time at the festival de pâques in aix-en-provence
Special, Music, Classical
Renaud Capuçon (violin), Kian Soltani (cello), Pascal Moraguès (clarinet), Hélène Mercier (piano) perform Messiaen's 'Quartet for the End of Time'. Conducted by Isabelle Soulard at the Easter Festival in Aix-en-Provence in 2022.
22:20 - 00:50
Verdi: La Traviata: Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Liège
Music
Orchestra and Choir of the Royal Opera of Wallonia-Liège perform 'La traviata', an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, at the Royal Opera of Wallonia, Liège.