Stingray Classica I
Switzerland
Stingray Classica I is a television channel available in Switzerland that focuses on classical music performances. Programming includes concerts, operas, ballets, and recitals recorded in venues around the world. The channel presents works from the Baroque period through to contemporary compositions, featuring both well-known orchestras and emerging ensembles. Broadcasts are typically in high definition, with an emphasis on visual and audio clarity. The channel is part of the Stingray Group’s portfolio of music-oriented services and is accessible via select cable and satellite platforms in the region. Viewers can expect a schedule built around full-length performances rather than talk shows or news segments.
Schedule
00:00 - 01:50
Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride
A four-act tragic opera by German-born composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. Written for the French stage, the work's premiere in 1779 at the Parisian Royal Academy of Music was a great success.
01:50 - 03:29
Waldbühne Concert 1992: French Night
The Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Georges Prêtre, performs a French program during the Waldbühne Concert of 1992.
03:29 - 04:22
In the Organ's Stomach
Olivier Latry, current holder of the Great Organ of Notre Dame, plays Pierre Cochereau's Boléro, Louis Vierne's Carillon of Westminster and Scherzo.
04:22 - 05:13
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55
Maestro Herbert Blomstedt makes his debut with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra at the 2020 Lucerne Festival conducting Ludwig van Beethoven's celebrated Symphony No 3 in E-flat major, Op 55, Eroica.
05:13 - 05:35
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 13 KV. 333
Roberto Prosseda performs Mozart's 'Piano Sonata No 5 (KV 283)' and '4 Impromptus, Op 90' by Franz Schubert. The performance ends with Chopin's technically demanding 'Ballade No 4, Op 52'.
05:35 - 06:00
Classica Spotlight
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
06:00 - 06:27
Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 5, KV 175
Malcolm Frager performs Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 5, KV 175. Discover the Orchestra della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera, conducted by Marc Andreae, at the Teatro Bibiena in Mantua.
06:27 - 06:48
Martinu: Concertino for Piano Trio and Strings
Italian-Swiss ensemble Trio des Alpes team up with Orchestra da Camera di Mantova to perform Bohuslav Martinu's `Concertino for Three Pianos and String Orchestra, H 232'. Recorded at Teatro Bibiena in Mantua, Italy, on 21 January 2016.
06:48 - 08:26
Tales of Two Cities: The Leipzig-Damascus Coffee House
The Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, alongside the Trio Arabica, celebrates the music and culture of eighteenth-century coffee houses in Leipzig and Damascus. They perform works by Bach, Telemann and Handel as well as classical Arabic music.
08:26 - 08:50
Bach, Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011
The six suites for violoncello solo by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) are a pillar in this instrument's repertoire.
08:50 - 09:15
Modena - City of Belcanto
A look at the training and professional growth necessary for opera singers, the promotion and enhancement of the cultural offers of the city and province of Modena, and the maintenance and development of the Modenese.
09:15 - 09:43
PIAM
Semi-final I: Liszt and Ravel
Josef Edoardo Mossali performs Franz Liszt's 'Après une Lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata', Maurice Ravel's 'Toccata from Le tombeau de Couperin', and 'Étude No 3 La Campanella' from Liszt's 'Six Grandes études de Paganini'.
09:43 - 10:01
Classica Spotlight
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
10:01 - 10:58
In Rehearsal: Zubin Mehta
Dialogue between Zubin Mehta and the musicians as they explore Strauss' tone poem together.
10:58 - 11:46
Beethoven -- String Quartet No. 15, Op. 132
Renowned French string quartet Quatuor Ébène mark the 250th birth anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven with a project, recording all the great composer's sixteen string quartets.
11:46 - 12:24
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15
Martha Argerich performs her signature piece with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra under the baton of Swedish conductor Herbert Blomstedt. This performance was recorded at the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre in Switzerland.
12:24 - 13:26
Chamber music by Haydn, Tchaikovsky and others
As part of 'Preludio' concert series by the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, a music ensemble performs notable works by Austrian composer Haydn and Russian composer Tchaikovsky.
13:26 - 14:00
Schumann
Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 11
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.
14:00 - 15:39
Waldbühne 2004: Tchaikovsky Night
The Berliner Philharmoniker and Lang Lang under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle.
15:39 - 16:01
Tchaikovsky
Romeo & Juliet: Fantasy Ouverture
Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink starts the Berlin Philharmonic's 1993 European Concert with Tchaikovsky's 'Fantasy Overture' from Romeo et Juliette at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
16:01 - 17:34
Delibes: Coppelia
The Víctor Ullate Ballet brings a new version of an important, internationally performed classic to its repertoire. Choreographer and artistic director Eduardo Lao assumed the task of reinventing Léo Delibes's 'Coppélia'.
17:34 - 18:42
Works for cello and piano: Debussy, Gershwin a.o
Italian cellist Silvia Chiesa and Italian pianist Maurizio Baglini perform a wonderful recital as part of the 2023 edition of the Amiata Piano Festival. On the program are Claude Debussy's Cello Sonata, L. 135; Allegro moderato from Camille.
18:42 - 20:07
Grieg's Piano Concerto & Beethoven Symphony No. 7
Conductor Jan Latham-Koenig leads the Flanders Symphony Orchestra in a concert recorded at Concertgebouw Brugge, Belgium, on 21 April 2016. Opening with Felix Mendelssohn's concert overture Die Hebriden, Op 26 (The Hebrides).
20:07 - 20:29
Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 2, S.125
Alexander Ullman performs Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto No 2 (S125) during the final of the 11th International Franz Liszt Piano Competition, held at the TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht 2017.
20:29 - 20:50
Rimsky-Korsakov - The Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite
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.
20:50 - 21:02
Classica Spotlight
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
21:02 - 21:57
Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3, Op 30
The legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz won his first praise on his interpretation of Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto from the composer himself.
21:57 - 22:40
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
Les Dissonances perform Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No 5 in C minor, Op. 67. Beethoven composed Symphony No 5 between 1804 and 1808, completing the work at nearly the same time as his Symphony No 6, 'Pastorale'.
22:40 - 23:35
Playing Portraits
The trio composed of Alessandro Carbonare (clarinet), Elisa Eleonora Papandrea (violin) and Monaldo Braconi (piano) performs regularly in Italy's concert halls and abroad.
23:35 - 00:00
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Juan Manuel Cañizares is the soloist in a performance of Joaquín Rodrigo's 'Concierto de Aranjuez'. He is accompanied by the Berliner Philharmoniker led by conductor Sir Simon Rattle.