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 - 00:47
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Herbert von Karajan conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, recorded at the Berlin Philharmonie.
00:47 - 02:42
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
60th Anniversary Concert
In 1996, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra celebrated its 60th anniversary with a gala led by maestro Zubin Mehta, featuring Isaac Stern, Maxim Vengerov and Gil Shaham, as well as Pinchas Zukerman, Shlomo Mintz, and Itzhak Perlman.
02:42 - 03:10
Discovering Masterpieces
Beethoven No. 5
Featuring discussions about Ludwig van Beethoven's 'Symphony No. 5'.
03:10 - 05:09
Dvořák: Rusalka
Ádám Fisher conducts the orchestra and choir of La Monnaie in a performance of Antonín Dvořák's (1841-1904) Rusalka, a fairytale opera in three acts. Rusalka is the composer's ninth opera and still one of the cornerstones of Czech opera houses.
05:09 - 05:31
Schumann - Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 14
Evgeny Kissin enchants with a magnificent piano recital of works by Chopin, Schumann, and Debussy at the 25th anniversary edition of the Swiss Verbier Festival in 2018, on the centennial of Debussy's death.
05:31 - 06:00
Classica Spotlight
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
06:00 - 06:23
Bach
Works for Organ
The Dutch musicologist, conductor, organ and harpsichord player Ton Koopman specialises in the performance of Early Music, in particular the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
06:23 - 06:49
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
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.
06:49 - 07:56
Gara Garayev: Autumn Sonatas
Violinist Vadim Repin and pianist Murad Hüseynov perform Gara Garayev's 'Violin Sonata and 24 Preludes for Piano'. Murad represents a character carried by solitude and found in the romantic paintings of Friedrich.
07:56 - 08:24
Franck - Sonata for Violin and Piano
Over the course of eleven days in August 2020, the French town of Rocamadour hosted the fifteenth edition of Festival de Rocamadour, a music festival dedicated to sacred music from the classical, baroque, and romantic periods.
08:24 - 09:19
In Rehearsal: Zubin Mehta
Dialogue between Zubin Mehta and the musicians as they explore Strauss' tone poem together.
09:19 - 09:43
PIAM
Semi-final: Beethoven and Liszt
Philipp Scheucher performs Beethoven's Fantasia Op 77, Menuetto: `Moderato e grazioso' from Beethoven's Sonata No 18 in E-flat major, Op 31 No 3, and Franz Liszt's transcription of the first movement, `Allegro con brio', from Beethoven's No 5.
09:43 - 10:05
Classica Spotlight
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
10:05 - 11:36
Mahler
Symphony No. 6
Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in a performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 6 at the Philharmonie in 2018.
11:36 - 13:11
Beethoven: String Quartets No. 2, 14 & 16
Quatuor Ébène perform Beethoven's Second String Quartet in G major, Sixteenth String Quartet in F major, and Fourteenth String Quartet in C-sharp minor. Recorded at Philharmonie de Paris on 16 December 2020.
13:11 - 13:31
England, My England: I
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.
13:31 - 14:01
Brahms
Violin Sonata No. 3, op. 108
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.
14:01 - 15:03
Da Caserta and Filipotti - Dulcedo et Subtilitas
Filippotto and Antonello da Caserta were the first Neapolitan composers whose music was preserved.
15:03 - 16:23
The Galileo Project: Music of the Spheres
The Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, also known simply as Tafelmusik, is a Toronto-based Canadian baroque orchestra, specialised in early music.
16:23 - 17:33
Sibelius Symphony No. 4
In 2013, the Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu was appointed principal conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
17:33 - 19:05
Works by Bach, Bartók, and Brahms
Iván Fischer leads his Budapest Festival Orchestra in a programme consisting of works by J. S. Bach, Béla Bartók, and Johannes Brahms. The programme opens with Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048.
19:05 - 19:31
Rachmaninoff - Sonata for Cello, Op. 19
19:31 - 19:59
Discovering Masterpieces
Debussy: La Mer
Claude Debussy's 'La Mer', masterpiece of suggestion and subtlety, richly depicts the ocean.
19:59 - 21:00
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.
21:00 - 23:17
Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore
From the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden: L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love) by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848). Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado.
23:17 - 23:46
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 63
Iván Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra in a concert recorded at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall in Budapest, Hungary in 2015, opening with Sergei Prokofiev's Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op 34.
23:46 - 00:00
Schumann - Fantasiestücke for Clarinet, Op. 73
Violist Tabea Zimmermann and pianist Francesco Piemontesi perform live at Schinkel Pavilion in Berlin on 17 April, 2020. Also featuring Robert Schumann's Phantasiestücke on clarinet and piano.