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.
Previous
17:33–19:11
Tales of Two Cities: The Leipzig-Damascus Coffee House
Now
19:11–20:00
Ravel - Piano Concerto for the left hand & Boléro
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Next
20:00–21:00
Mozart -- Requiem in D Minor, K. 626
Schedule
15:29 - 16:27
Stravinsky, Webern and Debussy
Conductor Michel Tabachnik's ensemble focuses on one of the leading composers of modern music: Igor Stravinsky. His first ballet music, Firebird, is a highlight of the concert. The concert opens with Anton Webern's Five Pieces for Orchestra Op. 10.
16:27 - 17:33
Beethoven
Symphony No. 9
Beethoven's Symphony no 9 is interpreted by the Berlin Philharmonic under former chief conductor Claudio Abbado at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, in 2001.
17:33 - 19:11
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.
LIVE 19:11 - 20:00
Ravel - Piano Concerto for the left hand & Boléro
Péter Csaba leads the Spanish Orquesta Sinfónica Freixenet del Encuentro in this inaugural concert of the Encuentro de Música y Academia de Santander, opening up with Ravel's Piano Concerto for the left hand in D major.
20:00 - 21:00
Mozart -- Requiem in D Minor, K. 626
Daniel Harding leads the Orchestra and Choir of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and four vocal soloists in a magnificent performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem in D minor, K. 626.
21:00 - 22:33
Chopin: Piano Concertos No. 1 & No. 2
Antoni Wit conducts the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra in performances of Chopin's Piano Concertos No 1, Op 11 and No 2, Op 21. Soloists are Nikolai Demidenko and Evgeny Kissin.
22:33 - 23:13
Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto, Op. 35
The Violin Concerto in D major, Op 35 was the only concerto for violin composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Composed in 1878, it is one of the best-known violin concertos. The concerto was composed in Clarens, Switzerland.
23:13 - 23:46
Bach
Partita for Violin No. 2 (BWV 1004)
Celebrated German violinist Isabelle Faust performs JS Bach's 'Partita No 2' in D minor. The work is made up of four dance movements and is concluded by its famous Chaconne, a monumental piece within the violin repertoire.
23:46 - 00:00
Classica Spotlight
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.