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 - 01:59
Barbara Hannigan at Severance Hall
Barbara Hannigan, soprano and conductor, won the Grammy for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album 'CRAZY GIRL CRAZY'. In autumn 2023 she made her long-awaited conducting debut with the Cleveland Orchestra.
01:59 - 03:02
Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 25 & Symphony No. 35
Stefano Conticello leads the Orchestra of Teatro Comunale di Bologna in a Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart program. The concert opens with the overture from Mozart's popular opera 'The Magic Flute'.
03:02 - 03:55
The Unanswered Ives
A portrait of the composer Charles Ives. Ives was among the first American composers to achieve international acclaim. Born in 1874, he experimented with advanced features including polytonality, twelve-tone technique, and quarter tones.
03:55 - 04:52
Mozart, Mendelssohn & Gershwin for 2 Pianos
Italian pianists Roberto Prosseda and Alessandra Ammara perform Mozart's Sonata for two pianos in D major, K 488, Felix Mendelssohn's Sonata for two pianos in D major, MWV S 1, and George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.
04:52 - 05:21
Schumann - Fantasie in C, Op. 17
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. His Fantasie in C, Op. 17, was written in 1836.
05:21 - 06:00
Classica Spotlight
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
06:00 - 06:37
Danielpour: Elegies
Richard Danielpour is one of the most beloved American composers of his generation due to his frequent referencing of and connection with the past. His lush musical language is often infused with swingy jazz rhythms.
06:37 - 07:03
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.
07:03 - 08:41
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.
08:41 - 09:05
Beethoven - String Quartet No. 4, Op. 18, No. 4
Renowned French string quartet Quatuor Ébène marks the 250th birth anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven with a remarkable project: recording all the great composer's sixteen string quartets.
09:05 - 10:00
In Rehearsal: Zubin Mehta
Dialogue between Zubin Mehta and the musicians as they explore Strauss' tone poem together.
10:00 - 11:26
Mahler -- Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)
Recorded at the Rheingau Musik Festival in Eberbach Abbey.
11:26 - 12:27
Works by Gluck, Bach and Mozart
Venezuelan-born conductor Giovanni Guzzo leads the Camerata Fundación EDP of the Reina Sofía School of Music in a spirited concert. The programme opens with the ethereal 'Danza degli spiriti beati' (Dance of the Blessed Spirits).
12:27 - 13:22
In Rehearsal
Mariss Jansons
Mariss Jansons rehearses Bartok's "Miraculous Mandarin Suite" with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra for a performance at the Oslo Concert Hall.
13:22 - 13:48
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.
13:48 - 14:05
Classica Spotlight
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.
14:05 - 15:12
Mozart, Symphony No. 34 in C major, K. 338
The Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg perform Mozart's `Symphony No 34 in C major, K. 338'.
15:12 - 16:32
Fauré: Requiem
Under the baton of conductor Conrad van Alphen, Sinfonia Rotterdam and the Laurenscantorij join forces for a wonderful performance of Gabriel Fauré's popular 'Requiem'.
16:32 - 17:41
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43
In this 2018 concert, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra is led by Canadian conductor and pianist Yannick Nézet-Séguin in a performance of Dmitri Shostakovich's `Symphony No 4 in C minor, Op 43'.
17:41 - 19:22
Homage to Yehudi Menuhin
Iván Fischer conducts Daniel Hope and the Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin in a tribute performance to violinist Yehudi Menuhin, on the occasion of his centenary.
19:22 - 20:15
Beethoven Egmont Overture & Tchaikovsky Symphony 4
Experience a concert of high drama as conductor Nicolás Pasquet leads the Freixenet Symphony Orchestra of the Reina Sofía School of Music. The programme opens with the heroic power of Ludwig van Beethoven's Overture to Egmont, Op. 84.
20:15 - 21:01
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2, Op. 36
In a concert at the Lucerne Festival, pianist Martha Argerich performs Beethoven's 'Symphony No 2 in D major' under the baton of conductor Herbert Blomstedt. Recorded at the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre, Switzerland, in August 2020.
21:01 - 22:24
Liszt Mosaics- II
This dance concert - performed in the languages of both music and movement - features, in addition to works by Liszt, some of the finest pieces of Hungary's national romanticism that served to inspire them.
22:24 - 23:01
Beethoven, Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen conducted by Paavo Järvi.
23:01 - 23:41
Beethoven -- String Quartet No. 12, Op. 127
Renowned French string quartet Quatuor Ébène marked the 250th birth anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven, with a remarkable project: recording all the great composer's sixteen string quartets.
23:41 - 00:00
Classica Spotlight
Cinematic classical clips and energising concert pieces featuring a range of artists.