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.
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Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Schedule
17:04 - 17:55
Holst: The Planets 2004
A visualisation that breathes new life into Holst's classic work. Specially shot footage intercut with performance, this creates worlds to complement the musical masterpiece.
17:55 - 19:40
Mahler, Symphony No. 3 in D minor
Bernarda Fink, Breda Boys' Choir, Rijnmond Boys' Choir, Netherlands Radio Choir.
19:40 - 20:03
Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
Johann Sebastian Bach craved a career change in 1721. Wishing to join the court of Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg, Bach presented him with six new concertos in the hopes of securing a position.
LIVE 20:03 - 22:15
Verdi
Rigoletto
This tragic masterpiece marked Verdi's breakthrough in 1851. The hunchbacked jester Rigoletto loves his only daughter Gilda deeply and protects her as well as he can.
22:15 - 22:41
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.
22:41 - 23:00
Brahms
Clarinet sonata No. 2, Op. 120
Performers include clarinettist Sharon Kam, soprano Jacquelyn Wagner and pianist Matan Porat who bundle their forces in this recital from Schinkel Pavillon in Berlin on 11 May 2020.
23:00 - 01:32
J. S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
Traditionally, many ensembles festively announce the Christmas season with a performance of Johannes Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248. It consists of six cantatas originally intended for performance on one of the major feast days.