Mezzo
Sweden
Mezzo is a television channel available in Sweden that focuses on music performance and cultural programming. Its schedule typically includes classical concerts, opera, jazz, and dance performances recorded from venues around the world. The channel also presents documentaries on composers, musicians, and visual artists. Mezzo does not carry advertising, allowing uninterrupted broadcasts of full-length performances. Viewers in Sweden can access the channel through selected cable and satellite providers. The channel’s content is primarily in the original performance languages, with occasional subtitles for spoken segments.
Schedule
00:30 - 01:55
Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä : Copland, Connesson, Gershwin, Tower, Varèse
Special, Music, Concert, Classical
The Orchestre de Paris, conducted by Klaus Mäkelä, and flautist Vincent Lucas perform works by Copland, Connesson, Gershwin, Tower and Varèse. A performance given on 10 September 2025 at the Philharmonie de Paris.
01:55 - 03:10
Giovanni Antonini, Il Giardino Armonico: Il viaggio dei Bassano
Special, Music, Concert
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (recorders, transverse flutes, artistic direction). Improvisation Josquin des Prez L'homme armé - canon à 4 from Canti B numero cinquanta La Spagna à 5 Heinrich.
03:10 - 04:40
Verdi: Requiem - Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker
Opera
The Berliner Philharmoniker performs Giuseppe Verdi's 'Messa da Requiem'.
04:40 - 05:30
Claudio Abbado 10 Years After
Special, Documentary
The Italian conductor Claudio Abbado was one of the leading conductors of his generation, considered one of the successors of the Italian tradition embodied by Arturo Toscanini and Victor de Sabata.
05:30 - 07:20
Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker : Beethoven, Brahms, Dvořák
Special, Music, Concert, Classical
Claudio Abbado conducts as the Berliner Philharmoniker perform Beethoven's 'Egmont, overture', Brahms's 'Violin Concerto in D major Op 77', Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 in E minor Op 95 'From the New World', and Verdi's 'I Vespri siciliani, overture'.