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
01:15 - 03:15
A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Ballet by John Neumeier
Special, Musical
Created in 1977 and inspired by Shakespeare's eponymous play, immersing the viewer in the fairytale world of choreography, demonstrating the narrative power of ballet and particular staging.
01:30 - 03:30
A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Ballet by John Neumeier
Special, Musical
Created in 1977 and inspired by Shakespeare's eponymous play, immersing the viewer in the fairytale world of choreography, demonstrating the narrative power of ballet and particular staging.
03:15 - 05:05
John Eliot Gardiner Conducts Bach's Mass In B Minor
Special, Music, Classical
Johann Sebastian Bach. Mass in B minor. Recorded on April 3rd at the Philharmonie de Paris. TV director, Olivier Simonnet. Sir John Eliot Gardiner (Conductor).
03:30 - 05:20
John Eliot Gardiner Conducts Bach's Mass In B Minor
Special, Music, Classical
Johann Sebastian Bach. Mass in B minor. Recorded on April 3rd at the Philharmonie de Paris. TV director, Olivier Simonnet. Sir John Eliot Gardiner (Conductor).
05:20 - 07:00
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini: Body and Soul
Special, Musical
Representation of Anima, et di Corpo Sacred opera in three acts by Emilio de' Cavalieri (1550 – 1602) Libretto by Agostino Manni and Dorisio Isorelli First performance in Rome, Chiesa Nuova, Oratorio di Santa Maria della Valicella.
07:00 - 09:00
Orchestre de Paris, Khatia Buniatishvili, Klaus Mäkelä: Falla, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Ravel
Special, Music, Classical
Orchestre de Paris, with conductor Klaus Mäkelä and pianist Khatia Buniatishvili performing Manuel de Falla, 'The Three Cornered Hat', Suite No. 2 and Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor Op. 23, and more.
09:00 - 09:15
Steinway & Sons
Documentary
Documentary about the famous piano maker, highlighting the brand's history, craftsmanship, and legacy in the world of music.
09:15 - 09:30
Nocturnes - Fêtes
Music, Concert, Classical
Claude Debussy - Orchestre Philharmonique Royal De Liège.
09:30 - 11:00
James Carter Trane : A Centennial Supreme - Jazz In Marciac
Music, Jazz, Event
James Carter performs 'Trane: A Centennial Supreme' at Jazz in Marciac.
11:00 - 11:55
Gil Evans Orchestra & Mccoy Tyner Sextet - Berliner Jazztage
Special, Music, Concert, Jazz
The Gil Evans Orchestra accompanies the McCoy Tyner Sextet for a concert at the Berliner Jazztage festival. A performance given on 3 November 1976 at the Berlin Philharmonic.
11:55 - 13:10
1st Ljubljana Festival International Piano Competition
Special, Music, Classical, Concert
The RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Ricardo Castro and a range of contestants at the 1st Ljubljana Festival International Piano Competition perform Sergei Rachmaninov's `Piano Concerto No 3' and Sergei Prokofiev's `Piano Concerto No 2'.
13:10 - 14:05
The Sound Weavers
Special, Music, Classical, Event
An overview of the current neoclassical musical scene through the portraits of four representatives of the genre: the Italian Ludovico Einaudi, the German Volker Bertelmann known as Hauschka, the Dutch Joep Beving and the Polish Hania Rani.
14:05 - 15:35
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Manfred Honeck : Bruckner
Special, Music
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (Conductor) Anton Bruckner 1824–1897 Symphony no. 8 in C minor Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, 21 June 2024.
15:35 - 16:55
Handel: Tamerlano - Opéra Royal de Versailles
Special, Music, Opera
Tamerlano. Opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel. Libretto de Nicola Francesco Haym. London, King's Theatre, 31 October 1724.
16:55 - 18:40
Enescu competition 2022
Special, Music, Classical
The Bucharest George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Tito Muñoz, and a range of other musicians perform Dvořák's 'Cello Concerto' in B minor, Brahms' 'Violin Concerto' in D major, and Rachmaninoff's 'Variations on a Theme of Corelli'.
18:40 - 19:20
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, op. 115 - Berliner Solisten
Special, Music
Johannes Brahms 1833–1897 Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op. 115.
19:20 - 19:30
Violin Concerto in D major 'Grosso Mogul' ----- Allegro
Special, Music, Concert, Classical
Baroque violinist Andres Gabetta performs Vivaldi's "Violin Concerto in D Major, 'Grosso Mogul'.".
19:30 - 21:10
Royal Concertgebouw, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Gabriela Montero: Šerkšnytė, Tchaikovsky, Weinberg
Special, Music, Classical
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, and pianist Gabriela Montero perform Raminta Šerkšnytė's 'De Profundis', Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 'Piano Concerto No 1', and Mieczysław Weinberg's 'Symphony No 3'.
21:10 - 22:15
Le Poème Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre: Pergolesi - Misteria Paschalia
Music
Stabat Mater (intonation) Anonymous Mo' è benuto il Giovedì santu Tarantella Stabat Mater (Monopoli manuscript) Francesco Durante (1684-1755) Concerto per quartetto in F major no. 1 Stabat Mater.
22:15 - 00:30
Monteverdi from Mantua to Venice - John Eliot Gardiner
Special, Music
Monteverdi from Mantua to Venice John Eliot Gardiner - Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists. An exceptional musical journey by John Eliot Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir in Italy at the Palazzo Ducale in Mantua and in Venice.