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Staatskapelle Berlin String Quartet, Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60 Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D 703 "Quartettsatz" Johannes Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 Festival de Granada, 13 July 2024.

Musical interludes: a chance to see some of the world's most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

Sasha Waltz is one of Europe's best-known and most exciting choreographers. Her choreographies are outstanding as she always surprises with new formations, deep subjects and stunning aesthetic style. But she does not only work with dancers: the dialogue with all other art forms is her special interest. All her deep and beautifully choreographed pieces are featured in this film where Sasha Waltz gi

Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo-Soprano) Philippe Jaroussky (Countertenor) Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera (Choir) I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis (Conductor) Agostino Steffani (1654-1728) I trionfi del fato Niobe, regina di Tebe Stabat Mater La libertà contenta La superbia d'Alessandro Tassilone La lotta d'Hercole con Acheloo Marco Aurelio Alarico il Baltha, cioè L'audace re de' Gothi Château de Versail

Itzhak Perlman (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra, Lawrence Foster (Conductor) Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77 London, 1978 Directed by Christopher Nupen.

Seong-Jin Cho (piano) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major, K. 332 Klavierstück in F Major, "Pimpinella", K. 33b Allegro in C major, from a Salzburg music book, KV deest Allegro in D Major, K. 626b/16 Recorded at the Great Hall of the Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation (Salzburg, Austria), 20 January 2021 Directed by Bernhard Fleischer.

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Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Conductor) Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975) Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43 De Doelen Concert Hall, Rotterdam, December 2016.

L'après-midi d'un faune Created by the Compagnie Temps present (Thierry Malandain), on January 21, 1995 at the Esplanade de Saint-Etienne. Thierry Malandain (Choreography) Claude Debussy (Music) Maxime Pascal (Musical direction) Jorge Gallardo (Sets and Costumes) Jean-Claude Asquié (Lighting designer) Capitol Ballet Capitol Choir Capitol National Orchestra Daphnis and Chloe world premiere Thierry

Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, Sergey Smbatyan (conductor) Arina Antonosyan (piano) Aram Khachaturian 1903 – 1978 Piano Concerto 19th Khachaturian International Competition Closing Ceremony Yerevan, Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall, 13 June 2023.

Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, Sergey Smbatyan (conductor) Armenian State Chamber Choir, Yerevan State Chamber Choir, Kristina Voskanyan (choir master) Sofya Sayadyan (soprano) Aksel Daveyan (baritone) Tigran Mansurian 1939 – Requiem Directed by Armen Andreasyan Gyumri, Armenia, Holy Saviour's Church, December 7, 2023.

Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, Sergey Smbatyan (conductor) Aram Khachaturian Variation of Aegina and Bacchanalia; Spartacus Suite No. 1 Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia; Spartacus Suite No. 2.

Musical interludes: a chance to see some of the world's most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

Titon et l'Aurore "Pastorale héroïque" in a prologue and three acts by Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711 – 1772) Libretto by Antoine Houdar de la Motte First performance in Paris, Académie Royale de Musique, 9 January 1753 Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (Conductor) Basil Twist (Stage Direction, sets, costumes, puppets) Daniel Brodie (Video Design), Jean Kalman (Lighting design) Rei

Rafael Riqueni, Salvador Gutiérrez, Manuel De la Luz (guitars) María Moreno (bailaora) Nerja Paris, Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse, 18 February 2022 TV director, Patrick Lauze.

Biréli Lagrène Symphonic – Maisons Laffitte Jazz Festival Biréli Lagrène (guitar), Denis Imbert (bass), André Ceccarelli (drums) Orchestre National d'Ile-de-France, Dylan Corlay Maison Laffitte, 2021.

Stochelo Rosenberg (guitar), Jermaine Landsberger (piano), Guido May (drums), William Brunard (double bass) Set list Anouman, Django Reinhardt Double Scotch, Django Reinhardt Made for Izaak, Stochelo Rosenberg September Song, Kurt Weil Memories of Bridget, Stochelo Rosenberg Double Game, Stochelo Rosenberg Poinciana, Ahmad Jamal Gypsylogy, Jermaine Landsberger Seresta, Paquito D'Rivera Gypsy Today

Vassilena Serafimova (Percussion) Thomas Enhco (piano) Recorded on January 5? 2021 at the Comptoir Général, Paris TV Director, Nathan Benesty.

Appassionato, Mathieu Herzog (Conductor) Paul Dukas L'Apprenti sorcier Jean Cras Journal de bord Claude Debussy La mer La Cathédrale Engloutie Directed by Colin Laurent Boulougne-Billancourt, Seine Musicale, 9 June 2023.

Seong-Jin Cho (piano) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major, K. 332 Klavierstück in F Major, "Pimpinella", K. 33b Allegro in C major, from a Salzburg music book, KV deest Allegro in D Major, K. 626b/16 Recorded at the Great Hall of the Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation (Salzburg, Austria), 20 January 2021 Directed by Bernhard Fleischer.

Musical interludes: a chance to see some of the world's most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Charles Dutoit (Conductor) Martha Argerich (piano) Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Le tombeau de Couperin Piano Concerto in G major Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 Granada, Palace of Charles V (Festival de Granada) 5 July 2022 Directed by Yan Proefrock.

Le Concert des Nations, El León de Oro, Jordi Savall (Conductor) Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828) Symphony no 8 in B minor D. 759 "Unfinished" Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) Symphony no 9 in D minor op. 125 "Choral" Saline royale d'Arc et Senans, 28 August 2021.

Musical interludes: a chance to see some of the world's most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

Concert halls are extremely special spaces. Parameters such as reverberation time, transmission or absorption of sound must be put in phase as physically measurable quantities: the hall itself becomes an instrument on which the musicians play.

Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall (Conductor) Joseph Haydn (1832 – 1809) The Last Seven Words Directed by Rhodri Huw Cadix, Oratorio de la Santa Cueva, 2009.

Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Leonard Bernstein (Conductor) Claude Debussy (1862-1918) La Mer Recorded in 1989 at the Auditorio Pio, Rome Directed by Horant H. Hohlfeld.

Sasha Waltz & Guests Ensemble intercontemporain Sasha Waltz (concept, choreography) Jasmin Lepore (costume design) Olaf Danilsen (lighting design) Jochen Sandig (concept, dramaturgy) Terry Riley 1935 – In C Paris, Philharmonie, 19 June 2024.

Staatskapelle Dresden, Antonio Pappano (Conductor) Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 Dresden, Semperoper, 2018 Directed by János Darvas.

Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall (viola da gamb, conductor) Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Suite Mr. de Sainte-Colombe, le père (ca. 1640-ca. 1701) Concert XLI à deux violes égales : Le Retour Concert XLIV à deux violes égales : Tombeau Les Regrets Marin Marais (1656-1728) Pièces de viole des Deuxième, Troisième et Quatrième Livres Sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mon

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César Franck (1822 – 1890) Hulda Opera in four acts and an epilogue Libretto by Charles Grandmougin after a play by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson First performance in Monte-Carlo, Opéra, 4 March 1894 Concert version Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Gergely Madaras (Conductor) Chœur de Chambre de Namur Jennifer Holloway (Hulda), Véronique Gens (Gudrun), Marie Karall (la Mère de Hulda), Judith van W

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Pink Martini at Peralada Pink Martini China Forbes (vocals) Festival Castell Peralada, 23 july 2022.

Avishai Cohen (double bass), Makoto Ozone (piano) Paris, Philharmonie, 3 February 2024.

Leeds International Piano Competition Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo Hindoyan (direction) Jaeden Izik-Dzurko (Canada) – 1st Prize Johannes Brahms 1833 – 1897 Piano Concerto no 2 in B flat major op. 83 Junyan Chen (China) – 2nd Prize Sergei Rachmaninov 1873 – 1943 Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 Khanh Nhi Luong (Vietnam) – 3rd Prize Sergei Prokofiev 1891 – 1953 Piano Concer

Giulio Cesare in Egitto "Dramma per musica" in three acts by Georg Frideric Haendel (1685 – 1759) Libretto by Niccolò Francesco Haym First performance London, King's Theatre, Haymarket, 20 February 1724 Ensemble Artaserse, Philippe Jaroussky (conductor) Damiano Michieletto (Stage director) Thomas Wilhelm (Choreography), Paolo Fantin (sets), Agostino Cavalca (costumes), Cécile Kretschmar (hairdress

Directed by Franck Podguszer-Braun A pioneer of electronic music, Pierre Henry (1927-2017) has, since the 1950s, alongside Pierre Schaeffer, laid the foundations of what characterizes the music of our time. At the time, everything had to be invented: the sounds, the tools to manipulate them, the ways of broadcasting them. He influenced the pop music of the 1960s and 1970s, from the Beatles to Pink

Orchestre Prométhée, Pierre-Michel Durand (Conductor) Florence Alayrac (Stage Direction) María Brea (soprano); Venezuela William Desbiens (baritone); Canada Anna Harvey (mezzo-soprano); UK George Vîrban (tenor); Romania María Carla Pino Cury (soprano); Chile Serena Sáenz Molinero (soprano); Spain Luke Scott (baritone); Scotland Aytaj Shikhalizada (mezzo-soprano); Azerbaijan Deniz Uzun (mezzo-sopra

Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, Sergey Smbatyan (conductor) Aram Khachaturian Symphony no. 3.

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Guitar Trilogy I: Inicio (Uno) Dance: Rocio Molina Guitar: Rafael Riqueni Original idea, artistic direction, and choreography: Rocío Molina Original music: Rafael Riqueni Concept development: Nerea Galán Art direction: Julia Valencia Stage space: Antonio Serrano, Julia Valencia, Rocío Molina Lighting design: Antonio Serrano Sound design: Javier Alvarez Costume design: Julia Valencia Costume making

Guitar Trilogy II: Al fondo riela (lo otro del uno) Dance: Rocio Molina Guitar: Eduardo Trassierra Guitar: Yerai Cortés Original idea, artistic direction and choreography: Rocío Molina Original composition: Eduardo Trassierra and Yerai Cortés Concept development: Nerea Galán Art direction: Julia Valencia Stage space: Antonio Serrano, Julia Valencia, Rocío Molina Lighting design, animation and proj

Guitar Trilogy III: Vuelta a uno Dance: Rocío Molina Guitar: Yerai Cortés Original idea, artistic direction, and choreography: Rocio Molina Original composition: Yerai Cortés Art direction: Julia Valencia Stage space: Antonio Serrano, Julia Valencia, Rocío Molina Lighting design: Antonio Serrano Sound design: Javier Álvarez Costume Design: Julia Valencia Graphic design: Julia Valencia Accompanimen

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Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman Without a Shadow) Opera in three acts by Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949) Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal First performance in Vienna, Staatsoper, October 10, 1919 Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko (musical direction) Lydia Steier (Stage director) Paul Zoller (Sets), Katharina Schlipf (Costumes), Elana Siberski (Lighting), Momme Hinrichs (Video) Clay Hilley

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Yaron Herman Trio Yaron Herman (piano) Matt Brewer (bass) Ziv Ravitz (drums) Paris, Fondation Louis Vuitton, 19 March 2022 TV director, Cristophe Bellemain.

Jack DeJohnette (Bandleader, drums) Howard Johnson (Saxophone) Greg Osby (Saxophone) John Purcell (Saxophone) Rufus Reid (Double bass) Recorded in 1985 Estival Jazz, Lugano, Swiss.

RP3 Rémi Panossian Trio Rémi Panossian (piano) Maxime Delporte (double bass) Frédéric Petitprez (drums) Play list Album, In Odd We Trust Recorded at the Maison Nougaro barge from January 25 to January 31st, 2021 TV Director, Patrick Lauzé.

Seong-Jin Cho (piano) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major, K. 332 Klavierstück in F Major, "Pimpinella", K. 33b Allegro in C major, from a Salzburg music book, KV deest Allegro in D Major, K. 626b/16 Recorded at the Great Hall of the Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation (Salzburg, Austria), 20 January 2021 Directed by Bernhard Fleischer.

Musical interludes: a chance to see some of the world's most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

Malko Competition for Young Conductors 2024 – Finals Danish National Symphony Orchestra Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68; 1. Un poco sostenuto – Allegro (Ana María Patiño Osorio, 2nd Prize) Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73; 1. Allegro non troppo (Samuel Seungwon Lee, 1st Prize) Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98; 1. Allegro non troppo (Dong Chao, 3rd prize) Carl Nielsen Maskarade;

Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Vasily Petrenko (conductor) Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) Symphony No. 4 in E flat major "Romantic" (1877-80. Ed. Leopold Nowak/Robert Haas) Festival de Granada, 12 July 2024.

Un Ballo in maschera "Melodramma" in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901) Libretto by Antonio Somma First performance in Rome, Teatro Apollo, 17 February 1859 Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Antonino Fogliani (Conductor) Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Francesc Perales (Chorus master) Rafael Villalobos (Stage Director) Emanuele Sinisi (Set Designer), Lorenzo Caprile (Costume Designer

Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris, Gustavo Dudamel (Conductor) Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911) Symphony no. 9 in D major Barcelone, Gran Teatre del Liceu, 20 September 2022.

Staatskapelle Berlin String Quartet, Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60 Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D 703 "Quartettsatz" Johannes Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 Festival de Granada, 13 July 2024.