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Monteverdi from Mantua to Venise 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, particularly the Basilica dei Frari, where the composer's tomb is located. Directed by Sébastien Glas (Senderinfo).

The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, Les Pages du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (Conductor) Claudio Monteverdi (1567 – 1643) Vespro della Beata Vergine Directed by Stéphan Aubé Château de Versailles, Chapelle Royale, 9 March 2014 (Senderinfo).

Betroffenheit Crystal Pite (choreography) Music by Owen Belton, Alessandro Juliani & Meg Roe Kidd Pivot, Electric Company Theatre Jay Gower Taylor — Stage design Tom Visser — Lighting Nancy Bryant — Costumes Linda Chow — Costumes Nicola Ryall — Costumes Bryan Arias — Dancer David Raymond — Dancer Cindy Salgado — Dancer Jermaine Spivey — Dancer Tiffany Tregarthen — Dancer Jonathon Young — Actor Hei

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Gergely Madaras (Conductor) Victor Julien-Laferrière (Cello) Antonín Dvořák (1841 – 1904) Cello Concerto in B minor Op. 104 César Franck (1822 – 1890) Symphony in D minor Liège, Salle Philharmonique, 25 November 2021 (Senderinfo).

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Last Words The great German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was greatly admired for his interpretive insight, note-perfect control of the tonal qualities, and shadings of color in his voice, for exceptional rhythmic sense and impeccable diction. His reputation as a lieder singer is so high – he had a repertoire of more than 3.000 songs – that it is easy to forget his ex

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

Fidelio Opera in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) Libretto by Joseph Sonnleitner and Stephan von Breuning First performance in Vienna, Theater and der Wien, 20 November 1805 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Andrés Orozco Estrada (conductor) Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Edward Ananian-Cooper (Chorus master) Andriy Zholdak (Stage direction, set and lighting design) Andriy Zholdak, Sim

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

John McLaughlin (guitar) Gary Husband (piano) Etienne M'Bappe (bass) Nicolas Viccaro (drums) A to Jazz Festival, Sofia, 2022 (Senderinfo).

Marc Ribot: The Jazz-bins Marc Ribot (guitar, vocals) Greg Lewis (hammond B3) Joe Dyson (drums) Banlieues Bleues Festival, 18 April 2023 (Senderinfo).

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

Suites for a suffering world Tanja Tetzlaff (cello) Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 – 1750 Cello Suite No.4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010 Cello Suite No.5 in C minor, BWV 1011 Thorsten Encke 1966 – Cracks, Clouds The German cellist Tanja Tetzlaff performs J.S. Bach's Cello Suites Nos. 4 and 5 amid natural surroundings devastated by climate change. Beauty confronts its own destruction. Do we really want to

Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez (conductor) Anton Bruckner 1824 – 1896 Symphony no. 8 (ed. Robert Haas) Directed Brian Large Saint Florian, Stiftskirche, 1996 (Senderinfo).

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) Singspiel by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) Libretto by Emmanuel Schikaneder First performance in Vienna, Theater auf der Wieden, 30 September 1791 Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Jörn Hinnerk Andresen (Chorus Master) Wiener Philharmoniker, Joana Mallwitz (Conductor) Lydia Steier (Stage Director) Katharina Schlipf (Sets), Ursula Kudrna (Costumes)

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Dalia Stasevska (Conductor) Bruce Liu (piano) Sofia Gubaidulina (b. 1931) The Light of the End Jean Sibelius (1865 – 1957) Symphony no. 6 in D minor, op. 104 Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849) Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor, op. 21 Montreal, Maison Symphonique, 20 April 2023 Directed by Benoît Guérin (Senderinfo).

Go behind the scenes at the Steinway & Sons factory and discover Spirio, the incredible technology that allows a piano to replay a performance exactly as it was played live. Mr. Guido Zimmermann, the president of the world-famous pianomakers, talks us through the revolutionary concept, accompanied by images of the precise, fascinating craftmanship and engineering that goes into each one of the Spi

Lucas Debargue (piano) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, KV 310 Frédéric Chopin 1810 – 1849 Ballade no. 2 op. 38 Prélude op. 45 Polonaise-Fantaisie op. 61 Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813 – 1888) Concerto for solo piano op. 39 No. 8 Paris, Philharmonie, April 3, 2023 (Senderinfo).

Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937) La valse Pierre Mercure (1927 – 1966) Kaléidoscope Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975) Symphony No.5 in D minor, op. 47 1 Moderato – Allegro non troppo 2 Allegretto 3 Largo 4 Allegro non troppo (Senderinfo).

La grande danza – Aterballetto in Milan Choreographies by Jiří Pokorny (Words & Space), Giuseppe Spota (Narcissus), Philippe Kratz (Phoenix) Aterballetto is the principal producing and touring dance company in Italy. They are well-known for their ability to shift their style across a wide range of musical genres, from classical to pop and jazz. Jiří Pokorny's "Words and Space" is a metaphor of an

L'Orfeo "Dramma per musica" by Antonio Sartorio (1630 – 1680) Libretto by Aurelio Aureli First performance in Venice, Teatro Vendramino di San Salvatore, December 14, 1672 Ensemble Artaserse, Philippe Jaroussky (musical direction) Benjamin Lazar (stage director) Adeline Caron (sets), Alain Blanchot (costumes), Philippe Gladieux (lights), Mathilde Benmoussa (make-up, hairstyles) Arianna Vendittelli

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

Dizzy Gillespie Quartet – Berliner Jazztage Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet) Mickey Roker (drums) Earl May (bass) Alexander Gafa (guitar) Berlin, Deutschlandhalle, 2 November 1974 Directed by Sigrid Schröder (Senderinfo).

Gil Evans Orchestra & Mccoy Tyner Sextet – Berliner Jazztage Gil Evans Orchestra McCoy Tyner Sextet McCoy Tyner (piano) Ron Bridgewater (saxophone) James Ford – reeds Guilherme Franco (percussions) Charles Fambrough (bass) Eric Gravatt (drums) Berlin, Philharmonie, 3 November 1976 (Gil Evans), & 6 November 1976 (McCoy Tyner Sextet ) Directed by Oskar Krüger (Senderinfo).

Oregon – Berliner Jazztage Oregon Ralph Towner (guitar) Collin Walcott (percussion/tabla) Paul McCandless (oboe) Glenn Moore (bass) Berlin, Philharmonie, 2 November 1980 Directed by Dieter Krause (Senderinfo).

Estival Jazz, Jimmy Witherspoon quartet Rozaa Wortham recorded in 1985, Lugano, Swiss TV director, Sandro Pedrazzetti (Senderinfo).

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

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) Faustine de Monès (soprano), Peter Donohoe (piano), Cynthia Millar (Ondes Martenot) Betsy Jolas (b. 1926) Ces belles années… (world premiere) Olivier Messiaen (1908 – 1992) Turangalîla-Symphonie London, Barbican Hall, 15 June 2023 (Senderinfo).

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) Jean Sibelius (1865 – 1957) The Oceanides Tapiola Anton Bruckner (1824 – 1896) Symphony No 7 London, Barbican, 18 September 2022 (Senderinfo).

Accident: A family portrait Vilde Frang violin; Francesca Amante, Nataša Novotná, Maja Dworak Strømgren, Line Tørmoen, Viktor Konvalinka, Václav Kuneš, Jo Strømgren, Rostislav Novák Sen. (dead man) Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for solo violin In 'Accident', death comes unexpectedly and abruptly to a family that has recently been challenged by the pater familia's marriage to a younger woman. Whe

La Damnation de Faust "Légende dramatique" in four parts by Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) Libretto by Hector Berlioz and Almire Gandonnière after Gérard de Nerval's translation of "Faust" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe First performance in Paris, Opéra-Comique, December 6, 1846 Monte-Carlo Opera Chorus, Rainier III Music Academy Children's Chorus, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazuki Yamada (con

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (Conductor) Gabriela Montero (piano) Raminta Šerkšnytė (born in 1975) De Profundis (Dutch premiere) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 Mieczyslaw Weinberg Symphony No. 3 Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, 21 April 2023 (Senderinfo).

Go behind the scenes at the Steinway & Sons factory and discover Spirio, the incredible technology that allows a piano to replay a performance exactly as it was played live. Mr. Guido Zimmermann, the president of the world-famous pianomakers, talks us through the revolutionary concept, accompanied by images of the precise, fascinating craftmanship and engineering that goes into each one of the Spi

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) Tragic Overture op. 81 Edvard Grieg (1843 – 1907) Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34: II, "Våren" (Last spring) Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828) Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944, "The Great" Montreal, Maison symphonique, March 9, 2022 (Senderinfo).

Scott Ross – Traces of a Shooting Star 1951 – 1989 Scott on the Ross, about the recording of the 555 sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti Villeneuve lez Avignon, Tinel, April 1985 Produced by Bernard Tournois and Martina Catella Les maîtres de musique – Works by Domenico Scarlatti and Padre Antonio Soler Domenico Scarlatti 1685 – 1757 Sonata in D minor K 1 Sonata in A major K 6 Sonata in F sharp minor K

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner (Conductor) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) Mass in B minor, BWV 232 Château de Versailles, Chapelle Royale, 8 April 2023 (Senderinfo).

L'Orfeo "Dramma per musica" by Antonio Sartorio (1630 – 1680) Libretto by Aurelio Aureli First performance in Venice, Teatro Vendramino di San Salvatore, December 14, 1672 Ensemble Artaserse, Philippe Jaroussky (musical direction) Benjamin Lazar (stage director) Adeline Caron (sets), Alain Blanchot (costumes), Philippe Gladieux (lights), Mathilde Benmoussa (make-up, hairstyles) Arianna Vendittelli

Matteo Mancuso in Montreal Matteo Mancuso (guitar) Riccardo Oliva (bass) Gianluca Pellerito (drums) Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, 30 June 2025 (Senderinfo).

Naïssam Jalal : Landscapes of Eternity Naïssam Jalal (flute), Debasmita Bhattacharya (sarod), Leonardo Montana (piano), Flo Comment (tanpura), Anuja Borude (pakhawaj), Zaza Desiderio (drums) Coutances, Jazz sous les Pommiers, 8 May 2024 (Senderinfo).

Franco Ambrosetti Quintet, Estival Jazz, Franco Ambrosetti (Saxhorn) George Gruntz (piano) Steve Coleman (saxophone) J.F Clark (bass) Daniel Humair (drums) Recorded in 1985, Lugano, Swiss Tv director, Sandro Pedrazzetti (Senderinfo).

Boris Pergamenschikow (cello), Elena Bashkirova (piano), Maxim Vengerov (violin) Johannes Brahms 1833 – 1897 Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, op. 87 1997 Directed by Janos Darvas (Senderinfo).

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

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) Faustine de Monès (soprano), Peter Donohoe (piano), Cynthia Millar (Ondes Martenot) Betsy Jolas (b. 1926) Ces belles années… (world premiere) Olivier Messiaen (1908 – 1992) Turangalîla-Symphonie London, Barbican Hall, 15 June 2023 (Senderinfo).

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) Jean Sibelius (1865 – 1957) The Oceanides Tapiola Anton Bruckner (1824 – 1896) Symphony No 7 London, Barbican, 18 September 2022 (Senderinfo).

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

Le nozze di Figaro "Opera buffa" in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte based on "La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro" by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais First performance in Vienna, Burgtheater, 1 May 1786 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Raphaël Pichon (Conductor) Martin Kušej (Stage director) Raimund Orfeo Voigt (Set designer), Alan Hranitel

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

The Sound Weavers: Ludovico Einaudi, Hauschka, Joep Beving, Hania Rani Sold-out concerts, millions of albums sold to make the classical music industry green with envy: neoclassical, as the new musical trend is called, is a mega hit. What makes the form so popular? Is this music skillful or just comforting? Are its composers Mozart 2.0 or rather maestros for the masses? Do they build a bridge to th

Stan Getz in Concert Stan Getz (tenor saxophone) Kenny Barron (piano) Eddie de Barrio (Synthesizer) Frank Zottoli (synthesizer) Alex Blake (bass) Terri Lyne Carrington (drums) Directed by Dieter Hens Munich, Philharmonie, (Munich Klaviersommer), 18 July 1990 (Senderinfo).

Rivalry in Music – Furtwängler vs. Toscanini Two men without whom the profession of conductor would not be what it is today. Two men who couldn't be more different from each other: Arturo Toscanini and Wilhelm Furtwängler. The former was rigorously faithful to the musical score, the latter conducted with radical subjectivity. In 1931 they both conducted at the Bayreuth Festival – for the first and

Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (conductor) Nicolas Namoradze (piano) Johannes Brahms 1833 – 1897 Hungarian Dance No. 10 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83 Hungarian Dance No. 7 Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 Budapest, Müpa Budapest, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, 10 February 2024 (Senderinfo).

Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937) La valse Pierre Mercure (1927 – 1966) Kaléidoscope Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975) Symphony No.5 in D minor, op. 47 1 Moderato – Allegro non troppo 2 Allegretto 3 Largo 4 Allegro non troppo (Senderinfo).

La grande danza – Aterballetto in Milan Choreographies by Jiří Pokorny (Words & Space), Giuseppe Spota (Narcissus), Philippe Kratz (Phoenix) Aterballetto is the principal producing and touring dance company in Italy. They are well-known for their ability to shift their style across a wide range of musical genres, from classical to pop and jazz. Jiří Pokorny's "Words and Space" is a metaphor of an