Mahler Chamber Orchestra
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2025-12-24 09:10:11 +0000 UTC→2025-12-24 09:30:00 +0000 UTC(19m)
Live & Upcoming Programmes
Isabelle Faust
Celebrated German violinist Isabelle Faust performs two of J. S. Bach's incredible works for solo violin: Partita No. 2 in D minor (BWV 1004), and Sonata No. 3 in C major (BWV 1005). Both works are part of the composer's well-known Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin (BWV 1001-1006). Partita No. 2 is made up of four dance movements, concluded by its famous Chaconne, a monumental piece within the violin repertoire. In this Chaconne, Bach develops a series of continuous variations from a theme, exploring a complex range of harmonic possibilities. Sonata No. 3 includes an extensive fugue in which Bach employs many contrapuntal techniques. In this wonderful performance, Faust shows her mastery of Bach's technically challenging pieces. This performance was recorded at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Germany, in 2020.
2025-12-24 08:00:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-24 09:10:11 +0000 UTC(1h10m)
David Grimal & Les Dissonances
Les Dissonances is a collective of artists founded by violinist David Grimal in 2004. The conductorless ensemble consists of musicians from the most prestigious European orchestras, international soloists, and young talents. In this performance, Les Dissonances perform Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67. Beethoven composed Symphony No. 5 between 1804 and 1808, completing the work at nearly the same time as his Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastorale'. Both symphonies premiered as part of an all-Beethoven program at the same concert on December 22, 1808. Symphony No. 5 has become one of the best-known compositions in classical music. It opens with the famous four-note motif, often interpreted as the musical manifestation of 'fate knocking at the door'. This rhythmic figure returns in various guises in the other three movements of the symphony. The second movement consists of a set of lyrical variations on two themes. The third movement begins gently, but leads to a blasting horn section presenting a theme that features the rhythmic pattern of the four-note motif. The movement leads uninterrupted to the fourth movement that features a triumphant finale ending in C major. This performance was recorded at Philharmonie de Paris, France, in 2015.
2025-12-24 07:15:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-24 08:00:00 +0000 UTC(45m)
London Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits & Lucy Crowe
Ukrainian conductor Kirill Karabits leads the London Symphony Orchestra in a stunning performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4. The soloist is soprano Lucy Crowe. Mahler's Fourth Symphony opens with the sound of sleighbells and melodies of childlike innocence. But between this deceptively playful opening and the serene finale – a child's vision of Heaven – lies a world of profound emotion and beauty. With soprano Lucy Crowe lending her vocal radiance to this extraordinary finale, the symphony's journey to bliss is complete. This performance was recorded at the Barbican Hall in London, UK, on December 8, 2021.
2025-12-24 06:00:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-24 07:15:00 +0000 UTC(1h15m)
Pavel Milyukov & Boris Berezovsky
Russian violinist Pavel Milyukov and pianist Boris Berezovsky join forces in this concert recorded at Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, Russia, on October 15, 2020. Milyukov has won prizes at various international competitions and has appeared at venues throughout Europe. He forms an excellent chamber music duo with acclaimed pianist Boris Berezovsky. On this concert's program are César Franck's Sonata for violin and piano Gabriel Fauré's Après un rêve Alfred Schnittke's Stille Nacht and Franz Schubert's Erlkönig. As an encore, the duo performs ‘Russian Song' from Igor Stravinsky's opera Mavra (arranged by S. Dushkin).
2025-12-24 05:00:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-24 06:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
David Bateson, Tuva Semmingsen, Cassandra Lemoine & Bjørn Fjæstad
The Danish National Symphony Orchestra once again opens the gates to magical worlds with an enchanting concert program. Under the baton of German conductor Christian Schumann, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Concert Choir, and Danish National Junior Choir team up to perform music from the most popular fantasy movies, TV series and video games, including The Lord of The Rings, Game of Thrones, The Hobbit, The Witcher, and League of Legends. Featured soloists in this concert are Norwegian mezzo-soprano Tuva Semmingsen, Canadian-Portuguese soprano Cassandra Lemoine, Danish musician Bjørn Fjæstad, and British actor David Bateson. This performance was recorded at the DR Koncerthuset in Copenhagen, Denmark, in April 2023.
2025-12-24 03:00:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-24 05:00:00 +0000 UTC(2h)
Renaud Capuçon, Gerard Causse, Iddo Bar-Shai & Jean-Jacques Kantorow
French violinist Renaud Capuçon appears at the festival Les Coups de Cœur de Chantilly, presenting a chamber music program consisting of classical and 20th century repertoire. He performs with the soloists of the International Menuhin Music Academy led by French conductor Jean-Jacques Kantorow. First on the program is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major, K. 364, in which Capuçon and violist Gérard Caussé appear as the soloists. Capuçon is then joined by pianist Iddo Bar-Shaï for a performance of Mozart's Sonata for violin and piano in E minor, K. 304. The program closes with Dmitri Shostakovich's Chamber Symphony in C minor, Op. 110a, which is a transcription of Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8 by Russian conductor Rudolf Barshai, the composer's close friend. This performance was recorded at Château de Chantilly, on May 15, 2021.
2025-12-23 21:45:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 23:15:00 +0000 UTC(1h30m)
Philippe Jordan & Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
Swiss conductor Philippe Jordan and the Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris recorded all of Ludwig van Beethoven's symphonies in 2014-2015. In this program, Jordan conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, also known as the Pastoral Symphony. Beethoven wrote the work upon completion of his Symphony No. 5. Both symphonies premiered at the same legendary, all-Beethoven concert on December 22, 1808. Symphony No. 6 consists of five movements, of which the last three are played without a break. Each movement carries a title that suggests a scene from life in the countryside. The joyful atmosphere of the first three movements is interrupted by the violent fourth movement ‘Thunder, Storm', as expressed by the piccolos, brass, and timpani. As the storm recedes at the end of the movement, the tranquility returns in the final movement. This performance was recorded at Opéra Bastille in Paris, France, in 2015.
2025-12-23 20:45:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 21:45:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Bertrand de Billy
Cinematic classical clips and energizing concert pieces featuring up-and-coming artists.
2025-12-23 20:34:36 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 20:45:00 +0000 UTC(10m)
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
The Easter Festival is an internationally renowned event among classical music lovers, traditionally opened in Moscow on Easter Sunday. Each year the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra and its musical director Valery Gergiev travel across Russia - for the past 10 years now! In 2012, the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Valery Gergiev performed the complete cycle of Sergei Prokofiev's symphonies and piano concerti - a composer with whom Maestro Gergiev and the orchestra seemed particularly in tune. Complete program: 'Symphony No.1, Op. 25', 'Piano Concerto No.1', 'Symphony No.5, Op. 100'.
2025-12-23 19:00:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 20:34:36 +0000 UTC(1h34m)
Quatuor Ebène
Renowned French string quartet Quatuor Ébène marked the 250th birth anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) with a remarkable project: recording all of the great composer's sixteen string quartets. For five years, violinists Pierre Colombet and Gabriel Le Magadure, violist Marie Chilemme, and cellist Raphaël Merlin immersed themselves in Beethoven's 650 pages of sheet music. Their efforts culminated in the performance of the composer's complete repertoire for string quartet, which covers three decades of Beethoven's musical creativity, during six impressive concerts at Philharmonie de Paris in the autumn of 2020. Quatuor Ébène explored every facet of Beethoven's string quartet repertoire: from the youthful Opus 18 string quartets to the Razumovsky, Harp, and Serioso quartets (Opus 59, 74, and 95) from his middle period, and finally, the depth of his late quartets (Opus 127 to 135). This program features Quatuor Ébène performing Beethoven's String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18, No. 5 String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4 and String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127. This concert was recorded at Philharmonie de Paris on December 17, 2020.
2025-12-23 17:00:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 19:00:00 +0000 UTC(2h)
Ludwig Wicki, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, DR Junior Choir & Andrea Lykke Oehlenschlæger
Swiss conductor Ludwig Wicki leads the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and the DR Junior Choir in a sparkling concert program of film music. The program features a selection of music from great and Oscar-winning Hollywood films, including Titanic, The Bodyguard, Pirates of the Caribbean, Braveheart, and Moulin Rouge, written by major composers such as John Williams, Hans Zimmer, James Horner, and Klaus Badelt. Highlights include ‘He's a pirate/Davy Jones' from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ‘Now We Are Free' from Gladiator ‘My Heart Will Go On' from Titanic and ‘Shallow' from A Star Is Born. Featured soloists in this concert are the young talented singers Andrea Lykke Oehlenschlæger and Diluckshan Jeyaratnam. This performance was recorded at the DR Koncerthuset in Copenhagen, Denmark, in May 2022.
2025-12-23 15:15:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 17:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h45m)
Les Dissonances
Les Dissonances is a collective of artists founded by violinist David Grimal in 2004. The conductorless ensemble consists of musicians from the most prestigious European orchestras, international soloists, and young talents. In this performance, Les Dissonances' string quartet – consisting of David Grimal (violin), Hans Peter Hofmann (violin), David Gaillard (viola), and Xavier Phillips (cello) – performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465, ‘Dissonance' (Op. 10 No. 6). The String Quartet is the last in the set of six quartets that were dedicated to Joseph Haydn. Written between 1782 and 1785, these are also known as the Haydn Quartets (Op. 10). String Quartet No. 19 is remarkable for its slow, dissonant introduction, giving the piece its nickname. This ominous passage suddenly gives way to the bright Allegro in C major. This performance was recorded at Opéra Comique in Paris, France, in 2015.
2025-12-23 11:00:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 11:45:00 +0000 UTC(45m)
David Grimal & Les Dissonances
Les Dissonances is a collective of artists founded by violinist David Grimal in 2004. The conductorless ensemble consists of musicians from the most prestigious European orchestras, international soloists, and young talents. In this performance, Les Dissonances play Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61. Leading violinist Grimal is the soloist. Beethoven's Violin Concerto was composed in 1806 and is the composer's only work in this genre. Its premiere was not very successful, and the work saw few performances in the decades that followed. However, a remarkable performance by 12-year old violinist Joseph Joachim in 1844 gave the Violin Concerto a new lease of life. Ever since, it is one of the most performed works in the genre. As an encore, Grimal performs the Allegro from J. S. Bach's Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003. This performance was recorded at Philharmonie de Paris, France, in 2015.
2025-12-23 10:00:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 11:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Cinematic classical clips and energizing concert pieces featuring up-and-coming artists.
2025-12-23 09:45:43 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 10:00:00 +0000 UTC(14m)
Jodie Devos, Anaik Morel & David Violi
Salon Romantique à Venise salutes the work of the Palazzetto Bru Zane foundation which aims to contribute to the rediscovery of a neglected part of the French musical heritage running from Louis XVi to WW I. This concert offers a journey into the French romantic repertoire performed by pianist David Violi (piano), Jodie Devos (soprano) and Anaik Morel (mezzo-soprano). The program contains some of the most beloved French arias, such as 'Seguedille' from Bizet's Carmen by Bizet, the Flower Duet from Delibes' Lakmé and 'Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix' from Saint-Saëns Samson et Dalila. Recorded at the Palazzetoo Bru Zane in Venice, Italy in 2016.
2025-12-23 08:30:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 09:45:43 +0000 UTC(1h15m)
Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker, Mirella Freni & Christine Schäfer
Featuring W. A. Mozart and Giuseppe Verdi, love is the theme of this 1998 New Year's Eve concert. Maestro Claudio Abbado selected two of the best Mozart interpreters, Christine Schäfer and Simon Keenlyside, for this traditionally meaningful event. Marcelo Álvarez from Argentina, who some compare to a young Domingo, sings highlights of the tenor repertoire, and Italian prima donna Mirella Freni tops the occasion with a breath-taking performance of the letter scene from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Eugen Onegin.
2025-12-23 06:45:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 08:30:00 +0000 UTC(1h45m)
Quatuor Ebène
Renowned French string quartet Quatuor Ébène marked the 250th birth anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) with a remarkable project: recording all of the great composer's sixteen string quartets. For five years, violinists Pierre Colombet and Gabriel Le Magadure, violist Marie Chilemme, and cellist Raphaël Merlin immersed themselves in Beethoven's 650 pages of sheet music. Their efforts culminated in the performance of the composer's complete repertoire for string quartet, which covers three decades of Beethoven's musical creativity, during six impressive concerts at Philharmonie de Paris in the autumn of 2020. Quatuor Ébène explored every facet of Beethoven's string quartet repertoire: from the youthful Opus 18 string quartets to the Razumovsky, Harp, and Serioso quartets (Opus 59, 74, and 95) from his middle period, and finally, the depth of his late quartets (Opus 127 to 135). This program features Quatuor Ébène performing Beethoven's String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18 No. 3 String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95, “Quartetto Serioso” and String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2, "Razumovsky". This concert performance was recorded at Philharmonie de Paris on November 23, 2020.
2025-12-23 05:00:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-23 06:45:00 +0000 UTC(1h45m)
Daniel Harding & Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Florence Musical May) is Italy's oldest opera and arts festival. It was founded in 1933 with the aim of presenting contemporary and forgotten operas. Over the years, the scope widened, and orchestral concerts have long been an integral part of the festival. As part of the festival's 2021 edition, maestro Daniel Harding leads the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in a wonderful concert program featuring Johannes Brahms's Tragic Overture in D minor, Op. 81, and Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1 in D major, ‘Titan'. Brahms composed his concert overture during the summer of 1880. With its dark and tumultuous character, it could be regarded as the serious counterpart of his more joyful Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80. Mahler completed his first symphony eight years later, in 1888. Originally a five-movement piece, the composer discarded the second movement ‘Blumine' some years later, resulting in the final four-movement version we know today. This performance was recorded at Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, Italy, in 2021.
2025-12-22 22:15:00 +0000 UTC→2025-12-22 23:45:00 +0000 UTC(1h30m)
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Cinematic classical clips and energizing concert pieces featuring up-and-coming artists.
2025-12-22 22:04:54 +0000 UTC→2025-12-22 22:15:00 +0000 UTC(10m)