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Mahler 8 – Riccardo Chailly, Lucerne Festival Orchestra

28.08.2016 17h40 (1h35)

“To be responsible for this outstanding artistic project that Claudio Abbado has initiated is not only a privilege but it has touched me deeply.” These are the very words Riccardo Chailly uses to describe his new job in Lucerne. The conductor, who left his post as music director of the Gewandhaus Leipzig and became principal conductor…

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CLOSING CONCERT OF THE DRESDEN MUSIC FESTIVAL 2016

05.06.2016 11h00 (120 minutes)

LIVE  from the Semperoper Dresden! Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Symphony No. 2 in C major, op. 61 Concerto for cello and orchestra in A minor, op.129 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op.67 Jan Vogler, cello Dresden Festival Orchestra Ivor Bolton Five years since its creation, the Dresden Festival Orchestra and its…

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Alban Berg – Wozzeck

06.06.2016 02h10 (90 minutes)

Opera in three acts (15 scenes) after Georg Büchner’s “Woyzeck” Fabio Luisi, Conductor Andreas Homoki, Stage Director Philharmonia Zürich, Chor der Oper Zürich Christian Gerhaher (Wozzeck) Gun-Brit Barkmin (Marie) The soldier Wozzeck (Christian Gerhaher) flits through a world that he is unable to decipher. The doctor torments him with absurd medical experiments; the captain humiliates…

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Kirill Gerstein plays Rachmaninov’s 2nd piano cocerto

05.06.2016 18h30 (45 minutes)

“Gerstein’s blistering technique is matched only by his deeply soulful connection to standard repertoire,” the Time out New York says about the Russian pianist. With the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig under the baton of Semyon Bychkov, Kirill Gerstein testified to these qualities: He put emphasis on expression and effect in Sergei Rachmaninov‘s Second Piano Concerto. Thus, the…

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Satiesfictions on arte

23.05.2016 00h50 (55 minutes)

Always armed with a bowler, wisecracks and affectations, he is not only on the outside one of the strangest fellows in French music history: Erik Satie was not just a composer, he was also a designer, church founder, PR pioneer, master of aperçus, author, wayfarer, professional self-publicist and inventor of “Musique d’ameublement.” The music documentary…

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Zubin Mehta – His 80th birthday concert – Live from the NCPA Mumbai

17.04.2016 17h45 (120 minutes)

“I’m a pucca Indian. Mumbai is my home,” says Zubin Mehta about his birthplace. The Musical Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is traveling to India with “his” inspiring 110-member orchestra and on April 17th, 2016 they celebrate Maestro Mehta’s 80th birthday (albeit a little early) with a fantastic concerts at the National…

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Ayham Ahmad – The pianist from Yarmouk

09.03.2016 00:00 (30 minutes)

Surrounded by ruins in Syria’s capital Damascus, Ayham Ahmad sings accompanied by an out-of-tune piano about migration, hunger, and death. Threatened by Assad’s regime and ISIS, the Piano Man is silenced and must flee – to Germany. The documentary film The Pianist from Yarmouk tells the story of this Syrian refugee musician. After his arrival…

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Bach: Mass in B minor

11.01.2016 00h15 (1h55)

The Mass in B Minor, Bach’s last completed vocal work as well as the climax of his creativity, reveals the overwhelming wealth of his compositional skills. In the history of music it ranks highly, as the “Montblanc of church music” (Franz Liszt) – composed during Bach’s time as cantor at the St. Thomas Church in…

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro – Live from the Schilltertheater in Berlin

13.11.2015 20:15 (3h20)

On November 13 2015, at 20:15, arte and arte concert will do a delayed live broadcast of Mozart’s “Le nozze di Figaro” from the Staatsoper Berlin at the Schillertheater. The opera, which represents the pinnacle of the Italian opera buffa, is staged by the Artistic Director of the Staatsoper, Jürgen Flimm. On the rostrum: Gustavo…

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Nikolaj Znaider, Gewandhausorchester, Chailly – Beethoven Violin Concerto

18.10.2015 18:25 (45 minutes)

Muscular yet elegant, eloquent and charismatic – terms that flow from journalists’ pens when referring to Nikolaj Znaider. The Danish artist once again affirmed his reputation as one of the most distinguished violinists of our time with his performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s violin concerto with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig under the baton of its musical…

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Arvo Pärt ǀ Robert Wilson: Adam’s Passion

28.09.2015 00:30 (1h30)

Both have been giants in the international scenery of music and arts for decades: Arvo Pärt (born 1935), one of the most played contemporary composers of our time, and Robert Wilson (born 1941), one of the most sought-after stage directors worldwide. Pärt, Estonian, whose compositions stand out due to their clear harmonies and unmistakable beauty,…

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