Rivalry in Music - Schönberg vs. Stravinsky At the beginning of the 20th century, two famous composers were at the avant-garde while being at the antipodes: Igor Stravinsky, elegant and sophisticated, who revolutionized rhythm on the one hand - and on the other the intellectual and misanthropic Arnold Schoenberg with his visionary 12-tone technique. What began as a respectful meeting between these two composers soon turned into a bitter rivalry that led to a fundamental debate about progress and truth in music. Directed by Sylvie Kürsten 2021

Nixon in China Opera in three acts by John Adams (born in 1947) Libretto by Alice Goodman First performance at the Houston Grand Opera, 22 October 1987 Orchestre et chœur de l'Opéra National de Paris, Gustavo Dudamel (Conductor) Ching-Lien Wu (Chorus Master) Valentina Carrasco (Stage direction) Silvia Aymonino (Costumes), Peter van Praet (Lighting), Carles Berga, Peter van Praet (Sets) Thomas Hampson (Richard Nixon) Renée Fleming (Pat Nixon) Xiaomeng Zhang (Zhou En Lai) John Matthew Myers (Mao Zedong) Joshua Bloom (Henry Kissinger) Yajie Zhang (Nancy Tang) Paris, Opéra National de Paris (Opéra-Bastille), 7 April 2023

Nuria Rial (Soprano) Accademia del Piacere, Fahmi Alqhai (Musical Director, Viola da gamba) Francisco Guerau (1649-1722) Pavana Attributed to Sebastián Durón and José de Torres (c. 1670-1738) "Y, pues consentir no debo" - "Yo hermosísima Ninfa" (Recitative and Aria from the zarzuela 'El imposible mayor en amor le vence Amor') Sebastián Durón "Quantos teméis al rigor" (from the zarzuela 'Las nuevas armas de Amor') Fahmi Alqhai (1976 - ) Improvisation: Xácaras & Folías Sebastián Durón "Sosieguen, descansen" (From the zarzuela 'Salir el amor del mundo') Giovanni Bononcini (1670-1747) "Pastorella che tra le selve" Fahmi Alqhai Improvisation Marionas - Canarios José de Nebra (1702-1768) "Adiós, prenda de mi amor" (From the opera 'Amor aumenta el valor') "Tempestad grande, amigo" (From the zarzela 'Vendado es amor, no es ciego') Bayreuth, St George's Church (Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival), 12 September 2024

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Conductor) Beatrice Rana (piano) Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) Piano Concerto in A minor op. 54 Johannes Brahms | (1833 - 1897) Symphony no. 2 in D major op. 73 Baden-Baden, Festspielhaus, 10 July 2022

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Conductor) Beatrice Rana (piano) Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896) Piano Concerto in A minor op. 7 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Symphony no. 1 in C minor op. 68 Baden-Baden, Festspielhaus, 8 July 2022

A tribute to Jacqueline du Pré to mark the thirtieth anniversary of her death, on 19 October 1987. The film contains archive footage shot during Jacqueline du Pré's lifetime which captures some glorious and professionally filmed live performances. It also remembers both her personality and her music through the memories and tributes of her closest friends and colleagues including Daniel Barenboim, Pinchas Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman, Toby Perlman, Fou Ts'ong, Zubin Mehta, William Pleeth, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hugh Maguire, Elizabeth Wilson, Cynthia Friend, Charles Beare, Suvi Grubb, Dr Len Selby and Clive Barda.

Takács Quartet, Nabuko Imai (viola) Johannes Brahms 1833 - 1897 String Quintet No. 1 in F major, op. 88 1977 Directed by Janos Darvas

Miklós Perényi (cello), Zoltán Kocsis (piano) Johannes Brahms 1833 - 1897 Sonata for piano and violoncello in E minor No. 1, op. 38 Sonata for piano and violoncello in F major No. 2, op. 99 1990 Directed by Janos Darvas

Wenzel Fuchs (clarinette), Elena Bashkirova (piano) Johannes Brahms 1833 - 1897 Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120 1996 Directed by Jean-Claude Piroué

Mata Hari Choreography by Ted Brandsen Libretto by Janine Brogt Music by Tarik O'Regan Dutch Ballet Orchestra Matthew Rowe, conductor Sets, Lights, Clement & Sanôu Costume, François-Noël Cherpin With Mata Hari / Margaretha - Anna Tsygankova Rudolph McLeod - Casey Herd General Kiepert - Jozef Varga Vadime de Masloff - Artur Shesterikov Shiva - Young Gyu Choi Temple Dancer- Wen Ting Guan Frieda McLeod - Emanouela Merdjanova Isadora Duncan - Erica Horwood La Madame- Nadia Yanowsky MC - Edo Wijnen M. Guimet - Anatole Babenko Lieutenant Ladoux - Roman Artyushkin Aunts- Wendeline Wijkstra, Pascalle Paerel et Hannah de Klein Uncles - Wolfgang Tietze, Peter Leung et Matthew Pawlicki-Sinclair Adam Zelle (Margaretha's father) - Nicolas Rapaic And the Dutch National Ballet Live from Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam TV Director, Jeff Tudor

Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal, Stéphane Fuget (organ and musical direction) Sophie Junker, Florie Valiquette (sopranos) François Couperin (1668 - 1733) Leçons de Ténèbres pour le mercredi saint Victoria, Christo resurgenti (Motet pour le Jour de Pâques) Michel Richard Delalande (1657 - 1726) Cantique Quatrième : Sur le Bonheur des Justes et le malheur des réprouvés Recorded at the Château de Versailles, Chapelle Royale, 117 June 2020

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

Robin Mckelle : A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald Robin McKelle (lead) Jonathan Thomas (Piano) Eric Wheeler (Bass) Diego Ramirez (drums) Directed by Sébastien Bergé

Amalia Rodrigues (vocals) Carlos Concalves Dos Santos, Manuel Arnaldo Martins Dos Santos, Antonio Pires Asensao Recorded in 1978, musical accompaniment: Studio 3 TV director Mirto Storni.

Sun Ra Arkestra Jazz Estival Sun Ra (clavier) Recorded in 1985, Lugano, Swiss Tv director, Sandro Pedrazzetti

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

Trio Zadig Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992) Las Cuatro estaciones porteñas Toulouse, Maison Nougaro, 2021 Directed by Patrick Lauze

Astor Piazzolla (bandoneon) Arnaldo Ciato (piano) Giuseppe Prestipino Giarrita (bass) Tullio De Piscopo (drums) Hugo Heredia (flute) Nando De Luca (organ) Aldo Pagani (marimba) Felice Dacco (guitare) Recorded in 1974 Tv director, Sandro Briner

Daniel Behle (tenor) Concerto Köln Antonio Tozzi (1736-1812) Pensa che in campo armato Aria from "Rinaldo" Luigi Gatti (1740-1817) Puoi vantar le tue ritorte Aria from "La Nitteti" Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782) Sinfonia in g minor op.6 No. 6 Antonio Sacchini (1730-1786) Mentre il cor con meste voci Aria from "Artaserse" Josef Mysliveček (1737-1781) Ouverture from 'L'Olimpiade' Care pupille belle Aria from "La Calliroe" Peter von Winter (1754-1825) Amor m'accese un dì Aria from "I fratelli rivali" Ignaz Holzbauer (1711-1783) March from "Günther von Schwarzburg" Johann David August von Apell (1754-1832) Ah, se fosse intorno al trono Aria from "La clemenza di Tito" Bayreuth, Margravial Opera House, 16 septembre 2023

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

Richard Strauss and his Heroines Divorce! After six years of marriage the choleric and chronically jealous Pauline, daughter of a general, has had enough of Richard Strauss. Pauline always knew it: her husband who at 36 is celebrated as the most important living German composer across the globe is cheating on her. His congeniality and moral uprightness is just a mask! Are his inspirations for the erotic escapades which are the basis of several of his tone poems and songs based on the love affairs of the artist? The film Richard Strauss and his Heroines goes on an exciting journey discovering the women in Strauss' life. At the focus is primarily his relationship with Pauline, to whom he was married for over 55 years up to his death. Until today she applies as a harridan who often embarrassed her husband in public. It hereby falls under the table that Strauss at the beginning and the end of his relationship composed his finest songs for the trained singer who gave up her career for him and covered his back for the rest of his life. What was it that made the broken old man, who experienced the most varied of epochs in German history, from the Empire to the Nazi dictatorship to the post-war period, write in 1948 in his final song ("At Sunset") one of the most moving declarations of love in the history of music: "We have through sorrow and joy gone hand in hand"? Richard Strauss and his Heroines - this is the first filmed search for clues about the unforgettable heroines created by Strauss. It is both the story of a turbulent, and at the end moving, love story of two people who were prepared to walk through fire for each other. We visit Strauss' last surviving grandchild in Garmisch and we meet the great Strauss singers Brigitte Fassbaender, Reneé Fleming, Dame Gwyneth Jones and Christa Ludwig, who report on their famous Strauss roles. With the conductor Franz Welser-Möst we research the secret of Strauss' instrumentation genius. Strauss expert Christoph Wagner-Trenckwitz, member of the board of the Vienna Volksoper, leads us through the film. Directed by Thomas von Steinaecker 2014

Il Trovatore "Dramma" in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano after "El Trobador" by Antonio García Gutiérrez First performance in Rome, Teatro Apollo, 12 January 1857 Chorus and Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Zubin Mehta (Conductor) Lorenzo Fratini (Chorus master) Cesare Lievi (Stage Director) Luigi Perego (Sets and costumes), Luigi Saccomandi (Lighting) Amartuvshin Enkhbat (Il conte di Luna) María José Siri (Leonora) Ekaterina Semenchuck (Azucena) Fabio Sartori (Manrico) Riccardo Fassi (Ferrando) Caterina Meldolesi (Ines) Alfonso Zambuto (Ruiz) Davide Piva (Un vecchio zingaro) Joseph Dahdah (Un messo) Florence, Maggio Fiorentino, Sala Zubin Mehta, 5 October 2022

musicmakers : Klaus Mäkelä, conductor James Jolly — Host Directed by John Blanch

Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth (Conductor) Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Edouard Lalo (1823-1892) Namouna, suite no. 1 from the complete ballet Albert Roussel (1869-1937) Bacchus et Ariane, suite no. 2 Jules Massenet (1842-1912) Scènes alsaciennes, orchestral suite Paul Dukas (1865-1935) L'Apprenti sorcier Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) La Valse Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, 10 January 2023

Wiener Streichsextett Johannes Brahms 1833 - 1897 String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, op. 18 1995 Directed by Janos Darvas

Wiener Streichsextett Johannes Brahms 1833 - 1897 String Sextet No. 2 in G major, op. 36 1995 Directed by Janos Darvas

Directed by Christopher Nupen 1970 was the 200th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven's birth and, to mark the occasion, Daniel Barenboim and Christopher Nupen collaborated on a thirteen-part series about the man and his music. Close friends at the time, Barenboim as artist and Nupen as filmmaker, were on the cusp of long and illustrious careers in music. Much of the material they shot has never been broadcast and, until recently, the footage had lain dormant for half a century. Now the series has been resurrected in its original form. It was recorded when Daniel Barenboim was in his late twenties, full of talent, charisma and early authority. During the episodes, he talks and plays extracts at the piano, illustrating the defining characteristics of Beethoven's compositions and sharing his personal insight into the composer's mindset. Throughout, he addresses the camera directly as presenter, adding to the intensity of the narrative. For orchestral pieces, he conducts the New Philharmonia Orchestra or plays at the piano with Sir Adrian Boult taking the conductor's baton. "Barenboim On Beethoven" is a musical journey charting Beethoven's progression in the context of his contemporaries such as Mozart and Haydn. Over twenty key compositions are performed and dissected, making this a unique body of work.

Directed by Christopher Nupen 1970 was the 200th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven's birth and, to mark the occasion, Daniel Barenboim and Christopher Nupen collaborated on a thirteen-part series about the man and his music. Close friends at the time, Barenboim as artist and Nupen as filmmaker, were on the cusp of long and illustrious careers in music. Much of the material they shot has never been broadcast and, until recently, the footage had lain dormant for half a century. Now the series has been resurrected in its original form. It was recorded when Daniel Barenboim was in his late twenties, full of talent, charisma and early authority. During the episodes, he talks and plays extracts at the piano, illustrating the defining characteristics of Beethoven's compositions and sharing his personal insight into the composer's mindset. Throughout, he addresses the camera directly as presenter, adding to the intensity of the narrative. For orchestral pieces, he conducts the New Philharmonia Orchestra or plays at the piano with Sir Adrian Boult taking the conductor's baton. "Barenboim On Beethoven" is a musical journey charting Beethoven's progression in the context of his contemporaries such as Mozart and Haydn. Over twenty key compositions are performed and dissected, making this a unique body of work.

Directed by Christopher Nupen 1970 was the 200th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven's birth and, to mark the occasion, Daniel Barenboim and Christopher Nupen collaborated on a thirteen-part series about the man and his music. Close friends at the time, Barenboim as artist and Nupen as filmmaker, were on the cusp of long and illustrious careers in music. Much of the material they shot has never been broadcast and, until recently, the footage had lain dormant for half a century. Now the series has been resurrected in its original form. It was recorded when Daniel Barenboim was in his late twenties, full of talent, charisma and early authority. During the episodes, he talks and plays extracts at the piano, illustrating the defining characteristics of Beethoven's compositions and sharing his personal insight into the composer's mindset. Throughout, he addresses the camera directly as presenter, adding to the intensity of the narrative. For orchestral pieces, he conducts the New Philharmonia Orchestra or plays at the piano with Sir Adrian Boult taking the conductor's baton. "Barenboim On Beethoven" is a musical journey charting Beethoven's progression in the context of his contemporaries such as Mozart and Haydn. Over twenty key compositions are performed and dissected, making this a unique body of work.

Directed by Christopher Nupen 1970 was the 200th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven's birth and, to mark the occasion, Daniel Barenboim and Christopher Nupen collaborated on a thirteen-part series about the man and his music. Close friends at the time, Barenboim as artist and Nupen as filmmaker, were on the cusp of long and illustrious careers in music. Much of the material they shot has never been broadcast and, until recently, the footage had lain dormant for half a century. Now the series has been resurrected in its original form. It was recorded when Daniel Barenboim was in his late twenties, full of talent, charisma and early authority. During the episodes, he talks and plays extracts at the piano, illustrating the defining characteristics of Beethoven's compositions and sharing his personal insight into the composer's mindset. Throughout, he addresses the camera directly as presenter, adding to the intensity of the narrative. For orchestral pieces, he conducts the New Philharmonia Orchestra or plays at the piano with Sir Adrian Boult taking the conductor's baton. "Barenboim On Beethoven" is a musical journey charting Beethoven's progression in the context of his contemporaries such as Mozart and Haydn. Over twenty key compositions are performed and dissected, making this a unique body of work.

The National Youth Orchestra of Germany, Alexander Shelley (conductor) Msaki (voice) William Walton (1902 - 1983) Johannesburg Festival Overture Hendrik Hofmeyr (born in 1957) Three African Songs George Gershwin (1898 - 1937) Symphonic Pictures from "Porgy and Bess" (arr. Robert Russell Bennett) Berlin, Konzerthaus, 3 August 2019 Directed by Torben Jacobsen

Les Noces The Rite of Spring Music: Igor Stravinsky Choreographer: Edward Clug Conductor: Simon Krečič, SNG Maribor Ballet Ensemble Assistant Choreographer: Gaj Žmavc Set designer: Marko Japelj Costume designer: Leo Kulaš Lighting designer: Tomaž Premzl Les Noces Andreja Zakonjšek Krt, soprano Dada Kladenik, alt Tim Ribič, tenor Janko Volčanšek, bass Dancers: Bride: Monja Obrul Bridegroom: Tamas Darai Bride's Mother: Evgenija Koškina Bridegroom's Father: Sergiu Moga False Bride: Sytze Jan Luske Tea Bajc, Beatrice Bartolomei, Olesja Hartmann Marin, Tijuana Križman Hudernik, Asami Nakashima, Ema Peric, Mirjana Šrot, Mina Radakovic, Davide Buffone, Tomaž Viktor Abram Golub, Matteo Magalotti, Lucio Mautone, Yuya Omaki, Andrea Schifano, Christopher Thompson, Maro Vranaričič Pianists: Sofia Ticchi, Stefan Pajanović, Kristina Golob & Tomaž Zamuda SNG Maribor Opera Choir Chorus master: Zsuzsa Budavari Novak LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS Sound designers: Gregor Mendaš The Chosen One: Evgenija Koshkina Tijuana Križman Hudernik, Catarina de Meneses, Asami Nakašima, Mirjana Šrot, Tea Bajc Davide Buffone, Tamas Darai, Tomaž Viktor Abram Golub, Sytze Jan Luske, Matteo Magalotti, Yuya Omaki SNG Maribor Symphonic Orchestra Križanke, Ljubljana (Ljubljana Festival), 11 Jully 2022

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze (conductor) Leds Tows Hall, 17 & 18 September 2021