Program TV: Mezzo — Środa

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Ludovic Tézier (baritone) Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Jochen Rieder (Conductor) Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901 La forza del destino : Oberture - Solenne in quest'ora - Morir! Tremenda cosa - La vita e inferno all'infelice Invano Alvaro ti celasti al mondo I vespri siciliani : Oberture Amilcare Ponchielli 1834 - 1886 La Gioconda : Enzo Grimaldi, Principe di Santafior - Danza delle ore - Cielo e mar Giuseppe Verdi Otello : Credo in un Dio crudel - Tu? Indietro! Directed by Andreas Morell Baden-Baden, Festspielhaus, 8 January 2023.

Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Krzysztof Urbański (conductor) Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Bartosz Michałowski (chorus master) Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) Sylwia Olszyńska (soprano), Agata Schmidt (mezzo-soprano), Hubert Zapiór (baritone) Karol Szymanowski 1882 - 1937 Veni Creator, Op. 57 for soprano, mixed choir and orchestra Stabat Mater, Op. 53 for soprano, alto, baritone, mixed choir and orchestra Grażyna Bacewicz 1909 - 1969 Cello Concerto No. 2 Wojciech Kilar 1932 - 2013 Krzesany, Symphonic poem Warsaw, Warsaw Philharmonic, 3 October 2026.

Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Krzysztof Urbański (conductor) Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Bartosz Michałowski (chorus master) Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) Sylwia Olszyńska (soprano), Agata Schmidt (mezzo-soprano), Hubert Zapiór (baritone) Karol Szymanowski 1882 - 1937 Veni Creator, Op. 57 for soprano, mixed choir and orchestra Stabat Mater, Op. 53 for soprano, alto, baritone, mixed choir and orchestra Grażyna Bacewicz 1909 - 1969 Cello Concerto No. 2 Wojciech Kilar 1932 - 2013 Krzesany, Symphonic poem Warsaw, Warsaw Philharmonic, 3 October 2026.

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 last time. Soon the polite rivalry turned into bitter enmity. Both men were forced to take a stand on the regimes in their respective countries - and chose radically different paths. Toscanini, 'the dictator', bravely challenged Mussolini; Furtwängler, a conservative, meanwhile proclaimed that art is always apolitical and reluctantly made a pact with the Nazis. The documentary not only opens up the different musical universes of the two great conductors by retracing their careers in Milan, Bayreuth and New York, but also raises a question that is more topical than ever: what has art to do with politics? Directed by Thomas von Steinaecker 2020.

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 Spirio pianos. Hugo Cohen Sprung's documentary also allows us insight into French pianist and Steinway artist Bertrand Chamayou's experience with the technology and features a preview of his unique two-piano concert in which he performs with his 'shadow'.

POPPEA // POPPEA by Christian Spuck Choregraphed by Christian Spuck for Gauthier Dance Music by Martin Donner, Claudio Monteverdi and others Gauthier Dance Emma Ryott - Set designer, costume designer Dunja Funke - Dramaturgy Reinhard Traub - Lighting Eric Gauthier - Dancer Anneleen Dedroog - Dancer Miriam Gronwald - Dancer Anna Süheyla Harms - Dancer Maria Prat Balasch - Dancer Rosario Guerra - Dancer Florian Lochner - Dancer William Moragas - Dancer David Stiven Valencia Martinez - Dancer Tars Vandebeek - Dancer Directed by Nikolai Vialkowitsch Stuttgart, Theaterhaus Stuttgart, 2013.