Non-competition Programmes
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8 – Outhouse Allstars
A spontaneous jam session with Swedish folk fiddlers rooted in rock music
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7 – Musikbyran: Live: Bloc Party
”MB live” takes us right into the sweat and noise of the performances of some of the hottest new artists of today’s music. The programme is made with small cameras that allow us to put the television audience right in the middle of the action, and...
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6 – Musikbyran: Bill Withers
In 24 episodes we are presented to artists and movements, new and old, of the world of popular music. The emphasis is on artists who are or have been significant in the development of popular music, commercial success is not a criteria.
In this...
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5 – The Name of My Wind
A film-portrait of musician and composer Teodosii Spasov. The world-famous musician tells in words and music about his childhood and country, about his love for music and life perceived through the harmony of sounds.
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4 – Arabella
During the Zurich Festival, the celebrated U.S. soprano Renée Fleming sung for the first time at the Opernhaus Zürich. She performed in Götz Friedrich's "Arabella" production, which is set at the time of origin of the opera. Next to...
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3 – Bruckner, Symphony No. 9
Anton Bruckner's monumental and unfinished last symphony is given a powerfully contoured and sharply profiled interpretation by The Cleveland Orchestra under its music director Franz Welser-Möst. The work was recorded live in late October...
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2 – Die Zauberflöte
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, who arguably heads the list of Mozart conductors in our time, is the star of this production by Martin Kušej that puts the spotlight on the orchestra and the singers. The Zurich Opera Orchestra plays with a relaxed, almost...
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1 – Le Nozze di Figaro
As Figaro, Uruguayan baritone Erwin Schrott is a virile Latin lover who uses his dark timbre less to seduce women than to impress them – the opposite of Michael Volle's Count, who has seduction in his genes, along with a big portion of humor....
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