Type: Light Orchestral
Orchestra: The Berlin Philharmonic
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Location: Waldbuhne Amphitheater, Germany
Soloists: Marcus Roberts Trio
Program: George Gershwin music including An American in Paris, Rhapsody in Blue, Piano Concerto in F, I Got Rhythm
Year: 2003

The combination o...

The Ballet of Madrid’s Coppelia is a witty, colorful take on the classic comic ballet. This innovative rendition, choreographed by Eduardo Lao, reimagines the classic ballet within a futuristic, cybernetic laboratory setting, where Dr. Coppelius endeavors to create a lifelike female android. Whil...

Type: Classical Orchestra
Location: Waldbuhne Amphitheater, Germany
Performed by: Berlin Philhamonie
Conductor: Ion Marin
Year: 2010

A romantic and cinematic evening of music. The program opened with Mussorgsky’s haunting Night on Bald Mountain, Wagner’s heroic Rienzi Overture, and Tchaikovsky’...

Type: Baroque Orchestral Music
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmonic
Location: Berlin Philharmonie
Program: Bach's Brandenberg Concertos
Year: 2000

Claudio Abbado leads the Berlin Philharmonic in a luminous performance of Bach’s iconic Brandenburg Concertos, one of the defin...

Type: Contemporary Ballet
Ballet Company: Leipziger Ballett, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Choreography: Mario Schröder
Lead Dancers: Tyler Galster (Chaplin), Amelia Waller (Tramp)
Location: The Leipzig Opera House
Year: 2013

Chaplin is an emotionally layered dance production that explores the man...

Type: Light Orchestra
Soloists: Aleksey Igudesman (violin), Hyung-ki Joo (piano)
Company: Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Sascha Goetzel
Venue: Zorlu PSM Turkcell Stage, Turkey
Year: 2023

Igudesman and Joo are brilliant soloists with a knack for combining musical virtuosity wi...

Type: Chamber Music
Program: Dmitri Shostakovich
Soloists: Joshua Bell, Mischa Maisky, Martha Argerich
Event: Verbier Festival
Location, France
Year: 2008

These three artists are not just well-known. They are among the most internationally recognized classical musicians. Joshua Bell is one of ...

Type: Classical Music
Program: Mozart, Offenbach
Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock
Soloists: Annette Dasch (soprano), Cyrille Dubois (tenor)
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris
Location: Philharmonie de Paris, France
Year: 2017

Set in the stunning Philharmonie de Paris, one of Europe’s most architectural...

This fascinating documentary on the making of "Wall Street" examines the social, political, and economic climate surrounding the film’s release. The movie resonated powerfully in the late 1980s. Learn how Stone’s personal life experiences, the rise of deregulation, and the culture of excess shape...

Type: Opera
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Title: Tosca
Location: Baden-Baden, Easter Festival
Choir: Vienna Philhamonia Chorus
Orchestra: Berliner Philhamoniker
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Soloist: Kristina Opolais, Jonas Kaufmann
Staging: Philipp Himmelmann
Year: 2017

This impassioned performance i...

Type: Classical, Folk
Orchestra: The Berlin Philharmonic
Soloist: Cecilia Bartoli, Maxim Vengerov
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Composer: Brahms Hungarian Dances plus Ravel, Rossini and Berlioz
Location: Philharmonie Berlin, Germany
Year: 1996

This Gala is an unusual and distinctive concert that b...

Type: Piano solo
Venue: Gewandhaus Leipzig, Bachfest, Germany
Soloist: Evgeni Koroliov
Year: 2008

Koroliov brings this monumental music to life playing one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s towering masterpieces, the Goldberg Variations. Beginning with a serene Aria there follows 30 inventive variation...

Type: Jazz
Performer: Louis Armstrong
Band: All Stars Ensemble
Program: Core repertoire
Location: Sydney Stadium, Australia
Year: 1964

Watching Armstrong perform is iconic. He chats with the audience with genuine warmth and humility. Armstrong sings behind the beat, creating tension and i...

Type: Orchestra, Gala
Company: Israel Symphony Orchestra
Conductors: Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim
Venue: Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, Israel
Soloists: Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman, Maxim Vengerov, Gil Shaham, Itzhak Perlman, Menahem Breuer, Ariel Shamai
Year: 1996

This gala celebrated the Israel...

Type: Jazz
Orchestra: DR Big Band, The Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Soloists: Karl-Martin Almqvist (saxophonist), Nicolai Schultz (reed instrumentalist)
Conductor: Miho Hazama
Program Thad Jones
Location: Danish Concert Hall, Copenhagen
Year: 2023

This vibrant concert was conducted by Miho...

Type: Poetry Reading
Performed by; Suggs
Poet: John Betjeman
Event: World Book Fair
Location: Trafalgar Square, London
Year: 2011

Enjoy poetry delivered with personality. Suggs’s storytelling instincts, comic timing, and emotional directness illuminate John Betjeman’s wit and affection for ordin...

Type: Interview
Interviewee: Simon Callow
Location: Highgate Cemetery, London, England
Year: 2011

On a London winter’s day, beneath a sky the colour of tarnished silver and among the venerable stones of Highgate Cemetery, stands famed actor Simon Callow, speaking warmly of the undying spirit of ...

Type: Gala Concert
Location: Berlin State Opera
Conductor: Julien Salemkour
Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin, Germany
Soloists: Nicolaj Znaider (violin) Thomas Quasthoff (bass) Sylvia Schwartz (soprano)
Program: Various including excerpts from The Marriage of Figaro
Year: 2006

This gala-s...

Type: Opera
Composer: George Bizet
Location: Berlin State Opera
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Director: Martin Kusej
Performed by: The Chorus and Orchestra of the Berlin State Opera
Soloists: Marina Domashenko, Rolando Villazon
Year: 2006

This highly successful modern interpretation of the iconic ...