World Classical Music

World Classical Music

The show presents the masterpieces of classics in performance of distinguished musicians, as well as provides comprehensive information about the lives and works of composers and performers, their role and influence on further development of classical music.

 

Komitas and the Armenian National Identity (Part II)
11/03/2026

Komitas and the Armenian National Identity (Part II)

The second part of this episode is dedicated to Komitas's mission. In the most crucial period of Armenian existence, he made his life goal to save and polyphonize the Armenian folk songs and to establish the Armenian national school of composers.

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Komitas and the Armenian National Identity (Part I)
03/03/2026

Komitas and the Armenian National Identity (Part I)

"The salvation of the Armenian people is in their spiritual development" (Kostan Zaryan).
The episode illustrates the impact of music on the human soul and society. The host presents Komitas's activity at the conferences of the International Music Society, where he scientifically and practically confirmed that the Armenians do have their own music.

 

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To Golgotha
10/02/2026

To Golgotha

This episode presents the structure of Haydn's "The Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross" and draws parallels between the works of the same name by composers of different times.

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Ave Maria; Rejoice, O Holy Virgin!
03/02/2026

Ave Maria; Rejoice, O Holy Virgin!

The episode presents the birth, development, and application of the genre of the hymn “Ave Maria” in the art of different composers.

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Böcklin – Rachmaninov – Zaryan
27/01/2026

Böcklin – Rachmaninov – Zaryan

The episode is dedicated to two works based on Arnold Böcklin’s painting "Isle of the Dead" — Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Poem and a poetic series by Kostan Zaryan.

 

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The First Performance of the 4th Concerto was Beethoven's Last Concert
20/01/2026

The First Performance of the 4th Concerto was Beethoven's Last Concert

The episode elucidates the form and content of the innovative concert, and draws parallels with other works of the author.

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Formation of the Classical Concerto
13/01/2026

Formation of the Classical Concerto

The episode is dedicated to the genealogy of the genre of concerto. Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 is presented as a perfect example of this genre.

 

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We Conquer Evil With Your Song
30/12/2025

We Conquer Evil With Your Song

The episode draws a parallel between the art, worldview and ideals of Gregory of Narek and Johann Sebastian Bach, and attempts to find though distant, but common ground and principles.

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Antonio Vivaldi: Birds Sing the Arrival of Spring
23/12/2025

Antonio Vivaldi: Birds Sing the Arrival of Spring

The episode is dedicated to the concert series "Four Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi. The author presents the "dialogue" between humans and nature and its reflection in music.

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16/12/2025

"Choreographic" Concert by Igor Stravinsky

This episode presents the history of the creation of Igor Stravinsky's Violin Concerto, its premiere, characteristics given by Stravinsky, and the plastic nature of its music.

 

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The Smile of the Genius
09/12/2025

The Smile of the Genius

The episode presents the comic Coffee Cantata of Johann Sebastian Bach. In an example of one family, this cantata reflects the different opinions raised around this drink imported to Europe.

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The First Steps of the Giant
02/12/2025

The First Steps of the Giant

The episode presents the biography and work of Aram Khachaturian in the period between the two world wars of the 20th century.

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Pioneer of Sacred Music
25/11/2025

Pioneer of Sacred Music

The episode is dedicated to the life and work of Makar Ekmalyan, and to his contribution to sacred music.

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Giuseppe Verdi, La Traviata
11/11/2025

Giuseppe Verdi, La Traviata

The episode describes the love and tragedy of the heroine of this Opera as well as the "luxury and misery" of the Parisian elite of the 19th century, and presents the embodiment of the libretto through relevant musical forms.

 

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Programmatic Nature of Jean Sibelius' Music Art
04/11/2025

Programmatic Nature of Jean Sibelius' Music Art

This episode of our program illustrates Sibelius's creative credo, according to which music can achieve maximum impact when guided by any poetic line or program, in other words, when music merges with poetry.

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Benjamin Britten; Britten's Days in Yerevan
28/10/2025

Benjamin Britten; Britten's Days in Yerevan

This episode touches upon the biography and works of Britten — his innovative operas, instrumental music, War Requiem. It also presents Britten's days in Yerevan, his contacts with Armenian musicians, the series of songs based on Pushkin's poems, which he created in Dilijan, etc.

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Fritz Kreisler, Driven by Viennese Winds
21/10/2025

Fritz Kreisler, Driven by Viennese Winds

This episode outlines the creative portrait of the brilliant Austrian violinist Fritz Kreisler and considers its features in the larger view of famous violinists of his time.

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Shostakovich’s Dilijan Symphony
14/10/2025

Shostakovich’s Dilijan Symphony

The episode presents Symphony Nº 14 by Dmitry Shostakovich, which he created in Dilijan. This musical masterpiece is based on the poems of Lorca, Apollinaire, Küchelbecker, and Rilke.

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Franz Schubert: Unfinished Symphony, Unfinished Life
07/10/2025

Franz Schubert: Unfinished Symphony, Unfinished Life

The episode presents the tragic life and work of Franz Schubert, the founder of musical romanticism and vocal symphonism.

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Alan Hovhannes
30/09/2025

Alan Hovhannes

The episode is dedicated to the art of Alan Hovhannes, an Armenian American composer. By using the music, instruments and poetry of Armenian, Chinese, Japanese, Indian and other peoples, he created his own versatile style.

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