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.
Nature and Art (Part II)
Star Quartet: This episode analyzes the form and content of Beethoven's Quartet No. 8 and explains nature's reflection in the mirror of music.
Nature and Art (Part I)
The Star-Light Sky is Above: This episode explains issues of harmony between nature and art.
The Worthy Heir
This episode is dedicated to the art of violinist Eduard Tadevosyan, Head of Komitas National Quartet, RA People's Artist, laureate of international competitions.
Komitas and the Armenian National Identity (Part III)
The third program dedicated to Komitas presents the final period of the composer's life.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
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.
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.
Pioneer of Sacred Music
The episode is dedicated to the life and work of Makar Ekmalyan, and to his contribution to sacred music.
The Light of Germany
This episode is dedicated to the life and works of Heinrich Schütz who is regarded as the founder of the German school of composition.
Georg Philipp Telemann
The broadcast is dedicated to the life and works of one of the pioneers of the German Enlightenment, a composer who had the credo of making the art of music popular and more accessible.
Johann Sebastian Bach
The broadcast is dedicated to the life and works of the brilliant German composer J.S.Bach.