Monthly Highlights

The history of Western classical music is rich with friendships among composers. Three of these well-documented friendships feature prominently on Stingray Classica in May, on three Saturday evenings at 21:00. Firstly, on May 3, Stingray Classica explores the friendship between two German Romantic c…

From May 8 to 18, the Mahler Festival celebrates its third edition in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam. All of Gustav Mahler's symphonies and Lieder are performed at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw during the ten-day festival. The Austrian composer and conductor had strong ties with Amsterdam and the Concer…

May 22 marks the 212th birth anniversary of Richard Wagner (1813-1883). To celebrate the German composer’s music, Stingray Classica broadcasts Wagner’s magnum opus: the four-part music drama cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. Wagner, arguably the opera genre’s greatest innovator in the nineteenth centur…