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Soprano Joyce El-Khoury and members of the National Arts Centre Orchestra are featured in the NAC’s ‘Music for a Sunday Afternoon’ concert on April 29 at the National Gallery of Canada
April 12, 2012
The fourth ‘Music for a Sunday Afternoon’ concert of the National Arts Centre’s 2011-2012 season features rising star soprano Joyce El-Khoury, pianist Jean Desmarais, as well as Jessica Linnebach (Associate Concertmaster of the NAC Orchestra), Noémie Racine-Gaudreault and Jeremy Mastrangelo (violin), Jethro Marks (viola), Leah Wyber (cello), and Emily Marks (flute). The... Read more
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Emily Saves the Orchestra -- the fourth and final TD Bank Group ‘Family Adventures with the National Arts Centre Orchestra’ concert of the 2011-2012 season – is on Saturday April 28
April 12, 2012
Emily Saves the Orchestra -- the fourth TD Bank Group ‘Family Adventures with the National Arts Centre Orchestra’ concerts – feature the National Arts Centre Orchestra conducted by Boris Brott, as well as guest artists Ottawa’s acclaimed Platypus Theatre, writer and actor Peter Duschenes, and actor Danielle Desormais. Emily Saves the Orchestra takes place on Saturday April... Read more
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Sublime Mozart, the National Arts Centre Orchestra’s fourth Mark Motors Audi Signature Series concert of the 2011-2012 season, features conductor Pinchas Zukerman, host Eric Friesen, and pianist Garrick Ohlsson in a mostly-Mozart program on April 25-26
April 11, 2012
Sublime Mozart -- the fourth Mark Motors Audi Signature Series concert of the NAC’s 2011-2012 season – features Pinchas Zukerman on the conductor’s podium and international superstar Garrick Ohlsson as piano soloist. Writer/broadcaster Eric Friesen hosts the concert. Sublime Mozart is at 8 p.m. in Southam Hall on Wednesday April 25 and Thursday April 26, 2012. Praised for his... Read more
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Pinchas Zukerman shines as viola soloist and conductor of Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra on April 21 at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto
April 5, 2012
National Arts Centre Orchestra Music Director Pinchas Zukerman leads the NAC Orchestra – and is viola soloist – in a concert on Saturday April 21 at 7:30 p.m. at Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall. Well-known writer-broadcaster Eric Friesen hosts the concert. PearTree Financial Services is the NAC Orchestra Toronto Touring Partner. This concert marks the NAC Orchestra’s fifteenth... Read more
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Pinchas Zukerman leads brilliant NAC Orchestra soloists and guest artists – including Jon Kimura Parker -- in Brandenburg Concerti, a rare performance of all six Brandenburg Concerti in one concert. The seventh NAC Orchestra Bostonian Bravo Series concert of the season is at the National Arts Centre on April 19-20
April 4, 2012
In the seventh Bostonian Bravo Series concert of the 2011-2012 season, Music Director Pinchas Zukerman conducts the National Arts Centre Orchestra and also performs as violin and viola soloist. Featured in this superb concert are Concertmaster Yosuke Kawasaki, Joanna G’froerer and Emily Marks (flute), Charles Hamann (oboe), and guest artists Andrew McCandless (trumpet) and Jon Kimura... Read more
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Tickets for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring In Concert at the National Arts Centre go on sale on Thursday April 12
April 3, 2012
Tickets for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring In Concert go on sale to the general public on Thursday April 12 at 10 a.m. This special presentation -- sure to thrill both music lovers and film buffs -- includes a screening of Peter Jackson’s 2001 full-length film with the music performed live by the NAC Orchestra. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring In Concert... Read more
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The National Arts Centre and the Canadian Music Centre salute JUNO Award nominees with Classical JUNOs in Concert, a free concert on March 30
March 21, 2012
The National Arts Centre and the Canadian Music Centre co-present a tribute to Canadian JUNO Award nominees in classical categories with a special one-hour free concert on Friday March 30. Classical JUNOs in Concert takes place in the main foyer of the National Arts Centre at 3:30 p.m.; no tickets are required. This concert will feature JUNO nominated performers Susan Hoeppner, Heather Schmidt,... Read more
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Tenor Benjamin Brecher replaces Colin Ainsworth in A Celtic Celebration with Natalie MacMaster at the National Arts Centre on March 22-24
March 8, 2012
Tenor Benjamin Brecher will replace Colin Ainsworth in A Celtic Celebration with Natalie MacMaster, a National Arts Centre Orchestra CTV Pops concert to be performed at 8 p.m. in Southam Hall of the NAC on Thursday March 22, Friday March 23, and Saturday March 24, 2012. Conductor Jack Everly (Principal Pops Conductor of the NAC Orchestra) leads Ms. MacMaster, the National Arts Centre Orchestra,... Read more
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A Celtic Celebration with Natalie MacMaster, the National Arts Centre Orchestra’s fourth CTV Pops concert of the 2011-2012 season, unites the Cape Breton fiddle phenomenon with tenor Colin Ainsworth, piper Christopher Layer, the O’Hare Irish Dancers, and foot-stomping good cheer on March 22-24 in Southam Hall
March 8, 2012
Experience the down home joie de vivre “Cape Breton Girl” Natalie MacMaster brings to stages around the world in A Celtic Celebration with Natalie MacMaster, the fourth CTV Pops concert of the NAC Orchestra’s 2011-12 season. Conductor Jack Everly (Principal Pops Conductor of the NAC Orchestra) leads Ms. MacMaster, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, tenor Colin Ainsworth, piper... Read more
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Alice Sara Ott en récital, le troisième concert de la série Grands interprètes de la saison 2011-2012 de l’Orchestre du Centre national des Arts, met en vedette Alice Sara Ott, étoile montante du piano, pour la première fois au Canada – le 20 mars seulement
March 6, 2012
Alice Sara Ott en récital – le troisième concert de la série Grands interprètes de la saison 2011-2012 du Centre national des Arts (CNA) – met en vedette l'une des étoiles montantes du piano. Alice Sara Ott en récital est présentée à la salle Southam le mardi 20 mars 2012 à 20 h. Le programme de la soirée... Read more