Episodes

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  • Maestro Mario Bernardi remembered (2006 Interview)

     English Jun 04, 2013 32:05

    The National Arts Centre mourns the loss of Maestro Mario Bernardi, the founding conductor of the NAC Orchestra. Maestro Bernardi passed away peacefully in Toronto on June 2. In this...

  • The Noble Trombone

     English May 30, 2013 58:01

    Nick talks to National Arts Centre Orchestra principal trombone player Don Renshaw about the various musical roles played by the orchestral trombonist.

  • The Strange Case of Antonio Salieri with author Ian Kyer (free ebook included)

     English Apr 08, 2013 45:38

    Antonio Salieri was a successful composer, who wrote about forty operas; he was an excellent teacher, whose students included Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt, and he was, for a time, the...

  • Episode 29: Sibelius

     English Mar 04, 2013 24:12

    Marjolaine Fournier and Jean-Jacques van Vlasselaer discuss Jean Sibelius, his life, his struggle with depression, alcoholism, and his 3rd Symphony.

  • Scottish Folk Songs, Haydn, Beethoven and Robbie Burns

     English Feb 04, 2013 38:06

    Inspired by Robert Burns's Birthday on January 25, Nick presents a selection of Scottish folk songs in arrangements by Haydn, Beethoven and others. Featured music in this episode: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Maggy...

  • Around the Horn

     English Jan 28, 2013 49:46

    Nick talks about how French horn playing has developed over the years with his colleagues in the horn section of the NAC Orchestra.

  • Episode 28: Shostakovich

     English Jan 15, 2013 39:06

    Marjolaine and Jeans-Jacques discuss Shostakovich, his life in the Soviet Union, and his 9th Symphony.

  • Paul Wells Interviews Alexina Louie

     English Jan 15, 2013 57:05

    Paul Wells speaks with Canadian Composer Alexina Louie about her work, "Take The Dogsled", and touring Canada's North with the NAC Orchestra.

  • Episode 22: Sibelius Symphony No. 4

     English Jan 07, 2013 47:56

    Jean-Jacques and Marjolaine give Sibelius's Symphony no. 4 the, "Explore the Symphony" treatment.

  • Episode 23: Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky

     English Jan 07, 2013 35:28

    Marjolaine Fournier and Jean-Jacques van Vlasselaer discuss Prokofiev's stirring score, Alexander Nevsky. It was composed for Sergey Eisenstein's 1938 cinematic thriller and stands as a spectacular masterpiece for chorus and orchestra.