Episodes

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  • Episode 20: The NAC Orchestra and Brahms’s final symphonies

     English Dec 14, 2010 36:40

    The third of the 2010-11 season's "Explore the Symphony" podcasts examines the 3rd and 4th Symphonies of Johannes Brahms. In this podcast, the NAC Orchestra's assistant principal double bass Marjolaine...

  • Episode 19: The NAC Orchestra and Felix Mendelssohn

     English Nov 12, 2010 29:27

    The second of the 2010-11 season's "Explore the Symphony" podcasts examines the short life and remarkable career of German composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), one of the most popular composers of...

  • Guest host: Robert Harris

     English Nov 11, 2010 38:45

    The CBC’s Robert Harris began his career in broadcasting in Ottawa many years ago, and we were very happy to bring him ‘home’ as a guest speaker during the Mozart-Haydn...

  • Guest host: Paul Kennedy

     English Nov 05, 2010 40:46

    For those many faithful listeners of CBC's Ideas, you know producer and host Paul Kennedy to be as entertaining as he is enlightening. And he was every bit of that...

  • Guest host: Paul Wells

     English Oct 21, 2010 39:44

    Author and Maclean's magazine columnist Paul Wells was invited to open the NAC Orchestra's Mozart-Haydn Festival on September 22nd on its Musically-Speaking Series of pre-concerts talks.

  • “Hijacked!!”

     English Oct 01, 2010 44:18

    The show is taken over by some of Christopher's students in this fun and informative edition of the NACOcast

  • Episode 18: The NAC Orchestra’s Mozart-Haydn Festival

     English Sep 21, 2010 29:41

    The first of the 2010-11 season's "Explore the Symphony" podcasts is in honour of the 7-concert Mozart-Haydn Festival taking place September 22-30. In this podcast, the NAC Orchestra's assistant principal...

  • “To Repeat, or not to Repeat” (with Leonard Slatkin)

     English May 03, 2010 49:35

    Christopher speaks with the distinguished conductor Leonard Slatkin about the problem of repeats in Schubert. The conversation focuses on his Ninth Symphony, The Great C Major, with a careful examination of...

  • Episode 17: Mozart Concerto 23 for Piano and Orchestra

     English Apr 20, 2010 26:07

    In the sixth of the 2009-10 season's "Explore the Symphony" podcasts, the NAC Orchestra's assistant principal double bass Marjolaine Fournier and one of Canada's foremost music journalists Jean-Jacques van Vlasselaer...

  • “On The Spot”

     English Mar 01, 2010 1:01:42

    Two conductors, twenty questions. In this episode, Christopher puts conductors Andrew Grams and James Gaffigan to the test with some challenging questions for aspiring maestros.