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Wilhelm Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
English Jun 06, 2016 1:02:49Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is primarily known for his operas. Unlike most opera composers, Wagner wrote both the libretto and the...
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Is Classical Music Really Dead?
English May 17, 2016 1:21:27The death knell for classical music has been ringing for decades. Yet many say the music is not only alive, it’s kicking! Join us for a fascinating, up-close-and-personal conversation with two...
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Sean Rice chats with Nadia Sirota before the Canadian premiere of Nico Muhly’s Electrifying Viola Concerto
English Apr 26, 2016 24:15Vanguards of the New York indie classical scene, composer Nico Muhly and violist Nadia Sirota embody the meaning of "classical reincarnated" in an electrifying concert. Nadia Sirota joins Alexander Shelley in...
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold: The Man Who Changed Movie Scores Forever
English Apr 22, 2016 48:33"Treating each film as an 'opera without singing' (each character has his or her own leitmotif) Korngold created intensely romantic, richly melodic and contrapuntally intricate scores, the best of which...
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Exploring the works of Richard Strauss with Alexander Shelley
English Mar 23, 2016 39:06Nick talks to Alexander Shelley about his plan to perform, over the next several seasons, the works of one of his favourite composers, Richard Strauss. The orchestra begins next week...
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Sean Rice takes you inside the music of the All-Canadian Wolfgang Session Number 5
English Jan 15, 2016 14:29Sean Rice is back with another special “all-Canadian WolfGANG” edition of the NACOcast! This time, Sean interviews Canadian composer Andrew Staniland in advance of the world premiere of the NAC-commissioned...
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Humour in Music
English Dec 08, 2015 46:55Looking at the lighter side of the classics, with selections from Mozart, Rossini and others. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf appears for the first time on the same playbill as Spike Jones.
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The Music of George Gershwin
English Nov 20, 2015 53:40By far the bulk of Gershwin’s output is devoted to songs – more than five hundred of them, most of which come from his more than four dozen works for...
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Special Edition: Sean Rice, 2nd clarinetist with the NAC orchestra, interviews Bryce Dessner
English Nov 19, 2015 16:14WolfGANG is back! He’s got a new bowtie, and he’s ready to get his groove on. Come to the Mercury Lounge to hear works by the great Philip Glass, Montrealer...
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Sound the Trumpet
English Nov 16, 2015 50:31Nick asks: What does it take to play in an orchestral trumpet section? NACO trumpeters Karen Donnelly and Steven Van Gulik explain.
