NACOcast with Sean Rice

English
100 Episodes

About the podcast

Join host Sean Rice (Second Clarinet, NAC Orchestra) as he explores the world of classical music and its great composers. In this series of audio programmes you can look forward to hearing insightful commentary about upcoming NAC Orchestra programmes as well as musical excerpts and interviews with NACO musicians and guest artists.

About the host

  • Second Clarinet Sean Rice
  • Alexander Shelley and the 2015/2016 NAC Orchestra Season

    English Feb 24, 2015 43:57

    Nick speaks with Alexander Shelley, Music Director, about the 2015/2016 NAC Orchestra Season. Alexander Shelley was appointed Music Director-designate of Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra in October 2013 and will...

  • WolfGANG: Ryan Lott (Son Lux)

    English Feb 13, 2015 22:48

    In this Special Edition of the NACOcast, guest host Sean Rice interviews Ryan Lott (Son Lux) for the February 14, 2015 WolfGANG show at the Mercury lounge.

  • Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: A retrospective view

    English Jan 19, 2015 54:53

    Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: A retrospective view. Nick traces the career of one of his favourite singers, born a hundred years ago, in works by Mozart, Schubert, Strauss and others.

  • Handel’s Messiah with Christopher Millard

    English Dec 16, 2014 32:30

    The NACOcast's perennial holiday favourite is back! Curl up by the fireplace with a mug of hot chocolate and enjoy Christopher Millard's thirty minute guided tour of Handel's Messiah. Read more...

  • Handel’s Messiah with Christopher Millard

    English Dec 16, 2014 32:30

    The NACOcast's perennial holiday favourite is back! Curl up by the fireplace with a mug of hot chocolate and enjoy Christopher Millard's thirty minute guided tour of Handel's Messiah. Read more...

  • Nick speaks with conductor, Michael Francis, and National Youth Orchestra director Barbara Smith

    English Dec 01, 2014 30:46

    Nick's guest this week is conductor, Michael Francis, in town to conduct the NAC Orchestra. Michael will be leading the National Youth Orchestra of Canada next summer. NYOC director Barbara...

  • The Great War and Canada: An Interview with Margaret MacMillan

    English Oct 21, 2014 31:14

    As a prelude to the NAC Orchestra's UK Tour -- a tour of commemoration and remembrance -- Nick speaks with renowned historian Margaret MacMillan about Canada and its role in...

  • WW I: A Personal Journey

    English Sep 15, 2014 37:36

    Nick shares his impressions of the First World War through his own family memories, interspersed with some of the popular music of the time. The Regimental March of the PPCLI is...

  • Shakespeare, Stravinsky and Alexander Shelley

    English Jul 07, 2014 56:38

    In this final NACOcast episode of the season, Nick talks to NAC Orchestra Music Director Designate Alexander Shelley about the two programmes he is conducting next season. [Music excerpt: Carlo...

  • Jon Kimura Parker on Mendelssohn

    English Jul 04, 2014 37:37

    Guest host Frank Dans, Interim Artistic Administrator for the NAC Orchestra, interviews Jon Kimura Parker for the "Parker Plays Mendelssohn" concerts from February 5-6, 2014. Inspired by his sunny sojourn...

  • Schumann’s Symphony No. 4 with Eric Friesen

    English Jun 13, 2014 42:28

    Guest host Eric Friesen, writer and broadcaster, presents his pre-concert chat entitled, "Schumann’s Fourth Symphony: From Darkness to Light”.

  • The NAC Orchestra’s Institute for Orchestral Studies

    English May 28, 2014 36:06

    The four apprentices in the NAC Orchestra's Institute for Orchestral Studies — violinist Sunny Shi, violist Kayleigh Miller, cellist Zhou Fang and bassist Nate Martin, plus former apprentice Emily Westell...

  • “Fate Lurks, but Tunes Triumph” with guest host Eric Friesen

    English Apr 28, 2014 38:00

    In this episode, guest host Eric Friesen, writer and broadcaster, presents his pre-concert chat entitled, "Fate Lurks, but Tunes Triumph”.

  • Brahms Between Yesterday and Tomorrow, with guest host Paul Wells

    English Apr 07, 2014 31:59

    Guest host Paul Wells, political editor of Maclean's magazine, presents a program entitled, "Brahms Between Yesterday and Tomorrow."

  • Drums along the Rideau

    English Mar 31, 2014 53:44

    Percussion playing is not just a matter of indiscriminate crashing and banging. NAC Orchestra percussionists Jon Wade and Ken Simpson explain the finer points of playing in an orchestral percussion...