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

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    Second Clarinet Sean Rice
  • Operatic Athletes (Part 2)

    English Mar 19, 2014 58:53

    Nick continues his discussion of some of the great "gold medal" singers of the past.

  • Operatic Athletes (Part 1)

    English Jan 27, 2014 42:28

    On the eve of the 2014 Olympic winter games, Nick shares his enthusiasm for some of the great singers of the past.

  • The Oboe - Beyond the ‘A’

    English Dec 16, 2013 53:31

    Beyond the 'A' : Everything you need to know about the oboe, with Charles 'Chip' Hamman and Anna Peterson Sterns.

  • Shostakovich and music in Soviet Russia

    English Dec 09, 2013 31:57

    Recorded on location in Toronto as the Orchestra makes its annual appearance at Roy Thomson Hall, Nick talks to NAC Orchestra violinist Lev Berenshteyn about Shostakovich's 10th Symphony and music...

  • China Tour Remembered

    English Nov 15, 2013 28:21

    Nick gives an insider's view of the NAC Orchestra's recent China tour, which included a performance in a giant egg and a walk along the Great Wall.

  • Spanish Music

    English Oct 01, 2013 39:53

    In this first episode of a new season of NACOcasts, host Nick Atkinson examines some of the influences on Spanish music as it has developed and travelled around the world.

  • The Slavic Bass

    English Jul 10, 2013 46:41

    In this last edition of this season of the NACOcast, Nick gives us the lowdown on Eastern Europe with The Slavic Bass … He explores the curious fact that Slavic...

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • NACO librarians, Margo and Greg Hodgson

    English Jan 07, 2013 41:00

    In this first in a series of podcasts which will look at the business and administration of symphony orchestras, NACOcast host Christopher Millard talks with husband-and-wife team Margo and Greg...

  • George Gershwin, with Jack Everly

    English Nov 27, 2012 47:24

    Fascinating Rhythm: Nick talks to Principal Pops Conductor Jack Everly about the works of George Gershwin and his role in the development of American music.