Découvrez la merveille des merveilles de Beethoven - sa Neuvième symphonie - situé dans son contexte socio-historique et musical, et voyez l'importance qu'elle revêt encore aujourd'hui.
Discover Beethoven's symphonic monument -- his 9th symphony -- in its social, historical, and musical context as well as its continuing importance today.
To mark the beginning of the NAC Orchestra's Beethoven Festival, Christopher offers up a guided tour of the complete 2nd Symphony. Featured in this week's podcast is the NAC Orchestra's...
Canadian mezzo-soprano Susan Platts is Christopher's guest on this edition of the NACOcast. The two discuss vocal sound production and repertoire. Musical excerpts include Verdi's Requiem and Brahm's "Gestillte Sehnsucht".
This week we continue our look at training for young orchestral players -- In Washington DC, Christopher talks with 3 participants in the National Orchestral Institute programme and we hear...
Back from our summer hiatus, Christopher talks with three young and dynamic music students -- the first participants in the NAC's new Institute for Orchestral Studies -- about the opportunity...
Composer Gary Kulesha joins Christopher for the second part of a two part discussion recorded following the NAC Orchestra's world premiere of Kulesha's 3rd Symphony. Among other topics, Christopher and...
Composer Gary Kulesha is Christopher's guest in this first part of two special NACOcast Live sessions recorded following the NAC Orchestra's world premiere of Kulesha's 3rd Symphony.
In this very special edition of the NACOcast, Christopher discusses the beauty and mystery of Stradivari instruments with one of the world's foremost violin players, Canadian James Ehnes. Music samples...