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NACOcast - 09.06.2008 - A Prophetic Conversation
Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony is one of the great works of programmatic music in the orchestral repertoire. Christopher examines the thoughtful insights of musicologist Owen Jander in a study of the second movement, Scene by the Brook.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 14.05.2008 - Clown of the OrchestraChristopher discusses primates, brontosauri and other musical influences in a wide ranging examination of his favourite orchestral instrument.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 27.03.2008 - NAC Orchestra 2008/09 Season PreviewChristopher takes you an hour-long exploration of the NAC Orchestra's recently announced 2008-2009 season, complete with musical excerpts from the NAC Orchestra audio archives and Naxos Canada.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 18.01.2008 - Strauss Oboe Concerto with Charles HamannIn this first NACOcast of 2008, Christopher focuses on Richard Strauss' Oboe Concerto with special guest Charles Hamann, principal oboe, National Arts Centre Orchestra.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 14.12.2007 - Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto with Jon Kimura ParkerChristopher's guest is the ebullient Canadian pianist Jon Kimura Parker, a virtuoso star who is also known for his outgoing personality and cheerful sense of humour. Jackie and Christopher discuss Beethoven's "Emperor" Piano Concerto No. 5.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 07.12.2007 - A Messiah RepriseBy popular demand ... In this very special NACOcast presentation, Christopher takes us on a 30-minute guided tour of that holiday perennial, Handel's Messiah.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 07.11.2007 - The World Orchestra for Peace [repost]As Remembrance Day approaches here in Canada, Christopher looks at The World Orchestra for Peace in a programme that first aired on CBC Radio in 2003. "The World Orchestra for Peace is an expression of harmony on all levels. It was founded in 1995 by Sir Georg Solti to reaffirm, in his words, 'the unique strength of music as an ambassador for peace'. Its players come from orchestras all over the world, many of them concert masters and section leaders in their own right, and the orchestra h ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 18.10.2007 - Live with Pinchas Zukerman and Measha BrueggergosmanBeethoven Symphony no. 9 is the subject, and Pinchas Zukerman and Measha Brueggergosman are Christopher's guests on this live edition of the NACOcast.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 15.09.2007 - Beethoven Symphony No. 2To 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 CBC Records recording of Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 under the the baton of Music Director Pinchas Zukerman.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 31.08.2007 - Susan PlattsCanadian 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".Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 15.08.2007 - The National Orchestral InstituteThis 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 several excerpts of Richard Strauss' Eine Alpensinfonie played by the NOI under the baton of James Ross on June 16 of this year.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 01.08.2007 - NACO's Institute for Orchestral StudiesBack 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 to play in the NAC Orchestra, their studies, their instruments ( ... and even tuning in fifths).Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 05.06.2007 - NACOcast Live with Gary Kulesha (2/2)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 Gary discuss teaching composition and making a living as a composer.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 22.05.2007 - NACOcast Live with Gary KuleshaComposer 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.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 17.04.2007 - James EhnesIn 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 include Ehnes's recent recordings of the Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Violin and Walton's Violin Concerto.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 13.03.2007 - Oliver KnussenThe distinguished British composer and conductor Oliver Knussen is Christopher's guest on this week's edition of the NACOcast. NAC Orchestra audiences know Oliver Knussen from his appearances with the NAC Orchestra in 2001 when he conducted his own Second Symphony, and from 2004 when he conducted the Canadian premiere of his Violin Concerto with its dedicatee Pinchas Zukerman as soloist.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 27.02.2007 - Sliding AngelsDouglas Burden, bass trombonist with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, is Christopher's guest on this edition of the NACOcast. The two discuss everything 'trombone'; from the instrument's origins, repertoire and its role in today's orchestra. This edition of the NACOcast includes a sampling of the NAC Orchestra performing Hector Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 12.02.2007 - Gustavo DudamelGustavo Dudamel, the 26 year-old Venezuelan conducting phenom visits the NACOcast studios to discuss "El Sistema", Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, and his mentors Jose Antonio Abreu, Claudio Abbado and Simon Rattle.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 22.01.2007 - Andrew LittonChristopher chats with American guest conductor Andrew Litton. Having just completed his twelfth and final season as Music Director of the Dallas Symphony, New York-born Andrew Litton is continuing in this partnership, one of the longest and most successful in America, as Music Director Emeritus of the orchestra. Litton is also the Music Director of Norway’s Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Artistic Director of the Minnesota Orchestra's Sommerfest and Conductor Laureate of Britain’s B ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 18.12.2006 - A Messiah DigestIn this very special NACOcast presentation, Christopher takes us on a 30-minute guided tour of that holiday perennial, Handel's Messiah.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 18.12.2006 - A Messiah DigestIn this very special NACOcast presentation, Christopher takes us on a 30-minute guided tour of that holiday perennial, Handel's Messiah.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 22.11.2006 - Charles "Chip" HamannChristopher discusses the art of reed making with NAC Orchestra prinicpal oboe Chip Hamann with archival musical excerpts from Strauss's Don Quixote and Mozart's Oboe Concerto as performed by Chip Hamann and the National Arts Centre Orchestra
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http://www.nac-cna.caListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 22.11.2006 - Charles "Chip" HamannChristopher discusses the art of reed making with NAC Orchestra prinicpal oboe Chip Hamann with archival musical excerpts from Strauss's Don Quixote and Mozart's Oboe Concerto as performed by Chip Hamann and the National Arts Centre OrchestraListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 14.11.2006 - Canadian BrassCanadian Brass members, Charles Daellenbach and Eugene Watts, are Christopher's guests on this special edition of the NACOcastListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 14.11.2006 - Canadian BrassCanadian Brass members, Charles Daellenbach and Eugene Watts, are Christopher's guests on this special edition of the NACOcast
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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 31.10.2006 - The Protean TubaOn this week's NACOcast ... the Protean Tuba. Christopher speaks with NACO Principal Tuba Nick Atkinson about the variable identity of this big bugle and about life at the bottom of the orchestra. An informative discussion of the history of the tuba, its acoustic principles and a survey of its use in the orchestra.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 31.10.2006 - The Protean TubaOn this week's NACOcast ... the Protean Tuba. Christopher speaks with NACO Principal Tuba Nick Atkinson about the variable identity of this big bugle and about life at the bottom of the orchestra. An informative discussion of the history of the tuba, its acoustic principles and a survey of its use in the orchestra.
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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 16.10.2006 - Hungarian CelebrationHungarian Celebration - The NAC Orchestra celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian revolution this week with a programme of Bartok, Kodaly and Brahms. Christopher welcomes NACO's Karoly Sziladi to talk about his personal experiences during and after the 1956 uprising, and the music of his native Hungary.
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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 16.10.2006 - Hungarian CelebrationHungarian Celebration - The NAC Orchestra celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian revolution this week with a programme of Bartok, Kodaly and Brahms. Christopher welcomes NACO's Karoly Sziladi to talk about his personal experiences during and after the 1956 uprising, and the music of his native Hungary.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 04.10.2006 - A Fifth of QuarringtonA Fifth of Quarrington -- In this week's NACOcast, Christopher speaks with the National Arts Centre Orchestra's remarkable Principal Bass, Joel Quarrington. Canada's foremost virtuoso of the double bass, Joel is the only great modern bassist who tunes his bass like a cello. Find out how this came about as Joel discusses the history, evolution and current state of double bass playing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 04.10.2006 - A Fifth of QuarringtonA Fifth of Quarrington -- In this week's NACOcast, Christopher speaks with the National Arts Centre Orchestra's remarkable Principal Bass, Joel Quarrington. Canada's foremost virtuoso of the double bass, Joel is the only great modern bassist who tunes his bass like a cello. Find out how this came about as Joel discusses the history, evolution and current state of double bass playing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 19.09.2006 - BrahmsIn this first episode of the 2006-2007 NACOcast season, Christopher focuses on Brahm's Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor, Opus 15 and Brahm's Symphony No. 2. This week's podcast includes archival recordings of the NAC Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Pinchas Zukerman.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 19.09.2006 - BrahmsIn this first episode of the 2006-2007 NACOcast season, Christopher focuses on Brahm's Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor, Opus 15 and Brahm's Symphony No. 2. This week's podcast includes archival recordings of the NAC Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Pinchas Zukerman.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 18.07.2006 - It's a LivingIn this last episode of the 2006-2007 season, Christopher looks at the work life of the professional orchestra musician and how symphony orchestras are organized. Also in this edition, a sampling of the NAC Orchestra's recording of Beethoven's Symphony No. 2, under the direction of Pinchas Zukerman. The NACOcast returns for a new season of podcasts in mid-September. Send your comments to NACOcast@gmail.comListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 18.07.2006 - It's a LivingIn this last episode of the 2005-2006 season, Christopher looks at the work life of the professional orchestra musician and how symphony orchestras are organized. Also in this edition, a sampling of the NAC Orchestra's recording of Beethoven's Symphony No. 2, under the direction of Pinchas Zukerman. The NACOcast returns for a new season of podcasts in mid-September. Send your comments to NACOcast@gmail.comListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 12.06.2006 - Patinka KopecThis week on the NACOcast, Christopher talks with Patinka Kopec, director of the NAC's Young Artist Programme. Chris and Patti discuss her formative days in New York with gifted contemporaries, Pinchas Zukerman and Itzahk Perlman, and highlights the gifted young artists at this year's YAP. The podcast includes a special musical selection: Mozart's String Quintet in G minor, K. 516, Allegro, performed the Zukerman Players. Email us at NACOcast@gmail.comListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 27.06.2006 - Patinka KopecThis week on the NACOcast, Christopher talks with Patinka Kopec, director of the NAC's Young Artist Programme. Chris and Patti discuss her formative days in New York with gifted contemporaries, Pinchas Zukerman and Itzhak Perlman, and highlight the gifted young artists at this year's YAP. The podcast includes a special musical selection: Mozart's String Quintet in G minor, K. 516, Allegro, performed by the Zukerman Players. Email us at NACOcast@gmail.comListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 12.06.2006 - Beethoven, Bernardi, Prystawski!As a tribute to Walter Prystawski, the NAC Orchestra's founding concertmaster who is retiring after 37 years at the first desk, Christopher talks to founding NACO music director Mario Bernardi as well as three of Walter's original orchestra colleagues. The conversations touch on the core classical repertoire of the orchestra, NACO's signature sound and the critical role Walter Prystawski played in shaping that sound. Send your comments and feedback to NACOcast@gmail.comListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 12.06.2006 - Beethoven, Bernardi, Prystawski!As a tribute to Walter Prystawski, the NAC Orchestra's founding concertmaster who is retiring after 37 years at the first desk, Christopher talks to founding NACO music director Mario Bernardi as well as three of Walter's original orchestra colleagues. The conversations touch on the core classical repertoire of the orchestra, NACO's signature sound and the critical role Walter Prystawski played in shaping that sound. Send your comments and feedback to NACOcast@gmail.comListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 05.06.2006 - Jack EverlyPOPS! goes the NACOcast -- This week an interview with NAC Orchestra principal pops conductor Jack Everly. Christopher talks with Jack about his distinguished career and the world of symphonic popular music. Send your comments and questions to NACOcast@gmail.comListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 05.06.2006 - Jack EverlyPOPS! goes the NACOcast -- This week an interview with NAC Orchestra principal pops conductor Jack Everly. Christopher talks with Jack about his distinguished career and the world of symphonic popular music. Send your comments and questions to NACOcast@gmail.comListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 30.05.2006 - Pinchas Zukerman (Pt.2)Part 2 of a conversation with Maestro Pinchas Zukerman on the mechanics of making music with the violin. Join Chris and Pinchas as they discuss bowing techniques and the music of J.S. Bach. Also, Christopher announces the winner of the NACOcast iPod Nano contest. Send your comments and questions to NACOcast@gmail.comListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 30.05.2006 - Pinchas Zukerman (Pt.2)Part 2 of a conversation with Maestro Pinchas Zukerman on the mechanics of making music with the violin. Join Chris and Pinchas as they discuss bowing techniques and the music of J.S. Bach. Also, Christopher announces the winner of the NACOcast iPod Nano contest. Send your comments and questions to NACOcast@gmail.comListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 22.05.2006 - Pinchas Zukerman (Pt.1)Special guest Maestro Pinchas Zukerman joins Chris Millard to discuss the mechanics of making music with the violin. Join Chris and Pinchas in this first of two interviews -- They discuss bowing and vibrato techniques and the divergent approaches of European and North American orchestras to string playing
Don't forget to check out last week's show: Christopher announced the trivia question you'll need to answer correctly for a chance to win an iPod Nano. Send your entries to NACOcast@gmail ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 22.05.2006 - Pinchas Zukerman (Pt.1)Special guest Maestro Pinchas Zukerman joins Chris Millard to discuss the mechanics of making music with the violin. Join Chris and Pinchas in this first of two interviews -- They discuss bowing and vibrato techniques and the divergent approaches of European and North American orchestras to string playing
Don't forget to check out last week's show: Christopher announced the trivia question you'll need to answer correctly for a chance to win an iPod Nano. Send your entries to NACOcast@gmail ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 15.05.2006 - Eric FriesenThe musician interviews the broadcaster. Veteran CBC radio host and champion of classical music, Eric Friesen joins Chris Millard this week on the NACOcast. The two discuss Eric's passion for radio and music. Also on this week's show: The Question! Christopher announces the trivia question you'll need to answer correctly for a chance to win an iPod Nano. Send your entries to NACOcast@gmail.com
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 15.05.2006 - Eric FriesenThe musician interviews the broadcaster. Veteran CBC radio host and champion of classical music, Eric Friesen joins Chris Millard this week on the NACOcast. The two discuss Eric's passion for radio and music. Also on this week's show: The Question! Christopher announces the trivia question you'll need to answer correctly for a chance to win an iPod Nano. Send your entries to NACOcast@gmail.com
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 08.05.2006 - Do we need Conductors?Ever wonder about the role of the conductor? This week we bring you a presentation made by Chris Millard to members of the NAC Orchestra Association as part of the "Behind the Music" discussion series. Tune in to next week's edition of the NACOcast as Chris announces the trivia question in the NACOcast "Win an iPod Nano" contest.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 08.05.2006 - Do we need Conductors?Ever wonder about the role of the conductor? This week we bring you a presentation made by Chris Millard to members of the NAC Orchestra Association as part of the "Behind the Music" discussion series. Tune in to next week's edition of the NACOcast as Chris announces the trivia question in the NACOcast "Win an iPod Nano" contest.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | |