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NACOcast - 20.06.2011 - Paul Wells and Thomas Dausgaard explore Sibelius No. 1 Canadian journalist Paul Wells explores Sibelius' Symphony No 1 in conversation with acclaimed conductor Maestro Thomas Dausgaard. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 17.06.2011 - William Littler Italy was the programatic theme of the NACO concerts and pre-concert talks of October 6 & 7. "Capriccio Italien" was the title of talks which paired William Littler, the erudite music critic of the Toronto Star, with the ebullient theatre expert and classical music buff Paul Lefebvre. It was a most enjoyable romp through the musical landscape of Italy guided by this virtuoso duo. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 02.05.2011 - The Trumpet Shall Sound A talented student trumpet player suffers a serious lip injury. In this edition of the NACOcast, Christopher follows the struggle to recover and explores the dangers facing eager young virtuosi. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 29.03.2011 - Rob Kapilow This week, Marjolaine Fournier caught up with conductor, composer, commentator and broadcaster, Rob Kapilow in his dressing room at the NAC. They talked about what makes music great, and what makes for great music. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 03.03.2011 - Jonathan Biss, Pinchas Zukerman - Beethoven's Spring Sonata It may still be winter in Ottawa, but as the days get longer Christopher gets more hopeful. A little Beethoven always helps! Jonathan Biss visits the NAC's Hexagon studio to discuss the Spring Sonata. The show concludes with a complete performance of this sunny masterpiece with Pinchas Zukerman and Jonathan Biss recorded live in the bitter cold of February. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 17.01.2011 - On Antonio Salieri with Ian Kyer We all remember Antonio Salieri as portrayed by F. Murray Abraham in Peter Shaffer's Oscar-winning film, Amadeus. Was the historical Salieri obsessively envious of Mozart? Did he kill him? In this edition of the NACOcast, Christopher speaks with Ian Kyer on the music, life, and mythology of Antonio Salieri. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 05.11.2010 - Robert Harris The CBC’s Robert Harris began his career in broadcasting in Ottawa many years ago, and we were very happy to bring him ‘home’ as a guest speaker during the Mozart-Haydn Festival. Robert literally took a page from his book "How to Listen to Mozart" in his pre-concert talk of the same title.  It was standing room only in the NAC’s Salon on September 29th as Robert guided patrons through the lexicon of Mozart’s style and development in his short life. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 05.11.2010 - Paul Kennedy For those many faithful listeners of CBC's Ideas, you know producer and host Paul Kennedy to be as entertaining as he is enlightening. And he was every bit of that in his pre-concert talk of September 24th at the NAC. His theme was “Amadeus: Fiction, Art and Truth”. I think you’ll enjoy his debunking the many myths of Mozart’s life, and you just might learn something new about Mr. Mozart as well. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 21.10.2010 - Paul Wells Author and Maclean's magazine columnist Paul Wells was invited to open the NAC Orchestra's Mozart-Haydn Festival on September 22nd on its Musically-Speaking Series of pre-concerts talks. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 21.10.2010 - Paul Wells Author and Maclean's magazine columnist Paul Wells was invited to open the NAC Orchestra's Mozart-Haydn Festival on September 22nd on its Musically-Speaking Series of pre-concerts talks. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 01.10.2010 - Hijacked!! The show is taken over by some of Christopher's students in this fun and informative edition of the NACOcast Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 03.05.2010 - To Repeat, or not to Repeat (with Leonard Slatkin) Christopher speaks with the distinguished conductor Leonard Slatkin about the problem of repeats in Schubert. The conversation focuses on his Ninth Symphony, The Great C Major, with a careful examination of the exquisite Andante Con Moto. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 01.03.2010 - On The Spot Two conductors, twenty questions. In this episode, Christopher puts conductors Andrew Grams and James Gaffigan to the test with some challenging questions for aspiring maestros. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 08.02.2010 - Practice Makes Perfect In this episode, Christopher ponders the concept of deep practice and how successful musicians use intelligent repetition to build their skills. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 04.11.2009 - Measuring Time Christopher has been thinking about metronomes. Here he discusses the history of that irritating but essential device, and talks with NACO guest conductor Alexander Shelley about Maelzel, Beethoven and the challenges of the metronome for modern conductors. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 02.06.2009 - NAC Orchestra 2009/10 Season Preview Christopher takes you on an hour-long exploration of the NAC Orchestra's recently announced 2009-2010 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 - 31.03.2009 - Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin Bringing Onegin to Life. With insights from philosopher Isaiah Berlin and a wide ranging conversation with tenor Richard Troxell and stage manager Joseph Bascetta, this episode explores Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin. Opera Lyra Ottawa's production of Tchaikovsky's masterpiece opens April 4. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 11.03.2009 - Artistic Administrator, Daphne Burt In this second in a series of podcasts which will look at the business and administration of symphony orchestras, NACOcast host Christopher Millard talks with Daphne Burt, artistic administrator of the NAC Orchestra. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 24.11.2008 - NAC Orchestra librarians, Margo and Greg Hodgson 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 Hodgson, principal librarian and assistant principal librarian of the NAC Orchestra, about the complexities of their profession, and their life together in music. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 24.11.2008 - James Gaffigan and Beethoven Symphony no. 1 This week's episode of the NACOcast looks at Beethoven's First Symphony. American conductor James Gaffigan is Christopher's guest. Chris and James analyze the harmonies employed in the introduction of the first movement and continue with a discussion of the sonata form. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 22.10.2008 - LIVE! The Violin and The Voice Live from Southam Hall at Canada's National Arts Centre, Christopher talks with Pinchas Zukerman and Arianna Zukerman about the voice as instrument, and the instrument as voice. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 13.09.2008 - Figuring Out Figaro In this episode, Christopher speaks with Opera Lyra Ottawa's Artistic Director Tyrone Paterson, Conductor Christoph Campestrini and mezzo-soprano Marion Newman about the new production of Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro. The conversation focuses on the personalities of each of the principal characters, their place in the social strata of their time and how Mozart's music so brilliantly captures their individual human experience. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 08.07.2008 - On Hearing Christopher explores hearing, and the loss thereof, as it relates to orchestral musicians and audiences in general. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 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 Orchestra Christopher 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 Preview Christopher 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 Hamann In 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 Parker Christopher'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 Reprise By 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 Brueggergosman Beethoven 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. 2 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 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 Platts 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". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 15.08.2007 - The National Orchestral Institute 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 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 Studies 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 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 Kulesha 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 17.04.2007 - James Ehnes 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 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 Knussen The 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 Angels Douglas 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 Dudamel Gustavo 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 Litton Christopher 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 Bourn ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 18.12.2006 - A Messiah Digest 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 - 18.12.2006 - A Messiah Digest 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 - 22.11.2006 - Charles "Chip" Hamann Christopher 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 Direct download: mp3 (27mb | 30min) Send your feedback to NACOcast@gmail.com ... or leave us a voice mail at +1 (866) 850-ARTS Check out this and other NAC podcasts at nac.ca/podcasts Vist the National Arts Website at: http://www.nac-cna.ca Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 22.11.2006 - Charles "Chip" Hamann Christopher 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 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 14.11.2006 - Canadian Brass Canadian Brass members, Charles Daellenbach and Eugene Watts, are Christopher's guests on this special edition of the NACOcast Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 31.10.2006 - The Protean Tuba On 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 - 16.10.2006 - Hungarian Celebration Hungarian 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. Direct download: mp3 (23mb | 25min) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 16.10.2006 - Hungarian Celebration Hungarian 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 Quarrington A 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 - Brahms In 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 - Brahms In 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 Living In 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.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 27.06.2006 - Patinka Kopec This 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.com Listen | 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.com Listen | 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.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 05.06.2006 - Jack Everly POPS! 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.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 05.06.2006 - Jack Everly POPS! 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.com Listen | 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.com 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 - 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 Friesen The 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 Friesen The 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 - 02.05.2006 - On Music and Pain In response to a listener question, Christopher assembles a panel of colleagues to discuss instrument-related injuries and the various treatments, techniques and training programs used to avoid them. Joining Chris this week are bassist Marjolaine Laroche, violist Nancy Sturdevant, oboist Chip Hamann, and violinist Susan Rupp. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 24.04.2006 - Boris Brott This week on the NACOcast, Christopher Millard is in conversation Maestro Boris Brott, Principal Youth and Family Conductor, National Arts Centre Orchestra. Boris Brott is one of the most internationally recognized Canadian Conductors, holding major posts as music director in Canada and the United States. He enjoys an international career as guest conductor, educator, motivational speaker and cultural ambassador. In May 2004, he was named to the newly created position of Principal Youth and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 24.04.2006 - Boris Brott This week on the NACOcast, Christopher Millard is in conversation Maestro Boris Brott, Principal Youth and Family Conductor, National Arts Centre Orchestra. Boris Brott is one of the most internationally recognized Canadian Conductors, holding major posts as music director in Canada and the United States. He enjoys an international career as guest conductor, educator, motivational speaker and cultural ambassador. In May 2004, he was named to the newly created position of Principal Youth and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast for April 17, 2006 This week on the NACOcast, Christopher Millard is in conversation with Jessica Linnebach. Jessica was only 10 years old when she was accepted to the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music and only 19 when she received her Master's degree from Manhattan School of Music where she studied with Pinchas Zukerman. Join Christopher and Jessica as they talk about the formidable Glazunov Violin Concerto. Listen to the NACOcast for a chance to win an iPod Nano pre-loaded with NAC Orchestra CDs and pa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 17.04.2006 - Jessica Linnebach This week on the NACOcast, Christopher Millard is in conversation with Jessica Linnebach. Jessica was only 10 years old when she was accepted to the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music and only 19 when she received her Master's degree from Manhattan School of Music where she studied with Pinchas Zukerman. Join Christopher and Jessica as they talk about the formidable Glazunov Violin Concerto. Listen to the NACOcast for a chance to win an iPod Nano pre-loaded with NAC Orchestra CDs and pa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast - 03.04.2006 - Ty Paterson It's all about opera this week as Christopher Millard talks with Ty Paterson, artistic director and principal conductor of Opera Lyra Ottawa -- Listen in as they discuss Verdi's Falstaff and the making of opera. Send your comments and questions to NACOcast@gmail.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast for March 27, 2006 Stravinski's Pulcinella Suite and Brahm's Piano concerto No. 2 in B-flat major are featured in this week's edition of the NACOcast, hosted by Christopher Millard. Contact us at NACOcast@gmail.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast for March 20, 2006 Composer Michael Torke discusses the genesis of the ballet score for An Italian Straw Hat and the influences of Rossini and Mozart on the work. With excerpts from the CD, "An Italian Straw Hat" on Ecstatic Records (www.michaeltorke.com). Contact us at NACOcast@gmail.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast for March 6, 2006 This week Christopher Millard discusses the history and theology behind Bach's B Minor Mass with choral director Laurence Ewashko. Send your comments to NACOcast@gmail.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast for February 27, 2006 This week's NACOcast features the music of New Zealand's Hayley Westenra, a look at the Pops programmes of Jack Everly, principal Pops conductor at the NAC, and an interview with special guest Karen Donnelly, principal trumpet of the NAC Orchestra. Send your feedback to NACOcast@gmail.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NACOcast for February 20, 2006 Chris Millard looks ahead to NAC Orchestra performances of Mozart, Dvorak and Canadian composer Alexina Louie. Musical excerpt from Dvorak Symphony no. 7; (NAC Orchestra under the direction of Pinchas Zukerman) For more information visit www.nac-cna.ca Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website