NACOcast: Classical music podcast with Chris Millard
NACOcast: Classical Music Podcast With Chris Millard
Join host Christopher Millard (principal bassoon, 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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
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 ...
NACOcast - 11.03.2009 - Artistic Administrator, Daphne Burt
In this 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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
NACOcast - 12.09.2008 - Fleshing 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 ...
NACOcast - 08.07.2008 - On Hearing
Christopher explores hearing, and the loss thereof, as it relates to orchestral musicians and audiences in general.
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 movement, Scene by the Brook.
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 movement, Scene by the Brook.
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.
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.
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.
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.
NACOcast - 07.12.2007 - A Messiah Reprise
By popular demand ... In this very special NACOcast presentation, Christopher takes us on a 30- guided tour of that holiday perennial, Handel's Messiah.
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 ...