Ranked #1
Episode 43: Mahler Symphony No. 4
Episode 43: Mahler Symphony No. 4
In the first of the 2015-16 season's "Explore the Symphony" podcasts, the NAC Orchestra's assistant principal double bas... Read more
30 Sep 2015
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59mins
Ranked #2
The Music of George Gershwin
The Music of George Gershwin
By far the bulk of Gershwin’s output is devoted to songs – more than five hundred of them, most of which come from his m... Read more
20 Nov 2015
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53mins
Ranked #3
Episode 21: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Episode 21: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
The first of the 2011-12 season's "Explore the Symphony" podcasts examines the 4th Symphony of Tchaikovsky. From the qui... Read more
3 Nov 2011
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1hr 7mins
Ranked #4
Episode 17: Mozart Concerto 23 for Piano and Orchestra
Episode 17: Mozart Concerto 23 for Piano and Orchestra
In the sixth of the 2009-10 season's "Explore the Symphony" podcasts, the NAC Orchestra's assistant principal double bas... Read more
20 Apr 2010
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26mins
Ranked #5
Episode 25: Carmina Burana
Episode 25: Carmina Burana
Marjolaine and Jeans-Jacques explore Carl Orff; his life in early 20th century Germany and his seminal work, Carmina Bur... Read more
7 Jan 2013
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37mins
Ranked #6
Episode 34: Schoenberg
Episode 34: Schoenberg
In this Explore the Symphony, Marjolaine Fournier and Jeans-Jacques van Vlasselaer talk about the life of Arnold Schoenb... Read more
20 Mar 2014
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40mins
Ranked #7
Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade
Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade
This work opens many doors to wonderful and exciting musical study. It is a fine example of Orientalism and our percepti... Read more
16 Feb 2018
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51mins
Ranked #8
Brahms’ and Schumann’s first symphonies
Brahms’ and Schumann’s first symphonies
Marjolaine Fournier and Jean Jacques van Vlasselaer compare Brahms’ and Schumann’s first symphonies. They explore the re... Read more
30 Jan 2019
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38mins
Ranked #9
Episode 35: Fauré
Episode 35: Fauré
In this episode, Marjolaine and Jean-Jacques delve into Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, once called, “a lullaby of death” and “... Read more
6 May 2014
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38mins
Ranked #10
Anton Bruckner’s eighth symphony with the TSO
Anton Bruckner’s eighth symphony with the TSO
Bruckner scholars seem to focus on psychoanalysis rather than closing their eyes and listening to the music. To listen t... Read more
13 Apr 2018
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40mins
Ranked #11
Episode 29: Sibelius
Episode 29: Sibelius
Marjolaine Fournier and Jean-Jacques van Vlasselaer discuss Jean Sibelius, his life, his struggle with depression, alcoh... Read more
5 Mar 2013
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24mins
Ranked #12
Episode 14: Beethoven Symphony No. 8
Episode 14: Beethoven Symphony No. 8
In the third of the 2009-10 season's "Explore the Symphony" podcasts, the NAC Orchestra's assistant principal double bas... Read more
12 Nov 2009
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28mins
Ranked #13
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphonies no. 5 & 6
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphonies no. 5 & 6
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer of the late-Romantic period, some of whose works are among the most popu... Read more
18 Nov 2016
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47mins
Ranked #14
Episode 31: Hector Belioz
Episode 31: Hector Belioz
Marjolaine and Jean-Jacques van Vlasselaer sit down and discuss Hector Berlioz and his Symphonie Fantastique.
26 Nov 2013
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56mins
Ranked #15
Episode 28: Shostakovich
Episode 28: Shostakovich
Marjolaine and Jeans-Jacques discuss Shostakovich, his life in the Soviet Union, and his 9th Symphony.
15 Jan 2013
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39mins
Ranked #16
Episode 22: Sibelius Symphony No. 4
Episode 22: Sibelius Symphony No. 4
Jean-Jacques and Marjolaine give Sibelius's Symphony no. 4 the, "Explore the Symphony" treatment.
7 Jan 2013
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47mins
Ranked #17
Episode 41: Maurice Ravel and his two Piano Concertos
Episode 41: Maurice Ravel and his two Piano Concertos
Join Marjolaine Fournier and Jean-Jacques Van Vlasselaer for an intriguing look into Maurice Ravel's life and his two pi... Read more
23 Mar 2015
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41mins
Ranked #18
Episode 2: Dvořàk Symphony No. 9
Episode 2: Dvořàk Symphony No. 9
Discover one of classical music's best-loved symphonies, Dvořàk's 9th Symphony, in the context of the composer's life an... Read more
29 Nov 2007
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46mins
Ranked #19
Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra
Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra
Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early mod... Read more
24 Jan 2017
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1hr 8mins
Ranked #20
Sibelius’ Symphonic Poems
Sibelius’ Symphonic Poems
Jean-Jacques van Vlasselaer and Marjolaine Fournier present part two of their 2017-2018 podcasts on Sibelius. In this ep... Read more
27 Oct 2017
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57mins