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Explore the Symphony

A classical music podcast. Join the National Arts Centre Orchestra's Marjolaine Fournier and one Canada's foremost music journalists, Jean-Jacques van Vlasselaer, as they explore the symphonic form fr... Read more

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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

59mins

Ranked #2

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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

53mins

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Ranked #3

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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

1hr 7mins

Ranked #4

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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

26mins

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Ranked #5

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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

37mins

Ranked #6

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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

40mins

Ranked #7

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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

51mins

Ranked #8

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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

38mins

Ranked #9

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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

38mins

Ranked #10

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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

40mins

Ranked #11

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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

24mins

Ranked #12

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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

28mins

Ranked #13

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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

47mins

Ranked #14

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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

56mins

Ranked #15

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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

39mins

Ranked #16

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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

47mins

Ranked #17

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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

41mins

Ranked #18

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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

46mins

Ranked #19

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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

1hr 8mins

Ranked #20

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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

57mins

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