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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
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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
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Episode 21: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
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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
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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
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Episode 25: Carmina Burana
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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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Episode 34: Schoenberg
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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
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Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade
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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
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Brahms’ and Schumann’s first symphonies
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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
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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
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Anton Bruckner’s eighth symphony with the TSO
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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
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Episode 29: Sibelius
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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
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Episode 14: Beethoven Symphony No. 8
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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
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphonies no. 5 & 6
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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
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Episode 31: Hector Belioz
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Marjolaine and Jean-Jacques van Vlasselaer sit down and discuss Hector Berlioz and his Symphonie Fantastique.
26 Nov 2013
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56mins
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Episode 28: Shostakovich
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Marjolaine and Jeans-Jacques discuss Shostakovich, his life in the Soviet Union, and his 9th Symphony.
15 Jan 2013
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Episode 22: Sibelius Symphony No. 4
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Jean-Jacques and Marjolaine give Sibelius's Symphony no. 4 the, "Explore the Symphony" treatment.
7 Jan 2013
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47mins
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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
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41mins
Ranked #18
Episode 2: Dvořàk Symphony No. 9
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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
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Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra
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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
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Sibelius’ Symphonic Poems
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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
