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NACOcast: Classical music podcast with Sean Rice

Canada's National Arts Centre

Join host Sean Rice (Second Clarinet, 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 i...

Episodes

20 of 154 episodes

A musical love triangle: Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms.

NAC Orchestra Music Director Alexander Shelley talks with uOttawa Professor and Clara Schumann expert Julie Pedneault-Deslauriers about the...

54:11May 5, 2020

Celebrating the NAC Orchestra’s 50th anniversary season

In this episode of the NACOcast NAC Orchestra violinist Carissa Klopoushak interviews two founding violinists, Karoly Sziladi and Elaine Kli...

43:30Mar 3, 2020

Rachel Mercer: NAC Orchestra Principal Cellist

An advocate for Canadian music, Principal Cellist Rachel Mercer speaks with Sean Rice about her activities in and beyond the National Arts C...

27:32Feb 6, 2020

Peter Oundjian on his career in music

In this archival episode of the NACOcast host Sean Rice , NAC Orchestra’s 2nd clarinetist, speaks with conductor Peter Oundjian weeks before...

27:28Jan 10, 2020

Carrefour Composer Remy Siu

In this episode of the NACOcast host Sean Rice (Second clarinet, NAC Orchestra) speaks with Remy Siu Carrefour Composer (2017-2019) about hi...

42:58Dec 5, 2019

Carrefour Composer Ian Cusson

Sean Rice, NAC Orchestra 2nd clarinet, talks with Toronto-based Carrefour* Composer Ian Cusson . They talk about R. Murray Schaffer, Bulgari...

34:08Dec 3, 2019

Paul Wells interviews Howard Shore

Journalist and author Paul Wells has a fascinating conversation with composer Howard Shore about his passion for music making and acclaimed...

50:45Nov 15, 2019

Timo Andres

In this archival episode from 2016, NACOcast host Sean Rice connects with composer and pianist Timo Andres whose works were performed by mem...

28:38Aug 2, 2019

Elim Chan

Host Sean Rice speaks with conductor Elim Chan who made her NAC main series debut in the 18-19 season . A past fellow in the NAC Orchestra’s...

23:26Jul 25, 2019

Blake Pouliot

Sean Rice, NAC Orchestra’s 2nd clarinetist, chats with Canadian violinist Blake Pouliot . At age fourteen Blake attended the NAC’s Young Art...

25:30Jul 5, 2019

NAC Orchestra 50th Anniversary European Tour

In this episode of the NACOcast Sean Rice speaks with NAC Music Director Alexander Shelley. On the occasion of its 50th Anniversary, the Nat...

30:57May 10, 2019

Vivian Fung

Sean Rice, NAC Orchestra’s 2nd clarinetist, chats with JUNO Award-winning composer Vivian Fung on the occasion of NACO’s performance of her...

28:53Feb 5, 2019

Yosuke Kawasaki and Jessica Linnebach

The NAC Orchestra’s Concertmaster Yosuke Kawasaki and Associate Concertmaster Jessica Linnebach speak with second clarinetist Sean Rice abou...

28:13Jan 7, 2019

Charles Hamann speaks with the students of the 2018 Young Artists Program

December marks the start of the application process for the NAC’s annual Young Artist Program (Y.A.P) . To highlight this wonderful training...

58:34Dec 5, 2018

Shostakovich’s Violin Concert No1 and Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No3

Kelly Rice, Director of Development and Lars Lih, Musicologist from McGill’s Schulich School of Music visited the NAC in January 2018 to hea...

49:16Nov 16, 2018

Jessica Holmes

Sean Rice , second clarinetist of the NAC Orchestra, and Jessica Holmes , Postdoctoral Scholar of Musicology, University of California at Lo...

33:38Oct 31, 2018

Doo Wop Project and Jack Everly

Sean Rice talks with NACO Principal Pops conductor Jack Everly about his perspectives on music and upcoming NAC Orchestra Pops concerts. Fin...

24:50Oct 15, 2018

Beethoven's Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Symphonies

Sean Rice, NAC Orchestra’s 2nd clarinetist, and NAC Music Director Alexander Shelley complete their three-episode series on Beethoven’s nine...

66:51Oct 2, 2018

Beethoven's Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Symphonies

Sean Rice and Alexander Shelley continue their three-episode series about the Beethoven Symphonies on the occasion of the NAC Orchestra’s Fe...

50:32Sep 19, 2018

Beethoven's First Three Symphonies

Sean Rice, 2nd clarinetist of the NAC Orchestra, and Alexander Shelley, NAC Music Director, discuss Ludwig van Beethoven’s first three symph...

54:42Sep 11, 2018