Explore the Symphony

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Explore the Symphony episodes

January 19, 2015 Episode 39: Schumann and the Rhine
Marjolaine and Jean-Jacques reveal Schumann's relationship with the Rhine.
52 min
December 09, 2014 Episode 38: Brahms' Symphonies
In this week’s Explore the Symphony, Marjolaine and Jean-Jacques dig into not one, but all four of Brahms’ symphonies!
Musical Excerpt:

NAC Orchestra

Brahms, Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

Performance date: March 09, 1988

Date composed: 1876
Listen to the entire piece at: nacmusicbox.ca
50 min
October 08, 2014 Episode 37: Hindemith
In this episode of Explore the Symphony, Marjolaine and Jean-Jacques discuss Symphonic Metamorphoses of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber by Paul Hindemith.
Musical excerpts:

Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber by Paul Hindemith

performed by the NAC Orchestra on April 5, 1995.

Available in full on the NACMusicbox.ca
47 min
September 22, 2014 Episode 36: Shakespeare
In this Explore the Symphony, Marjolaine Fournier and Jean-Jacques van Vlasselaer talk about Shakespeare, Nicolai, Korngold and Mendelssohn.
43 min
May 06, 2014 Episode 35: Fauré
In this episode, Marjolaine and Jean-Jacques delve into Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, once called, “a lullaby of death” and “a Requiem without the Last Judgment” for its gentle nature and sublime choral writing.
39 min
March 20, 2014 Episode 34: Schoenberg
In this Explore the Symphony, Marjolaine Fournier and Jeans-Jacques van Vlasselaer talk about the life of Arnold Schoenberg and his string sextet, Verklärte Nacht.
41 min
February 20, 2014 Episode 33: Bruckner (Symphony no. 2)
Today on Explore the Symphony Marjolaine and Jeans-Jacques discuss Anton Bruckner and his second symphony.
51 min
January 20, 2014 Episode 32: Shostakovich and his 10th Symphony
Marjolaine and Jean-Jacques van Vlasselaer sit down and discuss Dmitri Shostakovich and his 10th Symphony.
42 min
November 26, 2013 Episode 31: Hector Belioz
Marjolaine and Jean-Jacques van Vlasselaer sit down and discuss Hector Berlioz and his Symphonie Fantastique.
57 min
October 23, 2013 Episode 30: Richard Strauss
Marjolaine Fournier and Dr. Jean-Jacques Van Vlasselaer dive into the 2013-2014 season with Richard Strauss. They discuss his life, and focus on "Also Sprach Zarathustra", and the suites from "Der Rosenkavalier" and "Die schweigsame Frau".
45 min

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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…