Episode Guide

Antonio Salieri was a successful composer, who wrote about forty operas; he was an excellent teacher, whose students included Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt, and he was, for a time, the most powerful musician at the Vienna court of the Habsburgs. He lived from 1750-1825 – not bad going if you think of Mozart, Schubert, Chopin and Mendelssohn, all of whom died young, but not so impressive if you consider the enduring fame of the composers who lived only half as long. Salieri, if he is remembered at all nowadays, is best known for his association with Mozart, and, most especially, as a suspect in Mozart’s death.

In this edition of the NACOcast, Nick talks to Ian Kyer, whose book on Salieri shows that the oft-maligned composer deserves a lot more respect! And as a very special bonus for NACOcast listeners, Ian Kyer has graciously allowed us to make available the full text of his novel as a downloadable PDF. Get it here:

PDF: http://radio.nac-cna.ca/podcast/NACOcast/NACOcast_Salieri-DamagingWinds.pdf
ePub: http://radio.nac-cna.ca/podcast/NACOcast/NACOcast_Salieri-DamagingWinds.epub

Music is this edition of the NACOcast:

Armida: Aria of Armida: "Tremo, dell'idol mio"
Artist: Chen Reiss, L'arte Del Mondo, Werner Ehrhardt
Album: Liasions
Composer: Antonio Salieri
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/liasions/id473691865

La Fiera Di Venezia - Vi Sono Sposa E Amante
Artist: Cecilia Bartoli; Adám Fischer: Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
Album: The Salieri Album
Composer: Antonio Salieri
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/cecilia-bartoli-salieri-album/id79134963

Les Danaïdes - Act 2: Par Les Larmes Dont Votre Fille
Artist: Mojca Erdmann; Andrea Marcon: La Cetra
Album: Mozart's Garden
Composer: Antonio Salieri
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/mozarts-garden/id467451230

Inspired by Robert Burns's Birthday on January 25, Nick presents a selection of Scottish folk songs in arrangements by Haydn, Beethoven and others.

Featured music in this episode:

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Maggy Lauder
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - O köstliche Zeit
Lois Marshall - The Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond
Lois Marshall - The Cockle Gatherer
Isobel Baillie & Kathleen Ferrier - Comin' through the rye
Kathleen Ferrier - Ca' the yowes
Kenneth McKellar - Afton Water
Kenneth McKellar - Ae fond kiss
Kenneth McKellar - My love is like a red, red rose

Christopher speaks with the distinguished conductor Leonard Slatkin about the problem of repeats in Schubert.
The conversation focuses on his Ninth Symphony, The Great C Major, with a careful examination of the exquisite Andante Con Moto.

In this very special NACOcast presentation, Christopher takes us on a 30-minute guided tour of that holiday perennial, Handel's Messiah.

Christopher discusses the art of reed making with NAC Orchestra prinicpal oboe Chip Hamann with archival musical excerpts from Strauss's Don Quixote and Mozart's Oboe Concerto as performed by Chip Hamann and the National Arts Centre Orchestra

Canadian Brass members, Charles Daellenbach and Eugene Watts, are Christopher's guests on this special edition of the NACOcast

On this week's NACOcast ... the Protean Tuba. Christopher speaks with NACO Principal Tuba Nick Atkinson about the variable identity of this big bugle and about life at the bottom of the orchestra. An informative discussion of the history of the tuba, its acoustic principles and a survey of its use in the orchestra.

Hungarian Celebration - The NAC Orchestra celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian revolution this week with a programme of Bartok, Kodaly and Brahms. Christopher welcomes NACO's Karoly Sziladi to talk about his personal experiences during and after the 1956 uprising, and the music of his native Hungary.