Attention composers! Official application packages are now available for the Galaxie Rising Star Composers’ Competition, a project of the National Broadcast Orchestra. The competition is open to emerging Canadian composers aged 35 and under as of the October 15th deadline for entries. Competitors will submit chamber orchestra works of eight to ten minutes in...
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For all our supporters across the country who could not join us live at the Chan Centre on January 8, you may now enjoy the NBO’s debut performance through CBC’s Concerts On Demand. Additional information about the program and artists can be found on this website at the pages below: Concert Program Program Notes...
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(Content below is from the printed program of the original live performance on January 8, 2010. The CBC broadcast may not include this full program in its entirety, or in the same order.) National Broadcast Orchestra Alain Trudel, conductor Anton Kuerti, piano Jens Lindemann, trumpet PROGRAM Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 (“Classical”) Allegro Larghetto Gavotta:...
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Sergei Prokofiev (b. 1891 Sontsovka, Russia; d. Moscow, 1953) Symphony #1 (“Classical”) Allegro Larghetto Gavotta: Non troppo allegro Finale: Molto vivace In the summer of 1918 a young musician passed through the young city of Vancouver. He noted in his diary that the place was quiet, and more British than he expected. It mattered...
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Alain Trudel, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Alain Trudel has established an international reputation in a very short period of time, leading orchestras and ensembles on three continents in a wide variety of standard and contemporary repertory, and receiving high marks both from musicians and the press. He joins the small number of instrumentalists...
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The National Broadcast Orchestra’s January 8 benefit concert, its debut performance in Vancouver’s Chan Centre, will be recorded by CBC and broadcast on the January 17 edition of In Concert with host Bill Richardson. In Concert runs on Sunday beginning at 11:00 a.m. (11:30 NT). Read more about the concert details HERE. Visit CBC’s...
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