Thursday, February 8, 2024 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – The paranoid and cruel sultan Shahryar has a bad habit of marrying then murdering a different bride every night—until a beautiful and well-read woman named Scheherazade tricks the obsessive ruler and saves her own life by enchanting him with stories that last 1001 nights. Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade captures the passion of the Middle […]
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – The paranoid and cruel sultan Shahryar has a bad habit of marrying then murdering a different bride every night—until a beautiful and well-read woman named Scheherazade tricks the obsessive ruler and saves her own life by enchanting him with stories that last 1001 nights. Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade captures the passion of the Middle […]
Sunday, February 4, 2024 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Join us for an intimate afternoon of chamber music at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre with Blake Pouliot and some of NACO’s fantastic musicians. A perfect way to spend your Sunday afternoon! Buy tickets $49 /ticket Buy tickets Under30 $15 ticket available for under 30 audience members All my relations $15 ticket welcoming the Indigenous community Packages […]
Saturday, January 27, 2024 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – The NAC Orchestra welcomes L.A.-based Troupe Vertigo for three nights of jaw-dropping circus-dance-theatre performances accompanied by the fiery music of Emmanuel Chabrier’s España together with sizzling selections from George Gershwin, George Bizet’s Carmen and more. Troupe Vertigo creates a spellbinding visual spectacular by turning stunning physical feats into choreographed works of art.
Friday, January 26, 2024 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – The NAC Orchestra welcomes L.A.-based Troupe Vertigo for three nights of jaw-dropping circus-dance-theatre performances accompanied by the fiery music of Emmanuel Chabrier’s España together with sizzling selections from George Gershwin, George Bizet’s Carmen and more. Troupe Vertigo creates a spellbinding visual spectacular by turning stunning physical feats into choreographed works of art.
Thursday, January 25, 2024 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – The NAC Orchestra welcomes L.A.-based Troupe Vertigo for three nights of jaw-dropping circus-dance-theatre performances accompanied by the fiery music of Emmanuel Chabrier’s España together with sizzling selections from George Gershwin, George Bizet’s Carmen and more. Troupe Vertigo creates a spellbinding visual spectacular by turning stunning physical feats into choreographed works of art.
Saturday, January 20, 2024 @ 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm – WolfGANG Sessions at Club SAW : a night of music that is sure to entertain. Grab your adventurous friends and take them out for a wild night of chamber music with your favourite musicians from the NAC Orchestra.
Thursday, January 18, 2024 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – As the world’s oldest instrument, the flute appeared in Greek mythology and ancient Hindu tradition long before finding its way into classical music, where it has remained a fixture. Tonight, Joanna G’froerer, NACO’s principal flute since 1992, demonstrates what all the fuss is about. The flutes of Mozart’s time were nothing like the fine instruments […]
Wednesday, January 17, 2024 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – As the world’s oldest instrument, the flute appeared in Greek mythology and ancient Hindu tradition long before finding its way into classical music, where it has remained a fixture. Tonight, Joanna G’froerer, NACO’s principal flute since 1992, demonstrates what all the fuss is about. The flutes of Mozart’s time were nothing like the fine instruments […]
Tuesday, January 16, 2024 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – For one night only, Ottawa-born pianist Angela Hewitt makes clear why she is regarded as arguably the world’s best performer of J.S. Bach’s piano music. Hewitt flexes her classical piano muscles in this recital of music from Bach, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, Barber, and Schumann. Preludes and fugues are a musical combination that consists of two pieces […]
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Experience the sonic embrace of Baroque composer J.S. Bach’s loveliest works for violin and orchestra performed by the National Arts Centre Orchestra’s Artist-in-Residence James Ehnes. Inventive, spirited, layered, organic, tender, and grand: the list of adjectives to describe Bach’s music is long. James Ehnes’s performance of Bach’s Concerto in A minor and Violin Concerto in […]
Thursday, December 21, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – George Frideric Handel’s Messiah is undoubtedly one of the most cherished choral works of Western music, exuding joy and humanity from start to finish and celebrating our relationship with the divine. GRAMMY Award–winning conductor Jeannette Sorrell is recognized internationally as one of today’s best interpreters of Baroque and Classical repertoire. Sorrell founded the renowned chamber […]
Wednesday, December 20, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – George Frideric Handel’s Messiah is undoubtedly one of the most cherished choral works of Western music, exuding joy and humanity from start to finish and celebrating our relationship with the divine. GRAMMY Award–winning conductor Jeannette Sorrell is recognized internationally as one of today’s best interpreters of Baroque and Classical repertoire. Sorrell founded the renowned chamber […]
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – As part of our Sessions series, NAC Popular Music & Variety is honoured to welcome Holly Cole live in Southam Hall with the NAC Orchestra! Born and raised in The Maritimes, Holly grew up surrounded by music; her parents were classical players, her brother is a composer and a jazz artist, her uncle sang and […]
Tuesday, December 12, 2023 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – The NAC Orchestra is thrilled to immerse you in the magic of the holiday season with this enchanting edition of our Playlist series. As snowflakes fall gently outside, step inside our festive wonderland, where the stage sparkles with the spirit of Christmas. Under the baton of conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni, take a musical sleigh ride and […]
Saturday, December 9, 2023 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – A true holiday favourite, this beloved comedy classic features renowned composer John Williams’ charming and delightful score performed live to picture by the NAC Orchestra. Macaulay Culkin stars as Kevin McCallister, an 8-year-old boy who’s accidentally left behind when his family leaves for Christmas vacation, and who must defend his home against two bungling thieves. […]
Saturday, December 9, 2023 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – A true holiday favourite, this beloved comedy classic features renowned composer John Williams’ charming and delightful score performed live to picture by the NAC Orchestra. Macaulay Culkin stars as Kevin McCallister, an 8-year-old boy who’s accidentally left behind when his family leaves for Christmas vacation, and who must defend his home against two bungling thieves. […]
Friday, December 8, 2023 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – A true holiday favourite, this beloved comedy classic features renowned composer John Williams’ charming and delightful score performed live to picture by the NAC Orchestra. Macaulay Culkin stars as Kevin McCallister, an 8-year-old boy who’s accidentally left behind when his family leaves for Christmas vacation, and who must defend his home against two bungling thieves. […]
Thursday, December 7, 2023 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – A true holiday favourite, this beloved comedy classic features renowned composer John Williams’ charming and delightful score performed live to picture by the NAC Orchestra. Macaulay Culkin stars as Kevin McCallister, an 8-year-old boy who’s accidentally left behind when his family leaves for Christmas vacation, and who must defend his home against two bungling thieves. […]
Thursday, November 23, 2023 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Richard Strauss’s tone poems (one-movement symphonic works that tell a story) depict epic tales and ask life’s big questions. Contemporary Canadian composers Kelly-Marie Murphy and Kevin Lau reply with fresh companion pieces to two of Strauss’s best-known tone poems. Concert-level mastery of a work like Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 4 takes patience, talent, and determination, […]
Wednesday, November 22, 2023 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Richard Strauss’s tone poems (one-movement symphonic works that tell a story) depict epic tales and ask life’s big questions. Contemporary Canadian composers Kelly-Marie Murphy and Kevin Lau reply with fresh companion pieces to two of Strauss’s best-known tone poems. Concert-level mastery of a work like Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 4 takes patience, talent, and determination, […]
Sunday, November 19, 2023 @ 3:00 pm – 3:40 pm – Discover sounds that will make you laugh, and rhythms that will get you dancing! Have you ever explored the fascinating world of percussion instruments? It’s easy! Even our bodies are musical instruments, so anyone can play! There are so many ways to produce sound, like hitting, sweeping, shaking, scratching, and crashing. Playing percussion instruments is […]
Sunday, November 19, 2023 @ 1:30 pm – 2:10 pm – Discover sounds that will make you laugh, and rhythms that will get you dancing! Have you ever explored the fascinating world of percussion instruments? It’s easy! Even our bodies are musical instruments, so anyone can play! There are so many ways to produce sound, like hitting, sweeping, shaking, scratching, and crashing. Playing percussion instruments is […]
Sunday, November 19, 2023 @ 11:00 am – 11:40 am – Discover sounds that will make you laugh, and rhythms that will get you dancing! Have you ever explored the fascinating world of percussion instruments? It’s easy! Even our bodies are musical instruments, so anyone can play! There are so many ways to produce sound, like hitting, sweeping, shaking, scratching, and crashing. Playing percussion instruments is […]
