051113 Big Mama, Ottawa, ON
Though musicals and opera aren’t really my thing sometimes theatre and music can meet up in a way that tickles my entertainment bone, and this show was one of those times…
Tag: national arts centre
041405 NACO plays Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Haydn, Ottawa, ON
On April 14th, 2005 I made my way to the National Arts Centre to take in a show featuring Canada’s very talented national orchestra performing long-ago works written by some of the most brilliant minds in the known history of music…
032819 NACO plays The Wizard of Oz, Ottawa, ON
I always love watching the orchestra play along with a movie…
030312 The Barr Brothers, Ottawa, ON
Super-cool dudes, those Barr’s…
022516 NACO plays Queen, Ottawa, ON
On February 25th, 2016 I went to the National Arts Centre for We Are The Champions: The Music Of Queen; despite the title of the show I knew exactly what I was in for…
012425 SUBA, Ottawa, ON
I have been a major fan of the kora since the first time I saw the great master Toumani Diabaté perform…
011908 Tiempo Libre, Ottawa, ON
What could be a better antidote to the blistering cold of winter in Ottawa than an evening of Cuban music in the comfy warmth of the National Arts Centre…
010497 Moe Koffman, Ottawa, ON
I’m not sure what Generations X, Y, Z is (or was), but as long as they were serving up cool, interesting live shows at bargain-basement prices I had no need to ask questions…
010397 The Dangerous Kitchen, Ottawa, ON
Rather than note-for-note mimicry, a group of Quebecois classical musicians presented intricate neo-classical modern interpretations of classic Zappa tunes and it was awesome…
121298 NACO featuring Boris Brott, Ottawa, ON
Going to this concert was work, basically. And you thought you had it rough…
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