092492 NACO plays Rossini, Brahms and Dvořák, Ottawa, ON
I suspect that this ticket from September 24th, 1992 marks the first time ever I saw the NAC Orchestra perform…
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072510 NACO plays Gershwin, Mendelssohn, Estacio, and Prokofiev, Ottawa, ON
To my knowledge this is the only time the National Arts Centre Orchestra held a concert series on the festival site in front of the War Museum and it was a great show…
062602 Herbie Hancock with Michael Brecker, Roy Hargrove, John Patitucci, and Brian Blade, Ottawa, ON
Herbie Hancock is one of the bona fide jazz giants walking this planet…
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…
041511 Bruce Cockburn, Ottawa
On April 15th, 2011 I saw Bruce Cockburn at the soft-seat hexagon that is the National Arts Centre. It’s a pretty great room to see a performer like Cockburn…
031195 Joe Cocker/Keb’ Mo’, Ottawa, ON
It’s apropos that Cocker played the NAC…
021508 NACO plays Cole Porter, Ottawa, ON
The National Arts Centre Orchestra playing the Cole Porter songbook is the very definition of a Pops concert…
021006 NACO featuring Vadim Repin plays Shostakovich, Bach, and Haydn, Ottawa, ON
Contrary to the information provided on the stub this concert did not include conductor Pinchas Zukerman. In his place was a Dutch conductor named Kees Bakel…
112003 John Prine, Ottawa, ON
On November 20th, 2003 I had the great pleasure of seeing the late, great John Prine…
110696 Lyle Lovett, Ottawa, ON
My first experience with Lyle Lovett dropped my jaw…
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