Podcast appearances and mentions of mario bernardi

Part 2 of our episode about the great or significant movies people are in danger of forgetting about with Jimmy and guest Mario Bernardi. Give a listen to both episodes and let us know what movies you think we should have included. As you'll hear it was a lot of fun to do and uncovered a lot of surprising facts.

Okay, here's the deal, Jimmy and Mario were supposed to do an episode about ten great or significant movies people were in danger of forgetting about. Jimmy chose five and guest Mario Bernardi chose five. Good enough but nobody did the math about how long this episode would be. So this is part one featuring five of the ten. Some intriguing choices, surprising facts and a lot of fun to boot.

Most people probably don't know that The Money Pit was actually a remake of an old Cary Grant - Myrna Loy movie called Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House - a movie that's among Jimmy's favourites. Does it hold up or will guests Mario Bernardi and Chris Wuergler see something less in it.

For a twist - and to celebrate (late again) our 200th episode - Mario Bernardi and Joel Van Vliet turn the tables on Jimmy and make him the guest who has to talk about one of his favourite films: Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. Jimmy says it's a unique, cultural masterpiece. Will that be the prevailing opinion? Listen to find out if it it - and why this is such a special appearance by Joel. Mario, not so much but Joel!

We spend just about as much time talking about the political and social ramifications of this movie and events as we do about the movie itself. Like always it's funny but Jimmy and guest Mario Bernardi meander in a lot of directions with this one.

What happens two distant generations meet a movie hit from the 40's? Will it stand up or was this a huge mistake? Mario Bernardi guests with Chris Jarvie (who is literally, half his age) to talk about the best of the Bob Hope and Bing Crosby road pictures, The Road to Morocco. Is here a renaissance coming, will a new generation embrace it? Will the old generation ev en remember it? Turns out to be a pretty fascinating discussion with an unexpected obstacle to universal acceptance.

Mario Bernardi and guest engineer Ryan Sim join Jimmy to re-visit Uncle Buck and the curious idea that no one understands children like somebody who doesn't have any. That's just one of the plot holes in a movie that still stands up surprisingly well. Listen to find out why.

Mario Bernardi revisits a movie he hated the first time around. His reaction this time is completely different. So what caused the change because it didn't have that effect on Jimmy.

This could very well be the companion  episode to the one we did a couple months ago about the movie Clue (with Dave Sokolowski). This time Mario Bernardi praises Murder By Death and Jimmy finds it's not the comic gem he remembers. Whose right? You may be surprised.

Is it about books or TV or censorship or ridiculous ideas? Mario Bernardi and Jimmy go back in time to talk about the movie based on a book they had to read in high school. While they don't reveal how they did when tested on it you get a pretty good idea based on their discussion. Surprisingly insightful.

Will anybody remember the Marx Brothers in fifty years? That's just one of the things Jimmy and guest Mario Bernardi ponder as they talk about a movie that isn't even the best Marx Brothers movie. So why not talk about their best? According to Mario, it's only for one reason: Tuttsi-fruittsi. If that doesn't mean anything you definitely have to give a listen. Fun and you might even learn something about some comedians who deserve to be remembered.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles is one of the most beloved holiday movies that everybody forgets. People generally forget it but when you bring it up they go, "Oh yeah, I really like that movie." It's such a perfect movie that even Jimmy is hard pressed to disagree with guest Mario Bernardi.

In this episode I speak with a wonderful colleague, the Bass Trombonist Douglas Burden, who has recently retired from Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra after 50 years. He shares his perspectives on his career, including wisdom passed down from some of his mentors including Emory Remington and Arnold Jacobs, and the lessons he learned about staying healthy and keeping his playing at the highest level. Doug is also well-known as an educator and will continue to teach at the University of Ottawa; he also shares his thoughts on what an orchestral career means, his memories of different conductors, his practice tips, and the importance of balancing different aspects of a life well-lived. As I point out in the intro,I'm including a link to Doug's gorgeous singing style in a Bordogni Vocalise (since we weren't able to use the recording he made during the episode due to a technical problem): https://youtu.be/p5ti8bKzsEg Below I've included timestamps for the many topics covered.  All these episodes are also available as videos, here's the link: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/douglas-burden-bass-trombonist-and-educator Help me keep this podcast going with a tip! https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman photo credit: Fred Cattroll  (00:00) Intro (01:44) playing as singing, Jack Everly (04:12) how to anticipate the beat, release the sound, Mario Bernardi and history of NACO (10:41) role of low brass in an orchestra (14:06) types of trombones, particularities of the instrument (17:14) Arnold Jacobs (26:03) Doug's start in music and family background (30:15) Emory Remington's legacy and his sudden death, Donald Knaub (38:15) starting out in NACO and many brass players at the time: Gordon Cherry, Bob Odes, Gene Watts, Chuck Kaellenbach (40:02) Pinchas Zukerman and establishing contracts for positions like bass trombone (45:37) changes in the working conditions over the years (46:58) changes in auditions (49:57) advice for musicians preparing orchestral auditions, more about Arnold Jacobs (53:42) Intonation (01:00:56) Endurance, preventing injury, staying in good physical shape and taking care of yourself (01:16:17) Franz-Paul Decker (01:20:11) score study, practice routine, practicing Bach Cello Suites (01:31:12) advice for serious students contemplating an orchestral career --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-roseman/message

Mario Bernardi brings The Man Who Fell to Earth - a movie he saw on first release but which he remembers virtually nothing. But something spoke to him this time. It spoke to Jimmy too and he wanted to turn on something else.

The movie Jimmy wasn't looking forward to turned out to be not the tissue fest he expected. Maybe that's because it resonated with him and guest Mario Bernardi. 

We had a discussion with violinist Jonathan Crow. Jonathan Crow has been Concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) since 2011. Jonathan has also performed as a soloist with most major Canadian orchestras, including the Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver Symphony Orchestras; the National Arts Centre and Calgary Philharmonic Orchestras; the Victoria, Nova Scotia, and Kingston Symphonies; and Orchestra London, under the baton of such conductors as Charles Dutoit, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Andrew Davis, Peter Oundjian, Kent Nagano, Mario Bernardi, João Carlos Martins, and Gustavo Gimeno.

In a complete reversal Phil the engineer is the guest - while Mario Bernardi is the guest engineer - so he can talk about 1992's Unforgiven (not to be confused with The Unforgiven which is a different movie entirely). This might actually be a great movie but Jim has trouble coming to grips with Phil being the one who chose it.

A treasured memory of Jimmy and guest Mario Bernardi comes crashing down when a movie from their youth doesn't hold up for them. They've also don't like Tootsie Rolls either so take that with a grain of salt. A surprisingly funny episode for one where Jimmy and the guest agree.

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Jimmy recommended The In-Laws as one of the funniest movies ever, guest Mario Bernardi conceded it might be better than the re-make the way a fractured finger is better than a fractured arm. What do you think?

Jimmy and guest Mario Bernardi talk about one of the strangest, yet most compelling of movies, 1968’s The Swimmer. A strange choice for two guys who need a lifeguard when they go wading in a puddle.

Jimmy and guest Mario Bernardi get all metaphysical with 1977’s Oh, God! The big takeaway? If God is serious, he wouldn’t make his messenger drive an AMC Pacer.

The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming, is a funny film - even Jimmy thinks so. So of course he has to spoil it by pointing out to guest Mario Bernardi how things really haven't changed. They do take time to honor the memory of Carl Reiner.

Conductor Mark Gibson, the current Director of Orchestral Studies at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), invited Lefebvre to participate in a CCM summer program in Luca, Italy.Gustav Meier was a Swiss conductor and professor of orchestral conducting at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University.Elisabeth Schwartzkopf was a German-born soprano and is considered one of the top singers of the 20th century. In her performing career, she specialized in German-language art song (lieder) and Viennese operetta; later in life, she became an international renowned voice teacher.Nana Mouskouri is a popular Greek singer whose extensive discography includes over 200 albums in at least twelve different languages.English-Italian conductor Annuzio Mantovani led his own orchestra (the Mantovani Orchestra) in the mid-20th century and became famous in the “light music” style.Mario Bernardi was a Canadian conductor and pianist.Dale Bartlett was a Canadian pianist, educator, and collaborative pianist.Vladimir Horowitz was a renowned Russian-born classical pianist who spent most of his life in the U.S.“Il mio tesoro” is a famous tenor aria from W.A. Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni.Beverly Sills was one of the most notable sopranos of the 20th century and, after retiring from singing, became the General Manager of the New York City Opera and later the Metropolitan Opera.Renée Fleming is an actively performing American operatic soprano and the current Creative Consultant at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.Franco Zeffirelli was an Italian director and producer of opera, films, and television. Many of his opera productions are still in use today around the world.Yannick Nézet-Séguin is a Canadian conductor and pianist. Currently, he is the Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Orchestre Métropolitain in Montréal.Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt set three sonnets by Italian Renaissance poet Petrarch to music in the collection “Tre sonetti di Petrarch” (“Three Petrarch Sonnets”).The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is a performing arts center based in Brooklyn, New York.Françoise Frenkel’s memoir A Bookshop in Berlin follows her escape from the rise of fascism in Germany and, later, her evasion from Nazi occupation in war-torn France.Grey’s Anatomy is an American medical drama television series.Kanopy is an online film streaming service specializing in classic, independent, and foreign films.Duolingo is a Google-owned mobile application and website for studying foreign languages.WhatsApp is a Facebook-owned mobile application for messaging and calling over the Internet.Lefebvre enjoys eating at restaurant Red Feather Kitchen in Cincinnati.Nico Castel was a tenor and notable language and diction coach.Oscar Peterson was a famous Canadian jazz pianist and composer.

The 7% Solution is pretty clear about what it wants to be as far as guest and Sherlock Holmes aficionado Mario Bernardi is concerned. Jimmy sees a correlation between the title and how much is entertaining.

Network is not a documentary no matter how much it looks like network TV news today. Finally, something guest Mario Bernardi and Jimmy England can agree on. Don’t expect that to last.

Who took part Mario Bernardi, Founder & CEO of The Grand Tour Europe – currently in England. Alison Sager, Founder and PR Consultant at VIVA Lifestyle PR – currently in Rome. Julieta Delgado, Guide Recruitment Specialist at ToursByLocals – currently in Buenos Aires. Hosted by Kevin O'Shaughnessy, co-founder of CityHook and Dublin Travel Massive leader. 

Five Easy Pieces attracted a lot of viewers curious about what the title meant. Jim says it means a movie that's five times worse than usual. Will guest Mario Bernardi see it that way or is Jim out on his own again with a half-baked review?

The World’s Greatest Lover, the worst case of false advertising ever? Mario Bernardi loved it when it was first released in 1977 but does it stand the test of time. Jim didn’t catch it at the movies, his bad movie barometer was working at the time.

To Kill a Mockingbird you have only to ask Jimmy his opinion. It was part of the English course when he and guest Mario Bernardi went to school. Both regret not saving their notes.

The Great Race may be many things but Jimmy thinks great is hardly the right term. Guests Al Peti and Mario Bernardi try to convince him it’s at least entertaining. Jimmy is having none of it.

We put the pedal to the metal for Smokey and the Bandit with Mario Bernardi and special guest Al Peti. Among other things there’s a spirited debate with Jimmy over Jackie Gleason’s southern-fried accent.

Mario Bernardi introduces Jimmy to the movie Sleuth. Jimmy introduces Mario to the concept of a plot making sense. NOTE: If you haven’t seen it, watch it first because we’re going to spoil a big surprise ending.

  Today, I'm really excited to have Canadian pianist David Jalbert on the show!  David is an extraordinary person, a brilliant artist, and a very dear friend!   We have a great conversation and cover many topics, from finding yourself as an artist, to the importance of confidence in our progress, and how to learn and memorize music.  David is incredible (and hilarious!) and I know you will really enjoy his approach to all things music and find tons of value in this episode!  In this episode, David talks about: His musical journey, from a small town in the province of Quebec studying at the Conservatoire, the University of Montreal, the Toronto Royal Conservatory in Toronto, and Juilliard, leading to his professional career The wonderful musical program he took part in at the Conservatoire de Musique du Quebec The Canadian Music Competition and how competitions were a source of motivation for him How his curiosity and the fact that he “thrived on the forbidden” really helped him develop his technical skills How having many teachers taught him so much, but left him somewhat confused How he found himself back His learning process and how he realized that he could learn faster The importance of confidence in the learning process Memorizing music The importance of being organized How being interested in expanding our cultural horizon can positively affect our growth as an artist and give us “a leg up”   En français, nous discutons de : Son parcours musical, des débuts à aujourd'hui, en touchant à ses moments au Conservatoire de Musique de Rimouski, ses expériences au Concours de Musique du Canada, et ses études à l'Université de Montréal, la Glenn Gould School, et à Juilliard La motivation et l'inspiration qu'il a retiré de sa participation au Concours de Musique du Canada L'approche de la technique de Marc Durand qui a eu une grande influence dans sa vie Sa période à la Glenn Gould School et l'impact d'étudier avec plusieurs professeurs Son expérience avec Jérome Lowenthal et comment il a développé sa voix authentique À quoi sa pratique ressemble o   L'importance de la précondition – de se mettre dans le bon « espace mental » o   L'importance d'avoir un plan Son processus d'apprentissage et de mémorisation du répertoire   More Information about David Jalbert: Website: http://davidjalbert.com/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/davidjalbertpiano/videos Johannes Brahms: A Biography by Jan Swafford   Biography A virtuoso with a warm and elegant style and a wide-ranging repertoire, pianist David Jalbert has established himself among the elite of a new generation of classical musicians, and was named by the CBC among the 15 best Canadian pianists of all time. With his personal style, incomparable stage presence, and refined ear, he has wowed audiences and critics everywhere: “a deeply musical pianist” (Cleveland Plain Dealer), “a virtuoso in the best sense of the word” (La Presse), “…wide-ranging musical imagination, phenomenal technique, and an unerring lightness of being” (The Toronto Star). His first solo disc, dedicated to the works of Corigliano and Rzewski (in preparation for which he worked with both composers), was launched to great applause on Endeavor in 2004 and was followed in 2006 by a recording of Fauré's complete Nocturnes (a winning selection on La Tribune des Critiques de Disques, France-Culture). His 2008 release on the ATMA label, Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues opus 87, drew rave reviews, won an Opus Award, and was nominated for a Juno Award. He followed it up with an album dedicated to works by minimalist greats John Adams and Philip Glass (2010), and his 2012 recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations was met with unanimous praise. He recorded works by Poulenc and Satie on “Le Comble de la Distinction” (2015) and virtuosic transcriptions of Russian ballets by Stravinsky and Prokofiev in 2017, which earned him another Juno nomination. An accomplished chamber musician in both the hall and the studio, his releases include Poulenc's music for winds and piano (with the woodwind quintet Pentaèdre) as well as the Rachmaninov and Chopin Cello Sonatas with his long-standing musical partner Denise Djokic. With violinist Jasper Wood and cellist Denise Djokic, he is also a member of Triple Forte, a piano trio whose first recording was awarded a 2014 Prix Opus (Album of the Year). Jalbert has also collaborated with violinist Rachel Barton Pine, the Cecilia and Alcan string quartets, double-bassist Joel Quarrington (on another Opus-winning collaboration, the album Brothers in Brahms as well as a Schubert album) and with pianists Anton Kuerti, Wonny Song and Jean-Philippe Collard. As guest soloist, Jalbert has appeared with many orchestras, including the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic, Orchestre Métropolitain, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, CBC Radio Orchestra, Bielefelder Philharmoniker, Gauteng Philarmonic and National Symphony of Ireland and others. He has collaborated with conductors Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Christoph Campestrini, Skitch Henderson, Jacques Lacombe, Bramwell Tovey, Mario Bernardi, Peter Kuhn, David Currie, Marc David, Dinuk Wijeratne and others and has performed in Canada, the United States, Mexico, South Africa and Europe. Jalbert's repertoire is expansive, and he plays Bach, Brahms, Stravinsky or Ligeti with equal pleasure. David Jalbert can be heard regularly on CBC Radio and Radio-Canada broadcasts, not only as a pianist, but also as a guest commentator. A national and international prize-winner, David Jalbert was the 2007 winner of the prestigious Virginia Parker Prize of the Canada Council for the Arts, has been awarded five Prix Opus by the Conseil Québécois de la Musique, was nominated for four Juno Awards, and is now an Associate Professor of piano at the University of Ottawa. He holds two Artist Diplomas: one from the Juilliard School in New York, the other from the Glenn Gould Professional School (Toronto). He received his Master's Degree from the Université de Montréal at age 21, winning the Governor General's Gold Medal (awarded yearly to the top graduate student of the University). His main teachers have been Jerome Lowenthal, Marc Durand, André Laplante, and Pauline Charron. He has also worked with Leon Fleisher, John Perry, Claude Frank, Gilbert Kalish, and Marylin Engle.   If you enjoyed the show, please leave a review on iTunes!  I truly appreciate your support! Visit www.mindoverfinger.com for information about past and future podcasts, and for more resources on mindful practice. THANK YOU: Most sincere thank you to composer Jim Stephenson who graciously provided the show's musical theme!  Concerto #1 for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra – Movement 2: Allegro con Brio, performed by Jeffrey Work, trumpet, and the Lake Forest Symphony, conducted by Jim Stephenson. Also a huge thank you to my producer, Bella Kelly!   MIND OVER FINGER: www.mindoverfinger.com https://www.facebook.com/mindoverfinger/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/mindoverfingertribe/

Ah to be young and a juvenile delinquent. No it’s not It’s A Wonderful Life, it’s the Lords of Flatbush. Will Jimmy and guest Mario Bernardi find it a cautionary tale or will they be considering a career change? It’s worth listening to find out.

A judge accused of rape, like that could really happen in real life! And yet that’s the premise of 1979’s …And Justice For All. Jimmy and guest Mario Bernardi consider the implications and the improbability (obviously they don’t follow the news much).

“Manhattan” one of the greatest love stories of all time or another Woody Allen euro-drama? Jim’s reaction you can predict but guest Mario Bernardi just might surprise you. Warning: Real life makes an appearance at the tend.

Back with a personal favourite, guest Mario Bernardi tries to get Jim to understand the finer points of 1971’s Harold and Maude. Jim tries but can only identify with what he interprets as symptoms of early onset dementia (big surprise).

Jim and special guest Mario Bernardi plunge into the world of bugs, security and paranoia with 1974’s The Conversation. It’s a fascinating discussion with no connection to why they’re both afraid to answer their cell phones.

Everybody’s talking about Midnight Cowboy. Maybe not everybody but guest Mario Bernardi and Jimmy England do try to figure out what all the fuss was about and how attitudes have changed in this episode of Back to the Balcony.

Does The Graduate hold up as a classic movie after all these years?  For that matter do Anne Bancroft’s legs? Find out when Jimmy England and Mario Bernardi take a stab at higher education and whether Dustin Hoffman was the best choice for the character of Ben.

The room is set for controversy when Mario Bernardi returns in this episode of Back to the Balcony to decide if Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner is really a classic. Jimmy's not sure but he does agree Sydney Poitier is dreamy.

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken starring Don Knotts. What’s not to love when Jimmy England and guest Mario Bernardi hunker down to decide if this is genuine Americana or cheap hokum (as if Jimmy would know) on this episode of Back to the Balcony.

Nothing says Christmas like lust, avarice and dreams of promotions to come in corporate America. Mario Bernardi returns to explain why he thinks The Apartment is a great movie for the holidays. Can he really justify it? Pour a glass of good cheer and tune in to find out.

It’s the rootin, tootinest episode ever when Jim and guest Mario Bernardi try and figure out what HBO saw in the movie Westworld that would make for a great TV series. Then learn the strange influence Yul Brenner’s character had on two horror/action franchises.

Mario Bernardi drops by to have Breakfast at Tiffany’s. To Jim it’s just so much indigestion. Give a listen to see who you agree with.

Vi stannar kvar i Nordamerika. I Canada är det dödsstraff på sodomi till 1869, och homosexualitet avkriminaliseras först 1969. Två hatbrott: tonsättarna Marc Blitzstein och Claude Vivier mördades. Leonard Bernsteins heta förälskelse och nära samarbetspartner, tonsättaren Marc Blitzstein, mördas vid ett hatbrott 1964. 1983 dör den begåvade kanadensiske tonsättaren Claude Vivier en våldsam hatbrottsdöd, endast 35 år gammal. Vi möter Claude Viviers nära vän, Marjan Mozetich i Toronto, som kallas nutidens Tjajkovskij. I Mozetich musik är det emotionella elementet väsentligt och hans verk har titlar som The Passion of Angels och Weeping Clouds. Mozetich omhuldar det omdiskuterade begreppet gay sensibility. Klassiskt skolade sopranen, tonsättaren och real time-samplaren Kristin Norderval vägras skivinspelning av klassiska sånger p g a sin lesbisket och gör istället succé på alternativscener världen över. Möt denna elev till legenden Pauline Oliveros. Vi möter också professorn, författaren och hornisten Nadine Hubbs som skriver boken The Queer Composition of Americas Sound. Hubbs berättar intima detaljer om hur musik och sex smälter samman i den s k homosexuella maffia som har en central plats i New Yorks musikliv under mitten av 1900-talet och som fortfarande formar det mytomspunna amerikanska soundet inom klassisk musik. Vi lyssnar på musik av Eve Beglarian, Lou Harrison och Michael Tilson Thomas. Och så undrar vi vad tystnaden står för hos tonsättaren John Cage.Låtlista: Timesteps (Excerpt) Walter Carlos Walter Carlos A Clockwork Orange Warner Europe 246 127 Unfolding Sky Marjan Mozetich CBC Vancouver Orchestra. Mario Bernardi, Conductor MOZETICH: Affairs of the Heart - The Music of Marjan Mozetich (2001) CBC Records SMCD5200 Pas De Deux Marc Blitzstein Bennett Lerner, piano American Piano Music Vol. II ETCETERA RECORDS KTC 1036 The Cradle Will Rock Marc Blitzstein dawn upshaw m fl Marc Blitzstein Pear GEMS 0009 Act I, Scene 1 Prologue Virgil Thomson Ashley Putnam, Aviva Orvath, Batyah Godfrey, Billie Nash, DArtagnan Petty The Mother of Us All, disc 1 New World Records NW 288/289-2 Cunningham Stories (Every Morning...) (1 - 7) Laurie Anderson Laurie Anderson A Chance Operation: The John Cage Tribute [Disc 2] KOCH 3-7238-2 Y6x2 Sine Music (A Swarm Of Butterfiles Encountered Over The Ocean) Richard Maxfield Richard Maxfield OHM+: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music [Disc 1] ellipsis arts CD3670 Double Music Lou Harrison Lou Harrison. Collab: John Cage A Portrait argo 455 590-2 Serenade for Betty Freeman & Franco Assetto Lou Harrison Lou Harrison (Gamelan Sekar Kembar) Gay American Composers - vol.1 Composers Recordings CRICD 721 If Its On New Circle Five New Circle Five: Susie Ibarra, percussion; Pauline Oliveros, accordion. Kristin Norderval, soprano. CD-titel: Dreaming Wide Awake Deep Listening DL 20 - 2003 Ecstatic Plain, ur operan Mapping Venus Text: Hildergard von Bingen Tonsättare: Sorrel Hays Kristin Norderval, sopran. Tape. Radioinspelning, New York. Wolf Chaser Eve Beglarian Eve Beglarian, percussion and electronics. Robin Lorentz, violin and wolf chaser Lesbian American Composers CRI CD 780 SIDDHARTA Claude Vivier Orch Metropol. du Montreal. Dirigent: Walter Boudreau anthology of Canadian Music ACM 36 CD 1-4 (Radio Canada International) Pulau Dewata Claude Vivier McGill Percussion Ensemble. Dirigent: Pierre Béluse anthology of Canadian Music ACM 36 CD 1-4 (Radio Canada International) CHANTS CLAUDE VIVER Sju kvinnoröster. Dirigent: Lorrain Vaillancourt anthology of Canadian Music ACM 36 CD 1-4 (Radio Canada International) ZIPANGU Claude Vivier I Musici de Montreal anthology of Canadian Music ACM 36 CD 1-4 (Radio Canada International) I Unfolding Sky Postcards From the Sky Marjan Mozetich (2001) CBC Vancouver Orchestra. Mario Bernardi, Conductor MOZETICH: Affairs of the Heart - The Music of CBC Records SMCD5200 II. Weeping Clouds Postcards From the Sky Marjan Mozetich CBC Vancouver Orchestra. Mario Bernardi, Conductor MOZETICH: Affairs of the Heart - The Music of Marjan Mozetich (2001) CBC Records SMCD5200 III. A Messenger Postcards From the Sky Marjan Mozetich CBC Vancouver Orchestra. Mario Bernardi, Conductor MOZETICH: Affairs of the Heart - The Music of Marjan Mozetich (2001) CBC Records SMCD5200

The National Arts Centre mourns the loss of Maestro Mario Bernardi, the founding conductor of the NAC Orchestra. Maestro Bernardi passed away peacefully in Toronto on June 2. In this episode of the NACOcast we pay tribute to the great music director by reprising a previous edition of the NACOcast featuring an interview conducted by Christopher Millard at the maestro's home in Toronto in 2006. A conductor, and accomplished pianist, Mario Bernardi was born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario in 1930. He moved to Italy when he was six years old with his mother, living in the small city of Treviso, near Venice, where they remained throughout the war. He studied at the Venice Conservatory and excelled in the keyboard instruments of piano and harpsichord. A man of many musical talents, he was considered among the best of Canada's promising young musicians emerging in the postwar period—a group that included Glenn Gould. He began his professional career with the Royal Conservatory Opera School in Toronto. He first began to conduct in his mid-twenties at the Canadian Opera Company. In 1963, he moved to London, England where he was recruited by the Sadler's Wells Opera Company (now the English National Opera). He served as Music Director of Sadler's Wells before being enticed back to Canada to become the founding conductor of the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada from 1968-1982. From the original podcast show notes: As a tribute to Walter Prystawski, the NAC Orchestra's founding concertmaster who is retiring after 37 years at the first desk, Christopher talks to founding NACO music director Mario Bernardi as well as three of Walter's original orchestra colleagues. The conversations touch on the core classical repertoire of the orchestra, NACO's signature sound and the critical role Walter Prystawski played in shaping that sound.

I present highlights from a 1974 Traviata under Mario Bernardi in honor of dear Marisa Galvany's birthday. It features Pablo Elvira and Raymond Gibbs.  (69 min.)   May we wish Mme.Galvany the happiest of birthdays. She has been a dear friend and I recall with affection all of her magnificent performances.

As a tribute to Walter Prystawski, the NAC Orchestra's founding concertmaster who is retiring after 37 years at the first desk, Christopher talks to founding NACO music director Mario Bernardi as well as three of Walter's original orchestra colleagues. The conversations touch on the core classical repertoire of the orchestra, NACO's signature sound and the critical role Walter Prystawski played in shaping that sound.