The Guest List
Thursday March 20th, 2025 with Joe Reilly
Interviews with Jeremie Albino and Alexander Shelley the Musical Director of the National Arts Centre Orchestra

NOTE: This On Demand version of the Guest List includes 3-4 minutes of additional interview segments with Jeremie Albino that had to be edited from the show to fit the 60 minute format of the FM broadcast. As well, this On Demand version of the program includes the complete first movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and the entire piece Listening Underwater by Keiko Devaux. We were only able to play excerpts from both pieces on the FM broadcast version of The Guest List. The Guest List is sponsored by Spaceman Music, located at 388 Gladstone Avenue, just west of Bank. Visit Spaceman for all of your music making needs and don't forget they have a great repair shop and offer music lessons. Check out Spaceman online at: https://www.spacemanmusic.com/ We open the show in conversation with Jeremie Albino, talking about his latest album Our Time In The Sun and his upcoming concert at the Bronson Centre, next Thursday, March 27th. He tells us how he got connected to Dan Auerbach (of the Black Keys) who produced this album and some of the amazing people that he got to work with while making this recording. He also tells us about the smoking hot band he is touring with and how much they are enjoying playing these songs live. For tickets to see Jeremie Albino at the Bronson Centre on March 27th, use this link: https://www.ticketweb.ca/event/jeremie-albino-our-the-bronson-tickets/13575774?pl=spectrasonic And for more information about Jeremie and his music, use these links: https://jeremiealbino.com https://jeremiealbinomusic.bandcamp.com/music Then we talk to Alexander Shelley, the Musical Director of the National Arts Centre Orchestra about Beethoven's stunning Fifth Symphony, which the Orchestra will be playing tonight (March 20th) in Southam Hall at the NAC. It is always a thrill to talk Alexander Shelley about music as his knowledge is expansive and his enthusiasm is infectious. He tells us about some of the ideas and powerful emotions reflected in Beethoven's iconic work and about Keiko Devaux's piece Listening Underwater which the NACO will perform tonight and on its upcoming tour of Korea and Japan in May and June. He also talks about a stunning piece of music, Become Desert by John Luther Adams which the Orchestra will perform on June 18th and 19th. It's always fun and enlightening to talk to Alexander Shelley and we thank him for his time. For tickets to see the NACO perform tonight (March 20th) you can use this link: https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/36107 For information and tickets to see the performances in June that Alexander Shelley spoke about use these links: https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/36122 https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/36123 For more information about the NACO's tour of Korea and Japan, use this link: https://nac-cna.ca/en/orchestra/tour/korea-and-japan-2025 Thanks for listening to the Guest List today. Get out and see some live music this week and support independent music in any way that you can!