Discovery Orchestra Chat 173 – Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 Mvt 4 Part 4
We’ve already explored a number of details found in movement 4 of Dvorak’s “New World Symphony”. In this Chat video, listen to the entire movement with our Listening Guide displayed on the screen. The...
View ArticleDiscovery Orchestra Chat 174 – Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9
Want to just immerse yourself in the entire “New World Symphony” by Dvorak? This Chat Video provides a listen from beginning to end, with a recording by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conducted by...
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Change That Chord
The importance of noticing re-harmonization in music is demonstrated utilizing the piano music of Bela Bartok and Claude Debussy. Host George Marriner Maull plays and speaks about a simple Slovakian...
View ArticleDiscovery Orchestra Chat 175 – The Firebird Suite Lullaby
In this Chat, Maestro Maull explores the Lullaby from Igor Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. Discover Stravinsky’s use of the ostinato, timbre, glissando and effective surprise! The post Discovery Orchestra...
View ArticleDiscovery Orchestra Chat 176 – The Firebird Suite Finale
In this Chat, Maestro Maull explores the Finale from Igor Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. Variation form, fingered tremolo, effective surprise – so much to learn! The post Discovery Orchestra Chat 176 –...
View ArticleDiscovery Orchestra Chat 177 – The Firebird Suite Lullaby & Finale Play-Through
This Chat Video features the final two movements of Stravinsky’s “Firebird” Suite with our Listening Guide on screen. Performed by the Vienna Symphony courtesy of Naxos of America. The post Discovery...
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Pedal Point City
This harmonic device has been used for hundreds of years and derives its name from a compositional practice employed by church organist-composers like Bach. In this episode George Marriner Maull...
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Four Play
Maestro Maull looks through the centuries at the string quartet, an ensemble favored by composers as the vehicle to transmit some of their most intimate and deepest feelings. Using just four...
View ArticleDiscovery Orchestra Chat 183 – Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo & Juliet...
In this final Chat, listen to Tchaikovsky’s Romeo & Juliet Overture-Fantasy in its entirety with the Listening Guide on screen. It is highly recommended to watch and listen to the first three...
View ArticleDiscover Vivaldi’s Winter: Free Listening Guide
A Listening Guide is a visual ‘roadmap’ of classical pieces for ‘do-it-yourself’ listening lessons, using YouTube recordings recommended by Maestro Maull. The guide highlights specific musical details...
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