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Discovery Orchestra Chat 99 – Effective Surprise Part 2

April 10, 2013 Chopin

George explores another composer whose music seems, on the surface, incredibly simple yet  is filled with wonderful effective surprises – Frederic Chopin!  He uses Chopin’s Nocturne No. 20 in C Sharp Minor to illustrate.  Featuring pianist Stephen Wu, guest artist.   Share/Bookmark

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 91 – The Point

February 13, 2013 Classical

Sergei Rachmaninoff believed that each movement of music has a point to make. One might define this “point” as the moment of greatest emotional intensity.  How this is accomplished varies from composer to composer and composition to composition.  Find out how Rachmaninoff makes “the point” in Movement III of Symphony No. 2.   Share/Bookmark

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 82 – Another Look at Variation Form

October 1, 2012 Britten

Harpist Merynda Adams joins Maestro Maull as they revisit variation form as found in Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols. Merynda will be featured at our next Discovery Concert, Revealing Ravel, on October 21, 2012 at Drew University in Madison NJ.  Click here for more info! Share/Bookmark

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 80 – Revisiting Paragraphs

September 12, 2012 Brahms

Discovery Orchestra Chats continue with another lesson in ternary form.  Follow along as the orchestra’s Executive Director Virginia Johnston and Maestro Maull’s wife, Marcia, perform the second movement of Brahms’ Sonata for Clarinet & Piano No.1.  Notice the ABA form, with the special ending of surprises. Share/Bookmark

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 64 What’s Funny Episode #6

March 23, 2012 Classical

Time for a laugh in this chat! Share/Bookmark

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 60 Incredible Gas Mileage

March 23, 2012 Bach

How’s your gas mileage? Compare yours to Bach’s! Share/Bookmark

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 57 Question & Answer

March 23, 2012 Bach

Do you find that you question yourself? Perhaps here’s the answer! Share/Bookmark

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 56 Treat Yourself to Bach

March 23, 2012 Bach

Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto #4 is featured in this chat. Heighten your listening by following TDO’s listening guide! Share/Bookmark

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 55 Hallelujah!

March 23, 2012 Classical

Hallelujah! Thrill to Handel’s most well-known chorus as you follow TDO’s listening guide! Share/Bookmark

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 53 Follow the 5th!

March 8, 2012 Beethoven

Here’s an opportunity to listen to Movement I of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 as you follow TDO’s listening guide!       Share/Bookmark

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