Fugue

Inside Music radio show has a new episode entitled "A Little Fugue ... A Little Tango on wwfm.org.

A Little Fugue … A Little Tango

Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla transformed the world of tango with his amazing compositions. In his Fugata, he actually begins a tango with a short fugue… which may have presented some…

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Inside Music radio show episode: Last Tango in Bayreuth by Peter Schickele on WWFM The Classical Network

Last Tango in Bayreuth

The wonderful musical humor of Peter Schickele is the subject of this episode!  Host George Marriner Maull lightens things up with a look at Last Tango in Bayreuth, Mr. Schickele’s hilarious parody of the…

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Radio Show Inside Music: Bach in Love with George Marriner Maull

Bach in Love

The Largo of the Concerto for Two Violins is a powerful profession of love. We know the two great loves of Johann Sebastian Bach.  His wife Maria Barbara and he were married in 1707,…

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Inside Music: Bach's Antidote, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, Movement 3

Bach’s Antidote

Movement III of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, knits together the built-in reassurance of fugue and ternary form with Bach’s ultimate optimism. Host George Marriner Maull will explore…

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Inside Music episode Hallelujah Part 2

Hallelujah Part 2

Handel always knew a good tune when he heard one and never hesitated to borrow them. In this episode George Marriner Maull investigates the fugue subject Handel ‘borrowed’ from Corelli…

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One Good Fugue

Host George Marriner Maull delves into a fugue with an unusual subject, or main melody. Taken from the first movement of Handel’s Concerto Grosso, Op.6, No. 7., this grand master…

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Marvelous job, Maestro, as always! Thank you for doing such a splendid, insightful and careful deep-dive into the art and craftsmanship that Tchaikovsky, after much effort, put into creating this work. There really is no greater portrayal of young love in music than his Romeo and Juliet, and your thoughtfulness demonstrates it so admirably.

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