Memories of New York
One day in 1954, as I gazed at the 12-inch black-and-white screen of our Philco “television set,” there appeared a picture of the Manhattan skyline. I said to my mother:…
Month: December 2022
A Pearl Among Us
New York City can be very exciting to live in! In this episode, George Marriner Maull recalls the many superstars he encountered while residing in the Upper West Side, but one…
Are We Feeling Three or Two?
Maestro Maull takes us into the ambivalent world of compound meter in which composers like Antonín Dvořák play with our senses as they toggle back and forth between organizing sounds…
Today I watched an episode called “Discover Beethoven’s Fifth”, and it was marvelous! Maestro Maull and his talented orchestra gave me a one-hour thrill. I’ve always loved Beethoven, especially his Fifth Symphony. I studied piano for 7 years as a young person, and came to appreciate so many of the classical composers, but Beethoven’s Fifth has always thrilled me. I so appreciated the format of the program, and the Maestro involved all of us and taught us so much. Thank you for this fine program. And many thanks and praise to the orchestra! When the program ended, I clapped loudly and shouted “Bravo!! Bravo!!!”