Christine Thorsen

NJPAC on March 19, 2023. Maestro Maull's Classical Overture at 2pm / 3pm show.

Classical Overtures at NJPAC: Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos

Sunday, March 19, 2023
2:00pm Overture with Maestro Maull / 3:00pm concert

Join us for the Classical Overtures, held an hour prior to the concert, in-person in the Chase Room at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), 1 Center St, Newark, NJ. These interactive presentations are hosted by Maestro George Marriner Maull and are free to ticket holders. The Washington Post describes the artistry of Emanuel Ax as “thoughtful, lyrical, lustrous.” London’s Independent calls Leonidas Kavakos “a musician’s musician. Technically, there is nothing he cannot execute on this Stradivarius.”

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Patrons' Dinner / Gala 2023: A Taste of Spain. Wednesday, April 19, 2023 6-930pm, Park Savoy, Florham Park, NJ.

Patrons’ Dinner April 19, 2023

Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 6:00pm-9:30pm
The Park Savoy, 236 Ridgedale Ave, Florham Park, NJ

Join us for our annual Patrons’ Dinner: Interactive Discovery Concert, cocktail hour, dinner and the presentation of the 2023 Discovery Award!

An interactive Discovery Concert will feature Maestro George Marriner Maull and pianist Ruihan Zhang as they explore two pieces by influential Spanish composer Enrique Granados. Ruihan will then be joined by TDO trustee and pianist/composer Patricio Molina for a special encore!

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Inside Music with George Marriner Maull: A Midwinter Pastorale. Listen from anywhere.

A Midwinter Pastorale

Host George Marriner Maull looks to warmer weather as he guides listeners in the unusual 5th Movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, the only one of Beethoven’s symphonies that contains…

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Classical Overtures at NJPAC: Philadelphia Orchestra

Friday, April 21, 2023  
7:00pm Overture with Maestro Maull / 8:00pm Show

Join us for the Classical Overtures, held an hour prior to the concert, in-person in the Chase Room at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), 1 Center St, Newark, NJ 07102. These interactive presentations are hosted by Maestro George Marriner Maull and are free to ticket holders.

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Discover Vivaldi Winter Sign up for your free listening guide and bonus material

Discover Winter from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

Free Listening Guide Listening Guides are visual ‘roadmaps’ of classical pieces for ‘do-it-yourself’ listening lessons, using YouTube recordings recommended by Maestro Maull. The Guide highlights specific musical details to notice…

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Music Kitchen – Food For The Soul

If you live in a large metropolitan center like New York, Chicago or San Francisco, you quickly realize the enormity of the problem of homelessness.  The fifteen years I spent…

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I was delighted to hear George Marriner Maull’s “Inside Music” when he discussed how to listen to and enjoy Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the 4th movement. To have the words of the choral Ode to Joy translated and explained (word for word) was enlightening and inspiring as well. And to learn all the intricacies of the music itself was fascinating.

— Inside Music radio listener