One Good Encore Deserves Another … The Opening Chord
November 2024 (Revised from the blog post The Opening Chord of June 2011) I’ve been writing posts for this blog for over fourteen years. Sometimes I wonder if anyone actually…
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Halloween Candy Encore
In the color photo on the left are choristers George Marriner Maull and his older brother, Frederick Howard Maull, on a June Sunday morning in 1960. They’re standing in the…
Here’s George!
The music of American composer George Gershwin remains as beloved as it was when it was written in the last century. Maestro Maull looks inside the 3rd Movement of the 1925…
On a Personal Note …The Legend of the Pink Squirrel
At a recent meeting of The Discovery Orchestra’s staff, there was a discussion about serving a signature cocktail at an upcoming event. The performers – and the cocktails – were…
Tension and Release
From the unseen pulsation of alternating electrical current to the readily identifiable sensation we feel when emotional tension increases and then dissipates … Tension and Release is a common phenomenon….
Shout-Outs from Our Viewers and Listeners Around the World
We’ve received feedback from a number of the, by now, more than six million* individuals who have watched our Discovery Concerts™ distributed by American Public Television, viewed our YouTube Discovery…
I just listened to the first episode of this (Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony) and can’t believe how fortunate I was to run across this on Prime. I have heard Maull lecture many times before performances and now here he is right on my computer screen and with the clearest of visual aids. I promise if you listen to one of these you will understand a piece as never before. And, I have discovered from past experiences with his lectures that I always listen to any given piece with a greater connection. These “home” viewings of Maull’s lectures are such a gift! Highly recommended.