Discovery Orchestra Chat 3 – Musical Paragraphs
Composers write the equivalent of sentences in music which we call “phrases”. Groups of phrases are put together to form “paragraphs” in music. Learning how to notice these paragraphs gives…
Chords provide us with a way of enriching a melody – see how in this Discovery Orchestra Chat!
New and improved! We have re-edited our first Chats – same great content, but all spic and span now. Have a look at Chat #1 ! What is a musical…
When people talk or write about classical music they often resort to very descriptive, flowery adjective-filled prose. And we perhaps can get from this a sense of how a given…
The Orchestra’s second public television production, Discover Beethoven’s 5th©, features a one-hour exploration of the memorable first movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.
Bach to the Future© is a one-hour educational program featuring an interactive look at J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, Third Movement.
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.