The Peaceful Bach
In this episode of Inside Music, host George Marriner Maull explores Movement II of Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major. Many people know this music as the Air on the…
Composer A-B
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…
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….
George Marriner Maull Meets Maestro Bernstein…A Recollection
In light of the recent release of the film Maestro about Leonard Bernstein, I would like to share a few recollections of meeting him in 1976. While residing in Louisville…
The Café Brahms
In this episode of Inside Music, host George Marriner Maull explores the effect that one of Brahms’s most significant influencers, Hungarian violinist Ede Remény, had on him. Asked by Remény in…
Life Can Be Very Challenging
Just before the final playthrough of the featured music in our latest televised Discovery Concert© Discover Saint-Saëns’ “Organ” Symphony, I said to the audience: “As we know, life can be…
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!!!”