A Holiday Barn Burner
Host George Marriner Maull, in keeping with the holiday spirit, explores Waltz of the Flowers from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. Performed perhaps a thousand times worldwide at this time of year, this…
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The Invisibility of Music
What makes an invisible art form like music visible? What helps you stay present with the music as it invisibly progresses through real time? Learn about “Blueprints” and “Listening Guides”…
It’s Beginning to Sound A Lot Like…
With the Covid pandemic still very much affecting social behavior, we are perhaps – depending on our personal view of the situation – being spared the annual bombardment of our…
A Little Romance Part 2
Host George Marriner Maull concludes his look into the music of Johann Strauss, Jr. revisiting Wiener Blut and other Strauss mega-hits that tug on the heart strings of countless waltzers and non-waltzers…
Five Animals At A Time
We know that Noah brought the animals on board the ark two by two, but at The Discovery Orchestra we had something else in mind on October 29th. In collaboration…
A Little Romance
The music of Johann Strauss, Jr. has cast a dreamlike spell on listeners and dancers alike for over one-hundred years. Maestro Maull recalls hearing an attendee at one of the…
This has been an incredible series. I could take in SO much more than I could at the beginning ones. You have really trained my ears!!! I have been enjoying classical music for more than 60 years (as a child my parents played classical music at dinner and we guessed the composer) but I NEVER knew how to listen before!