Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring
Saturday, November 14, 2020. NJPAC Virtual Lecture. Free on Zoom. Featuring Maestro George Marriner Maull.
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Discover The Firebird
Igor Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite has been with me a long time. Back in the 1960’s, one of Philadelphia’s grocery store chains, the Penn Fruit Company, began offering classical 33 1/3…
Discover The Firebird
Discover The Firebird, winner of 2 Telly Awards, begins with a complete performance of Kastchei’s Infernal Dance by 85 members of The Discovery Orchestra and Maestro George Marriner Maull, and…
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 in F Minor
Friday, April 9, 2021 7:00-8:00 pmClassical Conversations with George Marriner MaullNJPAC Virtual – Free on Zoom Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in F Minor is a monumental work that explores various sides of…
Discover Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons is a much-loved, classical masterpiece! And while many recognize its familiar musical themes, few are aware of the word imagery Vivaldi purposely fashioned in the music.
Dimitri And Uncle Joe
Dimitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 provides the subject matter for Maestro Maull’s look at the composer’s challenging life under Josef Stalin’s reign of terror. Shostakovich’s satirical Movement II demonstrates one…
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!!!”