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…
Composers
A MidAutumn Night’s Dream
Maestro Maull misappropriates the title of one of Felix Mendelssohn’s most beloved scores the Incidental Music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream to start the second season of Inside Music. The…
Our Theme Music
Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4, “Italian” was recognized by the composer himself as one of the “jolliest” scores he’d ever written. The first movement of this symphony, which serves as…
Captain Nemo Meets Igor Stravinsky
First – mea culpa! I wish to apologize for my two-month hiatus from posting. Preparations during July and August for the production we just recorded for American Public Television – right up…
How Many Times Can He Repeat That Phrase?
The movement Mercury, the Winged Messenger from Gustav Holst’s The Planets provides host George Marriner Maull with the opportunity to demonstrate how re-harmonizing and re-orchestrating the same phrase multiple times…
Two Timbres Over Easy
Bela Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra is thought by many to be one of his most accessible scores for listeners. Commissioned by the Koussevitsky Foundation, the composition received its premiere in…
Stumbled upon this quite by accident on our Maryland PBS station. What a joy! Firebird is my favorite piece of music and your wonderful program just enhanced my appreciation of Stravinsky’s genius. Thank you and keep up your great work of feeding our souls!