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Discovery Orchestra Chat 164 – Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 Mvt 2 Part 2

December 20, 2017 Cadences

Maestro Maull’s exploration of the deeply moving 2nd movement of Dvorak’s New World Symphony continues in this Chat.  

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 163 – Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 Mvt 2 Part 1

December 14, 2017 Cadences

The 5th of 16 Discovery Orchestra Chats on Dvorak’s “New World Symphony”. This is the first of 4 Chats that will explore Movement 2.  

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 162 – Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 Mvt 1 Part 4

December 6, 2017 Bassoon

The fourth  of 16 Discovery Orchestra Chats on Dvorak’s “New World Symphony”. In this Chat you’ll listen to Movement I along with seeing our Listening Guide on screen.  

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 161 – Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 Mvt 1 Part 3

November 30, 2017 Cadences

The third of 16 Discovery Orchestra Chats on Dvorak’s “New World Symphony”. This is the third of four Chats that will explore Movement 1.  

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 160 – Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 Mvt 1 Part 2

November 22, 2017 Bassoon

The second of 16 Discovery Orchestra Chats on Dvorak’s “New World Symphony”. This is the second of 4 Chats that will explore Movement 1.  

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 159 – Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 Mvt 1 Part 1

November 16, 2017 Bassoon

The first of 16 Discovery Orchestra Chats on Dvorak’s “New World Symphony”.  This is the first of 4 Chats that will explore Movement 1.  

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 147 – Secret Messages

December 11, 2014 Classical

Have you ever sent someone a secret message? Composers do this! Maestro Maull shares possible “secret messages of love” in this Discovery Orchestra Chat.

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 140 – Noticing Dynamics

October 22, 2014 Chausson

One of the elements of music is dynamics, which is the use of loudness and softness for expressive, inflective purposes. In this Chat, Maestro Maull asks you to notice how many distinct dynamic events occur in Ernest Chausson’s Poeme for Violin and Orchestra.  

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 99 – Effective Surprise Part 2

April 10, 2013 Chopin

George explores another composer whose music seems, on the surface, incredibly simple yet  is filled with wonderful effective surprises – Frederic Chopin!  He uses Chopin’s Nocturne No. 20 in C Sharp Minor to illustrate.  Featuring pianist Stephen Wu, guest artist.  

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 59 A Texture Quiz

March 23, 2012 Classical

How’s your life put together? Find out how music can be put together…take the texture quiz!

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