Symphony

Inside Music radio show with host Maestro Maull featuring Beethoven's Symphony No. 7.

This, Too, Is For You!

The 2nd movement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 remains beloved more than 200 years after its premiere at which those attending demanded an immediate encore…right on the spot,…

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This One’s For You!

The 2nd movement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 remains beloved more than 200 years after its premiere at which those attending demanded an immediate encore…right on the spot,…

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Inside Music: Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow Symphony No.5

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…

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Happy Classical Music, Inside Music: Mendelssohn's the Italian

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…

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Inside Music: Two Timbres Over Easy with George Marriner Maull

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…

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Game Of Tones

Game of Tones Parties

14.7 million US citizens watched the first episode of the last season of Game of Thrones. . .according to Reuters news. That’s about 5.25% of our total population. According to…

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What a great idea to do this. It looks and sounds fantastic. I LOVED the music, the animated lettering and the design for Notes from Under the Piano…It takes a special gift to transform the written word into the spoken word…And the length is perfect, left me wanting more…

— ‘Notes from Under the Piano’ viewer