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Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons – Le Quattro Stagioni – is perhaps one of the most recognizable and often performed compositions in all of classical music. While it’s not quite up…
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Haydn the Jokester
Many people know Franz Joseph Haydn as “Papa Haydn”, a well-deserved nick-name in view of his reputation as the father of the symphony. But you may not know that he…
Let’s Get Serious
Johannes Brahms’s ability to distort our sense of rhythm is always lying in wait. Turn the corner… and we suddenly lose our rhythmic balance, and Maestro Maull is certain that…
A Trading Places Musical Quiz
When film composer Elmer Bernstein scored the 1983 comedy hit Trading Places, he chose Mozart’s Overture to The Marriage of Figaro to be the musical centerpiece of the film. However, he also intentionally paraphrased other orchestral works. Let’s…
Take My Hand
The romantic music of Alexander Borodin is explored in this episode of Inside Music. Maestro Maull will focus on the Polovtsian Dances from Borodin’s opera Prince Igor. These dances were a favorite composition of…
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…
I just listened to the first episode of this (Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony) and can’t believe how fortunate I was to run across this on Prime. I have heard Maull lecture many times before performances and now here he is right on my computer screen and with the clearest of visual aids. I promise if you listen to one of these you will understand a piece as never before. And, I have discovered from past experiences with his lectures that I always listen to any given piece with a greater connection. These “home” viewings of Maull’s lectures are such a gift! Highly recommended.