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Discovery Orchestra Chat 67 – How To Give Contrabass Players A Nervous Breakdown

Beethoven has a little fun with the string bass players. See how fast they can play!

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 66 – Ornaments Part 2

Take a quick quiz – count the ornaments!

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 65 – The Point

Don’t miss the point! Many compositions have a special one to make.

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 64 – What’s Funny? Episode 6

Time for a laugh in this chat!   Watch and listen to Chat 30, Part 1 Watch and listen to Chat 32, Part 2 Watch and listen to Chat 34,…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 63 – Major & Minor Revisited

Do really good feelings sometimes hurt? Learn more in this Discovery Chat!

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 62 – Text Painting

Composers drive home the meaning of words by composing appropriate musical settings.

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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!!!”

— Judy Webb, Loveland Ohio