Another Side of Rachmaninoff
Host George Marriner Maull, as a 9-year-old boy soprano, discovered another side of composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. He had listened to his mother play a number of his solo piano works…
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A Cry Of Despair Part 1
Tchaikovsky composed his 6th symphony between February and August of 1893 and conducted the premiere on October 28th – just nine days before he died. That Tchaikovsky’s life had a…
A Midwinter Pastorale
Host George Marriner Maull looks to warmer weather as he guides listeners in the unusual 5th Movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, the only one of Beethoven’s symphonies that contains…
Discover Winter from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Free Listening Guide Listening Guides are visual ‘roadmaps’ of classical pieces for ‘do-it-yourself’ listening lessons, using YouTube recordings recommended by Maestro Maull. The Guide highlights specific musical details to notice…
Adios Nonino
Argentine tango composer and bandoneon virtuoso Ástor Piazzolla revolutionized traditional tango into a new style called nuevo tango. He wrote this touching work in about thirty minutes while on tour…
March to the Scaffold!
Host George Marriner Maull will dive into what some historians believe to be a hallucinogenic musical excursion from the mind of French composer Louis-Hector Berlioz. March To The Scaffold, the fourth…
Marvelous job, Maestro, as always! Thank you for doing such a splendid, insightful and careful deep-dive into the art and craftsmanship that Tchaikovsky, after much effort, put into creating this work. There really is no greater portrayal of young love in music than his Romeo and Juliet, and your thoughtfulness demonstrates it so admirably.