Mother and Child
In 1943, when composer William Grant Still wrote his Suite for Violin and Piano, he took inspiration from three African American works of art, including Sargent Johnson’s “Mother & Child”,…
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Golliwog’s Satirical Cakewalk
This episode features the music of Claude Debussy and his suite for piano – The Children’s Corner. Inside Music with George Marriner Maull on WWFM The Classical Network is sponsored by Glenmede,…
March 8, 2020: Intimate Afternoon – Roll Out the Red Carpet
This special Intimate Afternoon will feature a 15 minute preview of Discover The Firebird!
We are thrilled to share a “sneak peak” of our latest television show, which will begin broadcasting nationwide in May.
Change That Chord
The importance of noticing re-harmonization in music is demonstrated utilizing the piano music of Bela Bartok and Claude Debussy. Host George Marriner Maull plays and speaks about a simple Slovakian…
The Problem with Program Notes
Movement I of Mozart’s Piano Sonata in C, K.545 is used by Host George Marriner Maull to look into “the problem with program notes” – the use of technical music…
Shall We Dance? Some Homework
Maurice Ravel wrote the following words about his composition La valse, po̬me chorÌographique pour orchestre: “Through whirling clouds, waltzing couples may be fairly distinguished. The clouds gradually scatter: one sees…
I was delighted to hear George Marriner Maull’s “Inside Music” when he discussed how to listen to and enjoy Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the 4th movement. To have the words of the choral Ode to Joy translated and explained (word for word) was enlightening and inspiring as well. And to learn all the intricacies of the music itself was fascinating.