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Discovery Orchestra Chat 124 – Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 Part 3

Maestro Maull continues the exploration of the 4th movement of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in this third of eight Discovery Orchestra Chats on the piece! Watch and listen to Chat…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 123 – Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 Part 2

Maestro Maull continues the exploration of the 4th movement of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in this second of eight Discovery Orchestra Chats on the piece! Watch and listen to Chat…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 122 – Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 Part 1

Maestro Maull begins the exploration of the 4th and final movement of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in this first of eight Discovery Orchestra Chats on the piece! Watch and listen…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 121 – Beethoven Appassionata Part 6

Here’s the “wrap-up” of our look at Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 23 – The Appassionata. Guest artist, pianist Stephen Wu, plays the entire 3rd movement. Watch and listen to Chat…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 120 – Beethoven Appassionata Part 5

In this Chat, Maestro Maull and pianist Stephen Wu continue to discuss the components of the Sonata form, focusing on the special ending, or coda, in Beethoven’s Appassionata. Watch and…

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Joe Sample, Old places Old faces

In Praise of Joe and Rachel

My first encounter listening to a symphony orchestra remains permanently fixed in my memory. Not so with jazz. My love of jazz gradually seeped into my being over time –…

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Thank you so much for inviting us to attend the Saint-Saens “Organ Symphony” recording session. I have always enjoyed listening to this work. As is always the case, your tutorial was excellent! I cannot believe how much more I now know about the “Organ Symphony”. And with more understanding comes a better appreciation. The Discovery Orchestra is much bigger than I remember. Their performance was excellent and truly exciting! A really big pipe organ performed by Mark Miller further enhanced the entire listening experience.

— Earle Eaton, Recording Engineer of our predecessor entity the Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey