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Inside Music with George Marriner Maull: A Midwinter Pastorale. Listen from anywhere.

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…

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Discover Vivaldi Winter Sign up for your free listening guide and bonus material

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…

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Radio Show Inside Music: Adios Nonino by Astor Piazzolla

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…

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Inside Music radio show episode: March to the Scaffold, the fourth movement of Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony; stream it anywhere

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…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 183 – Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo & Juliet Overture-Fantasy”, Part 4 with Maestro Maull

In this final Chat, listen to Tchaikovsky’s Romeo & Juliet Overture-Fantasy in its entirety with the Listening Guide on screen. It is highly recommended to watch and listen to the…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 182 – Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo & Juliet Overture-Fantasy”, Part 3 with Maestro Maull

This Chat begins with Maestro Maull exploring how a pair of ascending sequences can build emotional intensity, followed by the release of that tension. This emotional tension is a result…

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You are like the music teacher I never had! I devour your lessons. Thank you! {Refering to chat video Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo & Juliet Overture-Fantasy”, Part 1}

— Jethro Gómez Rodriguez, Australia