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…
Mood
A Cry Of Despair Part 2
In this episode, host George Marriner Maull continues to focus on the incredible music to be found in the fourth movement of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6. Taking up where he…
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…
Anyone for a Drink?
The raucous movement When We Are In The Tavern from Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana is the focus of this episode. Maestro Maull explores both the text and music of this…
Once Upon A Variation
Sir Edward Elgar, perhaps best known for his Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 played at graduation ceremonies the world over, also wrote some of the most powerfully moving music…
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