Discovery Orchestra Chat 62 – Text Painting
Composers drive home the meaning of words by composing appropriate musical settings.
Do you like being deceived? Well, composers use deceptive cadences to surprise the music listener!
Stumbled upon this quite by accident on our Maryland PBS station. What a joy! Firebird is my favorite piece of music and your wonderful program just enhanced my appreciation of Stravinsky’s genius. Thank you and keep up your great work of feeding our souls!