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!
Your “listening guide” amazes me, in that it is a means of illustrating the role of various instrumental sections in communicating and “telling” a story. My background is science and technology so the 1 -1 ½ hours listening to a symphony with your presentation was an exciting learning experience I was not expecting.You are an exceptional talent and personality to be able to introduce someone like myself to the very complicated language of a symphony.