Not…By Piazzolla! Astor Piazzolla is the musician most associated with Tango Nuevo. However, there were a number of composer-performers who contributed to the development of this style of tango writing—fellow bandoneón player, José…
Inside Music host George Marriner Maull explores one of the most well-known classical music compositions ever written—Spring, from The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi. Highlighting and demonstrating Vivaldi’s verbal descriptions in this prime example…
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is famous for many things––not the least of which was his ability to write incredibly exciting moments of symphonic music. In this episode of Inside Music, Maestro…
In this episode of Inside Music, host George Marriner Maull explores Movement II of Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major. Many people know this music as the Air on the…
Of course, you have! On the left, you have me with Santa Claus in 1952, with my older brother Howard as my backup, making sure that Santa got my list…
November 2024 (Revised from the blog post The Opening Chord of June 2011) I’ve been writing posts for this blog for over fourteen years. Sometimes I wonder if anyone actually…
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.