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Discovery Orchestra Chat 99 – Effective Surprise

George explores another composer whose music seems, on the surface, incredibly simple yet is filled with wonderful effective surprises – Frederic Chopin! He uses Chopin’s Nocturne No. 20 in C…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 98 – Utter Simplicity and Effective Surprise

Sometimes the utter simplicity of Schubert’s music masks the fact that he was brilliant at creating effective surprise for the listener. See how in this Discovery Orchestra Chat with guest…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 80 – Revisiting Paragraphs

Discovery Orchestra Chats continue with another lesson in ternary form. Follow along as the orchestra’s Executive Director Virginia Johnston and Maestro Maull’s wife, Marcia, perform the second movement of Brahms’…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 52 – Discover Brahms, Part 5

In this fifth of a five-part series, Maestro Maull explores Brahms’ Rhapsodie Op. 79, No 2 in G Minor with pianist Christopher Johnson. Watch and listen to Chat 48, Part…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 51 – Discover Brahms Part 4

In this fourth of a five-part series, Maestro Maull explores Brahms’ Rhapsodie Op. 79, No 2 in G Minor with pianist Christopher Johnson. Watch and listen to Chat 48, Part…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 50 – Discover Brahms, Part 3

In this third of a five-part series, Maestro Maull explores Brahms’ Rhapsodie Op. 79, No 2 in G Minor with pianist Christopher Johnson. Watch and listen to Chat 48, Part…

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Wow, thank you so much for sharing this wonderful program. Maestro Maull is a true master of oral presentation and explanation. Clear and engaging, friendly but challenging. He drew in the on-site crowd – and me – to think and listen. I resonated with the way he “taught” the crowd through normal conversational speech … thanks again for expanding my consciousness!

– “Discover Saint-Saens’ ‘Organ’ Symphony” television show viewer