A Belated Valentine

The creation of emotional tension and the release of it is a common aesthetic goal among all composers of wordless, abstract music. The moment of greatest emotional intensity in a movement – referred to by Sergei Rachmaninoff as ‘The Point’ – is explored by host George Marriner Maull in Movement II of Rachmaninoff’s extremely romantic Second Symphony.

Inside Music with George Marriner Maull on WWFM The Classical Network is sponsored by Glenmede, an independent trust company providing investment and wealth management services with offices in Princeton, Morristown and Philadelphia.