Bach’s Birthday
It’s been a couple days since J.S. Bach’s birthday on March 21. Think about this. What if you could write a musical composition that would still powerfully move listeners 300…
Piano
Discovery Orchestra Chat 124 – Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 Part 3
Maestro Maull continues the exploration of the 4th movement of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in this third of eight Discovery Orchestra Chats on the piece!
Discovery Orchestra Chat 121 – Beethoven Appassionata Part 6
Here’s the “wrap-up” of our look at Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 23 – The Appassionata. Guest artist, pianist Stephen Wu, plays the entire 3rd movement.
Discovery Orchestra Chat 120 – Beethoven Appassionata Part 5
In this Chat, Maestro Maull and pianist Stephen Wu continue to discuss the components of the Sonata form, focusing on the special ending, or coda, in Beethoven’s Appassionata.
In Praise of Joe and Rachel
My first encounter listening to a symphony orchestra remains permanently fixed in my memory. Not so with jazz. My love of jazz gradually seeped into my being over time –…
Discovery Orchestra Chat 119 – Beethoven Appassionata Part 4
In Chat 118, Maestro Maull discussed how Beethoven created tension in the middle section of the 3rd movement. In this Chat, Stephen Wu and Maestro Maull talk about how Beethoven…
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