It’s Beginning to Sound A Lot Like…
With the Covid pandemic still very much affecting social behavior, we are perhaps – depending on our personal view of the situation – being spared the annual bombardment of our…
AHA Classical
A Little Romance Part 2
Host George Marriner Maull concludes his look into the music of Johann Strauss, Jr. revisiting Wiener Blut and other Strauss mega-hits that tug on the heart strings of countless waltzers and non-waltzers…
A Little Romance
The music of Johann Strauss, Jr. has cast a dreamlike spell on listeners and dancers alike for over one-hundred years. Maestro Maull recalls hearing an attendee at one of the…
Mother and Child
American composer William Grant Still decided to orchestrate the 2nd movement of his 1943 Suite for Violin and Piano for string orchestra. The result? An intensified version of what was already a very moving musical…
To Him I Bow The Knee
When asked who was the greatest composer who had lived before him, the musical titan Ludwig van Beethoven responded without hesitation: “Handel! To him I bow the knee.” In this episode of Inside…
Every Once In A While
Maestro Maull explores the unsettling feeling we experience every once in a while when listening to music… when suddenly we think: “Wait a minute, didn’t someone else write that?” Examples…
Stumbled upon this quite by accident on our Maryland PBS station. What a joy! Firebird is my favorite piece of music and your wonderful program just enhanced my appreciation of Stravinsky’s genius. Thank you and keep up your great work of feeding our souls!