effective surprise

Discovery Orchestra Chat 110 – Another Effective Surprise

All surprises in life feel the way they do because of the unexpected aspect of the surprise. Composers can create “musical surprises” – see how in this Chat featuring pianist…

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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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I was thrilled when I finished listening to your second episode of my favorite piece of music. I always got emotional when I ‘heard’ the second movement of Beethoven’s Seventh [Symphony], but this time I was deeply touched as I could do much more than just ‘hearing’, I could finally ‘listen’ to Beethoven!

— Inside Music radio listener

 

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