America
Donald Macleod introduces some of the works Dvorák wrote during his stay in America including two which famously attracted nicknames associated with his temporary home.
In 1892 Dvorák embarked on a trip to the USA where he?d been appointed Director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York. He was asked to undertake the formidable task of helping found a national identity for American music and became fascinated by the indigenous melodies of its diverse peoples. Donald Macleod introduces a string quartet written during his summer holiday in the little Bohemian settlement at Spillville in the American mid-west, plus the best known of all his symphonies, named after his temporary home.
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Antonín Dvořák
Symphony no.9 (Scherzo)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- Philips 464 640-2.
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Antonín Dvořák
Klid
Performer: Heinrich Schiff. Performer: André Previn.- Philips 434 914-2.
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Antonín Dvořák
Biblical Songs op.99 nos 1, 7 and 10,
Singer: Magdalena Kožená. Orchestra: BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Deutsche Grammophon DG4790065.
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Antonín Dvořák
String Quartet no.12 in F op.96: American
Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.- Supraphon SU40382.
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Antonín Dvořák
Sonatina in G for violin and piano op.110 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Orli Shaham.- Deutsche Grammophon DG449 820-2.
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- Thu 5 Sep 201312:00BBC Radio 3
- Thu 5 Sep 201318:00BBC Radio 3
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