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Great Composers in Words & Music: Antonín Dvořák

7/14/2023, 38 Tracks, 1:13:32

Featuring

  • Gerd Albrecht
  • Antoni Wit
  • Michael Halász
  • Alfred Walter
  • Alon Goldstein
  • Amit Peled
  • Dalibor Jenis
  • Hana Dobešová
  • Ilya Kaler
  • Iwona Sakowicz
  • Ladislava Vondráčková
  • Manuel Lange
  • Maria Kliegel
  • Michaela Rózsa Růžičková
  • Michelle Breedt
  • Nicholas Boulton
  • Peter Frisée
  • Peter Mikuláš
  • Robert Shafer
  • Roman Janál
  • Stephen Gunzenhauser
  • Zdeněk Košler
  • Ralph Evans
  • Efim Boico
  • Gil Sharon
  • Niklas Schmidt
  • Rebecca Hirsch
  • Caroline Dearnley
  • John Lenehan
  • Czech Philharmonic
  • WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
  • WDR Rundfunkchor Köln
  • Fine Arts Quartet
  • Joachim Trio
  • Orfeón Pamplonés
  • Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra
  • Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia NOSPR
  • Prague Chamber Choir
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Slovak State Philharmonic, Košice
  • The Washington Orchestra
  • Davinia Caddy

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Notable Performances

In 1884, Dvořák conducted his Stabat Mater in the Royal Albert Hall in London, just eight days after arriving from Prague.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Dvořák's first symphony, composed in early 1865, was initially submitted to a German composition competition.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

In 1891, the same year he completed his 'Dumky' Trio, Dvořák became a professor of composition and instrumentation at the Prague Conservatory.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Johannes Brahms, a renowned German composer, specifically praised Dvořák's Moravian Duets in response to his multi-composition submission for a stipendium in 1877.

Source: Booklet

Notable Performances

The premiere of Dvořák's Te Deum took place on October 21, 1892, at New York's Carnegie Hall, preceded by an address from American musical patron Thomas Wentworth Higginson.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Antonín Dvořák, a Bohemian composer, was born on September 8, 1841, in the village of Nelahozeves, near Prague.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Dvořák's music is characterized by its natural nobility, fluency, and freshness, embodying the spirit of his native Bohemian land.

Source: Booklet

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