When Antonin Dvorak lived in Bohemia, he wrote music that sounded Bohemian. And for the brief time he lived in America, he wrote American-sounding music, and encouraged American composers to do the same. Today we'll hear a performance of Dvorak's "New World" symphony featuring the Cleveland Orchestra, led by conductor Franz Welser-Most.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
George Frideric Handel: "Angels Ever Bright and Fair" from "Theodora," HWV 68
Soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and conductor Nicholas McGegan
Traditional: "Turkey in the Straw,""Jerusalem Ridge," and "Ragtime Anne"
Time for Three
Ramsey Center, Athens, Georgia
Ernest Bloch: "Prayer," for Cello and Strings
Cellist Ladislav Szathmary with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Mario Kosik
Concert Studio, Bratislava, Slovakia
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C, K. 425 ("Linz")
The Academy Festival Orchestra with conductor Nicholas McGegan
Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, California
Claude Debussy: "Syrinx"
Flutist Robert Langevin
Kosciuszko Foundation, New York City
Franz Liszt: "Forgotten Waltz" No. 1
Violist Gyozo Mate and pianist Balazs Szokolay
Hungarian Radio, Budapest, Hungary
Hour 2
Morton Gould: "American Salute"
The Boston Pops with conductor John Williams
Arthur Foote: "Sarabande and Rigaudon"
Trio Virtuosi
George Bush Conference Center, College Station, Texas
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 ("From the New World")
The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor Franz Welser-Most
Lucerne Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland
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