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Expecting, and Getting, Great Things

In the fall of 1892, Antonin Dvorak arrived in America to teach. He wrote home, "The Americans expect great things of me. I am to show them to the Promised Land, the realm of a new, independent art...a national style of music!" Americans got great things from Dvorak, including his New World symphony. The Cleveland orchestra and conductor Franz Welser-Most perform it today, from their winter residency in Miami.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Edward Elgar: Empire March from Pageant of Empire
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Yehudi Menuhin

York Bowen: Phantasy for Viola and Piano, Op. 54
Violist Lawrence Power and pianist Julien Quentin
Verbier Festival and Academy, Vevey, Switzerland

Isaac Albeniz: Mallorca
Guitarist Emanuele Buono
Parkening International Guitar Competition, Malibu, California

Frederic Chopin: Fantaisie-Impromptu No. 4 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 66
Pianist Michael Roll
Portland Piano International, Portland, Oregon

Edward Elgar: First movement from Symphony No. 1 in A-flat, Op. 55
The Aspen Concert Orchestra with conductor Christopher Seaman
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado

Hour 2

Carl Maria von Weber: Leise, Leise, fromme Weise, from Der Freischutz
Clarinetist Sabine Meyer with the Orchestra of Zurich Opera and conductor Franz Welser-Most

Edward MacDowell: Traumerei, from Twelve Virtuoso Studies for Solo Piano, Op. 46, No. 9
Pianist Alan Feinberg
New York Society for Ethical Culture, New York City

Amy Beach: Twilight, Op. 2, No. 1
Baritone Thomas Hampson and pianist Craig Rutenberg
Minnesota Beethoven Festival, Winona, Minnesota

Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95
The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor Franz Welser-Most
Arsht Center, Miami

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