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Introduction
Nicholas Boulton
Davinia Caddy
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Slavonic Dances, Op. 72, B. 147 : No. 1 in B Major (Excerpt) (Version for Orchestra)
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Antonín Dvořák
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Bits and pieces are all we may know about the music of Antonín Dvořák
Nicholas Boulton
Davinia Caddy
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10 Biblical Songs, Op. 99, B. 185: No. 4, Hospodin jest můj pastýř (Excerpt)
Iwona Sakowicz
Antonín Dvořák
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The fourth of Dvořák's Ten Biblical Songs, titled "The Lord is my shepherd" and set to a well-known Psalm text from the traditional Czech translation of the Kralice Bible
Nicholas Boulton
Davinia Caddy
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10 Biblical Songs, Op. 99, B. 185: No. 6, Slyš, ó Bože, volání mé (Excerpt)
Iwona Sakowicz
Antonín Dvořák
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Antonín Leopold Dvořák was born on 8 September 1841 in the village of Nelahozeves, near Kralupy, in Bohemia, approximately 28km north of Prague
Nicholas Boulton
Davinia Caddy
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Symphony No. 6 in G Major, Op. 116 "Historische Symphonie im Styl und Geschmack vier verschiedener Zeitabschnitte": IV. Allerneueste Periode, 1840. Allegro vivace (Excerpt)
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice
Louis Spohr
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Reflecting on this period of the composer's life, Zubatý (the Czech writer mentioned previously) wrote…
Nicholas Boulton
Davinia Caddy
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Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, B. 9 "The Bells of Zlonice": II. Adagio molto (Excerpt)
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Antonín Dvořák
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Dvořák's first symphony, composed between February and March 1865, began life as a submission to a German composition competition…
Nicholas Boulton
Davinia Caddy
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Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, B. 9 "The Bells of Zlonice": I. Maestoso - Allegro (Excerpt)
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Antonín Dvořák
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In early 1865, Dvořák started teaching piano to the daughters of a Prague goldsmith: one of the two, Anna Čermáková would later become his wife…
Nicholas Boulton
Davinia Caddy
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String Quartet No. 4 in E Minor, B. 19: I. Assai con moto ed energico (Excerpt)
Fine Arts Quartet
Antonín Dvořák
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Before he left the Provisional Theatre orchestra in the summer of 1871, Dvořák was the subject of an announcement in a leading local music journal
Nicholas Boulton
Davinia Caddy
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Král a uhlíř, B. 21, Act I Scene 9: Jaký zvuk to jest? (Excerpt)
Michelle Breedt
Antonín Dvořák
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It seems that Dvořák's revision of the opera between 1873 and 1874 was but part of a larger stylistic renovation being undertaken by the composer at the time
Nicholas Boulton
Davinia Caddy
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Moravské dvojzpěvy, Op. 32, B. 62: No. 2, Veleť vtáčku (Excerpt)
Michaela Rózsa Růžičková
Antonín Dvořák
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In response to Dvořák's multi-composition submission for the 1877 stipendium, Brahms singled out the Moravian Duets for special praise
Nicholas Boulton
Davinia Caddy
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Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, B. 83: No. 1 in C Major (Excerpt)
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Antonín Dvořák
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While this style of music might be regarded, somewhat cynically, as a kind of opportunistic "tourist nationalism" (to quote a recent historian), listeners in Dvořák's time thought the very opposite…
Nicholas Boulton
Davinia Caddy
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Piano Trio No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 65, B. 130: I. Allegro ma non troppo (Excerpt)
Joachim Trio
Antonín Dvořák
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In August 1883, Dvořák received a prestigious invitation: the London Philharmonic Society requested his presence as conductor (of his own orchestral works) in their forthcoming concert season
Nicholas Boulton
Davinia Caddy
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Stabat Mater, Op. 58, B. 71 : Stabat mater dolorosa (Excerpt) (1876 Version)
Washington Orchestra
Antonín Dvořák
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Dvořák left Prague for London on 5 March 1884: eight days later he was conducting the Stabat Mater in the Royal Albert Hall
Nicholas Boulton
Davinia Caddy
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Piano Trio No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 90, B. 166 "Dumky": I. Lento maestoso - Allegro vivace, quasi doppio movimento - Tempo I (Excerpt)
Ilya Kaler
Antonín Dvořák
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In 1891, the same year Dvořák completed the "Dumky" Trio, he took up the position of professor of composition and instrumentation at the Prague Conservatory
Nicholas Boulton
Davinia Caddy
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Te Deum, Op. 103, B. 176: Te Deum laudamus (Excerpt)
Orfeón Pamplonés
Antonín Dvořák
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The premiere of the Te Deum within the celebratory concert, which took place on 21 October 1892 at New York's Carnegie Hall, was preceded by a concert address by the American musical patron…
Nicholas Boulton
Davinia Caddy
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Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World": III. Scherzo. Molto vivace (Excerpt)
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Antonín Dvořák
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Following the premiere of his Ninth Symphony, Dvořák may well have looked forward to a prosperous and productive period in New York
Nicholas Boulton
Davinia Caddy
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Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191: III. Finale. Andante - Allegro vivo (Excerpt)
Maria Kliegel
Antonín Dvořák
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The next - and, indeed, the penultimate - phase in Dvořák's compositional journey seems to have emerged from his previous interest in music's extra-musical associations…
Nicholas Boulton
Davinia Caddy
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The Water Goblin, Op. 107, B. 195 (Excerpt)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Antonín Dvořák
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During his final years, Dvořák became the recipient of various honours…
Nicholas Boulton
Davinia Caddy
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Armida, Op. 115, B. 206, Act I Scene 1: Jak z dervišových prstů řinou (Excerpt)
Roman Janál
Antonín Dvořák
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Dvořák is said to have departed the theatre early on the evening of 25 March 1904, during the premiere of Armida at the National Theatre in Prague…
Nicholas Boulton
Davinia Caddy
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Hymnus ad laudes in festo Sanctae Trinitatis, B. 82 (Excerpt)
Iwona Sakowicz
Antonín Dvořák