Podcast appearances and mentions of antonin dvorak

Antonín Dvořák - In Nature's Realm OvertureBBC Philharmonic OrchestraStephen Gunzenhauser, conductorMore info about today's track: Naxos 8.550600Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc.SubscribeYou can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed.Purchase this recordingAmazon

Antonín Dvořák - Stabat Mater: Tui Nati VulneratiWestminster Choir New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Zdenek Macal, conductorMore info about today's track: Delos DE3227Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. SubscribeYou can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed.Purchase this recordingAmazon

Es sind oft grausame Begebenheiten, die Antonin Dvorak zu aufregenden „Symphonischen Dichtungen“ verarbeitet hat. Die Werke nach böhmischen Märchenballaden sind alle nach der berühmten „Symphonie aus der Neuen Welt“ entstanden, also Werke aus der Spätphase des Komponisten und enthalten herrliche Melodien, aber auch pittoreske Klangbilder, die sich zu spannenden Erzählungen verdichten. Im heutigen Musiksalon hören wir Beispiele aus den blutrünstigen musikalischen Thrillern „Die Waldtaube“, „Der Wassermann“ und „Die Mittagshexe“, sowie die gesamte Tondichtung „Das goldene Spinnrad“, die als einzige ein Happy End hat.

Antonín Dvořák - Symphonic VariationsSlovak Philharmonic Orchestra Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductorMore info about today's track: Naxos 8.550271Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc.SubscribeYou can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed.Purchase this recordingAmazon

Antonín Dvořák - Silent WoodsMaria Kliegel, celloNina Tichman, pianoMore info about today's track: Naxos 8.557613Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc.SubscribeYou can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed.Purchase this recordingAmazon

Antonin Dvořák - String Quartet No. 1: 3rd movementVlach Quartet PragueMore info about today's track: Naxos 8.557357Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc.SubscribeYou can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed.Purchase this recordingAmazon

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about Senegal's legislative elections. There's “On This Day”, “The Listener's Corner” with Paul Myers, and Erwan Rome's “Music from Erwan”– all that, and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.WORLD RADIO DAY is coming up - it's on 13 February. As we do every year, we'll have a feast in The Sound Kitchen, filled with your voices.Send your SHORT recorded WRD greetings to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr by 1 February. This year's theme is "Radio and Climate Change", but you don't have to talk about the theme - if you just want to say "hello!", that's fine, too.Be sure you include your name and where you live in your message.Most importantly, get under a blanket to record. This will make your recording broadcast quality.Bombard me with your greetings!!!!The RFI English team is pleased to announce that Saleem Akhtar Chadhar, the president of the RFI Seven Stars Listening Club in District Chiniot, Pakistan, won the RFI / Planète Radio ePOP video contest, in the RFI Clubs category. Bravo Saleem! Mubarak ho!Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your music requests, so get them in! Send your music requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr  Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Facebook: Be sure to send your photos to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr for the RFI English Listeners Forum banner!More tech news: Did you know we have a YouTube channel? Just go to YouTube and write “RFI English” in the search bar, and there we are! Be sure to subscribe to see all our videos.Would you like to learn French? RFI is here to help you!Our website “Le Français facile avec RFI” has news broadcasts in slow, simple French, as well as bilingual radio dramas (with real actors!) and exercises to practice what you have heard.Go to our website and get started! At the top of the page, click on “Test level”. According to your score, you'll be counselled to the best-suited activities for your level.Do not give up! As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it.” She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Spotlight on France, Spotlight on Africa, The International Report, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We also have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. Remember, podcasts are radio, too! As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Please keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English - that's how I worked on my French, reading books that were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here.Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!This week's quiz: On the 23rd of November, I asked you a question about the legislative elections in Senegal, which were won by a comfortable margin by Pastef, the ruling party.The win came just a few months after President Bassirou Diomaye Faye secured the presidency, pledging economic transformation, social justice, and a fight against corruption, so now the way is cleared for Faye and Pastef to carry out ambitious reforms. May they succeed!You were to re-read our article “Senegal's ruling Pastef party on track to get large majority in elections”, and send in the answer to these questions: How many registered voters are there in Senegal, how many members are there in the Parliament, and for how long do those MPs serve?The answer is, to quote our article: “Senegal's roughly 7.3 million registered voters were called to elect 165 MPs for five-year terms.”In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question: “What is the best thing to wake up to?”Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: RFI Listeners Club member Kashif Khalil from Faisalabad, Pakistan, who is also this week's bonus question winner.Congratulations on your double win, Kashif!Also on the list of lucky winners this week are Nafisa Khatun, the president of the RFI Mahila Shrota Sangha Club in West Bengal, India, and Nahid Hossen, a member of the Shetu RFI Listeners Club in Naogaon, Bangladesh. There's RFI Listeners Club member Sunil Dhungana from Braga, Portugal, and last but not least, RFI English listener Renu Sharma from Rajasthan, India.Congratulations, winners!Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: Slavonic Dance op. 46 No. 6 by Antonin Dvorak, performed by the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell; “Jarabi”, written and performed by Toumani Diabaté and Sidiki Diabaté; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer, and “La Musette” by Léojac and René Flouron, performed by Berthe Sylva with the Orchestre des Concerts Parisiens conducted by André Cadou.Do you have a music request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.frThis week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read Melissa Chemam's article “France's ex-president Sarkozy on trial over alleged Gaddafi pact”, which will help you with the answer.You have until 3 February to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 8 February podcast. When you enter be sure to send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Send your answers to:english.service@rfi.frorSusan OwensbyRFI – The Sound Kitchen80, rue Camille Desmoulins92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFranceClick here to learn how to win a special Sound Kitchen prize.Click here to find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or form your own official RFI Club.   

Musik, die uns Geborgenheit und inneren Frieden gibt. Es geht musikalisch in die Ferne und wieder zurück zu unserer eigenen Grundtonart – mit dichten Streichern und warmen Holzbläsern. Diese Musikstücke hörst Du in dieser Folge: Michael Bublé – "Home" // Percy Grainger – "Danny Boy" // Michael Bolton – "Home" // Antonin Dvorak – "Romanze für Cello" // Michel Petrucciani – "Home" // Hape Kerkeling – "Der Weg nach Haus" // Den Podcast "Helau und Hell No - Inside Karnevalistischer Tanzsport" vom BR findest Du hier: https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/helau-und-hell-no-inside-karnevalistischer-tanzsport/13854869/ Wenn Du eine Idee oder einen Wunsch zu einem musikalischen Thema hast, dann schreib mir eine Mail: playlist@ndr.de

Antonin Dvorak - Symphony No. 8: 4th movementSlovak Philharmonic Orchestra Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductorMore info about today's track: Naxos 8.550269Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc.SubscribeYou can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed.Purchase this recordingAmazon

Avui escoltarem: Concert per a violoncel, op. 104. L'any 1892, quan tenia 51 anys i era al zenit de la seva creativitat i presitigi, Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) va acceptar una oferta molt llaminera dels Estats Units per dirigir el Conservatori de Nova York i l'Orquestra Filharm

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Avui escoltarem: "Te deum" per a cor solistes i orquestra, op. 103; Sonatina per a viol

In this week's WCRI Kids Hour, hosts Jamie and Spencer listen to music about witches. You'll hear music from Wicked, Harry Potter, Antonin Dvorak, Modest Mussorgsky, and more!

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Antonin Dvorak - String Quartet No. 12 'American': 4th movementVlach Quartet PragueMore info about today's track: Naxos 8.553256Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc.SubscribeYou can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed.Purchase this recordingAmazon

Antonin Dvorak - Bagatelles: Allegretto Scherzando Oliver Triendl, harmoniumVogler String QuartetMore info about today's track: CPO 777624-2Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc.SubscribeYou can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed.Purchase this recordingAmazon

Welcome to a special concert edition of Inwood Art Works On Air podcast featuring the Inwood Chamber Players performing a chamber concert featuring selections from European Masters: Johannes Brahms, Franz Doppler, Maurice Ravel, Ottorino Respighi, Giacomo Puccini, Serge Prokofiev, Almilcare Ponchielli, Antonin Dvorak. It was recorded live on June 2, 2024 at Good Shepherd Auditorium. With arrangements by Inwood resident, Gilbert Dejean. Featuring soloists:Helen Campo - FluteDanny Miller - CelloSetsuko Otake - OboeProgram:Johannes BrahmsHungarian Dance No. 4 Ottorino RespighiFrom Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2 - Laura Soave Serge ProkofievFrom Romeo and Juliet - Dance of the Knights Antonin DvorakConcerto for Cello and Orchestra op. 1042nd Movement Adagio, ma non troppoDanny Miller - Cello Soloist Ottorino RespighiFrom Ancient Airs and Dance Suite No. 2 - Danza Rustica Maurice RavelPavane Ottorino RespighiFrom Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2 - Bergamasca Giocomo PucciniSenza Mamma from Suor AngelicaSetsuko Otake - Oboe Soloist Franz DopplerFantasie Pastorale HongroiseHelen Campo - Flute Soloist Almicare PonchielliDance of the Hours from La Gioconda Musicians:Helen Campo - Flute 1, Kimberly O'Hare - Flute 2 and Piccolo, Setsuko Otake - Oboe 1, Karen Birch Blundell - Oboe 2, Meryl Abt Greenfield - Clarinet 1, Jackie Gillette - Clarinet 2, RJ Kelly - Horn 1, Nancy Billmann - Horn 2, Sarah Boxmeyer - Horn 3, Laura Weiner - Horn 4, Patricia Wang - Bassoon 1, Yuki Higashi - Bassoon 2, Jeffrey Levine - Double Bass, Danny Miller – Cello, Violetta Norrie - Harp

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Hey, y'all! Welcome to the Gary Church Podcast . . . from Gary Church, here in Wheaton, IL. We would love to have you worship with us! You may find more information about our next worship service at www.garychurch.org. This is the scripture and message from February 11, 2024- "There's A Stirrin' In The Water"!  Our scripture is read by Rev. Steve Conger (00:05) and the message is brought by the Festival Choir (Gary United Methodist Church Chancel Choir and 1st Presbyterian Church Wheaton Choirs, and members of the community) and entitled "There's A Stirrin' in the Water" (01:46). At Gary Church our mission through Christ is to grow in joyful faith and serve all in love! John 5:1-9Revised Common Lectionary"There's a Stirrin' in the Water"a celebration of African American spiritualsby Charles Myricks, Jr. and Jesse AyersFestival Choir and OrchestraDr. Alonza Lawrence, baritoneJennifer Whiting, conductorFeaturing African American spiritualsSteal AwaySometimes I Feel like a Motherless ChildDeep RiverGod's Gonna Set This World on FireI Am Determined to Walk with JesusAin't Got Time to DieInstrumental quotations:Go Down Moses, Keep Your Hand on the Plow, Give Me Jesus,and Symphony No. 9, From the New World, Antonin Dvorak

The Railroad Hour "The Gypsy Baron" December 8, 1952 NBC Music by Johann Strauss  The Railroad Hour "Roaring Camp" August 17, 1953 NBC Music by Antonin Dvorak 

SynopsisOn today's date in 1890, Czech composer Antonin Dvorak conducted the first performance of his Symphony No. 8 in Prague, on the occasion of his election to the Bohemian Academy of Science, Literature and Arts.By 1890, Dvorak was a world-famous composer, honored in his own country and abroad. Within a year of its premiere, Dvorak conduced his Symphony No. 8 again in London, Frankfurt and at Cambridge University, where he received an honorary doctorate in music in 1891.Despite some mysterious and melancholy passages, Dvorak's Eighth Symphony is usually described as “sunny,” “idyllic” and “pastoral.” Its final movement opens with a brass fanfare, perhaps a reference to a century-old tradition of signal trumpeters playing from the towers and parapets in Prague, a sight and sound that visitors to the famous Astronomical Clock tower in that city's Old Town Square can still experience today.It's amusing — and perhaps revealing of something deep in the national spirit — that at a rehearsal of this finale, legendary Czech conductor Rafael Kubelik quipped to his players, "Gentlemen, in Bohemia the trumpets never call to battle — they always call to the dance!"Music Played in Today's ProgramAntonin Dvorak (1841-1904): Symphony No. 8; Berlin Philharmonic; Rafael Kubelik, cond. DG 447 412

Iowa illustrator and author Gary Kelley discusses his latest graphic novel, Red, White, and Black. America's Czech With Balance! and collaboration with the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony.

Mit seiner Siebten widerlegt Dvořák die Klischees vom naiven böhmischen Musikanten. Unter dem Einfluss seines Freundes Johannes Brahms schreibt er eine Sinfonie, in der er auf Volkmusikanklänge weitgehend verzichtet. Das pathetisch expressive Werk in d-Moll macht ihn 1885 endgültig international bekannt. Von Michael Lohse.

Scotland-based American conductor Kellen Gray is Assistant Conductor of the English National Opera and Assistant Conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. He's attuned to the orchestral repertory, including Bela Bartok, Antonin Dvorak, Aaron Copland, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. He's also passionate about championing African-diasporic composers, and has two critically acclaimed albums - African-American Voices 1 and 2 - with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Suzanne spoke with Kellen Gray about his introduction to music growing up in South Carolina, and how it continues to impact his work as a conductor.

SynopsisNov. 17, 1878, marked a milestone in the career of 37-year old Czech composer Antonin Dvorak. For the first time, he engaged and conducted the orchestra of the Provisional Theater in Prague in a concert entirely of his own works, including the premiere performance of a new Serenade for Winds.Earlier that year, Dvorak heard a performance of a Mozart wind serenade in Vienna and was so taken by the sound of Mozart's double-reeds and horns that he wrote a similar work in just two weeks.Dvorak added to the open-air feel of Mozart's 18th-century wind serenade some lively 19th-century Czech dance rhythms. But he also chose the key of D minor, reserved by Mozart for some of his most serious works. That enables Dvorak's Serenade to seem both somber and upbeat, infused with musical shadows and sunlight.The new work was well received in Prague and also in Vienna, where one its biggest fans was Johannes Brahms, who wrote: ``A more lovely, refreshing impression of real, rich and charming creative talent you can't imagine. I think it must be a pleasure for the wind players!''Music Played in Today's ProgramAntonin Dvorak Serenade for Winds; St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, cond. Teldec

Während seines Studiums spielt Anton Dvořák Bratsche in Prager Kaffeehäusern, um nicht zu verhungern. Vielleicht entwickelt er da seinen Sinn für geniale Melodien, die zugleich glücklich machen und melancholisch stimmen. Zu bewundern zum Beispiel in seinem berühmten Klaviertrio von 1891. Von Christoph Vratz.

SynopsisIn 1886, a Czech patron of the arts named Josef Hlavka had a chapel built at his summer residence at Lužany in Bohemia and asked his composer friend Antonin Dvorak to write a mass to dedicate it.As a devout Catholic, Dvorak was happy to oblige. Since the chapel was quite small, Dvorak wrote his Mass in D Major for just a quartet of soloists, a small choir, and organ, and led the premiere performance there on today's date in 1887, with his wife Anna singing one of the solo roles.Dvorak told Hlavka he was grateful for the chance to write so intimate a piece. “Until now,” wrote Dvorak, “I had only written sacred works of larger proportions with considerable vocal and instrumental means at my disposal.”Ironically, Dvorak's intimate “Lužany Mass” became popular as just such a large-scale work. At the request of his publisher, Dvorak orchestrated his “Mass,” and in that form it received its international premiere in 1893 at the immense Crystal Palace in London, performed by a huge chorus and a large symphony orchestra.The published orchestrated version became extremely popular during Dvorak's lifetime, but his small-scale original version was not even published until 1963.Music Played in Today's ProgramAntonin Dvořák (1841 - 1904) Mass in D Christ Church Cathedral Choir;Nicholas Cleobury, o;Simon Preston, cond. London/Decca 448 089-2

Antonin Dvorak - Serenade for Winds: MinuettoLincoln Center Chamber Music SocietyMore info about today's track: Delos DE3152Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.SubscribeYou can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed.Purchase this recordingAmazon

As an advocate of historically marginalized composers, musicologist Douglas Shadle is a leading voice in public discussions about the role of symphony orchestras and orchestral music in American life. His first book, Orchestrating the Nation: The Nineteenth-Century American Symphonic Enterprise (Oxford, 2016), explores the volatile relationships between composers, performers, critics, and audiences throughout the 19th century and demonstrates why American composers rarely find a home on concert programs today.   Shadle is also a highly-regarded expert on fellow Little Rock native Florence Price, the first African American woman to win international acclaim as a composer. His research on Price has been featured in The New Yorker, New York Times, and NewMusicBox. Shadle's second book recontextualizes Antonín Dvořák's iconic New World Symphony within the complex landscape of American culture at the end of the nineteenth century.   Shadle's publications have won two ASCAP Deems/Taylor Virgil Thomson Awards, the Society for American Music Irving Lowens Article Award, the inaugural American Musicological Society H. Robert Cohen/RIPM Award, and the Vanderbilt Chancellor's Award for Research. Shadle joined the Blair School faculty in 2014 and has served as the chair of the Department of Musicology and Ethnomusicology since 2019.   Thank you for joining us on One Symphony. Thanks to Douglas Shadle for sharing his knowledge and insights, you can find Antonin Dvorak's New World Symphony where you get your books. Works on the show today included Dvorak's American String Quartet performed by the Prague Quartet and his Ninth Symphony with Charles Mackerras and the London Philharmonic, Myun-Wun Chung and the Vienna Philharmonic, and Paavo Jarvi and the Cincinnati Symphony.   You can always find more info at OneSymphony.org including a virtual tip jar if you'd like to support the show. Please feel free to rate, review, or share the show! Until next time, thank you for being part of the music! https://www.pricefest.org/about/douglas-shadle https://devinpatrickhughes.com onesymphony.org    

Wie klingt eigentlich amerikanische Musik? Diese Frage hat sich Antonin Dvorak gestellt, als er seine Sinfonie "Aus der Neuen Welt" komponierte. Roland Kunz entdeckt in den unterschiedlichen Interpretationen galoppierende Pferde und stolze Häuptlinge.

Antonin Dvorak - Festival MarchBerlin Radio Symphony OrchestraHans Zimmer, conductorMore info about today's track: Naxos 8.559092Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.SubscribeYou can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed.Purchase this recordingAmazon

Welcome to a soothing and serene episode of our podcast, "Sleeping with Dvorak." In this episode, we invite you to unwind and drift off to a blissful slumber with 30 minutes of tranquil music meticulously crafted from a sample of Antonin Dvorak's enchanting Slavonic Dances, opp. 46 "No. 1 in C Major." Immerse yourself in the gentle melodies and delicate harmonies as they guide you on a tranquil journey towards deep relaxation. The seamless fusion of Dvorak's timeless composition with contemporary elements creates a truly mesmerizing experience, offering a harmonious blend of classical beauty and modern serenity.As you surrender to the ebb and flow of the music, allow your mind to find solace and your body to embrace a state of tranquility. Each note is carefully selected to create an ambiance that lulls you into a peaceful sleep, enveloping you in a cocoon of serenity.Tune in to "Sleeping with Dvorak" and let the enchanting soundscape created from Dvorak's Slavonic Dances transport you to a place of serenity and restoration. Whether you're seeking respite from the day's demands or simply need a peaceful companion for your nighttime routine, this episode is designed to provide the perfect soundtrack for a restful sleep.So, dim the lights, lay back, and allow the delicate strains of music to cradle you into a deep slumber. Join us on this journey of tranquility and let the soothing power of music guide you towards a restorative rest.Music and sound was recorded by Matt Ridenour exclusively for Sleep BetterContact: Email me at sleepbetterpodcast@gmail.com

Antonin Dvorak: Festival March Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Antoni Wit, conductor More info about today's track: Naxos 8.553005 Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon

Synopsis During his stay in America, the Czech composer Antonin Dvorak became convinced that distinctive American music could be based on two sources: the work songs and spirituals of African-Americans and the chants and dances of indigenous Native American tribes. By the early 20th century, a number of American composers had taken his suggestions to heart. One of them, Arthur Farwell, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on today's date in 1872. Farwell went to MIT intending to become an electrical engineer, and did, in fact, get his engineering degree in 1893, the same year Dvorak's views began appearing in the press. Farwell decided that a musical career might be more interesting than engineering. Frustrated at his inability to find a publisher for his set of solo piano transcriptions entitled American Indian Melodies, he formed his own publishing house. Farwell also set Emily Dickinson poems to music, experimented with polytonality, and, in 1916, arranged for the first “light show” in New York's Central Park, decades before the psychedelic 1960s. Farwell taught at Cornell, UC Berkley and Michigan State, but never felt at home in academia, preferring to organize community-based musical pageants with audience participation. He died at the age of 79 in New York in 1953. Music Played in Today's Program Arthur Farwell (1872 – 1952) Navajo War Dance and Song of Peace Dario Muller, piano Marco Polo 223715

Synopsis At London's St. James's Hall on today's date in 1885, the Czech composer Antonin Dvorak conducted the London Philharmonic Society's orchestra in the premiere of his Seventh Symphony, a work they had commissioned. The Society had also commissioned Beethoven's Ninth Symphony decades earlier, a fact of which Dvorak was quite aware, and just before starting work Dvorak heard and was bowled over by the brand-new Third Symphony by his friend and mentor Johannes Brahms.  In other words… “No pressure!”Dvorak felt he must do his very best, and, judging by the warm reception at its London premiere, the new work was a success, with one reviewer calling it “one of the greatest works of its class produced in the present generation.”But not all reviews were glowing. Another wrote, “the entire work is painted grey on grey: it lacks sweetness of melody and lightness of style.” And Dvorak's German publisher complained that big symphonies were not profitable and advised Dvorak write only shorter piano pieces that had a ready market.But subsequent performances helped establish the new symphony as the masterwork it is, and although not as often-played as his “New World” Symphony, today Dvorak's Seventh ranks among his finest creations. Music Played in Today's Program Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) Scherzo (3rd mvt), from Symphony No. 7 in d, Op. 70 Berlin Philharmonic; Rafael Kubelik, conductor. DG 463158-2

Antonin Dvorak - In Nature's Realm Overture BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor More info about today's track: Naxos 8.550600 Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon

We open this segment of Midday with music by Antonin Dvorak, from his Symphony No. 9 ("From the New World") performed by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Joining Tom now is Mark Hanson. Last spring, he was appointed the President and CEO of the BSO, and job number one for him was hiring a new music director. In July, the BSO announced it has signed a five year contract with Jonathon Heyward, a 30 year-old African American musician who grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. He will become the first Black maestro to lead a major symphony in the United States.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Along with Antonin Dvorak and Bedrich Smetana, Leos Janacek is known as one of the three great Czech composers. He was born in Moravia, part of the Austrian Empire at the time, and became passionately interested in studying the folk music of his Moravian culture. After World War I, when the empire collapsed and Moravia became incorporated into the new country of Czechoslovakia, those nationalistic sentiments only increased, and Janacek was the perfect person to express those feelings through his music, seeing as his interest in the folk music of his homeland had been a lifelong passion for him. Enter the Sinfonietta, written in 1926, commissioned by none other than a Gymnastics festival! A sinfonietta is usually a smaller scale piece than a symphony, shorter, with a lighter orchestration and a lighter touch. But Janacek was always a rebel, and his Sinfonietta is a symphony in all but name, featuring an absolutely massive brass section that lustily performs the nationliaistic fanfares that Janacek gleefully adds  to the music. The Sinfonietta is an expression of patriotic love for Janacek's homeland, but it is also a piece that shows off so many of the things that make Janacek such a unique and underrated composer, his love of short fragmented melodies, his shocks and surprises, his innovative use of orchestration, and more. If you're not familiar with Janacek's music, the Sinfonietta is the perfect entry point, so come join us on this Patreon-sponsored episode!

Antonin Dvorak - Rusalka: Song to the Moon Jana Valaskova, soprano Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Johannes Wildner, conductor More info about today's track: Naxos 8.552139-40 Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon

Synopsis Today's date marks the premiere in New York City, in 1925, of a classic operetta “The Vagabond King” by Rudolf Friml, the source of many once-popular sentimental tunes, including “Love Me Tonight,” and “Only a Rose.” Friml was born in Prague in 1879, and he studied composition there with no less a master than Antonin Dvorak. He started his career as a piano accompanist to the famous Czech violinist Jan Kubelik, then emigrated to the U.S. in 1906. In 1907, he appeared as a soloist in his own First Piano Concerto with the New York Symphony, and decided to make America his home. Friml wrote two piano concertos, a symphony, solo piano pieces — and three film scores for Hollywood. But he's remembered today chiefly for 24 stage works, beginning in 1912 with “The Firefire,” his first big musical success, and continuing with many others, including the 1924 operetta “Rose Marie” – which in 1936 was made into a successful film starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. Their rendition of Friml's “Indian Love Call” has become a campy cult classic. Even Friml was occasionally embarrassed by the success of some of his flufflier pop works, and would publish some of these under the pseudonym of Roderick Freeman. He died in Los Angeles in 1972, aged 92. Music Played in Today's Program Rudolf Friml (1879-1972): Song of the Vagabonds, from The Vagabond King –Eastman-Dryden Orchestra: Donald Hunsberger, cond. (Arabesque 6562) Rudolf Friml (1879-1972): Chanson "In Love" –New London Orchestra; Ronald Corp, cond. (Hyperion 67067)