Jeremy Summerly introduces Dvorak's Stabat Mater , written during a time of personal tragedy. Graham Fawcett talks about the mystical experiences revealed in Dvorak's music and wonders how his unrealised Dream of Gerontius might have sounded.
Drahomira Tikalova (soprano), Marta Krasova (contralto), Beno Blachut (tenor), Karel Kalas (bass), Czech
Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Vaclav Talich
Producer Antony Pitts