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Composer of the Week: Antonin Dvorak

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

(1841-1904)
"My main inclination is towards dramatic art...."
(Dvorak, 1904)
Jan Smaczny makes some new connections between
Dvorak the symphonist and Dvorak the dramatist.
Including excerpts from the operas Armida, The
Roguish Peasant and Vanda.
Prague Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, conductor Frantisek Dyk Symphonic Poem: The Golden Spinning Wheel Scottish National
Orchestra, conductor
Neeme Jarvi
Producer Simon Lord Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Jan SmacZny
Conductor:
Frantisek Dyk
Producer:
Simon Lord Discs
Vanda:
Drahomira Tikalova(sop)
Bozena:
Stefa Petrova(sop)
Slavoj:
Beno Blachut(tenor)
Source: Radio Times

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