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Composer of the Week: Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

on BBC Radio 3

1/5. Casting the Die - Dvorak the Opera Composer Donald Macleod presents excerpts from Dvorak's operas and his five late symphonic poems.
At Dawn, as I Merrily Pursued a Slender Gazelle (Armida) Milada Subrtova (soprano), Prague RSO, conductor Vaclav Jiracek Dramatic Overture Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Libor Pesek
The King and the Charcoal Burner (excerpts) Jitka Svobodova (soprano), Drahomira
Drobkova (alto), Miroslav Kopp (tenor),
Rene Tucek (baritone), Dalibor Jedlicka (bass), Prague National Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Josef Chaloupka
The Water Goblin, Op 107 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle
Producer Gwawr Owen
Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight
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Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Soprano:
Milada Subrtova
Conductor:
Vaclav Jiracek
Soprano:
Jitka Svobodova
Tenor:
Miroslav Kopp
Tenor:
Rene Tucek
Baritone:
Dalibor Jedlicka
Conductor:
Josef Chaloupka
Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Producer:
Gwawr Owen

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