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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Dvorak in America

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Dvorak in America: Episode 3: Ivo Kahanek

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Episode 3

Episode 3: Ivo Kahanek

Dvorak in America

Ivo Kahanek

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Czech pianist Ivo Kahanek performs Dvorak's American Suite and Ives's Three-Page Sonata.

Recital given at Perth Concert Hall by Czech pianist Ivo Kahanek. Dvorak: Suite in A, Op 98. Ives: Three-Page Sonata. Dvorak: Eight Humoresques, Op 101.

In this series of recitals from Perth Concert Hall, Czech pianist Ivo Kahanek performs Dvorak's American Suite in its original version for solo piano, written and performed in New York while the composer was Director of the Conservatoire. In contrast, the Three-Page Sonata by contemporary home-grown composer Charles Ives shows a New World developing its own voice apart from European influences. 

Ivo Kahanek, piano 

Dvorak - Suite in A Op 98
Ives - Three-Page Sonata
Dvorak - 8 Humoresques Op 101.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Series of concerts featuring music that Dvorak wrote while living in America

Series of concerts given at the Perth Concert Hall, featuring music that Dvorak wrote while living in America

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