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New Nations and New Worlds

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Episode 3: New Nations and New Worlds

BBC Four - Symphony, New Nations and New Worlds

How nationalist voices such as Dvorak and Sibelius took the symphony to wider audiences.

Simon Russell Beale discovers how nationalist voices such as Tchaikovsky and Dvorak brought the symphony to wider audiences in the late 19th century.

Simon Russell Beale continues his history of the symphony by taking a musical journey through the rise of nationalism in Europe into the New World. He discovers how nationalist voices such as Tchaikovsky, Dvorak and Sibelius brought the symphony to wider audiences and visits Dvorak's summer house as he left it at his death in 1904, a remarkable insight into the personal life of the great composer. 

Simon follows the development of the symphony outside Europe and explores how growing urbanisation led to the construction and growing popularity of some of the world's greatest concert halls, visiting the Musikverein in Vienna, the Philharmonic Hall in St Petersburg and Carnegie Hall in New York. 

The symphonies are played by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Mark Elder.

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A reappraisal of the symphony's place in the modern world and how it shaped our identity

Simon Russell Beale presents a radical reappraisal of the place of the symphony in the modern world and explores the surprising way in which it has shaped our history and identity

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