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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

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

Composer of the Week: Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904): Episode 2: England

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

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BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904), England

Donald Macleod explores some of the works Dvorak premiered during his trips to England.

Donald Macleod describes Dvorak's extraordinary reception in England and introduces some of the works he premiered during the many visits he made to the country.

Following a hugely popular performance of his Stabat Mater at the Royal Albert Hall in March 1883, Dvorák was invited by the Philharmonic Society of London to write a new work for them and to come and conduct it. Donald Macleod describes Dvorák's extraordinary reception in England and introduces some of the works he premiered during the many visits he made to the country, including the symphony written for the Philharmonic Society, a cantata based on a spooky gothic tale and one of the greatest of all his liturgical works.

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Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Antonin Dvorak

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