Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op 95, 'From the New World'
Composer: AntonÃn Dvořák
Performers: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Jiřà Bělohlávek
Recording date: 12 May 2010
Date of broadcast: 31 May 2010
Dvořák’s New World Symphony searches the wide American landscape with curiosity and wonder. Although Dvořák was very homesick and unhappy while he was in America this could be considered his most popular work.
Dvořák may have sought to capture the soul of the ‘new world’ in his 9th symphony - certainly he absorbed the influence of folk music traditions, particularly African-American spirituals when living in New York. However the sense of bittersweet nostalgia for his own homeland is palpable and it is this universality that has engendered enduring appeal.
It’s said that even Neil Armstrong took a recording of Symphony No. 9 all the way to the Moon with him!
Composer: AntonÃn Dvořák
Performers: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Jiřà Bělohlávek
Recording date: 12 May 2010
Date of broadcast: 31 May 2010
