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Kate Molleson explores five windows onto Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 soul

Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k was one of the most heartfelt tunesmiths in classical music - a man who not only brought the sound of Czech folklore to the world, but also had an indelible impact on the musical nationhood of America. As a character he was sometimes shy, sometimes melancholy, routinely homesick and deeply passionate. This week, Kate Molleson explores five windows onto Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 soul, aspects of life that were really central to his convictions and his music.

Music Featured:

Gypsy Songs Op 55 No 4: Songs my mother taught me (arr. for cellos by Kian Soltani)
Berceuse (Two Piano Pieces, No 1)
Symphony No 1 鈥淏ells of Zlonice鈥� (3rd mvt)
Cypresses, Nos 1 and 2
Symphony No 9 鈥淔rom the New World鈥� (2nd mvt)
Sonatine (1st and 2nd mvts)
Humoresque in G flat major
Forget-me-not Polka
Silent Woods (From the Bohemian Forest)
Serenade for Strings (1st and 2nd mvts)
Rusalka (Act I, Song to the moon)
The Wild Dove
String Quartet No 12 in F major 鈥淎merican鈥�, Op 96 (3rd mvt)
Prelude in D major
On the Holy Mountain (Poetic Tone Pictures)
Stabat Mater (IV, Fac ut ardeat cor meum; V, Tui nati vulnerate)
Symphony No 7 (2nd mvt)
Requiem (Confutatis)
Biblical Songs (Nos 1-5)
鈥楶ossibility鈥� (Moravian Duets, No 1)
Slavonic Dances, Op 46 No 3
鈥楳y 麻豆约拍鈥� Overture, Op 62
Serenade for Winds in D minor (1st and 2nd mvts)
Piano Trio No 4 鈥楧umky鈥�, Op 90 (2nd mvt)
The Noonday Witch
Miniature in D minor, Op 75 No 2
String Quartet No 12 in F major 鈥淎merican鈥�, Op 96 (4th mvt)
Symphony No 7 (4th mvt)
Scottish Dances, Op 41
New World Symphony (Finale)
Cello Concerto in B minor (2nd mvt)

Presented by Kate Molleson
Produced by Amelia Parker for 麻豆约拍 Audio Wales and West

For full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k (1841-1904) /programmes/m00202zx

And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we鈥檝e featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z