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?This latest in the Great Composers in Words and Music series portrays Antonín Dvorák as a complex and wide-ranging composer, and explores the creation and performance of his music as well as it's reception on both sides of the Atlantic, tracing his art in all it's richness and variety. Musical excerpts include the Cello Concerto, the 'New World' Symphony and the Slavonic Dances, as well as selected chamber pieces, songs, opera excerpts and more. Album Tracks 1. Great Composers in Words and Music Antonín Dvorák, narration with musical examples~Introduction 2. Slavonic Dances, Series 2, Op. 72, B. 147 - No. 1 in B major~[excerpt] 3. Great Composers in Words and Music Antonín Dvorák, narration with musical examples~Bits and pieces are all we may know about the music of Antonín Dvorák 4. Ten Biblical Songs, Op. 99, B. 185 - No. 4. Hospodin jest muj pastýr (The Lord is my shepherd)~[excerpt] 5. Great Composers in Words and Music Antonín Dvorák, narration with musical examples~The fourth of Dvorák's Ten Biblical Songs, titled 'The Lord is my shepherd' and set to a well-known Psalm text from the traditional Czech translation of the Kralice Bible. 6. Ten Biblical Songs, Op. 99, B. 185 - No. 6. Slyš, ó Bože, voláni mé (Hear my prayer, O Lord)~[excerpt] 7. Great Composers in Words and Music Antonín Dvorák, narration with musical examples~Antonín Leopold Dvorák was born on 8 september 1841 in the village of Nelahozeves, near Kralupy, in Bohemia approximately 28km north of Prague 8. Symphony No. 6 in G major, Op. 116 'Historische Symphonie im Styl und Geschmack vier verschiedener Zeitabschnitte (Historical Symphony in the Style and Taste of Four Different Periods)~IV. Allerneueste Periode (The Very Latest Period) (1840) Allegro vivace [excerpt] 9. Great Composers in Words and Music Antonín Dvorák, narration with musical examples~Reflecting on this p
