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Antonin Dvorak

Antonin Dvorak

Dvorak's 'New World Symphony'

Sunday 18 March 2007 17:00-18:30 (Radio 3)

Charles Hazlewood conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in an exploration of Antonin Dvorak's masterpiece his Symphony No 9, to which the composer gave the subtitle From the New World.

Duration:

1 hour 30 minutes

Dvorak's New York

Images of New York in the 1890s


Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge, completed 1893

Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty, completed 1886

New York World 
New York World Building, completed 1890 (demolished 1955)

Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge

Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty

Dvorak's 'New World Symphony'

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