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In Class and at Home

Donald Macleod discusses Dvorak's time as a teacher - as director of the National Conservatory in New York. The music includes arrangements of Stephen Foster's Old Folks at Home.

Donald Macleod discusses Dvorak's time as a teacher - as director of the National Conservatory in New York. The music includes the composer's arrangements of Stephen Foster's song Old Folks at Home, written for a charity fundraiser and sung by the African-American congregation of his local church.

String Quartet No 12 in F, Op 96 (American)
Hagen Quartet
Deutsche Grammophon DG4196012 - Trs 1-4

Piano Suite in A, Op 98a
Stefan Veselka (piano)
Naxos 8447478 - Trs 5-9

Stephen Foster, arr. Dvorak: Old Folks at Home
Arthur Woodley (bass-baritone)
The Collegiate Chorale
Harmonie Ensemble New York
Steven Richman (conductor)
MUSIC AND ARTS CD926 - Tr 11.

1 hour

Last on

Thu 6 Nov 2008 22:00

Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Quartet no. 12 in F major Op.96 (American) for strings

    Performer: Hagen Quartett.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • dg-419 601-2.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Suite in A major Op.98a for piano vers. original

    Performer: Stefan Veselka.
    • NAXOS.
    • 844747-8.
  • Stephen Foster

    The Old folks at home, arr. Dvorak for baritone, chorus and ensemble

    Conductor: Steven Richman. Performer: Arthur Woodley. Performer: MasterVoices. Performer: New York Harmonie Ensemble.
    • MUSIC & ARTS.
    • CD-926.

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  • Thu 6 Nov 2008 12:00
  • Thu 6 Nov 2008 22:00

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