Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op 95, 'From the New World'
Composer: Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Performers: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek
Recording date: 12 May 2010
Date of broadcast: 31 May 2010
Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 New World Symphony searches the wide American landscape with curiosity and wonder. Although Dvo艡谩k was very homesick and unhappy while he was in America this could be considered his most popular work.
Dvo艡谩k may have sought to capture the soul of the 鈥榥ew world鈥� 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鈥檚 said that even Neil Armstrong took a recording of Symphony No. 9 all the way to the Moon with him!
Composer: Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Performers: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek
Recording date: 12 May 2010
Date of broadcast: 31 May 2010
