Composer of the Week - Antonin Dvorak
Donald Macleod gives a comprehensive account of Dvorak's famous stay in America from 1892 to 1895, where he was director of the National Conservatory
Composer of the Week - Antonin Dvorak - Arrivals
Donald Macleod examines considers how the shy and home-loving Dvorak adapted to his new life as the director of the National Conservatory in eclectic and chaotic New York.
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Composer of the Week - Antonin Dvorak - Episode 3
Donald Macleod focuses on Dvorak's 1893 summer trip to Spillville, Iowa, where he became fascinated with Native American music and wrote the E flat String Quintet for his children.
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Composer of the Week - Antonin Dvorak - Farewells
Donald Macleod explores Dvorak's last months in America, a period marred by the deaths of his father and his great friend, the conductor Hans von Bulow.
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Composer of the Week - Antonin Dvorak - 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.
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Composer of the Week - Antonin Dvorak - Sounds of the New World
Donald Macleod tells the story of Dvorak's friendship with young African-American singer and composer Harry T Burleigh, who helped inspire the iconic New World Symphony.
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