Composer of the Week - Antonin Dvorak - Arrivals

An exploration of the shy and home-loving Dvorak's arrival in eclectic and chaotic New York, where he went to take up his new position as director of the National Conservatory. The music includes Dvorak's American 'calling card' - his Scherzo capriccioso, his carnival-like Te Deum and a particular oddity - his cantata The American Flag, written to a fiercely patriotic text and rarely heard since its composition. Scherzo capriccioso, Op 66 Los Angeles Philharmonic Andre Previn (conductor) TELARC CD80206 - Tr 5 Te Deum, Op 103 Marina Meshcheriakova (soprano) Sergei Miasnikov (bass) Russian State Symphonic Cappella Russian State Symphony Orchestra Valery Poliansky (conductor) CHANDOS CHAN9505 - Trs 7-10 The American Flag Joseph Evans (tenor) Barry McDaniel (baritone) St Hedwig's Cathedral Choir RIAS Chamber Choir Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) SONY CLASSICAL 60297 - Trs 6-13.