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 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.