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Dvořák’s ‘New World’ Symphony

91Èȱ¬ Proms 2021

Live at the 91Èȱ¬ Proms: Ryan Bancroft and the 91Èȱ¬ National Orchestra of Wales perform the world premiere of Augusta Read Thomas's Dance Foldings and Dvorak's Ninth Symphony.

Live at the 91Èȱ¬ Proms: Ryan Bancroft and the 91Èȱ¬ National Orchestra of Wales perform the world premiere of Augusta Read Thomas's Dance Foldings and Dvorak's Ninth Symphony.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas

Augusta Read Thomas: Dance Foldings (91Èȱ¬ commission: world premiere)
c. 7.45
Ives: Three places in New England (Orchestral Set No. 1)

c. 8.05
Interval: Nicola is joined by the American author and broadcaster Michael Goldfarb to look back at the myths associated with the founding of the USA and more modern depictions of the "new world" in American culture.

c. 8.30
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95; 'From the New World'

91Èȱ¬ National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft (conductor)

There’s an American accent to this concert by the 91Èȱ¬ National Orchestra of Wales and its US-born Principal Conductor Ryan Bancroft. Started just months after the composer first docked in America, DvoÅ™ak’s much-loved ‘New World’ Symphony was composed ‘in the spirit’ of the nation’s own songs and spirituals. Only around 20 years after that, in 1914, came Charles Ives’s Three Places in New England, his vivid musical recollections of the sights and sounds of his native Connecticut. A topical new work from American composer Augusta Read Thomas opens both the concert and our series of Proms commissions celebrating the Royal Albert Hall’s 150th anniversary and its role in promoting the arts and sciences. Dance Foldings takes inspiration from the biological ‘ballet’ of proteins that a vaccine activates within the human body.

2 hours, 29 minutes

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Sun 8 Aug 2021 19:30
91Èȱ¬ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Augusta Read Thomas

    Dance Foldings

    Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.

  • Charles Ives

    Three Places in New England

    Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 9 in E minor, 'From the New World'

    Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.

  • Edward Elgar

    Violin Sonata in E minor Op.82

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Andrew Armstrong.
    • Debussy, Elgar, Respighi - Violin Sonatas.
    • ONYX.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Lied ohne Worte in D major, Op.109

    Performer: Johannes Moser. Performer: Alasdair Beatson.
    • Mendelssohn & Mendelssohn-Hensel: Works for Cello & Piano.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Sun 8 Aug 2021 19:30
    91Èȱ¬ Radio 3

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