An Introduction to DVORAK Symphony No. 9, From the New World

 

Written and narrated by Jeremy Siepmann

 

CLASSICS EXPLAINED

Each set offers a narrated introduction to the work and its background, and a detailed analysis of the work itself. After each movement is analysed, with musical examples, the whole movement is played. Through this ideal marriage of narration and music, Siepmann makes it possible to understand more about the way the work is put together without reading a score, enhancing the enjoyment and understanding of the music itself. The booklet contains the complete spoken text for further study.

 

THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY

Few works for the concert hall have won such immediate and continuing popularity as Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’. Dramatic, lyrical, and spacious, it presents a rich panorama of ravishing and exciting orchestral colours, reflecting the experiences and emotions of the great Czech composer during his years in America towards the end of the nineteenth century. Its abiding magic might seem beyond analysis, but in this detailed and fascinating tour Jeremy Siepmann explores the inner-workings of a masterpiece.

 

JEREMY SIEPMANN

American-born, Jeremy Siepmann has been long resident in the UK where he has contributed to many leading music journals, including The New Statesman, The Musical Times, Gramophone and the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. He is equally well known as a broadcaster on both sides of the Atlantic, and especially on BBC Radio for whom he has presented more than 1000 programmes. He was also Head of Music at the BBC World Service.

 

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