Tucked into Antonin Dvorak's great Cello Concerto is a tune written 30 years earlier--one of many songs he composed in his youth for the first real love of his life.
And while that love was not to be, he continued to re-shape and re-work those early songs—including a final farewell in the Concerto, prompted by the woman’s death--the woman, who was his sister-in-law.
Join us for the story—and the music—on this week's Connections.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| WORK | RECORDING |
| Dvorak Cello Concerto | Deutsche Grammophon DGG 447 413-2 |
| Secrets of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto | Sony 82876737162 |
| Dvorak: Cypresses | Somm SOMMCD 236 |
| Dvorak: Love Songs (Kozena, soprano) | Deutsche Grammophon DGG 463 472-2 |
| Dvorak Chamber Music | Vox CDX 5166 |
| Suites and Serenades by Czech Composers | Koch 3-1628-2 |
| New Worlds of Dvorak | W.W. Norton & Co. recording accompanying book, New Worlds of Dvorak [ISBN 0-393-04706-7] |
