1:00 PM | INSIDE PITCH with David Serkin Ludwig: A Voice in America
At a pivotal moment in his life, Antonín Dvořák arrived in the United States and marveled at the music he found around him. Through the voice of singer and composer Harry T. Burleigh, he encountered spirituals that would leave a lasting impression. LCCMF Composer-in-Residence David Ludwig explores how those influences emerge in his American viola quintet and what it means for a composer to find a voice shaped by a new place.
2:30 PM & 5:00 PM | CONCERT II: New World Resonances
Dvořák spent much of his life using his native Slavic and Bohemian folk music to lovingly develop a Czech national style. During his time in the United States he also found great inspiration from African American and Native American melodies that led to several of his finest works including his final symphony titled From the New World, and two chamber works now referred to as the “American” - his F major string quartet, and the work on today’s program, the ebullient E-flat major viola quintet.
PROGRAM
BURLEIGH Selected Songs and Spirituals
DVOŘÁK Viola Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 97
ARTISTS
Hyunah Yu, soprano; Bella Hristova, violin; Soovin Kim, violin; Milena Pajaro-Van de Stadt, viola; Teng Li, viola; Edward Arron, cello; Jeewon Park, piano
ARTISTS
