The Czech composer found inspiration in the New Worlds of the US, and his music has been to the moon, but it was in his native Bohemia that his heart lay. Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) was a passionate ...

Dvořák’s final symphony, with its famous Largo, is one of classical music’s best loved works. Tom Service separates its facts from its fictions Dvorak’s New World Symphony: as legend has it, the sound ...

From the Slavonic Dances to the great symphonies, here are some of the most celebrated pieces of music by the Czech Romantic composer. Starting out as a prodigious violinist, first in his father’s ...

COMMENTARY: Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904), in addition to leaving his musical gift to posterity, also provides an example of unwavering Catholic faith in times of difficulty. St. Wenceslaus Catholic ...

The tandem of Brahms and Dvořák make excellent bedfellows in concert, and it is a wonder why that does not take place as ...

Success came late to the proud Czech composer, Antonin Dvořák, who became a celebrity in the USA but still told a friend, “I shall remain what I was: a simple musician” Picture an idealised version of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. From the age of eight or nine Simon Rattle bought recordings by the Czech Philharmonic on the Czech national ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The best part of two years without concerts kept musicians at home and gave them time to explore beyond their ...

Conductor Michael Seal commands the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Antonin Dvořák's much-loved 'New World Symphony', filmed for Sky Arts at the Royal Albert Hall as part of Classic FM Live.

Dvořák, who was so inspired by the folk music of his native Czech culture, wrote this symphony during his time in America, the 'new world', in the 1890s. While there – in this dynamic new land – ...