Spring Musicale: Dvo?ák and the American Spirit at Bohemian National Hall – New York, NY

Join us in celebrating the renewal of nature in spring as well as the promise of young, new musical talent. This year Antonín Dvo?ák’s delightful Piano Quintet in A Major, Opus 81 will be heard alongside spirituals arranged by Harry T. Burleigh, African American composer and singer befriended by Dvo?ák, and fellow composer Moses Hogan, plus Dvo?ák’s own beloved vocal work “Songs My Mother Taught Me.”

Talented young students from Juilliard will perform a movement from Dvo?ák’s great “American” String Quartet, composed while summering in the Midwestern countryside. And Dvo?ák’s spirited piano Furiant in D major, Opus 42 No. 1, which opens the program, provides yet another taste of the gems created by the Czech composer.

PROGRAM

Antonín Dvo?ák, Furiant in D Major, Opus 42 #1, B 85
Moshe Knoll, piano

Antonín Dvo?ák, String Quartet no.12 in F Major, Opus 96, the “American”
Allegro ma non troppo
Juilliard Pre-College Students Anne Takemoto, violin I, Kate Takemoto, violin II, Kathleen Lee, viola, Juilliard School Mentor Peter Weng, cello

Yolanda F. Johnson, soprano, Moshe Knoll, piano
Antonín Dvo?ák, “Songs My Mother Taught Me”

Harry T. Burleigh, “Ride On, King Jesus” (arrangement of traditional Spiritual)
“Her Eyes, Twin Pools” from the Passionale Song Cycle, text by James Weldon Johnson

Spirituals arranged by Moses Hogan (piano trio transcription by Moshe Knoll)
“Give Me Jesus” and “Down by the Riverside,” Laura Jean Goldberg, violin; Peter Weng, cello

Intermission

Antonín Dvo?ák, Piano Quintet in A Major Opus 81
Allegro ma non tanto
Dumka, Andante con moto
Scherzo (Furiant) Molto vivace
Finale, Allegro

The Sullivan Quartet with Adam Kent, piano, Laura Jean Goldberg, violin I, Anat Malkin, violin II, Liuh-Wen Ting, viola, Robert La Rue, cello

The Dvo?ák Room will be open for viewing after the concert. 

For more information about the event, visit dvoraknyc.org.

This event is organized by Laura Jean Goldberg, violinist and DAHA Music Advisor, with support of the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association.