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The Emerson String Quartet

April 26, 2010 The lauded quartet played music from its broad repertoire, live from New York City.

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Conductor Christoph Eschenbach

April 20, 2010 Hear the conductor lead a performance of music by Dvorak and Szymanowski.

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August 19, 2008 Hear the final and bittersweet U.S. performance by the chamber ensemble, after a 53-year run.

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February 26, 2008 In an act of symphonic diplomacy, the orchestra pays a visit to the North Korean capital.

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September 26, 2007 Marin Alsop ushers in a new era for the 91-year-old Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

November 30, 2005 Jacobsen joins pianist Marija Stroke in works by Czech and American composers.

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October 24, 2005 As part of the 2005 Prague Autumn Festival, Schiff performs Dvorak's "American" Cello Concerto.

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April 1, 2008 The St. Petersburg String Quartet takes a romantic favorite by Dvorak to the WGBH studios.

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March 22, 2005 Fresh from a cameo in Woody Allen's film "Melinda and Melinda," the Shanghai Quartet perform at NPR.

Interviews & Profiles

The Brooklyn Bridge in 1884. Dvorak would arrive in New York eight years later to head the National Conservatory of Music.

November 24, 2009 The Bohemian composer claimed "everyone who has a nose must smell America" in his Symphony No. 9.

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March 3, 2009 Hear Mstislav Rostropovich's powerful performance of Dvorak's American-made Cello Concerto.

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April 18, 2008 The Czech composer pours his heart into perhaps the finest symphony made in America.

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April 27, 2007 Russian cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich died Friday in Moscow. He was 80.

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August 23, 2005 Dvorak's U.S visit had a big impact on his music, including his New World Symphony.

Czech Composer Antonin Dvorak (1841 - 1904).

July 5, 2004 Commentator Rob Kapilow offers a guide through the "American" Quartet by Antonin Dvorak.

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Rostropovich (300)

March 3, 2009 Hear Mstislav Rostropovich's powerful performance of Dvorak's American-made Cello Concerto.

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February 5, 2008 The spirit of the American West is made audible in music by composers from Dvorak to Harris.

News

Yakov Kreizberg was the music director of the Monte Carlo Philharmonic.

March 16, 2011 The lauded conductor died peacefully after a long illness, according to his manager.

Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano

October 4, 2010 The venerable British classical music magazine has announced winners in 24 categories.

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February 26, 2008 In an act of symphonic diplomacy, the orchestra pays a visit to the North Korean capital.

February 25, 2008 The group is slated to perform Wagner, Dvorak and Gershwin for the historic occasion.

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Reviews

Mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená collaborated with a conductor she knows well, the Berlin Philharmonic's Simon Rattle — who's also her husband.

August 7, 2012 The mezzo-soprano's mastery of expression in a wide variety of music shines on her new album.

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Rusalka (Christine Opolais) gives up her immortality for a chance at love with the prince (Klaus Florian Vogt) — but she's not the only one who has to make the ultimate sacrifice.

March 25, 2011 In this fairy-tale opera, a water nymph gives up her immortality for the love of a prince.

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Zuill Bailey

September 21, 2010 The cellist recalls the power of Dvorak's Cello Concerto in concert, up close and cosmic.

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Ana Maria Martinez as Rusalka

November 6, 2009 In Dvorak's dream-like opera, a little mermaid's ultimate sacrifice goes unrewarded.

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