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Antonin Dvorak caricature by artist Ralph Steadman.
Original artwork on display in the Dvorak Room at the Bohemian
National Hall in New York City. Photo courtesy Traian Stanescu.
SPRING 2008 EVENTS
Join us for our upcoming Lecture, Concert, and Dvorak Walking Tour. Please register for the events listed below at events@dvoraknyc.org.
Let Me Count the Ways: How Dvorak Created his American Legacy
Michael Beckerman, Chair of the New York University Music Department, Distinguished Lecturer, Pianist, Musicologist, Author of several books on Antonin Dvorak, including New Worlds of Dvorak (2003), and writer of numerous articles for publications such as the New York Times, Musical Quarterly, and 19th Century Music. Featured guest on PBS's Live from Lincoln Center for six years. The lecture/musical demonstration will be followed by discussion.
Sunday, March 2, 3:00 PM. Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street, NYC.
Dvorak's Violin and Piano Gems
Charles Castleman, "A Renaissance Musician"––Soloist and Chamber Musician, Chair of the String Department, Eastman School of Music, Founder/ Director, The Quartet Program, currently at Fredonia, NY and Boulder, CO. Medalist at the Tchaikovsky and Brussels competitions, soloist with the orchestras of Philadelphia, St. Louis, Boston, Chicago and Moscow, among others. Mr. Castleman, who plays a 1708 Stradivarius, studied under the renowned Czech violinist Emanuel Ondricek, Claudia Hoca will accompany on the piano.
Friday, April 11, 7:30 PM. Bohemian National Hall 321, East 73rd Street, NYC.
Dvorak's New York–A Walking Tour
A media enhanced walking tour of Dvorak's haunts around Stuyvesant Park,
including a stop in historic St. George's Church for a mini-recital of spirituals once sung to Dvorak by his assistant Harry T. Burleigh. The event ends with a visit to the Bohemian National Hall on the Upper East Side. Leading the walk will be Maestro Maurice Peress, Conductor and Musicologist, Author of Dvorak to Duke Ellington (2004), and Professor Michael Beckerman, with assistance from design historian Majda Kallab Whitaker and the NYU Museum Studies Division.
Saturday, May 3, 2:00 PM. Meeting place will be the SE corner of Irving Place and East 17th Street.
RESERVE TICKETS at events@dvoraknyc.org. For each event, pay at door $20 general admission/$10 students & seniors.
Save the date: Friday, November 14, 2008 Grand Opening Concert in the newly restored Bohemian National Hall.
PREVIOUS EVENTS
The Dvorak American Heritage Association (DAHA) is proud to introduce its website. We will be adding information and essays by noted experts, and are now planning a program of concerts and lectures for Spring 2008. We hope you will return frequently to the site, and ask for your suggestions on what you would like to see included in the future.
One of the highlights of the Fall 2007 season in New York City was the September 18th opening concert of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra with an unprecedented all-Dvorak Program. The excitement was palpable as music lovers lined up for the free morning dress rehearsal, followed by the gala evening concert enhanced by live-feed projection to an outdoor audience in Lincoln Center Plaza, national telecast on Live from Lincoln Center, and simulcast on WQXR radio. Untold numbers thus enjoyed this thrilling experience.
Clearly Dvorak continues to reign as one of the most popular composers in music history. The Philharmonic's program included the Carnival Overture, the beloved Cello Concerto composed in America and played by the incomparable Yo-Yo Ma, and Symphony No. 7, with Maestro Lorin Maazel conducting. DAHA was honored to be mentioned in the Philharmonic's program in a short essay titled "Dvorak in New York."
Numerous concerts this season are featuring Dvorak prominently, and we urge you to take advantage of the many opportunities to hear his broad range of works.
On December 1, 2006, DAHA had its inaugural concert, "A Musical Tribute to Antonin Dvorak" in which jazz masters Jimmy Heath and Jeb Patton presented jazz interpretations of works by Dvorak and his grand-students Ellington, Gershwin and Art Tatum. The renowned Orion String Quartet played the Dvorak String Quartet, "The American". This event took place in the Bohemian National Hall. Below you will find photographs from the post-concert reception.
View photographs here