28 min listen
Dvorak's New World Symphony
FromSoul Music
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Aug 28, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
While for many, it will be always associated with brown bread, the Largo from Dvorak's New World Symphony is an enduring a piece that never fails to move and inspire.
Anti- apartheid campaigner Albie Sachs explains that through whistling the theme while in solitary confinement, he was able to make contact with the wider world and kept his spirit and hope alive.
Margaret Caldicott recalls the important role the piece played in her mother's life while in a Japanese prisoner of war camp.
Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal.
Producer Lucy Lunt
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012.
Anti- apartheid campaigner Albie Sachs explains that through whistling the theme while in solitary confinement, he was able to make contact with the wider world and kept his spirit and hope alive.
Margaret Caldicott recalls the important role the piece played in her mother's life while in a Japanese prisoner of war camp.
Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal.
Producer Lucy Lunt
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012.
Released:
Aug 28, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode
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