Philharmonic Chamber Music Recital

Dvořáks American Dream

Dvořák’s fascination with America and his impressions of his three years in the country are not only manifested in the title of his well-known symphony »From the New World«, but also of the »American« Suite – despite the fact that neither employs a particularly American idiom. Both in this five-movement suite and in the Bagatelles, the Bohemian, dance-like element is present and distinctive. The Philharmonic’s own principal double bass player Stefan Schäfer completes the programme with one of his own compositions: »Die Glieder der Kette«.