Classical Hour
Dalia Stasevska Antonín Dvořák

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904) moved to New York in 1892 to become the director at The National Conservatory of Music of America. During three years in the United States, he wrote some of his most popular works and one of his most-played symphonies: Symphony No. 9, entitled From the New World.

Dvořák quickly absorbed impressions from his new surroundings and started working on a new symphony after four months in the US. One of the students sang spirituals to him, and they became one of his most important sources of inspiration. Symphony No. 9 was premiered in 1893 and became an enormous success.