Dvořák, “New World”

Secret: how do we rush from a concert to an opera stage? Entrust a text about the loss of a loved one to a proven master, for example the old and lively Haydn; and there, from tears to prayers, from threats to lamentations, emerges from a winged pen, the most pathetic air of the late 18th century. Mozart, a tender admirer of his "papa Haydn," resounds in the opening, then Thomas Hengelbrock revives a "New World" Symphony that is sure to be exhila...