We're ringing in the New Year with the "New World" Symphony! Composed in 1893, when Antonin Dvorak was serving as Director of the National Conservatory of Music of America, this work incorporates the music of Indigenous people and African-American roots. During his stay in the United States, he became enamored, studying their music and speaking to its importance for future US composers. Yuri Bekker conducts The Amarillo Symphony.
New Episode of "Classical Music Amarillo" Airs This Sunday at 12p CT