The most beautiful and lyrical classical music is playing...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

Dvorak's "From the New World"...

It's sad and melancholy and lyrical and lovely all at once...

Kind of suits my mood...

Even though I'm not down...

Just thoughtful for a change...

I hope all of you are doing well tonight too...

:hug:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

1. The slow movement of that symphony was used in

"The Snake Pit", in which Olivia de Haviland plays a woman committed to an asylum and undergoes therapy. When she leaves, a chorus sings the Dvorak tune with these lyrics:

Going home. Going home. I'm a-going home.
Quiet-like some still day, I'm just going home.

It's not far, just close by, through an open door.
Work all done, cares laid by, Going to roam no more;

Mother's there expecting me, Father's waiting, too.
Lot's of folks gathered there. All the friends I knew.

Morning star lights the way, restless dream all done.
Shadows gone, break of day, real life just begun.

There's no break, there's no end, just a-living on;
Wide awake, with a smile, going on and on.

Going home. Going home, I'm just going home.
It's not far, just close by, through an open door.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear GoddessOfGuinness...

Wow, what an interesting fact...

You just never know where these lovely pieces will end up, do you?

Thanks for sharing it with all of us tonight!

:hug:

[Haole Girl]

2. There was the best classical station...

...when I lived in So. Cal.
Is it still there.. 93. something?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear KC2!

There's only one left now.....KUSC, 91.5...

There used to be another one, a commercial classical station, but I no longer remember its name or numbers...

And it's gone ...

What I'm listening to tonight is WKSU, Kent State, Ohio...89.7...

And it is just wonderful!

:hug:

I'm glad you're back, sweetie...

[Haole Girl]

5. Thanks

That's too bad that station is gone, but it was a long time ago.
And, thanks for welcoming me back, though I never really leave... try as I may or might! :hug:

[wildhorses]

6. beautiful stuff --

:hi: i love classical...i may not know who is playing but, i find it soothing and inspiring. :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. My dear wildhorses...

I'm with you, sweetie...

I grew up on it...

It's almost the sound track of my life...

:hug:

[wildhorses]

8. yes, i am grateful that i was exposed to all genres of music as

i grew up. it is one of my pleasures in life. good night, peggy :hug:

[supernova]

9. We played the 2nd movement at my Mother's funeral

:cry:

It's a heartbreakingly beautiful piece and to this day I have trouble getting all the way through it w/o crying. :-(

I love Dvorak, probably my fav "modern" composer.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. My dear supernova...

Oh, sweetie...

I'm sorry it has such sad associations for you...:hug:

Was it a fav of your mom's?

I love his work too...:pals:

[supernova]

11. Yes, it was

she specifically requested that piece too.

It's ok, CP. It is a beautiful piece and I'm glad you enjoy it. I do too, if for different reasons. :hug:

[jrandom421]

12. Still preferred other Dvorak works

Slavonic Dances were the best....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. My dear jrandom421...

Those are also lovely...

But tonight, hearing "From the New World" just caught me and held me...

It suited me completely...

I don't think I've heard anything by him that I didn't like...

:hi:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

14. The New World Symphony is awesome.

It's #9. He wrote it in Spillville, Iowa. Where he also wrote the "American" quartet.
That's why it's called "New World". He was from Bohemia.

When I was a senior in high school we played the finale of the New World at University Interscholastic League Orchestra Contest, and made the highest score. I played first violin.
We had a killer french horn section, which you need for that piece.

All his stuff is great.
Try the Eighth Symphony, The Slavonic Dances, and the Piano quintet in A Major.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. My dear Perragrande!

I recall that he wrote it over here...

I didn't remember that he wrote it in Iowa, though...

I love his stuff! Good for you, playing first violin ...What a memory that must be...

I love a lot of his stuff, and can never remember the names of most of them...:blush:

This one I do remember, though...

Thanks for your most intelligent comments tonight!



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