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- Dvorak, Antonin
Duration: 12 minutes
Description: Written in 1891 as Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) was considering Jeannette Thurber’s generous offer to move to the United States and serve as director of her National Conservatory of Music in New York, the concert overture IN NATURE’S REALM, Op. 91/B. 168 (V PŘÍRODĚ, KONCERTNÍ OUVERTURA) is the first work in a triptych of concert overtures meant to offer impressions of what the human soul may experience. Originally titled Nature, Life, and Love, Dvořák decided to publish each with a more distinct identity: NATURE’S REALM, Op. 91 for nature, CARNIVAL, Op. 92 for life, and OTHELLO, Op. 93 for love. IN NATURE’S REALM opens with a highly poetic stylization of the voices of nature, with the main theme making use of Moravian folk yodeling. Johannes Brahms noted in a letter to Dvořák’s publisher that the work was “merry” and remarked that, “music directors will be thankful to you” for publishing the overtures. The work premiered on April 28th, 1892, by the Orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague, Dvořák conducting. Instrumentation: 2.2+EH.2+BCl.2: 4.2.3.1: Timp.Perc(1): Str (9-8-7-6-5 in set). Reprint edition. The critical edition edited by Dvořák expert Otakar Šourek is also available from E.F. Kalmus.