My Homeland

Featured as part of this year’s Festival Orchestra concert, Antonín Dvořák’s “My Home” is a symphonic poem written in 1882 as an overture to a play by Frantisek Ferdinand Samberk. The overture’s themes utilize Czech folk tunes, and are meant to illustrate the play’s protagonist, the Czech playwright Josef Kajetan Tyl, in a story set at during the beginnings of Czech theatre.

Join us as we learn about the fascinating life of composer Antonín Dvořák, and about his unique contribution to the history of both European and American composers, the culture of Bohemia, and what makes this piece so great!