Vienna Philharmonic
Performers
Vienna Philharmonic
Riccardo Muti, Conductor
Program
MOZART Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"
Encore:
J. STRAUSS JR. Overture to The Gypsy Baron
Event Duration
The printed program will last approximately 100 minutes, including one 20-minute intermission. Please note that there will be no late seating before intermission.Listen to Selected Works
At a Glance
MOZART Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551, “Jupiter”
Mozart’s Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter” represent the Classical symphony at the peak of perfection. Mozart (who was near the end of his short life) was struggling with debt and artistic neglect. His symphony has a jubilant, festive character, but also decidedly somber episodes and a technical subtlety typical of the composer’s late style.
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, “From the New World”
Dvořák’s final symphony, “From the New World,” composed during his stint in New York, is based on Native American motifs, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s The Song of Hiawatha, and Black spirituals, which Dvořák proclaimed to be the “folk songs of America.” The latter statement caused a great outcry from the racist tastemakers of the time, but since the symphony’s historic Carnegie Hall debut in 1893, many composers have followed Dvořák’s lead, and the symphony is probably the most popular ever composed in America.