My Home (Dvořák)
My Home (Czech: Domov můj, předehra ke hře F. F. Šamberka), Op. 62, B. 125a, is an overture in C major by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák.[1] The overture was composed from December 1881 to January 23, 1882 as one of nine numbers comprising the incidental music for the play Josef Kajetán Tyl by František Ferdinand Šamberk. Dvořák constructed the music in sonata form on two song themes associated with the play's protagonist, Czech dramatist Josef Kajetán Tyl: "Kde domov můj?" by František Škroup, and the folk tune "Na tom našem dvoře".[2] Škroup composed "Kde domov můj?" (Where is my home?) in 1834 to a text written by Tyl. The song quickly became popular and was later designated as the Czech national anthem. "Na tom našem dvoře" was a song sung in productions of Strakonický dudák (The Bagpiper of Strakonice), one of Tyl's most popular plays.[3] The overture is largely performed separately as a concert work, usually lasting about ten minutes.[2] Many conductors have conducted this piece including Jan Kučera, Bohumil Gregor and Karel Ančerl.
Selected discography
- Karel Ančerl conducting the Czech Philharmonic, Supraphon SU 11 1998 (1962)
- István Kertész conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, London Records 430046 (1965)
- Witold Rowicki conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, Decca 4782296 (1970)
- Rafael Kubelík conducting the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Deutsche Grammophon 469366 (1975, 2002)
- Václav Neumann conducting the Czech Philharmonic, Supraphon SU 3818-2 (1982, 2005)
- André Previn conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Telarc 80173 (1988)
- Neeme Järvi conducting the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (1986–1987), Chandos 241-3 (1989)
- Bohumil Gregor conducting the Czech Philharmonic (1987), Supraphon SU 11 0378-2 (1990)
- Libor Pešek conducting the Czech Philharmonic, Virgin Classics 45127 (1995)
- Otmar Suitner conducting the Staatskapelle Berlin, Berlin Classics 93112 (1996)
- Theodore Kuchar conducting the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Brilliant Classics 92297 (2004)
References
External links
- Info on a comprehensive Dvorak site
- My Home (Antonín Dvořák): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
