Music Illuminated: Bohemia, America, and the Andes: Where Folk Traditions Meet

Dvořák encouraged American composers to find inspiration in Native American and African American sources, as he had modeled in his New World Symphony and works that borrowed from Bohemian folk traditions. The Maple Quartet and host Michael Adams will illustrate the importance of folk sources in the world of classical music. This program features excerpts from Antonín Dvořák’s Slavonic Quartet and Gabriela Lena Frank’s Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout. Michael Adams, host Maple Quartet: Isabel Chen, violin Magali Pelletey, violin John Crowley, viola Gabriel Hennebury, cello Total program is expected to be 1 hour in length, ending at approx. 8:00pm.