Delaware County Symphony
Sebastian Grand, Music Director
Visual Program Notes- December 7, 2025
Coming To America Symphony Concert
Antonín DvoÅ™ák- American Suite
The American Suite is an orchestral suite written in 1894–1895 by Czech composer, Antonín DvoÅ™ák, during his time in New York as the director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York City.
Antonín DvoÅ™ák, 1882
DvoÅ™ák with family and friends- New York, 1893
Erich Korngold- Cello Concerto
Erich Korngold was an Austrian composer and conductor, who fled Europe in the mid-1930s and later adopted US nationality. He was a noted pianist and composer of classical music, along with music for Hollywood films. The Cello Concerto, composed in 1950, was expanded from a work written for the 1946 film Deception.
Erich Korngold, 1927
Von Georg Fayer (1892–1950) - Bildarchiv der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek,Inv.-Nr. Pb 580.555-F 393.https://onb.digital/result/BAG_10451525, Bild-PD-alt, https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11594083
1946 film scored by Erich Korngold- image may be found at the following website: http://www.moviepostershop.com, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44166635
Sergei Rachmaninoff- Symphonic Dances
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, is an orchestral suite in three movements completed in October 1940 by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. It is his final major composition, and his only piece written in its entirety while living in the United States. Symphonic Dances was premiered by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, to whom it is dedicated, on January 3, 1941.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, 1936
Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra Gala, vinyl LP for sale on https://www.ebay.com/