Dvořák: Symphony №9, 'From The New World' - II - Largo

Dvořák: Symphony №9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From The New World"

Antonín Leopold Dvořák (1841 -- 1904) Composer
Herbert von Karajan (1908 -- 1989) Conducts
Wiener Philharmoniker -- 2/1985 Record at Vienna, The Großer Saal des Wiener Musikvereins.

[lspg]

I'm currently standing in front of Dvoraks grave in Vysehrad, Prague and listening to this. It's so amazing.

[kadzunk]

After many years this stll brings tears to my eyes... Many years ago my husband told me that this piece should be played at his funeral. At that time I thought that his funeral would be many years later than when he told me. At that time I had no knowledge whatsoever about what mental pain could do to a person, how it could bring that person on the brink of even thinking about taking their own life. My husband, however decidated he was to me and our children, had had so many years of fighting his "demons" as you might call them... finally came to a point in HIS life where he knew he could no longer fight. And even in taking the step to end his own life, he still wanted to leave something behind for me and our children. Feeling so sad that he had lost the fight against his inner demons, he STILL wanted to leave us with the promise of a better life, a "new world". He ended his life on 18th september 1992. And still left a note saying he wanted THAT song played at his funeral
For many years I fought against what he left us. I felt like he took the easy way out, and left us with the pieces. And yes, there was a time that I hated him for his choice.
Now, in 2019, I have learnt many lessons in life. Although I will never fully understand why he took that step on that particular day, I have learnt so much more about people. And now I think I know why he took that step, the only one he thought that there was left for him to take.
And, through (re)learning that, I have found that I still love him.
This september it will be 27 years ago that he traded this life for the next. He still guides our children. Not in a physical form, but in feeling, in still being there. In giving them (and me) tokens of his "being there".

So even now, I still get tears to my eyes. Not about what I have lost but about feeling (again) that he is still there for me and our children.

There is still an Angel Wing that watches over me when I go to sleep, and I wouldn't be surprised if that is him.

[addd]

When my dad died in car accident he was 45, local news announced his passing and funereal date trough public town broadcast and before the announcement this masterpiece was playing. To this day it reminds me how i was standing in opened window in my work, listening to this with tears in my eyes.

[littlebeartoe]

It's the most beautiful piece of music ever written.

[bbookishdragon]

Maybe I'm not the only one crying...

[djrhab]

The teacher told us that the homework would be about this piece of art. I sat down, low hopes and yet, I have been here for an hour now, listening to this.

[lopeem]

The last time I listened this masterpiece I was holding my mother's hand in the hospital, at this moment she was pretty sure while listening to this that her days where going into an end, despite of a Life lived at his fullest, her Heart was terribly sad to have to leave so soon whithout time to say goodbye to us.. this music evoques the passion of life and the precious moments of every second of it, thus no time to waste or to vanish before regreting of haven't live it .
In the memory of Simone Haar, a woman of the XXTH century.
Hope to meet your soul when my life here ends.
Love you Mother.

[mkglocks]

Had this for my nans funeral today as she was born 19th April 1920 and sadly passed 21st July 2020

[aleegholamabbas]

It's weird that no one's talking about the beautiful videography and editing.

[krypticknight]

As a native Czech, this music reminds me of beautiful Bohemia and Prague.  I love Dvorak so much.  He is the by far the best composer of all time.

[mictlantecoatl]

The oboe in this piece always feel like a sword going through the guts, this is one of the greatest pieces ever written and highly emotional. Makes me feel like living is worth it.

[skoky]

I am czech so I know about Dvorak as we learn about him also at schools. I love this 2nd movement most from his "New World Symphony". About inspiration for this Largo I have read he was heavily inspired by native American Indian legends (poem about Hiawatha - that was a indian chieftain) and also black music - nevertheless you can hear classic bohemian (czech) folk motives inspiration as well - perhaps connecting Europe / New World is the reason it's so beautifully going together. Dvorak spent several years in New York and I am happy his music made it to the souls of everybody around the world. This motive is simply immortal. In the end music is borderless.

[RodolfoLimacbx]

*The ‘jazzy’ bass pizzicato at **5:28** is one the best things in this movement!*

[vpynk]

I was assigned this piece to play on the recorder in 7th grade. I always thought there was something different about it. I loved it from the beginning. I didn’t hear this version until later that year in 8th grade. I will always have a love for this song.

[mikaelaandreachua]

It feels like the music is saying, "I just want world peace".

[javiermitchell]

My favorite part of the movement is the recapitulation when it gets very soft and it ends up with just a few instruments and then I all comes back in the strings in forte and it sounds amazing

[martinmracek]

This is by far best piece of music ever writen by any Czech musician, and one of best ever writen by anyone

[TheBrokenDJ]

The augmentation of the theme at 10:50 is just my favourite thing ever.

[LordVuljiin]

When the way home plays on the speakers, you gotta head back.

[Serashii]

One of my favorite pieces. The small part at around 1:19 to 2:15 gets me every time. First time I heard this was while placing Sid Meier's Civilization. Finding this again on Youtube felt kind of nostalgic.