John Polifronio wrote:
>My name's John, and I'm new to the list. I must confess that I've always
>felt Dvorak to be a little weak in the gravitas department; but it doesn't
>keep me from loving his music.
How about the Stabat Mater?
>....But the issue of weightiness I mentioned at the top of my post is as
>much a matter of outward style than of any lack of depth in the creative
>artist himself, by which I mean I have no hesitation calling Dvorak a
>genius.
If you do like the Cello Concerto, also consider another body of late
works, the Tone Poems.
Bill H.