Dvorak exposed at George Mason University

There is a fascinating back story to Czech composer Antonin Dvorak’s “Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95; From the New World.” It begins with the composer’s extended stay in the early 1890’s in the little U.S. town of Spillville, Iowa; and its culmination – at least for this upcoming Sunday afternoon — is found in the Harris Theatre on the campus of George Mason University.

It is here, in an All Dvorak Concert, that audience members can immerse themselves in the life and music of the composer through the performance of four of his works by the Mason Symphony Orchestra, along with a visual presentation and discussion of Dvorak’s “American” music by renowned speakers, including Joe Horowitz and Angel Gil-Ordonez.