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Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

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De Vorjac's Theme of the Second Movement

De vorjac fragments the different parts of the first theme, giving us a feeling of anticipation and even threat. As the music careens into this new harmony, the second movement, going home melody emerges like a ray of sunlight. This re emergence of the second movement theme will lead to a few blazing climaxes in the major and minor keys as if the music is no longer sure that this will end well. To complete the effect, de vorjac brings us to the most pained and agonizing moment of the pece with a return of the first movement theme.

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