Barry first found music when he borrowed his sister's record collection when he was about eight and was hooked. When Caroline started it was a new beginning, and he listened to all the stations, but Caroline was his favourite by far. Later he became a singer in a band, then started doing discos when he was 18. He joined Caroline in 1977, touring the country with the Caroline Roadshow for 10 years, having great fun. Barry helped with tender trips and worked on the Ross Revenge in '84 and '85. ...
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As a young man in his 20s, just starting out on his musical career, Czech composer Antonín Dvořák had a rough time making ends meet. He played viola in a theater orchestra, worked as a church organist, and took on music students.
But by the time he hit his 30s, things started to click. His own music, composed in his rare, free moments, was starting to attact attention. The German composer Johannes Brahms took him under his wing and helped Dvořák find a publisher.
The year 1878 was a particularly auspicious one for Dvořák. He was in his late 30s, and the publication of his first set of Slavonic Dances for piano four-hands had proven to be something of a smash hit with amateur musicians across Europe. Some of his orchestral and chamber works published that year were also doing very well.
Dvořák was approached by the leader of the Florentine String Quartet and asked to write a chamber piece in his popular Slavonic style. The result was his String Quartet No. 10.
Dvořák showed it to Brahms, who liked the new work and in turn showed it to some of HIS friends, including Josef Hellmesberger, whose String Quartet was the best in Vienna. But as it turned out, his new quartet was premiered in Berlin, on today’s date in 1879, by the Quartet headed by another of Brahms’ old friends, the virtuoso violinist Joseph Joachim.
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Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904): String Quartet No. 10; Takacs Quartet; London 466 197
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Synopsis
As a young man in his 20s, just starting out on his musical career, Czech composer Antonín Dvořák had a rough time making ends meet. He played viola in a theater orchestra, worked as a church organist, and took on music students.
But by the time he hit his 30s, things started to click. His own music, composed in his rare, free moments, was starting to attact attention. The German composer Johannes Brahms took him under his wing and helped Dvořák find a publisher.
The year 1878 was a particularly auspicious one for Dvořák. He was in his late 30s, and the publication of his first set of Slavonic Dances for piano four-hands had proven to be something of a smash hit with amateur musicians across Europe. Some of his orchestral and chamber works published that year were also doing very well.
Dvořák was approached by the leader of the Florentine String Quartet and asked to write a chamber piece in his popular Slavonic style. The result was his String Quartet No. 10.
Dvořák showed it to Brahms, who liked the new work and in turn showed it to some of HIS friends, including Josef Hellmesberger, whose String Quartet was the best in Vienna. But as it turned out, his new quartet was premiered in Berlin, on today’s date in 1879, by the Quartet headed by another of Brahms’ old friends, the virtuoso violinist Joseph Joachim.
Music Played in Today's Program
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904): String Quartet No. 10; Takacs Quartet; London 466 197
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