Thursday Scholarship Series: Dvořák Symphony No. 8 - Symphony Orchestra

photo of orchestra, with inset photo of man with cello
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Hodgson Concert Hall at the UGA Performing Arts Center

As Antonín Dvořák’s most melodious and accessible symphony, Symphony No. 8 is an event for the novice concert goer to the seasoned audience member. Composed in 1889 at Vysoká u Příbramě, Bohemia, on the occasion of his election to the Bohemian Academy of Science, Literature and Arts, Dvořák conducted the first performance in Prague on February 2, 1890. The evening also features UGA music faculty James Kim, cello, performing Cello Concerto in A minor by Robert Schumann.

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