115 years ago Antonín Dvořák conducted his Eighth Symphony at Bohemian Day of the Chicago World's Fair. The orchestra numbered over 100, and the enthusiastic audience several thousand. The following summer the composer spent a summer in Spillville here in northeast Iowa. This past spring the WCFSO revisited Dvořák's time in the American midwest through several performances [including a program for elementary school students] of the music he performed in our region.
Dvořák – Symphony no. 8, Adagio, opening
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony, April 5, 2008