Dvořák Masterpieces

John V. Sinclair, conductor • Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra

Camille Thomas, cello; Mary Wilson, soprano; Patricia Thompson, mezzo soprano; Kyle Stegall, tenor; Michael Dean, bass

Composed in response to personal tragedy – the deaths of his three children – Dvořák’s powerful, emotional, and deeply moving Stabat Mater is among the most substantial of Stabat Mater settings. It is Dvořák’s choral music at its best.

Considered to be “the greatest of all cello concertos”, Dvořák’s Concerto for Cello in b minor is a nostalgic reflection on his native Bohemia and is full of some of his most inspired moments. The charismatic artistry of Camille Thomas, the young Franco-Belgian cellist, is driven by a passion for life and a desire to inspire others to open their hearts to the wonder and emotion of classical music. Camille Thomas plays the famous “Feuermann” Stradivarius (1730) cello, which in on loan to her from the Nippon Music Foundation.