...One of the MOST POWERFUL Orchestral works...IMHO. Dvorak wrote this Symphony when he was living in the US, and he was heavily influenced by the Native American music, and the Black American music. Both were pentatonic, and this symphony..."From the New World"...is very pentatonic. I was still in high school when my private teacher, got me into a semi-professional orchestra...I was excited...for the first time in my life I was being PAID to play the cello,
and I was sitting outside chair, second stand.
We were rehearsing this symphony, and we got to the 4th Movement! We strings HAMMERED the opening phase...and then the brass limped in...
The Conductor stopped us, and YELLED at the brass..."THAT IS PERHAPS THE MOST FAMOUS PHRASE FOR BRASS...AND YOU ARE NOT PLAYING IT!!!"
We started again...and the brass did it right.
I did get into trouble later...
I whispered to my stand partner..."They are playing "Three Blind Mice". She tried to keep a straight face, and I nudged her, and whispered again..."The winds are playing "Three Blind Mice". She started laughing and the Conductor stopped the rehearsal. I did my best "Big Innocent Eyes" look.
My teacher, who was the Principal Cellist, said to me..."Do that again, and you will be sitting LAST CHAIR!!!!
https://youtu.be/DlMPh3AtBZY