Coviello’s much-praised Dvorák cycle is complete! Marcus Bosch and the Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg have waited for the finale to present the second symphony and now combine...

Coviello’s much-praised Dvorák cycle is complete! Marcus Bosch and the Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg have waited for the finale to present the second symphony and now combine it with the symphonic poem ‘The Golden Spinning Wheel,’ written about thirty years later. In the story, which is based on a poem found in Kytice, a collection of folk ballads by Karel Jaromir Erben, a king happens upon a young lady while out riding and falls in love with her. But when the king asks the lady’s step mother to bring her to his castle, she murders the girl and presents her own daughter to the king. The bloody tale is unique in Dvorak’s oeuvre. German conductor Marcus Bosch began his tenure with the Staatsphilharmonie Nurnberg in 2011. He also currently serves as professor of conducting at the Musikhochschule Munchen.