The Cello Concerto by Dvorák is one of the most popular concertos ever written and one of Dvorák's last ever works, but  a strange and rather tragic, story lies behind its composition. Renowned director Tony Palmer investigates the story behind the music in the wonderful ‘Dvorák - In Love?’.

In the early 1980s Tony Palmer visited Prague looking for books about Dvorák, at the time Czechoslovakia's most  famous composer, surprisingly there were none. In September 1988 he filmed a new recording of the Cello Concerto in  Prague, with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the great Czech maestro Václav Neumann, the soloist was  Julian Lloyd-Webber, already making a reputation as one of the leading British cellists of his generation. He went on to  explore how this stunning piece of music came to existence.

‘Dvorák - In Love?’ was originally a co-production with Czechoslovak Television, but when they saw the finished film and  its political content, in tears they explained why it could not be shown in Communist-ruled Czechoslovakia. Two years  later the Russians were finally thrown out and this film was the very first documentary to be shown on the newly liberated Czech television.

DVD specifications:
Region: 0 (All Regions)
Rating: E (exempt)
Duration: 52 mins
Picture Format: NTSC (all regions), 16:9, colour