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Dirk Fock (1886-1973) In 1945 the Dutch-born conductor and composer Dirk Fock (also: Foch) became an American citizen. Before that – during the interwar years – he conducted many orchestras all over Europe. Living in New York from 1919-1924 he was first conductor to the New York City Symphony Orchestra and guest conductor to the New York Philharmonic. He also was co-founder and first conductor of the American Orchestral Society. In 1924 Richard Strauss requested him to work as first director of the Wiener Konzertverein, where he performed with Igor Strawinsky. From the thirties - while living in Paris - he focused on composing.
In 1939 Fock moved back to New York. His patriotic song cycle Songs of Glory (1945) on texts by Joseph Auslander – then Poet Laureate of the United States – is inspired by the events of World War II. This cycle had several performances in the United States with Todd Duncan, the first Afro-American opera singer of the New York City Opera.Fock died in 1973 while living in Switzerland; he left behind a small but extraordinary body of work which expresses his love of the human voice.

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released March 2, 2022

Recording: Jakko van der Heijden, Concertstudio (Middelburg) at Zeeuwse Concertzaal, Middelburg (the Netherlands)
Recording dates: February 5, 7, 11, 19 2017
Mastering: Walter Calbo, Concertstudio (Middelburg)
Piano: Steinway D
Piano technique: Joost van Hartevelt, de Hamernoot, Middelburg
Linernotes: Tettje Halbertsma, Diet Scholten
Translation: Patricia Werner Leanse
Design: Hans van der Woerd
Photography: Cover, page 12 & 20: G.G. Bain Collection (Library of Congress) page 7: Igor Strawinksy and Dirk Fock, Wenen, 1926 (Bridgeman Images)
Special thanks to: Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Mundo Crastino Meliori, Von Brucken Fock Fonds, Vrienden Nederlandse Muziek

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