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It's great to see that people listen music from country where I was born and where I live. Bedřich Smetana is very important musical composer for us because he was czech revivalist and he was trying to make our country independent as a nation and he succeeded
This piece introduced me to classical music when I was like 8 or 9. We listened to it in music class back in elementary school. Good memories. I find it hard to believe no one had suggested it yet.
Someone had suggested, and GIDI has reacted lol czcams.com/video/vHKZ-27wMtQ/video.html
I guess because most people heard it in music class in school. So one kind of assumes that everybody knows the piece already.
It's the same with Beethoven's piano Sonatas: only one suggested!
Op. 111? ;)@@fatitankeris6327
@@Quotenwagnerianer The first time I heard it was when I played it as an adult. But then I had no music classes in school and my first introduction to classical music was through classical radio in 8th grade.
Má Vlast, my fatherland, is a piece by Czech composer Smetana that expresses his deep patriotic feelings (back than Czechia or Bohemia was part of Austria). Vlatava (German: Moldau) is a river in Czechia and the geographical symbol of this country par excellence. Smetana traces the course of the river from its source to Prague. Btw, this movement was my personal introduction to classical music (I was a geography nerd as a kid) - and Vltava (die Moldau) is also the largest tributary of the Elbe, which you, as a citizen of Hamburg, should know very well.
Hey! Thanks! I'm Swedish. Smetana visited Sweden, heard the Swedish Folk Song "Ack, Värmeland Du Sköna" and then went back home and composed Ma Vlast! 💙💙💙💙💙🦩✨✨✨✨
It's the german children song "Alle meine Entchen" in the minor key. ;)
@@Quotenwagnerianer I bet there are several wonderful stories about how Ma Vlast came to be! 💙💙💙💙💙🦩✨✨✨✨
i recommend the Bruch double concerto for clarinet and viola. He uses exactly the melody of that folk song
It's a much closer match to the 16th century Italian song La Mantovana. But the Swedish song is related. The melody of La Mantovana spread widely across Europe during the Renaissance and different variants of it became folk songs in various countries stretching all the way from Scotland to Ukraine, and "Ack, Värmeland Du Sköna" is one of those folk songs. Smetana may have gotten it from the Czech children's song "Kočka leze dírou" which is another song derived from La Mantovana.
Hello my friend,
I'm glad that you reacted to Vltava. One of my favorite pieces of classical music. Especially since my maternal line comes from Bohemia, I feel close to this music.
I would like to make a small note about the pronunciation of the name. In Czech, the first syllable is emphasized, i.e. SmEtana, not SmetAna. And in the case of Bedřich the ř, as you already pronounced it correctly with Dvořak. You have a good intuitive approach to languages, you spoke the German subtitling very well, even the difficult parts like Nymphe, the ph in German is simply pronounced like f, the y like ü, "Nümfe" if you translate it literally.
In the piece, Smetana traces the course of the Moldau/Vltava river from its source to its mouth into the Elbe/Labe. It comes from the cycle "Má vlast", which translates as "My Homeland", in which he musically describes individual landscapes of the Czech Republic. Although the Vltava is undoubtedly the most famous part, the entire cycle is worth listening to. Otherwise, Smetana wrote several operas, the two most famous of which, "Prodaná nevěsta" (The Bartered Bride) and "Dalibor", are still regularly performed on international opera stages today, several symphonic poems, including Moldau, a symphony and pieces for piano and organ. He is considered a Czech national composer.
Greetings from Germany,
Andre
P.S. “Smetana” translated from Czech means whipped cream.
I guess his bloodline must've been making sourcream during the plague.
Ha! Same in Russian and Ukrainian.
@@fatitankeris6327 That could be the historical explanation.
@@peterireland4344 Yes, I think the word is common in some Slavic languages.
Smetana got deaf at 50 year old, in 1874, but he kept composing. Ma Vlast was composed when he had already severe hearing impairment.
At the end of the manuscript of Vltava, there is a written note, reading "jsa úplně hluchý", meaning "being utterly deaf"
This is my favorite song, full stop. I remember the first time I heard it in high school. We had 'music appreciation day' in chorus sometimes, and one day this was the piece the teacher chose, and he read us what all the different parts represented as we went through and I still remember because you can hear them pretty clearly: the easy-flowing springs in the beginning that join to form the river that flows past a forest hunt and a wedding, through moonlight and even rapids on the way to the castle... Gorgeous. Glad you enjoyed it.
Should check out the "Bartered Bride" overture. My introduction to Smetana.
This was my grandfather's favorite classical piece. It was the first thing he ever listened to on CD (my CD, back in 1986).
I love this piece of music and have done so since I first heard it too many years ago.
That’s so cool. we are playing that exact piece in orchestra this year!
One of the first pieces I ever listened to.
Whilst I enjoy the other parts of Má Vlast, I think it's fair to say that Vltava is the most impressive, which explains its popularity as a standalone piece. It's one of the most beautiful tone-poems ever written, imho.
I never listened to the other parts, should i check them?
@@lightyagami8525 Certainly. Even if none of the other parts are quite as memorable as "Vltava", they are still fine pieces of music.
By the way, among Bedřich's well-known works is also Luisina polka for piano
tone poem for the river from the beginning to the end.
Smetana was born on 2 March 1824, so he had 200th anniversary yesterday
Music that is a photograph of a river no longer existing this way. The rapids it depicts have vanished in a lake after the river got dammed up.
Thank you for playing one of my favorites
Great pick. Smetana's piano trio is also famous, as well as his piano sonata (which his trio quotes)
Sight-seeing on a musical river cruise! Gutes Fahren...
Although Vltava (Die Moldau) is often performed on its own, there's one bit that gets lost when it's played separately from the rest of Má Vlast. At 11:23 of the video, Smetana brings back the main theme from the first piece of the set, Vyšehrad. Vyšehrad is a historic castle in Prague that sits on a high rock directly above the river. So when you hear that theme, you've reached Prague!
A lot in this piece rides on an instrument that rarely gets the spotlight. The piece starts with a "running water" motive in the flutes, and from 1:49 of your video onward, the violas take it over and carry it for most of the rest of the piece. It may not always be the main thing in your attention, but you definitely notice when it's not there. In this video the camera is pointed out the violas quite a bit.
I know I am commenting a lot here, but this is from the same composer and it is a very exciting piece:
Smetana: Overture to "The Bartered Bride"
This is a quick one (around 7 minutes) but really good
Ufff Barenboim is sooo heavy, slow, elephantiac....
This one is amazing. Glad to see you finally get it recommended.
please react to a piece Called Gaspard de la Nuit by ravel. Its known as the most difficult piano suite ever written
You should listen to Dame Kiri te Kanawa sing Bailero from Joseph Canteloube's 'Chants d'Auvergne'.
You should check out sonata 2 by chopin, it’s a very good set of pieces by Chopin i recommend
The symphony is mostly known for this movement, but there are some other good parts as well:
czcams.com/video/KR8h5nRKAio/video.htmlsi=3EmcjRuJYxPa0xc8&t=2115 for example this is a recording from Semyon Bychkov and it is electric
Finally
His best work, by far.
What do you think of From my Life?
@@Ziad3195Wasn't he also deaf, like Beethoven, when he composed it? I have respect.
@@FirstGentleman1 He got tinnitus. That's what I know. I never listened to the piece. What other works did you listen to from him to determine this is his best work?
@@Ziad3195Not just his best work, his best work by far. Almost like Pachelbel and his Canon in D. Just lot of other music composed by him. If I ever change my mind, I let you know.
@@Ziad3195 He lost his hearing quickly and was completely deaf within a few months after he started complaining of tinnitus. He completed most of Vyšehrad while still able to hear, but composed the rest of Má Vlast and all of From My Life while completely deaf.
Dvoraks New World Symphony!…
Check out Matyáš Novák and his interpretation of this on SOLO PIANO. It's insane
@@Ziad3195 have a listen, then come back I just recommend good music
@@kaspianocz6330 No, I am tried of piano transcriptions.
I do strongly suggest Dvořák´s Slavonic dances czcams.com/users/results?search_query=slavonic+dances+berlin .. Itś definitely a ride.. And Smetana´s Overture to the bartered Bride czcams.com/video/1HbwXviU35E/video.html also will put a smile on your face :)
And the most magical Vltava played by the harp.. mesmerising czcams.com/video/TnYCW8eWqQo/video.html
Please check out this recording of Mozart Symphony 39
czcams.com/video/fAiF1PNlQ50/video.htmlsi=k-ATj-clRc1NZU4C
I this this is one of his best Symphony's
Listen to Karajans Beethoven 9 in in 1967