Smetana: Vltava (The Moldau) - Stunning Performance
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Gimnazija Kranj Great Christmas Concert 2015 - Slavic Night. Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra performed Bedřich Smetana symphonic poem: Moldau from a symphonyic poem set: Má vlast (My homeland). Concert was sold out in record time of two days (1500 seats, Gallus Hall, Cankarjev dom, Slovenia). Our kids played stunningly and set a new standard of playing and performing. This is first real film based best Moldau performance on youtube. Conductor: maestro Nejc Bečan; concert master: Nejc Avbelj; flutes: Aleksandra Pleterski and Anja Kišek; sound design: Mitja Krže; head of production: Grega Jeraša; sound mastering: Iztok Zupan (Klopotec production); concert and film director: Primož Zevnik
Dedicated to: Živa Pisk (daugther of my dearest friend, poet and translator Klemen Pisk), born in January 2017, Brno, Czech Republic
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VPK crew: Video asistenti: Domen Rakef, Jan Ješe; Avdio asistent:Daniel Grintal; Snemalci: Lojze Zlodi, Gregor Pregrad, Bojan Žalec, Robert Gaber, Boštjan Župevc, SOG, PT, CM; Kran operater: Matej Zagorc; Tonski mojster: Grega Zupan; Tehnični vodja: Admir Budimlić Mešalec slike: Flo Skubic; Izvršni producent: Sven Oliver Godec
Scenography: Jernej Kejžar
Floral set: Tina Karba in Marko Trilar (Yasmin: yasmin.si/)
Gimnazija Kranj film Crew: Juš Hrastnik, Aljaž Lavtižar, Aljaž Repnik, Mark Jarc, Jaša Krč
MOPS crew: Marjan Cerar
Klopotec Crew: Iztok Zupan
PPZ: Primož Zevnik, producer and director (primoz.zevnik@gmail.com)
Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra:
Concert master: Nejc Avbelj
Orchestra Operational Manager: Dan Ažman
FLAVTE (FLUTES): Aleksandra Pleterski, Katja Stanovšek, Zarja Hude, Neža Čadež, Manca Teran, Pia Krumpestar, Katjuša Rupnik, Anja Kišek; PIKOLO (PICCOLO) Manca Rozman; OBOE: Pavli Kac Ana Stoshitzky; KLARINETI (CLARINETS): Nadja Drakslar, Uroš Gorenc, Drejc Flajnik, Domen Kos; BAS KLARINET (BASE CLARINET): Jan Šifrer; FAGOTI (BASOONS): Arpad Balazs Piri, Miha Petkovšek; ROGOVI (FRENCH HORNS): Žiga Cesar, Marko Pirc, Miha Lončar, Klever Felicio; TROBENTE: Aleš Klančar, Anžej Remšak, Marko Novak; POZAVNE: Domen Gantar, Žan Škrjanec, Filip Istenič; EVFONIJ: Nina Tajč; TUBA: Tilen Oblak; TOLKALA: Dan Ažman Pistotnik, Domen Blaznik, Vid Ušeničnik, Miha Ogris: KLAVIR (PIANO): Monika Podlogar, Rok Zupanc, Katja Jerič, Ana Maria Beguš; VIOLINE 1 (FIRST VIOLINS): Nejc Avbelj, Neža Capuder, Peter Jud, Oskar Longyka, Klavdija Jarc Bezlaj, Mojca Batič, Ajda Porenta, Dora Rakar, Tina Zajec, Neža Piry, Katarina Miklavčič, Evita Oberžan, Domen Lorenz; VIOLINE 2 (SECOND VIOLINS): Uroš Bičanin, Matija Udovič, Tjaša Gorjanc, Nina Pečar, Klara Gruden, Daniel Perez Tujillo, Laura Bartelj, Tonka Pogačnik, Eva Dukarič, Ana Marija Lazari, Vivijana Rogina; VIOLE (VIOLAS): Špela Pirnat, Neža Papler, Anuša Plesničar, Vanja Kojić, Jurij Gracej, Neža Sečnik, Hana Lavrinc, Anita Gnamuš, Urša Žun, Martin Kokošinek; VIOLONČELA (CELLOS): Urh Mrak, Arslan Hamidulin, Lucija Rupert, Alenka Piotrowicz, Katarina Kozjek, Nika Vremšak, Klara Pahor, Katarina Minatti, Ana Zupan; KONTRABASI (DOUBLE BASSES): Grega Rus, Todor Markovič, Andrej Kašič, Gašper Livk, Joana Gonzales Subira, Arthur Piotrowicz; HARFA (HARPS): Urša Rihtaršič Ajda Krišelj; SAKSOFONI (SAXOFONES): Gal Grobovšek, Urša Uršič, Manca Krivec; BAS KITARA/KITARA (BASS GUITAR / GUITAR): Luka Štibelj, Urh Zupan, Rok Klančar, Karim Zajec; HARMONIKA (ACCORDEON): Ana Lombar
Concert sponsor: Hranilnica LON bank (www.lon.si)
Veliki božični koncert Gimnazije Kranj 2015 - Slovanski večer.
Veliki simfonični orkester Gimnazije Kranj je brilijanto izvedel simfonično pesnitev: Vltava Bedřicha Smetane iz cikla Moja domovina (Má vlast). Mladi glasbeniki so izvedli to skladbo v Gallusovi dvorani Cankarjevega doma v razprodani dvorani. S to interpretacijo se je gotovo zapisal v zgodovino najboljših izvedb tega dela vseh časov. Dirigent: Nejc Bečan, koncertni mojster: Nejc Avbelj; vodja produkcije: Grega Jeraša, tonski mojster: Mitja Krže; mastering: Iztok Zupan; režiser: Primož Zevnik - Hudba
![Bedřich Smetana - Má vlast (‘My Country’) [Jakub Hrůša, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/6rENhwU8xJ8/mqdefault.jpg)
I am a native Czech. Every time I hear this song. My soul is clenched, with national pride.
And so to all of you. I am sending greetings from my homeland. Old Czechs.
And warmest greetings from Australia to you and all your countrymen and women.❤
Ahoj Jarda, I can understand your feelings well. I heard 'Vltava' for the first time when I was about 14 years old. We finally had an old radio. That's now 70 years ago, but I still remember it well. Even then I felt something with this wonderful music, something I couldn't explain. But it was something like a deep connection with the country through which the Vltava flowed. And it has not changed until today. - Greetings from Good Old Germany, my home country, but it's not the part where I was born. That is much further in the east.
This was the first piece of classical music I remember my mother played for me in my childhood in Greenland - I was 7-8 years old, so for about 50 years, this music has been in my heart. Today I live in Budapest, partly due to my love for Central and Eastern European music. I can understand your pride.
I am in Prague now. Listening to it.
The land of Svejk....
0:00 The warm spring (flutes): the source of the Vltava.
0:29 The cold spring (clarinets): the two brooks meet and form the Vltava.
1:11 Vltava: the main theme.
3:15 Hunters' horns: the river passes through a forest hunt.
4:10 Polka: a village wedding dance by the river.
5:49 Rusalka: beautiful water nymphs in old Czech legends, bathing in the river by the moonlight amid the ruins of ancient castles. Muted strings, flutes, harps and horns. Calm yet mysterious.
9:04 Return to the main theme
10:03 Our river enters the raging St. John Rapids. Stormy and turbulent.
11:19 Main theme recap. Having cleared the rapids, now in a bright and cheerful major key.
11:45 Vyšehrad theme: the Vltava salutes the great castle, seat of the Czech nation. Cymbals. Goosebumps.
12:41 The music slowly fades away as our river says farewell and flows on into the distance, as it always has since time immemorial.
Truly one of the most evocative pieces of music ever written.
This is the kind of comment i always hope to find in every video of the style. Thank you kind person, you're a true savior.
@@insomnio8093 Anytime!
Thank you 🙏😌
Amazing, thanks!
This a mournfully nostalgic and beautiful piece of music. I've loved it for years.
My dad showed me this song when I was very young. It has always been my favorite classical piece. I’m now a multi-instrumentalist and singer with a deep passion for music thanks to him. He died last august and when that melody hit I just burst into tears. I’m happy that he gave me 37 years and my biggest passion in life: music.
Imagine, Smetana composed this while completely deaf.
Beautiful story, thanks for sharing 🥰
Mission accomplished by your dad!! He passed his own passion to you! The greatest gift in this life! My son is graduating from high school and he’s the best trumpet and guitar player!! Music is the heart of the soul… dad is smiling ❤
Excelente música, entrañable historia la de tu padre
You were blessed to have such a father.
This was one of my late wife's favourite pieces. I had it played at her funeral and, even though she died over a year ago, this tune destroys me every time I hear it. God bless her.
Hodně síly a odvahy Vám přeji... je to moc těžké, když člověku zmizí ze života blízká bytost.... posílám jednu českou folklórní píseň... czcams.com/video/psRqVMlyhIc/video.html
@@ivanhajzin3852 "Disappears" is so true. Translating your post by Google: I wish you a lot of strength and courage... it is very difficult when a person close to you disappears from your life... I am sending you a Czech folk song...
I love it❤
The spirit touches you 💕
I've been thinking this morning, despite everything else that's going on, aren't we lucky to be able to listen to pretty well any music we like, at the click of a mouse?
Penelope you are so right!! Stay safe and healthy ✌🏼!!!!
Amen to that...we are so blessed and if we once thought about things going on in other Nations...we would be humbled at God's Blessings on us...nora
I listened today and I'm sure it has made my day. Many more days alone in my apartment left to go!
@@gooburt9026 Hoping you find more good music to listen to! You could try the Virtual Concert Hall on Facebook, recently started by a friend of mine, Derek Jones.
Thanks God! ...but not only. The thousands of engineers and technical people who made this happen through the years mid-70, '80s and '90s of XX century should also be given credit for this great deed.
Did anyone else physically get goosebumps when that melody came in? I hope you are all doing ok in these strange times
Every single time. I don't know. I just can't help it. In Germany, this was standart in music class in 4th grade. That's where I got hooked. Never got it out of my head. When our teacher explained to us that Smetana is painting a picture of his country with music, now, that was exe opening...
Literally every single time 😀
Same. It happens every time.
Goosebumps here, too. Listening in such fearful times is a good reminder that much that is joyous and genuine remains, and that some truths are eternal.
The same with me,i've heard it the furst time when i head music lessons,i was 12 that time,i'am still greatfull to my teacher miss Dankelman,what a fantastic music,everytime i hear it,just the name Moldau,takes me back ❤
2.3.2024
Happy birthday Bedrich Smetena........200 years ......well composed
I took an elective class in the spring of 1973, Music Appreciation. I have zero musical ability other than playing a stereo.
The professor played this and told us what it was about.
Prettiest piece of music I have ever heard.
Here I’am 51 years later still listening
Comment sections on classical videos are the best, most positive places found on youtube. No trolling, just sharing the enjoyment and love of music. Long may it remain this way.
same for the lofi community...i wish all youtube comment sections were like this
Trolls are repelled by the Classics
Yes, I think You're right.
Trolls have actually a beautiful side effect: when confronted you stand up for your values or for someone elses values which is even more beautiful and restores our faith in humanity again. No, quite on the contrary: Trolls are neccessary for the rest of us to see more clearly.
What about the jazz community
For those who didn't know Smetana wrote this while he was completely deaf. One of the few things that makes me proud to be Czech. History is the only thing we have at the moment.
I feel your pain. God bless the Czechs.
Like Beethoven did with his 9th. That's real musical talent that no one today can even touch that level.
Beethoven was never completely deaf, although at his later stages he couldn't hear without his famous horn. But he never was 100% deaf
It makes me proud to be Czech as well. My grandparents immigrated to the US, but we are still proud. What’s going on in Czech Republic right now is not good at all. Keep your head up! Hopefully it’ll get better.
God Bless
Every time when listening to this masterpiece always crying and think the life is worth living. Mongolian admirer.
Greetings to our Czech brothers and sisters welcoming your contribution to our rich European heritage! This is a master piece of classical music!
We, the American people, have as much to thanks the Czechs for with Dvorak and his beautiful music he wrote about the americas.
🤗🤗🤗 hello from the Czech Republic :-) this main theme is known here even between little kids :-) we do special dance to represent each part of the piece. In kindergarden
@@Tess791 Hi friend 👋🏼 from 🇺🇲
@@Tess791 That's so wholesome! Little kids dancing to classical music. How cute is that? 😍 Greetings from Syria
When I hear Vitava I feel I am Czech.
I am a Czech expat who has been living in the States for over 35 years now, and I have tears in my eyes every time I am listening to Vltava and Tabor.
tog hoath Thank you very much for all that information. I will check it out. I really appreciate sharing you sharing this with me.
Я русский. Я плачу над этой мелодией с самого начала моей жизни.
alexhh65 Thank you for sharing your experience with this piece of music.
I am not Czech but I had tears in my I when I listened to this. So I believe you have cause.
@@spy8464BB I am not Czech, either, but I cry through the whole piece nearly every time I hear it because it is so very beautiful and emotional.
I’m here in 2024. Was reading a book: ‘The First Deadly Sin’ by Lawrence Sanders and a tavern scene was described to have this music playing on the bartender’s tuned radio. Had to look it up to help my imagination. Glad I did. Love this masterpiece❤️
Through days ago we're drived through the Stunning Woods of the bohemian Forest near Krumlov and listen to this masterpiece. i cried all the time, i'm so glad i've found this symphonia! Be proud Czechia!
Czech Republic. 😂
"VLTAVA", má zamilovaná, veselá i dramatická! Je to úžasně melodická, krásná hudba. Děkuji osudu, že jsme měli tak velkého, talentovaného hudebního skladatele, 🇨🇿 Bedřicha Smetanu. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
I am well and alive and listening to this celestial music. In these times of trouble. Thank you and please take care!!
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Praise Jesus, such a magical creation
Music...listening to the exquisite memories of the dead... miles and decades away. And no distance at all...
The past is one perfection... screaming against the transient as we are born and subsumed in an infinite micro second... the world is ours, we imbue it with tragedy and triumph...
Existence itself is a composition by you to yourself. Revel from birth and laugh until death at your unconscious creation. You are eternal and your dreams are symphonies. You are a perfect mad God, and you speak to yourself forever...
Behold the spiralling stars, the nebulae...timeless light...eternal light... you are a descendant of God...and you are God himself... death is defeated... all that is left is to attend this perfect dance and put your best foot forward...
Ah, celestial. The very word!
Thank you. Et vous, aussi.
"The composition describes the course of the Vltava, starting from the two small springs, the Cold and Warm Vltava, to the unification of both streams into a single current, the course of the Vltava through woods and meadows, through landscapes where a farmer's wedding is celebrated, the round dance of the mermaids in the night's moonshine: on the nearby rocks loom proud castles, palaces and ruins aloft. The Vltava swirls into the St John's Rapids; then it widens and flows toward Prague, past the Vyšehrad, and then majestically vanishes into the distance, ending at the Labe (or Elbe, in German)."
~Smetana
Thanks for sharing 💐
Yep, that's what I learned when in primary school, back in the early 70's. My teacher used to have his 'music lesson' on Friday, the last hour, in which he taught us kids of 11, 12 years old what the 'real music' (in his view 'classical music') was about. At that time, I was not interested. Yet, I must have memorized a lot, as I also recall his tale about 'Peer Gynt'. Anyhow, I'm grateful for his lessons, as now I absolutely love this piece, not in the least because I understand what it describes.
At the time I wasn't, we were all waiting for the last 5 minutes, in which we were given the opportunity to bring and play our 'popular music', which he always dismissed as 'rubbish', of course. I still remember bringing my sister's single of 'See Me, Feel Me' by The Who. Uhm, a bit different from my teacher's choices, yet he allowed me to put it on the player and let everyone hear it.
Great memories... :)
Have never seen the description by the Composer. Wow. I'm pretty darn close.
En español por favor
@@johngardysoy4310 La composición describe el curso del Moldava, partiendo de los dos pequeños manantiales, el Moldava Frío y Cálido, hasta la unificación de ambos arroyos en una sola corriente, el curso del Moldava a través de bosques y prados, a través de paisajes donde se celebra la boda de un granjero. celebrada, la danza circular de las sirenas en la luz de la luna de la noche: en las rocas cercanas se alzan orgullosos castillos, palacios y ruinas en lo alto. El Moldava se adentra en los rápidos de San Juan; luego se ensancha y fluye hacia Praga, más allá del Vyšehrad, y luego se desvanece majestuosamente en la distancia, terminando en el Labe (o Elba, en alemán) ".
~ Smetana
This is not a "song" people! It's a complex orchestral composition.
It's sublime music and one doesn't have to be from that region to appreciate it.
Great music like all great art is timeless and belongs to the whole of humanity.
Glorious stuff! 💖💕
When I was for the first time to Prag, I felt in love with Czech culture, language, people,.....I love czech musicians.....I miss Check country. This masterpiece of music is admirable....I feel Smetana vibrating in my soul.
When Bohemia has spleen, it listens to the Vltava. Hvala Sloveniji za podporo češki klasični glasbi. Vso srečo.
I hope it helps with my spleen healing too :)
Hola me encantó la canción triste a vuestra patria buenísima la voz de la soprano desde aquí mi más afectuoso saludo y seguimos orando por Ucrania Rosa Vignolo Uruguay
il mio mix ottimo da risentire al prossimo collegamento.grazie
Un Cielo pieno di stelle
I have a spleen today and came here for this music. It is healing ❤Zdraví a lásku nám všem❤
My favorite piece of classical music making me weep every time but also feeling so deeply proud of my Czech heritage, my beloved mother who bravely fled in the 60s for a better life, luckily meeting the love of her life, my father (Swiss). She missed her beloved Prag so very much, and I vividly remember to this very day after the wall fell, visiting her beloved Prag again. It was a magic trip and since that trip I felt so proud being 1/2 Czech. Sadly, both passed away 8 years ago. Mám tě ráda mami a moc mi chybíš, ale tvůj milovaný Smetana nás spojuje .. Thank You for sharing this divine&sublime piece of music that means the world to me 🙏💖
Švýcarsko má dvě silná propojení, která je už na duchovní a laskavé - tedy lásky neoddělí... a to je: láskyplný vztah Čechů ke K.G. Jungovi, s jeho archetypy a psychoanalýzou a druhá věc, o které se moc nemluví... československá rozvědka odhalila plány Hitlera na obsazení neutrálního Švýcarska a to ho odradilo Švýcarsko obsadit.... czcams.com/video/3nmG25XGDUc/video.html
The flutes right at the beginning - nothing less than pure perfection 👍👍
1968. Invaze Brežněvových vojsk do Československa. Britská BBC vysílá tuto melodii. Nedokážu vyjádřit, jak je mi vždy smutno, když slyším tuto krásnou hudbu Bedřicha Smetany.
I was seven years old when they crushed the Prague spring. I remember my parents disbelief and horror - back then, it was easy to imagine what might happen next, if you lived in Finland. And now, it's the same. Pretty awful. But the music is great!
At the beginning those two flautists sounded like one instrument - bloody brilliant playing!
This is the best performance of this piece that I've come across. These young people are special
Haunting superb masterpiece gives me chills evey time.
The very beginning of the Moldau symphony is representing two main streams of Vltava (Moldau) river, the warm and cold Vltava, joining together. It is so brilliant, that you can see and feel that in the music.
My thoughts exactly. Other performances are too fast on the intro...no disrespect to other conductors/musicians
Well.... It’s not... The two flutes fucked the beginning up... It’s just wrong what they were playing there. Everything else was so emotional and just perfect but the beginning.... ARRRGGHHH 😂
To mother.... We hummed it together at your senior home one week before you left for heaven. I was 63 and you were 98. I still hum it with you, five years later, thanks to Smetana and to your love. Remarkable and passionate performance. Such accents, power, grace, glory and nostalgia
Heaven does not exist
@@arcticwind1368 it exist why there are sky and how life is born and earth great and freedom but how only by god if people died they go to heaven who is do a sin will go to hell
@@mrfiram1979 your way if thinking and reasoning is still to immature.
It's like talking to a child!
It is impossible for you to understand the ways of science.
@@arcticwind1368 Sir, you are an insulting idiot, who apparently knows very little of the real World.
@@factanonverba6169 so what?Gonna cry?Cannot handle real criticism l?
The flautists are phenomenal. Such control! Such expressiveness!
I've listened hours and hours to classical music, and I always come back to Smetana and Dvorak. Their music has something magic in it, that takes you to other worlds. I always wanted to visit the magical Czech Republic once, and I'm sure that I will do it in the future, once I get the right occasion. I am from Luxembourg and studied history. I love the connection that exists between our countries, especially that Bohemia had famous Luxembourgish leaders during the Middle Ages. Every Czech can be proud of their rich history and culture!
This is the best performance of the Moldau I have ever heard.
I first visited Prague in 1994 & returned in 1997 for months of study of architecture. I listened to many lovely performances of music all over town given for free or nearly so. A beautiful city, home to a lovely people of kind, generous & great artistic spirit which comes through in Czech art, music & architecture.
Fraternal greetings to the Czech people, from India (Calcutta and New Delhi). Yours is a tiny country, but enormously talented in all spheres. Above all, you have never colonised or exploited other nations and peoples. Namashkar.
I grew up in Germany directly on the border to the Czeck Republik. My Father had a CD of Smetana and when I was a child I loved to listen to it. Especially with the second Song "Vltava" I always tried to imagine how Praha looks like. 20 Years later I went there the first time. I saw the City and it quite looked like I imagined. Amazing!
Was he listening while killing Jews?
When you arrive in Prague with Czech Airlines, they let passengers hear the main theme of the Moldau, it happned twice to me, I had tears in my eyes, although I have the Flamish (part of Belgium) nationality; My son lives in de Tsjechie.
Israelites heard the message: Full of love, faith, and hope.
I love this. ♥
The correct words are " happened" and "Flemish".
I know!! I love that moment of landing in Prague!!
@@ndhan72 Flamish sounds way cooler though. 🔥🇧🇪
What a gift to the world. This composer, Smetana … this composition, this orchestra, these musicians, this conductor. What a gift.
I had no idea he wrote this when he was deaf! This is my favorite classical type piece as well! I would like it played at my funeral, along with some old hymns!❤😊
When I saw the statue of Smetana looking out over Moldau I felt happy for him. Here in Gothenburg is a house with a plate saying that he lived there for some time. And it is said that he wrote this masterpiece looking out over the narrov canal running outside, inspired by a Swedish folksong. I can imagine him feeling homesick.
872 people who have absolutely no taste in music what so ever! This piece is incredible, love it, so beautiful.
The most beautiful performance I've ever heard. I truly can't stop listening to this masterpiece. This orchestra is marvelously talented and remarkable to listen to. Congrats to the amazing conductor, leader, solo flautists/clarinetists and the rest of the orchestra!
To be perfectly honest: I have better performances in my collection!
You are right thé orchestra is really talented and the conductor too !!!
Beautiful music and impeccably played by a great orchestra.
czcams.com/video/76R0N2GN6Jo/video.html … I remember watching this live on TV and whole family was crying (notice the date of the production and find on Wikipedia who was Rafael Kubelík); I am still choking when I start that video.
Unbeschreiblich schöne Aufführung von diesem jungen Orchester aus Slowenien😍😍👌🎼🎻👏👏👏🤩🎶🎶🎶
My favourite piece ever played absolutely fantastic by an amazing Slovenian orchestra. Greetings everyone from Bulgaria. ❤️
1:09
zdravim z Cech
I genuinely felt this performance . the bright lovely moonshine and the water in the river glistening because of it .. the nymphs glowing under the moon light creating a spring upholding the alluring moon . and once we got to the rapids I was terrified , trying my best to avoid my boat tossing over, my eyes were literally wide and my heart beating fast until I eventually got out, even the color of the night changed to a dark life threatening red . Once I Floated into the city I felt calm and a flower landed in my hands , I waved at the people passing by and floating off into the sunset with a peaceful heart.
This felt nothing short of cathartic.
I didn't realise it was 14 minutes long.
I could keep listening to this for hours.
Indeed, a therapeutic experience.
These young musicians are the sanity in this world! Bless you all for this gorgeous performance.💐
Amen to that thought
Everytime, the chills. I kinda fell in love with Czechia with this symphony. And again while traveling there. And again back home while playing Kingdom Come. And again and again !
There is music that is pleasant, there is music that you enjoy because it makes you feel happy, there is music that makes you melancholy, and then there is music like Vltava which lifts you, moves you to the point of tears, and allows you to soar above the travails and vexations of life and for a while feel sublime. Nationalism brought Europe to the point of ruin in the last century, but it has also produced some incredibly stirring music. To listen to this is to sometimes feel one should have been born Czech.
I have Czech Heritage and this piece of music always brings tears to my eyes.
Well said.
Well said....I never had a chance to visit it but from what I've seen and read about it it's a beautiful country rich in history and culture and I will always regret not having visited it when I was still living in Belgium 26 years ago.
Imagine taking a train or boat ride across the country listening to this music....and this performance in particular...there is no better stress relief than that, can't be...
I often wish I had been born in Prague, it's such an amazing city, I've never felt so at home, or at peace anywhere, I've been 5 times, often for at leas a week, can't wait to return, once Covid restrictions allow
@@terrybarnes5343 I've never been to Prague, but I hope to rectify that very soon once the restrictions are eased. It's on my bucket list.
Very beautiful orchestra. Greetings from an albanian 🇦🇱
J adore c célèbre morceau . Il m rappelle d suite la magnifique Prague . Merci B Smetana
Apart from the excellent music from my home country, I´d like to thank the director of photography and all the people who created this video. The effort and concentration that can be seen in those beautiful young peple´s faces, the amazement and pride they show at the end, and their talent shot on camera add one more layer to the piece. Thank you.
Thank you very much for you compliments. It was a pleasure recording these young vibrant musicians. Greetings from director.
@@primozzevnik7427 Thank you for working with these young people, to help bring out the best in them. This was the first time I've seen you conduct, but I look forward to seeing more of your concerts. Beautiful ❤️❤️!!
@@primozzevnik7427 Sir, you have my sincere and joyful gratitude ! Thank you.💯
I first heard this 60 yrs ago and I hv loved it ever since. Thank you for this fine performance.
With aloha from So. Kona, Hawai'i Island.
I could watch this everyday for the rest out my life and it still wouldn't be enough. ❤I adore this. It makes wanna play again.
Its a beautiful musical depiction of the Czech landscape trough their iconic Vltava river. Bravo maestro Smetana, perfect performance Slovenia. Greeting from Slovakia
HELLO EVERONE , 67 YRS OLD FROM NEW YORK. YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST TIME IVE EVER LISTEN TO THE PRAUGE SYMPHONEY ( EXCUSE SPELLING ). IT WAS 43 MINS LONG I ABSOLUTLEY LOVED IT !
OMG, this is still just as stunning as it was the first time I heard it-- many, many years ago! The flautists, the conductor 's passion,the absolute unity of all the orchestral members is just PERFECT!
I love this masterpiece of the classics. I thank my father and grandmother for raising me to appreciate such beautiful music. While I'm not Slavic, l admire the patriotism and poetry that went into such a brilliant work. Cheers to the conductor and the talented, magnificent young high schoolers who make up the orchestra! Prost! Grossartig! Sehr Schoen!
D. Schliewen
Concordo plenamente com você!!!!!
Is anyone going to talk about the camera work and production though? Great job to all
What a Great performance of Vltava by such a Young amazing orchestra. Thnx a million👍💖🎼🎼❤️
The very first piece of classical music heard at school. It always moves me very much. I found myself in tears on Charles Bridge in Prague looking at the river passing under its arches at sunset. So touching. This is a masterpiece.
Words cannot describe a masterpiece my greatest respect to the orchestra
Absolutely magnificent! With all the 'stuff' going on in the world, it's a pleasure to take a break and listen to sheer beauty!
Awe inspiring and thought provoking unto the depths of my soul.
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But isn’t that the point? The Moldau is a reflection of all the stuff going on on the world.
Yes !
@@robertwalden-chastain6005 ; Maybe it's a reflection of all the stuff that is going on in the world where people are missing out. All the noise in the world but then there is this .
I first heard this in 1986. I was in college taking a classical music appreciation class, and was so taken aback. It has been my absolute favorite ever since.
I've always been musical and our music teacher Mrs McCulloch from 1974 at Stapylton School in Eston England played this to the class, I only really knew pop music but this made an impression, I don't think anyone else in the class got it. I did and still do. Thank you Mrs McCulloch.
I never get tired of this performance. Fantastic!! Love from Philadelphia USA🇺🇸
ok but have you heard the harp solo version
This is in my top 3 compositions of all time, and I've never heard it arranged like this. Brilliant conduction and masterful execution. This is a conductor leading his orchestra to the highest level. Wow!
One of my all time favorite musical pieces! The story telling here is incredible!
Great interpretation. A fine performance by the conductor and the orchestra. It was as if I was listening The Moldau for the first time.
Thanks to my 10 yr old grandson for introducing me to this music by means of a homework poster he has had to create. 😘every day is a school day, I'm 71, thanks Lucas:).
Isn't it wonderful to have grand children to love and music to soothe our troubles?!
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Christine Newell - As the saying goes " by your pupils you'll be tought".
John Roberts yes and they are teachers who don't know they are teaching. Funny. I'll just tell you this little story about my 4 grandchildren.... Last year I had a stroke and I lost all speech. All of them, when visiting would sit cross legged in front of me on my bed and do my Speech Therapy exercises with me. Their little hands shaping my droopy face, their lips mirroring the word shapes, sounding out the phonics, falling over with laughter when my attempts gave rise to some word not in our language. They made it fun AND SUCCESSFUL . Yes, by MY pupils I have certainly been taught.
@@christinenewell4587 - Christine, thank you for your little story and I hope that you have fully recovered your speech. I borrowed the saying from a song in the film "The King and I" by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. I don't know whether you are familiar with the song or the film but it was one of those magic productions they used to make in the 1950s.
Большое спасибо этому дружному коллективу профессионалов за подаренную красоту и добрые эмоции, а автору канала за качественное видео и звук. Словно в живую побывал на концерте.
I'm still here, every time possible. The BEST VERSION EVER !!! of Smetana ! And I listened to al LOT ! But always find me here again !
This is possibly the best recording of this piece I have ever heard. WOW!
Agreed, makes me cry
Každý Čech ví, že národ Slovinců je počtem sice menší než my, ale duchem veliký -- Slovinsko je nám vzorem, který bychom rádi následovali. Ale co u nás v Čechách není obecně známo a co mě překvapilo, to je nadšení, s jakým naši slovinští přátelé z Kraně hrají našeho milého klasika Smetanu! To je pro mne velká radost a až budu mluvit se svou mrtvou babičkou, určitě jí to vyřídím, aby se i ona mohla radovat snad ještě víc než já, protože ona Smetanovu hudbu milovala a od malička mne vytrvale mořila Prodanou nevěstou a Mou vlastí. A když slyším toto provedení Vlatvy, tak mi to konečně všechno do sebe zapadá a dává smysl. Díky!
Drahý příteli. Děkuji za vaše milá slova a komplimenty. Češi jsou naši blízcí bratři. Sdílíme společnou historii a ducha. Pozdrav z Kranje ve Slovinsku od koncertního ředitele. Ať tvoje babička odpočívá v pokoji.
Slovinsko vzorem? Odkdy a v čem? Nic proti nim, ale na tyhle bláboly mám alergii.
After 16 years spent abroad I am extremely glad I am back in my home Czech country at this very difficult time, I am very proud of our heritage, history and culture and I support Czech patriotism all the way and love our musical geniuses such as Smetana and Dvořák (and many others). This piece of music is most stunning, reflecting the natural beauty of the actual river Vltava. But unfortunately the most beautiful part of the Vltava riverside has - in the 1950"s - disappeared under the huge man-made dam and reservoir called Orlík. Many - some say the nicest - villages, valleys and woods along the river have been lost, flooded, this reservoir is massive. The mid-part of Vltava riverside "střední povltaví" is gone, these were the places that inspired Bedřich Smetana the most. Villages Radava, Podskalí, Těchnice and many others, lost forever. I've researched this through as my ancestors come from one of those villages - I literally do come from Vltava! :) and this music runs in my veins.
But the dam brought another interesting feature to the river.
Brilliant piece
I’ve watched this video many times for months. I never get tired of this masterpiece. This young people have no idea what they created! I’m mean they know but yet they can’t know or understand how much beauty, like ripples in a pond that they sent out. I was a flutist in high school. Thank you for showcasing the beautiful flutes in this piece. These young ladies and everyone in this orchestra has so much to be proud of. ❤️
I remember being a 3-4 year old in 2002, during the Czech flood. On TV, there was a long sequence with many different shots of the overflowing vltava, showing buildings underwater, damaged nature and architecture. They would play it a few times a day on the main news channel. This piece was playing over the video recordings, and the music spoke to me like nothing else. My mom recorded it because I liked it so much and I would watch it over and over again everyday for the music. It was my favorite thing to do. When I hear it now, it moves me to tears, and I can see my child self looking out of the window of our childhood apartment, from the top floor, at the communal backyards and gardens of the apartment complexes, with the ground hidden underwater (our part of the city wasn't too affected by the flood as we were high up enough, but there was still water accommodating in the closed spaces in the middle of apartment building blocks). I can't remember much of my early childhood, but this stands out. Its very sentimental for me.
Úžasné !! Takhle krásně zahraná Vltava a to nasazení hudebníků se hned tak nevidí, a to ani u České filharmonie. Blahopřeji Vám !
I have always loved this melody of the Moldau. You can feel the River making it’s way thru the landscape, deep and beautiful, reflecting of the beautiful nature and of its surroundings. A stunning piece of musical joy.🥰♥️
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If I were wearing a hat, I would take it off for these young musicians. Briliant!
Kai
when I was 12, when I heard this wonderfull piece of music at the first time. I'm still gratefull to my teacher of music. this is one of my favourite pieces of classical music unitl this days. now I am 67.
I am 68 and I still remember in school in Belgium at 14 we had two hours of music class per week with a female teacher who shared her passion for classical music. I will always be grateful to her and spending a few hours listening to and analyzing Peter and the Wolf....Our first assignment, discussing instrument per instrument and why it was a good choice for the character it represented....I'm afraid they no longer do that in school, music lessons....
Ha Tanja, jaz sem jo tudi prvič slišal pri glasbenem, danes pa prvič digitalno. Do zdaj zmerom prek gramofona. Mi je nova najdena mačka iglo utrgala z glavice. Zelo dobra izvedba tako umetniško kot tudi tehnično, ne zaostaja za analognim.
And me, and I'm 65...!
My mother was a primary school teacher, and while I was a child living in what was then West Germany, she bought me a series of books that included cassette tapes so that one could follow along with the narrator, or enjoy either one independently. The were three volumes that retold episodes from the Alice books of Lewis Carroll. All three used “The Moldau” as the thematic score.
@@KTbugDaddy Wonderful way to learn and stays in the memory.
Nejc Becan does such an incredible job with this Orchestra. I wish for more global recognition for him. Truly magnificent Orchestra.
In my opinion, it is incomparably better than the Karajan interpretation.
Here comes the beauty. One my favorites.
I love this song since I was a teenager. I've never been there, but I see the waters of the river flowing.
Goosebumps every time I hear Vltava theme!
The two flautists at the beginning gave me goosebumps (literally) when I listened to them; their melodies intertwine so well into one unearthly voice. The entire orchestra presented a clear and moving performance. All in all, it's an excellent work.
Stunning indeed! Wonderous and so fullfilling...fkutes & woodwinds so articulate and rich in tone & rythem! Swelling dynamics...strings & brass too. I play flute & cello in orchestras thru the years so I appreciate such quality! Thank you, Tor Hansen
These lovely young musicians are full of life, energy, hope and expectations, and we can hear it in their performance. Wonderful!
I heard this song for the first time in 2005 at Prague Castle by a full orchestra. It was life changing.
Huh, at the Castle high there at this time must have been wonderful i guess😽❤❤❤
So did I!
Da bekommt man eine Gänsehaut beim zuhören ! Es fasziniert mich immer wieder auf ein Neues, was Musiker imstande sind zu leisten.
Die feinsten Nuancen, die ein Orchester heraus arbeiten kann - das ist Kultur pur !
The Moldau must be a truly beautiful and clear river. I hope it is protected, and has not been polluted by industrialization. This piece has been a favorite of mine since I was 3-4 years old. I am now 80 years of age and it thrills me still. I feel like I see the Moldau river.
Sorry, mariandrake1942. The river flows from South to North. Just upstream, there is a large hydroelectric dam. Its' confluence with the Elbe about 20 miles north of Prague is guarded by two huge coal fired power stations, Mělník I and Mělník II. Mělník III has just been closed. Between Mělník and Prague, the river is canalised. There is a river port in the North of Prague served by large barges which travel up the Elbe from as far away as Hamburg, and, via the canal system, from Berlin and from the Rotterdam. Just so that you know, "Moldau" is a German name. The correct name is "Vltava"
Try these czcams.com/video/TnYCW8eWqQo/video.html Transcription by Hanuš Trneček 1858-1914
czcams.com/video/Sd3bIIaz3Kg/video.html Considered to be sacrilege by some but Karel was at the top of Czech and Slovak light entertainment for nearly 60 years. Following an outpouring of grief at his death in 2019, he was given a state funeral.
Go to czcams.com/video/6H1ukxdYlXs/video.html Go to 1 hour 36 minutes and watch for 30 seconds. You will then hear the beautiful song/hymn so often used at funerals in Czech R set to the Scots-Irish Appalachian tune "New Britain".
The words begin:
Už z hor zní zvon, už tmí se kraj Already, from the mountain tolls the bell. already darkness falls upon the land
A s ním tvůj syn šel spát And with Him, thy son hath gone to sleep
Všem přej týž sen, všem píseň hraj Let us all, wish we, sweet dreams, Let us all, the tune play,
Mír strun, mír snů mám rád The peace of strings, the peace of dreams, have I (we) love.
It goes on, "Already from the mountain tolls the bell, already sleeps thy stable ..... lay down thy spade."
Enjoy !
Sadly it´ s not like that. Moldau (Vltava) is poluted by paper mills and other polution + dams made it to form lakes full of cyanobacteria...
@@milangacik994 That is very, very sad. Where I live, there are two big rivers. When the Indians were the sole residents, they were clear, too, but now they are dirty. I just cannot understand why people are ruining our once beautiful planet.
@@mariandrake Moldau in times of Smetana was beautiful river with nice valleys, but capitalist greed and socialist industrialization make their mark on that...
@@milangacik994 If artists, musicians, poets, and dancers were heavily on the boards of corporations and government agencies, these degradations would not happen. We are like the canary in the mine -- if the canary stops singing there is danger in the mine for the miners. But we are looked down upon as being superfluous. Art and music programs are the first things they cut from schools to save money.
in all of my 75 years I heve never heard Smetana's Moldau played so incredible vivid, symphonic, clear etc. Thank You so much people, wish You all the very best.
Magnificent performance. Bravo! Many years ago I had a teacher who "took" us through this piece, explaining how Smetana described the river musically: from its small spring beginnings, going through valleys, through towns big and mall, turning into a mighty river, and passing by big cities... until it joined the Elba river disappearing into those waters. Every time I listen to this piece I travel anew through that marvelous countryside and visit the mighty Moldau... again. Thank you for this wonderful musical pleasure.
Yes! My professor did the same thing!
My primary school teacher also did this for our class. I must have looked transported because she played it again for me alone, later on. Wonderful Mrs Yudt.
It wasn't until I had taken a music appreciation course in college that this particular tone poem was explained, but I am grateful and forever will be to my music teachers in my elementary and high school days, as well as to my mother for introducing me to and fostering my love of great classical music. I feel for those who have no love of it and think how colorless their lives must be.
Auch ich hatte einen Musiklehrer in der Schule , der uns in den 1965/1966 Jahren das Stück nahe brachte.
Me too had a teacher in school in 1965/1966, wo explained this music to us.
Thanks for the short description of this piece. It was very informative to me and I am sure to some others as well.
Hvala ,obožavam ovo najlepše muzičko delo koje je ikada komponovano, još od školskih dana ,kada nam je profesor muzike H.Sinanovic uz muzičko remek delo,sve do detalja i vizuelno na školskoj tabli ,približio i zauvek u srcu memorisao Vltava,od izvora do potoka pa do ogromne razlivene po ravnici vođene snage,božanskog čuda
!!! Hvala mome Profesoru muzike u osnovnoj školi,hvala gospođi na sjajnom izvodjenju !!!Hvala za ovaj divan video🌷💥🌷
Gordana svako dobro. Pozdrav iz Slovenije.
@@zevnikov Hvala vama na odgovoru ,veliki pozdrav iz Wien Beč 🌸💥🌸
It’s fantastic to see, in the maestro’s facial expression, how much he enjoys - without any exageration - the magnificent performance of the orchestra he conducts. What a beautifull work of art! BRAVO!!!
Jeesss ! Music like this i remember from my youth when we listen to our radio on saturdays ewening!! Soo powerful music sound's really great whit so big orchester!! Thank you so much for sharing such music to us!!❤❤❤❤❤❤😊
For me music is the most pure form of human display ... I´m listening this with my little baby inside. I did it many times since I was
a kid :o). I´m crying and I´m proud to be a Czech, a humen ... for a while ... It´s nice to share similar feelings with you - people from all around the world in this difficult time!
I'm sending much love to you and your baby from Brazil! Be safe ❤️
@@caminhantesolitario Thank you for your thought! I appreciate it ...
It is very good for your baby,babies communicate with the mother from very begging and accumulate feelings ,and the sooner they start listening gud music the better for them,music therapy is great for you now ,in this misery, and automatically to your child.Best wishes.
Good luck from a great grandfather to be in seven days.A normal birth was planned but he has put on a late spurt. Must be the music I have relayed to him via my granddaughter.Scherazade at 3:30 in the morning got him most excited.For your and everyone else’s sakes, please stay safe,everyone.
I also love communicating with people who love classical music. I often listen to pieces with my eyes closed and I visualize all these things; shapes, colors and architecture. And emotions without a name. Then through communicating with people in the comments section, that others have the same experience. It's great, I feel bonded to people who I know can feel what I am feeling. Never stop listening to classical music. Best of luck with your new baby 😁
0:00 Two Springs
1:11 River Theme
3:15 Hunting Scene
4:18 Peasant Dance
5:50 Nymphs in the Moonlight
9:06 River Theme
10:06 St. Johns Rapids
11:20 River Theme
12:45 Ancient Castle
Thank you very much for the effort taken for this upload. This parsing of the music into different components helps those less familiar to classical music appreciate the composer's picturesque description of of the river.
Thank you for sharing this!
As you listen to this beautiful music, how can you not close your eyes, see the rushing water, the tall trees, the beauty of the land!! It is beautiful...
Thanks for listing these titles, I can immerse better his beautiful piece
4:18 Peasant Dance ? No It's a "village wedding" where they play polka .
I am so moved everytime I hear this performance! Thank you
Whenever I listen to this music, I think of the Charles Bridge and the River Vltava, where I used to walk twice in my life. I still remember the pleasant weather, air, smell, and everything in the place. This music touches my deepest emotion, down at the bottom of my heart.
If nothing else.. Smetana's amazing music makes me feel thankful and proud of my beautiful home 💙 Czech republic 🇨🇿
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and you should be so... high-five from Hungary!
@@istvantoth7431 many thanks .. my warm greetings to Hungary..I love your proud country, spicy cuisine and so hard language ;) Minden jót kívánok a következő évre 🍀 M
S Vaším komentářem jste mne docela dojala, a to přesto že už třetí desetiletí
není česká domovina mojí domovskou adresou.
Máte naprosto pravdu, že něco podobného nemají snad nikde na světě - takové vyznání
hlubokého a vřelé lásky k domovu. Češi-hudebníci neměli nikdy na růžích ustláno, co je
však důležité, to je jejich odkaz. Je tu nejen pro nás Čechy rodem, nýbrž pro celé lidstvo.
Tisíce a myriady asocial jsou spojeny s touto vrcholnou skladbou...
@@DavidMDanek díky za Vaše postřehy.. ano, hudba je univerzální jazyk duší a lidských srdcí.. lepší než slova.. přeji Vám poklidně svátky, zdraví a pohodu.. ať se Vám daří
One of my favorites. I am really interested in why someone would dislike it. It is one of the most beautiful pieces of music of all times.
I've heard various recordings and performances of this wonderful work since i was a young boy decades ago- this is moving, lovely, magnificent!
I just heard this glorious piece of music played by the North Carolina All State high school Honors Orchestra and was struck by its stunning beauty! I had to learn more about this incredible piece of work which, without yet knowing the background story, to me evoked the movement of water. This performance is lovely!