Dvořák: "The Water Goblin", Op. 107, B 195 (with Score)
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- Antonín Dvořák:
Symphonic Poem "The Water Goblin (Vodník) ", Op. 107, B 195 (with Score)
Composed: 6 January - 11 February 1896
Conductor: Bohumil Gregor
Orchestra: Česká filharmonie
The Water Goblin (Vodník) is a symphonic poem, Op. 107 (B 195), written by Antonín Dvořák in 1896.
The source of inspiration for The Water Goblin was a poem found in a collection published by Karel Jaromír Erben under the title Kytice. Four of the six symphonic poems that Dvořák composed were inspired by works of poetry found in that collection.
The work had its full public premiere in London on 14 November 1896. It had received a semi-public performance on 1 June 1896 at the Prague Conservatory under Antonín Bennewitz.
0:03 Allegro vivace: The water goblin (flutes) alone.
1:54 Andante sostenuto: The girl (clarinet) and her mother (violins), who tells the girl of a bad dream and warns her not to go near the lake.
5:11 Allegro vivo: The girl ignores the warning (violins and oboes) and falls into the lake, and into the hands of the water goblin.
6:54 Andante mesto come prima: The misery of the underwater world.
9:39 Un poco più lento e molto tranquillo: the girl sings a lullaby for her baby (flute and oboe).
11:26 Andante: The water goblin tells her to stop singing in a fury and they have a quarrel, which ends that the girl is permitted to go visit her mother, but has to be back before the bells of the vespers.
14:43 Lento assai: The girl goes home to her mother (cellos and trombones), where they have a sad reunion.
16:52 Allegro vivace: The storm on the lake, the church bells are heard after which knocking on the door and eventually a loud bang when the goblin throws the dead child against the door.
19:15 Andante sostenuto: croaking frogs (piccolo and flutes), the mother's moaning about that Friday, which was an unlucky day (cor anglais and bass clarinet), the mother's terrible distress (oboes, cellos and basses). The water goblin's mysterious disappearance into the depth of the lake.
Once you know the story behind this, you start to understand what each part means, and just how sad and unforgiving this piece is.
Love this piece. Just noticed the panning effect at 06:36 as the music moves around the string orchestra from Cellos, through Violas to the Violins. Nice.
The snarling final chord is one of the 19 century's most daring bits of orchestration.
what's so special about a pp b minor chord
@@shadmium3471 it’s not the chord but the orchestration. It’s such a tightly scored chord for the bassoons and trombone and tuba. Normally for those instruments, you’d want a wider spacing to avoid any muddiness or thickness in scoring. But Dvorak opts for a close voicing with the bassoons playing *inside* the octave played by the trombone and tuba, with the timpani doubling. Which is all very very risky to bring off in performance, but it creates wonderful snarl which is perfect for the ending of the story. What’s amazing is how Dvorak uses such basic instruments in such a unique and new way, this whole tone poem is an absolute clinic in orchestration
@@ChristianP06 well said
@@shadmium3471 Its orchestration.
It's grotty, isn't it.
This wonderful music embodies the diversity of Dvorak
The diversity of Dvorak is immeasurable
This splendor is undisputed
The cello/low brass chorale at 14:41 is gorgeous!
Wow, The Water Goblin and The Noon Witch. I hope there are happy poem stories too!
Um, you might want to read the poems. The endings are pretty brutal.
@@Svatopluk I think she meant that this piece and The Noon Witch have gruesome backstories. As a result she hopes there are some pieces out there with happy backstories.
The Noonday Witch and the Water Goblin are two of Dvorak´s finest works so maybe it was the dark side of the stories that inspired him. Whatever the reason he left us two masterpieces.
Curious. The performed noticed the mistake in the score (or at least this score). At 7:21 the cello pizz. plays the three 8th notes when the score has them play the four 16th notes followed by 8th notes. (the same as at 7:17 and at 7:26). The performers decided to continue the established pattern of measures. Perhaps the parts are different that this score and reflect the established pattern.
I take it this is a cautionary tale for children not to be playing in or around a lake when creatures are lurking about. Growing up in the South, we were always told don't go in the water because of the stingrays and alligators.
Wow. It's nice how literature and music unites the experiences of us, Czechs, with people as distant as the south of the US.
@@dzinypinydoroviny it is isn’t it. I’m from the south US I am part Czech my last name is Czech. Yak se mas
Marvelous piece of music.
8:05, 9:05 and 20:40: "Did the playlist jump into Batman Animated Series?"
A better translation for "Vodník" is "water sprite", which also fits the mood of the music better.
Eveyone is gangsta untill Vodyanovs drown you for turn you into slave of His Majesty Tsar Vodnik.
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The theme (primarily the rhythmic structure) starting at 0.12 and heard throughout the piece must have been a favorite of Dvorak for it can also be heard in his 8th symphony, 4th movement: th-cam.com/video/h0JunYUA3PA/w-d-xo.html
I would say that it is probably just a coincidence, because this Vodník's theme is based on the rhythmic structure of words that Vodník says in the beginning of Erben's poem: "Sviť, sviť, sviť, ať mi šije nit."
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Just out of curiosity, I would like to use this music in an upcoming TH-cam video. How did you obtain the rights?
He didn't
(notes for myself)
6:06
omg you scared me, with headphones : /
Anyway XD
If you touch the Vodnik’s face with lapis lazuli, his neck and chest will disintegrate.
Perhaps we need to try that on Tsar Vlad.
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19:23
i fell asleep
good for you