Smetana: Vltava (The Moldau) - Stunning Performance
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ธ.ค. 2015
- NEW 2019!!!: Dvořák: The Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" • Dvořák: The Symphony N...
Last Journey Home Concert trailer: • Dvořák: Songs My Mothe...
NEW 2017: An American in Paris Stunning Performance: • Gershwin: An American ...
You can connect with maestro Nejc Bečan and his work on
upbeateditions.com.
You can find there his amazing compositions, arrangements and other interesting content.
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
www.klemen.pisk.net/index-eng....
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 - เพลง
![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....
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.
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... th-cam.com/video/psRqVMlyhIc/w-d-xo.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❤
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
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 ❤
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 !
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.
2.3.2024
Happy birthday Bedrich Smetena........200 years ......well composed
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
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.
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.
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❤
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!
Bedřich Smetana’s 200 anniversary. Genius piece of music- the Moldau🇨🇿
Every time when listening to this masterpiece always crying and think the life is worth living. Mongolian admirer.
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 flutes right at the beginning - nothing less than pure perfection 👍👍
The flautists are phenomenal. Such control! Such expressiveness!
Wunderbar...sensationell...ich muss jedes mal weinen wenn ich ich es anhör...❤
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❤️
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
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. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
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.
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.
I have never seen the Vltava....but when I listen to this and close my eyes....I am there
Give this a go th-cam.com/video/Sd3bIIaz3Kg/w-d-xo.html Karel Gott was at the top of Czech and Slovak light entertainment for nearly 60 years right up to his death in 2019.
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. 🔥🇧🇪
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.
Perfekt - Rafael Kubelik und Vaclav Neumann haben eine Hausnummer an Qualität vorgegeben die hier mühelos erreicht wird. Sehr sehr schön...
J adore c célèbre morceau . Il m rappelle d suite la magnifique Prague . Merci B Smetana
Unbeschreiblich schöne Aufführung von diesem jungen Orchester aus Slowenien😍😍👌🎼🎻👏👏👏🤩🎶🎶🎶
So beautiful -beyond words. Thank you all - A gift from God for a composer like Smetana and musicians who feel and understand so deeply . . . Thank you!
That “ god” has nothing to to with it
This is so beautiful..So proud of my past citizens with whom I once upon a time shared a country
M
Ich liebe die Moldau von Smetana und natürlich von diesem Orchester gespielt.
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.... th-cam.com/video/3nmG25XGDUc/w-d-xo.html
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 🌸💥🌸
This is the best performance of the Moldau I have ever heard.
What a flawless performance of the composition !!!
No it isn't
Listen to the Reader's digest: Festival ofLight Classical music version;
It used to be a 12 album set put out in the 1970's but has since been digitalized.
Until you hear classical music as it was played 50 years ago you have no perspective and no way of comparing.
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.
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! 💖💕
The first time I heard the Moldau was on 1968 and love it. I’m 78 years old and this is the best
When I first heard this piece more than 50 years ago in school, the teacher commented that it would be better without the final cadential chords. But I don't know... they do fit the style. Excellent, enthusiastic and beautiful performance, surprisingly well recorded for a live concert.
When i was 50 years younger, i was in total agreement with your teacher! Now...yes, they do fit the style!
I felt the same when I first listened to this piece. Now I accept it
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 th-cam.com/video/TnYCW8eWqQo/w-d-xo.html Transcription by Hanuš Trneček 1858-1914
th-cam.com/video/Sd3bIIaz3Kg/w-d-xo.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 th-cam.com/video/6H1ukxdYlXs/w-d-xo.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.
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!
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!❤😊
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 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.
Very beautiful orchestra. Greetings from an albanian 🇦🇱
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 !
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.🥰♥️
❤
These young musicians are the sanity in this world! Bless you all for this gorgeous performance.💐
Amen to that thought
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.
Many years ago I lived in Zeehan on the west coast of Tasmania. I was driving home from Burnie when I picked up a hitch hiker, a lady name Beatrice from Prague. She spoke very little English, but some German. I remembered a little schoolgirl German.
We communicated mainly with music. I have always loved this piece, I played the CD, she explained with sign language and bits of English and German what each section meant.
I'll never forget her. A truly remarkable woman. She was making a video of Australia, she was a teacher.
Neither violent nor overpowering but rather graceful and smooth, yet manipulating strongly a kind of mystic power to drag listners into the dreamlike deepness of the music. 🤩
I am well and alive and listening to this celestial music. In these times of trouble. Thank you and please take care!!
G
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.
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 😂
When I hear this song....I close my eyes and can see this River....Goosebumps all over my body and tears in my eyes...
Sose felejtem se Prágát se Imrét no és Dvorák szerzeményeit sem!!! Van tole is CD!!!! DE SMETANA is oriási zeneszerzo volt!!!!!!!! Ezek a zaneszerzok .......emberi csodák voltak!!!!!
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 !
opakuju se bratrská láska, geniální... poslouchám dynamiku rytmiku, s poctivostí Slovinských bratří a s lákou v srdci děkujeme moc děkujeme
The whole world should czech this out. Amazing.
Here comes the beauty. One my favorites.
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?
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!!❤❤❤❤❤❤😊
I love this song since I was a teenager. I've never been there, but I see the waters of the river flowing.
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.
872 people who have absolutely no taste in music what so ever! This piece is incredible, love it, so beautiful.
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.
Makes me want to return to Old Europe
L'Europe est un joyaux, l'œuvre encore inachevée de peuples enfin sages qui sont remis en cause par des âmes sombres et jalouses...
"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
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 find all my motivation to live a full life when I listen to this music. Thank you.
I love this. It is everything music should be, exquisitely beautiful dramatic without even a hint of bombast. It sweeps you up, heart and soul, and takes you to magical places
Biggest work out for flutes in any composition. And divine. Love how conductor takes it slower at beginning. It allows the stream to pick up steam. Not rushed. Stunning performance. Pure poetry. Its very easy to get addicted to this masterpiece and play again and a again. A classic.
Yes this is my favorite version because he takes it a bit slower
What a Great performance of Vltava by such a Young amazing orchestra. Thnx a million👍💖🎼🎼❤️
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.
My beloved Smentana piece of music . Vltava - Ma vlast . Sunning performance. Bittersweet piece of music, very nostalgic. Months ago I heard a piece from opera Ciertova Stena, Jarek's Return I think , an aria,from the opera. Stunning Smentana. I think he was an influence to Dvorak.
I'm commenting again lol, I can't help it. I've listened to several other orchestras play this same symphony. The reason I will keep coming back to this one and listening to it 10 times a day is because the Maestro takes his time with it. Other orchestras rush through pivotal parts, but this version allows you to hear and appreciate every note and beat. The Maestro even slows parts down like at 4:57, to drop it like it's hot! I love it. Much like a good meal or with a good lover, you can't just rush through everything. Taste it. Inhale the fragrance deeply. Savor it. Anyone know what I mean? That's what this version does--it allows you to savor every note and it's delicious!
Absolutely agree Abby
The only thing I know is that I paid only 2 dolars for this Record here in Brazil 😂👍
Abby -better to binge on 🎶 than 🍔...😂...yes, I know what you mean. 👌
I think Kubelík-1990 Prague Spring is better. Here the Last part is little too fast
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 !
Amazing. Beautiful. ❤from Sarajevo
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.
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!
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.
IMaDOM csodaszép!!!!!! hm .....én mentem is rajta hajon .....még Imrével!!!!! Csodálatos emlék ....de imádom a zenéjét is!!!!!
If I were wearing a hat, I would take it off for these young musicians. Briliant!
Kai
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.
In japan we sing this at school as a choir, such a beautiful piece
sing this? can you share me the link of the singing arrangement of this song. i cant find any videos of people singing this?
@@alphazero0 sure ! This is by the professional choir in japan :)
th-cam.com/video/i3_cCszCDBE/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=%E5%90%88%E5%94%B1100%E6%9B%B2
Yes There is a Czech folk tune here I like to think that it is the peasants singing as they work in the fields alongside the river
@@amy8622 so beautiful ❤️. And it doesn't sound like they are singing in Japanese?
@@alphazero0 hmm Maybe it doesn't sound like Japanese bc the way there singing it's hard to hear the pronunciation compared to when speaking normally but it's japanese :))
We were just in Prague where the Moldau flows and I kept thinking of this piece.............
I love this orchestra, conductor, camera work, and the 1st chair clarinetisat (red hair) All the best from Texas.
Úžasné !! Takhle krásně zahraná Vltava a to nasazení hudebníků se hned tak nevidí, a to ani u České filharmonie. Blahopřeji Vám !
My favourite piece ever played absolutely fantastic by an amazing Slovenian orchestra. Greetings everyone from Bulgaria. ❤️
1:09
zdravim z Cech
This is sooooo good. My fav classical piece of all times, since I was 4.
Wunderschön. Hab Tränen in den Augen.
One of the greatest pieces of music ever written to draw a picture in your mind. You can actually feel the small stream growing into the full river as it flows through the lush countryside.
Alas, because of aphantasia, my brain does not visualize.
I do have a highly developed physiological reaction to sound, though, and this performance is a full-body experience!
One of musics best Tone Poems.
ano, máte pravdu, od pramene Vltavy do jejího vlévání do Labe před Mělníkem je popsán tok nejen řeky, ale naší vlasti vůbec... jak se klikatí a jak naše dějiny nikdy nebyly jednoduché....
What a gift to the world. This composer, Smetana … this composition, this orchestra, these musicians, this conductor. What a gift.
I am so moved everytime I hear this performance! Thank you
The heart of Europe...a river runs through it.
Our father is there....he wove it together in harmony.
Amen.