Smetana: "The Moldau" - National Symphony Orchestra | The Kennedy Center

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The NSO performs what many consider to be Czech composer Bedřich Smetana's most famous tune, "The Moldau."
Czech composer Bed˘rich Smetana (BED-rick SMET-ah-na) was inspired to write The Moldau by nature, memories of his personal adventures, and a deep love for his country. The work is named after an actual river that runs from a mountainside, through the Czech countryside, and into the city of Prague. In his music, Smetana tells the story of the river’s journey as it passes people and events happening along its banks. Smetana even composes music to describe white water rapids!
Smetana visited the Moldau River several times in his life. He wove those personal memories and impressions into a lush melody that serves as a river theme. You will notice that the river theme starts gently but then its melody swells as the river widens.
You will also notice that Smetana changes the music to depict different scenes on the riverbanks. Listen for Smetana’s use of French horns and trumpets sounding like hunters chasing a deer through the forest. Listen for the violins performing a polka, (a lively couple dance) at a wedding party. And listen for the flutes as Smetana imagines mermaids in the moonlight.
Part of Young People's Concert: Inspiration!
Hosted by Michael Butterman and Marisa Regni, May 24, 2016.
Conducted by Michael Butterman.
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  • @conch2121
    @conch2121 Жыл бұрын

    I cry every time I hear Smetana's river (Moldau).... can't help it. And I am a 75 y/o cellist. So MANY feelings!!!!!

  • @2lovecp

    @2lovecp

    Жыл бұрын

    Me too! Especially so at 4:07!

  • @lopachilla

    @lopachilla

    11 ай бұрын

    I heard this in a music history class at a university, and I fell in love with it. Such a beautiful song!

  • @Gtumrths

    @Gtumrths

    10 ай бұрын

    Absolutely emotional! 👍🏼

  • @nubinshred

    @nubinshred

    9 ай бұрын

    Why does that happen? I’m in the same boat. Is it Smetana’s love for his country that he poured into this piece?

  • @elizabethstrebulaev4848

    @elizabethstrebulaev4848

    9 ай бұрын

    Same! Though I’m a 12 year old pianist

  • @elizabethlinsay9193
    @elizabethlinsay91933 жыл бұрын

    I remember hearing this piece as a child. I loved it then and I love it now.

  • @kristofkovacsRisy

    @kristofkovacsRisy

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm amazed how I remember this piece after hearing it once 15 years ago. Can't deny, I liked it too.

  • @xdev_henry
    @xdev_henry3 жыл бұрын

    This conducter is in one of the best ive ever seen. No messing around, nothing too early or too late etc. I mean, this is how I learned it: Put emotions together with the rhythm and transfer it to the orchestra. And this is exactly what he did. Wonderful!

  • @thomaswest8860
    @thomaswest88603 жыл бұрын

    The muldau reminds me of the first snowfall of the year and of course the beauty of Prague at Christmas the home of st Nicholas it's so beautiful

  • @conch2121

    @conch2121

    5 ай бұрын

    Me too. MUSIC IS FEELINGS!!! Moldau ìs the MOST beautiful pile of feelings! Makes me cry too. I am a 77 year old cellist. Cannot help it!!

  • @ss_salomon_dd
    @ss_salomon_dd2 жыл бұрын

    Great piece of timeless art!

  • @Titanandenceladus
    @Titanandenceladus4 жыл бұрын

    The flutes are Leah Arsenault on 1st, Alice Weinreb on 2nd, and Carole Bean on Piccolo.

  • @juliofilomeno4074
    @juliofilomeno4074 Жыл бұрын

    This song reminds me of my first class I took in the first semestre at Macalester College. The professor explained the song well. A great song that I never forget. Class was "Music appreciation"

  • @elainesandman9874
    @elainesandman9874 Жыл бұрын

    Thank You isn't enough, tears of joy and laughter for how this peace fills my heart!

  • @katherineasbury1420
    @katherineasbury1420 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely brilliant, beautiful!

  • @lynndixon5278
    @lynndixon52782 жыл бұрын

    Amazing... Just Amazing!

  • @hectorpascal
    @hectorpascal3 жыл бұрын

    The "clapping" was Bedřich Smetana rapidly rotating in his grave...

  • @lingsw5739

    @lingsw5739

    3 жыл бұрын

    hahhshshshha we need twosets react to this!!!!

  • @dulciemccracken9593

    @dulciemccracken9593

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was shocked when I heard that - tiwce! Those attending The Kennedy Center should know better.

  • @lorimiller623

    @lorimiller623

    8 ай бұрын

    5:46 "NSO Young People's Concerts..." The kids' enthusiasm for this music is a good thing, even if they're not sophisticated listeners like us. 😉

  • @SupportTheArts-yo8ox

    @SupportTheArts-yo8ox

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@dulciemccracken9593 these are children!!

  • @annlisheron7278
    @annlisheron72782 жыл бұрын

    My favorite classical piece

  • @mohammadalinia9104
    @mohammadalinia91042 жыл бұрын

    Just mesmerizing

  • @mathildeleberre6335
    @mathildeleberre63353 жыл бұрын

    Splendide!!!!

  • @rosaestersuarez9007
    @rosaestersuarez900710 ай бұрын

    MARAVILLOSO GRAN POR COMPARTIR

  • @kathrynmills2767
    @kathrynmills2767 Жыл бұрын

    brilliant

  • @gabrielisaacsanchezbravo7312
    @gabrielisaacsanchezbravo73122 ай бұрын

    Honestly it is really gorgeous flute playing from the second and first flute. I don't know who is the second flute but God she sounds gorgeous! ❤️✨

  • @peteradaniel
    @peteradaniel3 жыл бұрын

    The strings sound so ropey. The intonation! Also, what are the audience applauding?

  • @elkugelblitz

    @elkugelblitz

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh well, they just applause because it's a nice performance. Applauding occurred on key moment of the piece, after tension or/and excitation. I find it refreshing/comforting to not only applaud in between acts as the snobs recommend for no valid reason whatsoever.

  • @SupportTheArts-yo8ox

    @SupportTheArts-yo8ox

    2 ай бұрын

    This is a young people's concert

  • @jaypond4837
    @jaypond48373 жыл бұрын

    Nice shot of the triangle player not doing anything.

  • @BlackCatLover
    @BlackCatLover3 ай бұрын

    What you describe as “all over the place” is the section depicting Icarus flying with joy and abandon before his fall. It is a bit wild and even frantic and I love this composition of progressive music. I believe Kansas was a very unique band because they used classical themes in their music. I suggest you try “Magnum Opus” next.

  • @martinededecker5052
    @martinededecker50523 жыл бұрын

    Merci.

  • @josedonadito

    @josedonadito

    3 жыл бұрын

    Beaucoup.

  • @eramann6315
    @eramann63154 жыл бұрын

    That is good music.

  • @eramann6315

    @eramann6315

    4 жыл бұрын

    TURTLES

  • @ZweimannImperium

    @ZweimannImperium

    2 ай бұрын

    @@eramann6315 You're right! I never thought of that!

  • @ashi_no_ko
    @ashi_no_ko4 жыл бұрын

    What a splen... clap, clap, clap... did piece of mu... clap, clap, clap... sic.

  • @kn1752

    @kn1752

    4 жыл бұрын

    I don’t understand

  • @MrCuddlyable3

    @MrCuddlyable3

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kn1752 Some applause seems intrusive at the wrong moments. It's like watching one ring at a 3-ring circus.

  • @CynBH
    @CynBH6 жыл бұрын

    This has always been my absolute favorite classical piece! Thank you so much for posting this! 💖 (But why didn't you post the entire piece?)

  • @eramann6315

    @eramann6315

    4 жыл бұрын

    I agree but I just love the flutes in the beginning 😍

  • @prkrmc6457

    @prkrmc6457

    3 жыл бұрын

    The first time I heard this I had chills up and down my spine.

  • @CynBH

    @CynBH

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@prkrmc6457 same here 💕

  • @bloxycola644
    @bloxycola644 Жыл бұрын

    i remember listening to this once in little einstein and became addicted to it

  • @tea_ism4453
    @tea_ism44533 жыл бұрын

    I remember I was supposed to play this in 8th grade before coronavirus hit-

  • @curtcoller3632

    @curtcoller3632

    3 жыл бұрын

    play it? on what???

  • @jimmatheson948
    @jimmatheson9482 жыл бұрын

    First for me at college in 1966 After army tour near Kassel West Germany ...

  • @Roma-kp4qg
    @Roma-kp4qg3 жыл бұрын

    Why would they clap in the middle?? The conductor gave no indication that the piece was close to finished

  • @rvd2012
    @rvd2012 Жыл бұрын

    It's based on an old Flemisch melody: ik zag Cilcila komen (I saw Cicialia coming from afar.)

  • @atendriyadasa6746
    @atendriyadasa67463 жыл бұрын

    This version has CUT OUT the entire middle section of the song. WTF?!

  • @Dmichoacan
    @Dmichoacan3 жыл бұрын

    why did they clap in the middle of that? am i missing something or is this just S A C R E L I G I O U S ?

  • @carlynnberners

    @carlynnberners

    3 жыл бұрын

    it's just a really exciting and difficult part to play when the river reaches the rapids... as a string player i think i've practiced that part more than any other orchestral piece haha that excerpt is my cover on facebook

  • @josedonadito

    @josedonadito

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think most of the people that commented and discussed about the applauds during the middle haven't been in a live orquesta. The context of this composition comprises various nationalist feelings that, for its epoch, were regarded as liberal and radical; so, under this premise, is it not good to simply express your lyricism by clapping? That is what romanticism is about. But of course, this comment obviously would come from a person that watches Two Set Violin.

  • @om.mallick02

    @om.mallick02

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ah, another ling ling wannabe here.

  • @alexz3942

    @alexz3942

    3 жыл бұрын

    LING LING 40 HOURS

  • @Qwertyisodd

    @Qwertyisodd

    3 жыл бұрын

    In this youtube comment, I will whip you with my master's degree in ethnomusicology for things that are not always common in performances. It's not the romantic era anymore and most concertgoers do not open their copy of "A History of Western Music" before and whilst attending. Also, yeah it may conjure nationalist feelings but like... for Czechs and people who used it as a revolution against Nazis, not Americans. They're just happy to be involved.

  • @csatorna1945
    @csatorna19453 жыл бұрын

    I dont understand why clap in the midle? Dunay

  • @thehpw

    @thehpw

    3 жыл бұрын

    Philistines! ; ) lol

  • @aa-jc5fx
    @aa-jc5fx6 ай бұрын

    素晴らしい。70点合格。おめでとうございます。

  • @Eternity0815
    @Eternity08152 жыл бұрын

    How inappropriate to clap during the performance not even once but twice! Entire piece of a music must be listened without any destrations.

  • @Hcook2

    @Hcook2

    5 ай бұрын

    This type of snobbery is what keeps people from attending concerts. I’m saying this as a professional musician, teacher, and conductor: if an audience is moved enough by my performance to applaud before I’m even done, by all means let them applaud. The whole “don’t applaud between movements or during a piece” thing is a holdover from the 1700s when only rich people could attend and decorum was a must. Let people enjoy the music and stop gatekeeping.

  • @SupportTheArts-yo8ox

    @SupportTheArts-yo8ox

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@Hcook2 well said

  • @SupportTheArts-yo8ox

    @SupportTheArts-yo8ox

    2 ай бұрын

    Keep in mind this was a Young People's concert

  • @keithobrien5592
    @keithobrien55923 жыл бұрын

    Why did they cut out the whole middle of the composition?

  • @curtcoller3632

    @curtcoller3632

    3 жыл бұрын

    Because they don't know better.

  • @user-xb4pu5kc5n
    @user-xb4pu5kc5n Жыл бұрын

    연주회의 도중에 박수치는건 뭐지 ??

  • @mirceaar
    @mirceaar3 жыл бұрын

    Oh, this must be the shortened Americanised version, where it's OK to clap. Or the conductor decided to cut it short because of that.

  • @azx2931
    @azx29312 жыл бұрын

    3:29 5:32 stop clapping!!!

  • @deniselebloch1320
    @deniselebloch132010 ай бұрын

    Unfortunately this is a highly edited version. Beautiful. But only a quarter of the original composition.

  • @josedonadito
    @josedonadito3 жыл бұрын

    I think most of the people that commented and discussed about the applauds during the middle haven't been in a live orquesta. The context of this composition comprises various nationalist feelings that, for its epoch, were regarded as liberal and radical; so, under this premise, is it not good to simply express your lyricism by clapping? That is what romanticism is about.

  • @lapoguzzon9035
    @lapoguzzon90353 жыл бұрын

    school sent me here

  • @zeyrox271

    @zeyrox271

    3 жыл бұрын

    desi

  • @apeiros7999

    @apeiros7999

    3 жыл бұрын

    me too

  • @yoamal1187
    @yoamal11873 жыл бұрын

    3:30 bruh

  • @jamesmaybury7992
    @jamesmaybury7992 Жыл бұрын

    Good performance, but the applause within the movement is crass. Why do it?

  • @chateaubuffalo
    @chateaubuffalo3 жыл бұрын

    What is this? The dance was left out, my favorite part of the piece! Not a good performance at all - half of it is missing. And the applause...wow, the young people should be taught how unappropriate that is.

  • @florencelorgnier3702
    @florencelorgnier37023 жыл бұрын

    FM

  • @rvd2012
    @rvd2012 Жыл бұрын

    Wrong name Cicilia it should be

  • @HolgerRuneFan
    @HolgerRuneFan4 жыл бұрын

    I actually think this is a weak performance. In fact, shockingly weak with almost none of the passion that is inherit within the music. Listen to Czechs play this, it's a different world entirely.

  • @ALOISC1

    @ALOISC1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Maybe they didn't place the microphones in the right place? In the 2015 Czech orchestra YT video, you can see microphones all over the place - set up close to the instruments. I'm guessing they also added compression & reverb in post-production.

  • @Sobreira4

    @Sobreira4

    9 ай бұрын

    @@ALOISC1 This? : kzread.info/dash/bejne/nmqf09drnc6Te9o.html

  • @klipsfilmsmelbourne
    @klipsfilmsmelbourne3 жыл бұрын

    fnaf vhs soundtrack

  • @user-co9cl7qw8s
    @user-co9cl7qw8sАй бұрын

    스메타나, 교향시 제2번

  • @jeremyff1
    @jeremyff13 ай бұрын

    I am here because of Iron Maiden

  • @lukasrezek1567
    @lukasrezek15674 ай бұрын

    What the Hell was this ??? Vltava in five minutes? Clapping during performance?

  • @cdiasmd
    @cdiasmd3 жыл бұрын

    From a cultural standpoint "Dance of the Comedians" is more famous ... Roadrunner and Coyote say so.

  • @thanhcung5791

    @thanhcung5791

    3 жыл бұрын

    Idiot

  • @tasanaholan2263
    @tasanaholan22632 жыл бұрын

    Rather poor interpretation of the otherwise great composition. I guess, a bad something is better than nothing, but ...

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