Bedřich Smetana: Má Vlast Moldau (Vltava) [City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra]

[qinyuan1987]

Tree of Life!

[SapphiraEdenAreli]

This reminds me of Sewanee Summer Music Camp so much ( play flute). This was the sight reading for All-State orchestra which I aced. Wish i could have gone. Boy do I miss Sewanee. That camp will always make an impact on me. So will this song.

[BetsysView]

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[KAPNIZW]

2 March ... This Day was born the great composer ....!!!!!

[charchey2123]

Smetana wasn't deaf

[Nicki56782]

I was sick one day for school and I was watching disney channel but then Little Enstines came on but I didn't notice it until i heard this part: 0:57 - 1:09. I fell in love with that one little piece and searched it on Youtube and found it. THANK YOU LITTLE ENSTINES! X] Anyways...GREAT SONG :))))

[mzuckaberg]

When i heard this, i lost feeling in my legs, and was surprised that my legs were still there. Such genius in 10:35 minutes.

[jimrogan]

@PrincessofPentacles I agree it was like the tune was speaking to those of us who know the true meaning of classical music and yes I also heard it in music class back in '97

[PAndrejs]

When I first heard the introduction (years ago) it almost made me cry, it is really powerful.

[PrincessofPentacles]

I heard this song two years ago in my music class. The teacher told us to close our eyes and listen, nobody did, they just didn't care but I fell in love with it. So I guess even though I hated my music teacher this is the one thing I have to be thankful for. So, thanks :)

[milkleg1]

My 1945 Junior High music teacher, Mr. Moss introduced this selection to our music class. It was my first experience with classical music. We were tested to identify each movement. To this day I can't thank Mr. Moss enough for introducing me to such a beautiful creation. Did I mention that I persuaded my Dad to buy the record for me? In 1954 it cost $7.50. Quite a sum in those days.

[angelicmelody404]

why am I getting goosebumps??? It's THAT good 

[musclebundt]

Amazing.

[sempiterna98]

I played this with my youth orchestra. It was very hard but I enjoyed it thoroughly!

[nanoreactor]

I love the faster pace of this one as opposed to other recordings



[CocteauDalighari]

Honk if you're a Bohonk!

[BombedNevada]

This may be one of the most amazing pieces I've ever heard.

[sharr630]

I'm gonna find the 47 people who don't like this song, and beat them over the head with some culture.

[XiongGou]

How could you possibly dislike this!?!? Does anyone else understand that? This is beautiful music, that actually required talent to produce.

[Ferbbie]

This piece makes me wish we were that proud nation we used to be before World War I.

[AndyMunozSLC]

As soon as the song ended, I clapped....

alone, in my apartment living room.

[boardgamewithpetr]

this is what they play in heaven

[emintham]

hooooooouu muhtesem..

[honzapobisCZ]

Okay, it uses la mantovana, but also the "main theme" of this song is one of our czech national children´s songs called "kočka leze dírou" (cat goes through the hole)

[mibembu]

Thrill of joy! That makes my skin crawl.

[StrawberryGirl186]

we just had the florida all state conference and my 9/10 group played this in our concert yesterday :)

[NancyxThexDestroyer]

I absolutely love this song! <3 I played it with a youth symphony I'm in

[kika84773]

Obdivuji Bedřicha Smetanu ! :-) je to úžasný umělec ( nebo spíš byl ) 

[iLike2scream7]

The river theme melody is one of my most favourite melodies ever; it's so beautiful!

[9Elle2]

@iLike2scream7 I agree, it truly is beautiful.. :)

[iLike2scream7]

@9Elle2 The chords and their voicings enhance it so much! :)

[Th0mMmAs]

with weed this song is ... <3

[mooncatrose]

I'm sorry for all the dislikes. I think it's from my orchestra class, you see the crazy woman who I call teacher is making us play this. >:(

Teacher: YAY MOLDAU

Me: But, we're only children!

Teacher: HAHAHAHAHAHA PLAY IT WELL OR NEVER PLAY AGAIN!!! >:D

Students: Noooooo~! D:

So, it MIGHT BE everyone in my class...

XD

[arabianongpinoy]

This song sounds like Haktivah!!!!!

[crazeelilazn]

we're playing this in our orchestra now. i have to say that this is a great example of what our orchestra should sound like when we play and perform this piece.(:

[river106]

S tou Ha-tivkobu to je nesmysl. Hudbu k ní totiž složil Samuel Cohen někdy kolem roku 1890 (a sám přiznává, že i on se nechal inspirovat lidovou melodií). To už byl ale Smetana mrtev (12. 5. 1884), navíc v době vzniku Mé vlasti (1874-1879) byl již zcela hluchý. Takže to tak vypadá, že jako první byla skutečně: Kočka leze dírou, pes oknem...

[diablo123123]

the tree of life brought me here

[sguerrero221]

0:00-1:09 two springs

1:10-1:38 the river

1:39-3:57 forest hunt

3:57-7:36 moonlight: dance of the water nymphs

7:36:-7:59 the river

7:59-8:40 the rapids

8:40-9:53 the river at its widest point; faster tempo

9:53-10:21 Vysehard, the ancient castle

[U2becommenter]

@sguerrero221 I think the forest hunt starts at 2:43

[U2becommenter]

@sguerrero221 And also it's Vysehrad not Vysehard

[Mrababab121212]

@U2becommenter you are right but the short time-line by sguerrero221is fine. You know at my time we played some other kind of music here in Prussia but this is nice, johann seb bach

[TrippyMcgee22]

@sguerrero221 I believe the Vitava ends past Vysehard, but I may be mistaken

[SymbolicDrummer]

@sguerrero221 2:44-3:57 is not a section of its own? I'm pretty sure it is.

[witherspoon1995]

@SymbolicDrummer Yes, it is, title translates to "Peasant Wedding"

[sguerrero221]

@SymbolicDrummer yes it is. peasant wedding. sorry forgot that one

[ghost963cz]

@sguerrero221 Vyše hrad ;-)

[TheBezucha]

@sguerrero221 Vyšehrad.....

[NexonGamesMusic]

1:00 - Hatikva - Israel anthem

[HotRatsAndTheStooges]

@NexonGamesMusic Both Hatikva and Vltava use a melody called "La Mantovana."

[eliawei]

it has touches of the israeli anthem "The Tikva"

[seokminidiot]

Don hertzfeldt sent me here.

[duckyzone123]

Amazingly enchanting, envigorating, and enthralling composition...

[OwdaJopal]

Love this piece. I was surprised and delighted to hear it in Tree of Life. Very effective and emotive use of music...

[RichienekStringini]

It is hard to believe that this song composed a deaf man.

[witherspoon1995]

@RichienekStringini Didn't he go deaf after writing this?

[red1demon]

@witherspoon1995 Before he wrote it, he never heard any of it played

[whitechildrock]

@red1demon What coincidence I have never heard what i am going to write in the future either!!!!

[DDDyson]

@RichienekStringini Though; he was not deaf when he composed this.

[laolaaful]

i don't really like classical music, but i LOVE this

[pfisher3066]

The Tree of Life was awful, I hope viewers who had never heard this song before then do not permanently associate it with that movie.

[Staudinka]

@pfisher3066 Word, though without it I wouldn't be listening to this right now, not because I didn't know this piece, but because I just watched The Tree of Life and this was the only good thing in the whole movie.

[Fonseca429]

Beautiful music! And wonderful images, too! Unfortunately, I´ve never been to Czech Republic. I wish to go there.

[constantinad1]

¡música maravillosa! . Y la musica buena habla en nuestra alma...siempre

[NeeDlez99]

feels a bit faster than the one i fell in love with

[kaponodetres]

el árbol de la vida!!! fantástica película! The Tree of Life

[Fadilmucia]

Too fast..

[KofyCZ]

this amazing spell of the melody, that is what today´s music doesn´t courtain......

[runitecastle]

czech it

[Kettsii]

this, and rainymood :D

[bobatheen]

I played the piccolo part in this, 200 bars is a long time to wait for your first note! I still remember the entire thing :)

[gluvarce]

nesavrsenost kad se posvjete gradu

[amiri228]

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaw... Amaaaaaazing... brings back so many memories.....

[mereni]

Smetana was completely deaf when he composed it.

[JanaMaffetka]

Sorry to dissapoint you, but most of motives are related to old czech traditional songs and not influenced by Italian or jewish music :-) Specialy that one, you pointed out is nearly identical to one old czech children song. :-D I would not expect anything else, as whole this music has very national feeling and paints a pictures of czech land. Once I remember I have been returning from Denmark to Prague and we put this to our CD player in a car. All four people ended craying like kids.

[BrainLazy]

@JanaMaffetka While many traditional songs contain these notes, Giuseppino del Biado's madrigal 'Fuggi da questo cielo' is the earliest known record. Remember that a melody can travel quite far and be reinterpreted many times in many places given a few hundred years.

[blaiserfilms]

the tree of life and this song. two masterpieces.

[fiddlecub]

@kyuss Dvorak, another Czech composer, may stir you. Can I recommend to you Dvorak's Symphony #8?

If it's the weaving movement of the music that moves you, perhaps you will enjoy Sibelius' 2nd Symphony.

[davidpeudov98]

7:20 STAR WARS

[Jakeshark]

Am I the only one who found this because of Everything Will Be Ok?

[boxnife]

@Jakeshark me too!

[Jakeshark]

@boxnife We have great taste.

[abdulla88878]

أتمنا هذا موسيقا في الحلم يوم أنا نائم و الجو ١٠/١٠

[MrDBarch]

Thankyou Bedrich, for sharing with the world your feelings of individualism and for being brave enough to do it following that most profound, and emotional composer, L.V.Beethoven!

[MrDBarch]

It has two outstanding themese, primarily, and as in all eastern european music of it's era, it is very nationalistic. HOWever, bedrich reminds me of a musician who had something emotionally unique to share, without having a popular idiom in which to illustrate it. hence why I feel the hippie idiom works for me. the secondary theme, the rather march-esque romp at 2:55 stands out especially as something truely, how shall i say it, bohemian.

[excalibutterycake]

@MrDBarch Smetana wrote this piece based on the scenery of the Moldau river in Bohemia, and interestingly enough, each "theme" is labelled and marked on the score. The flurry of sixteenth notes at the beginning is the "source of the river" and the broad theme that starts at 1:00 forms the basis of the work, hence the name "the river theme on the score". The secondary theme you are referring to is the "peasant wedding". Smetana wrote a lot of music based on fold sounding melodies :)

[excalibutterycake]

@excalibutterycake sorry *folk sounding melodies :D

For me, learning the history behind a composer and his pieces really helps to understand music in a broader sense, like how nationalism influenced Smetana's music. As Carl Sagan said: "You have to know the past to understand the present."

[MrDBarch]

Im a composer; I have to say that when I first actually -listened- to this music I was struck with a profound feeling evoked similarly by the hippie movement of the mid to late 60s.

[topolino70]

Starting from 1:00 the song seems almost identical to Israel's national song "Ha Tikva!"

[TKMSeznam12]

@topolino70 This song is about 100 years older than Israel's national anthem :)

[HowkeyLL]

@topolino70 both parts are derived from 17th century Italian song so yes its very similar. Some people say that Israel borrowed it from Smetana but thats actually not true. Well maybe unintentionally it supports Czech-Israel relationship which is good :)

[BrainLazy]

@topolino70 That's because they both borrow the melody from La Mantovana, an Italian song from the 16th century.

[MrPianosmurf]

@topolino70 It is used for that.

[KattMercy]

@topolino70 You're absolutely right and the reason is simple: History says that Shmuel Cohen got inspired from this song he heard in childhood in Romania and wrote the melody for Naphtali Herz Imber's lyrics

[jthomcres]

@topolino70 Fuck you

[nunyk]

@topolino70 There is a diference between Hatikva and Moldau. You haven't got ear for music. One song is almost identical to Moldau and this is "Kočka leze dírou, pes oknem". You can find it on youtube. It is a czech folk song.

[OspreyCZ]

@topolino70 Actually, they were inspired by this..

[Presovcan]

36 dislikes?? What's wrong with these people... omg.

[redback3]

@Presovcan People have different tastes in music?

[MRSAnary]

@redback3 My GOD! How DARE they?

[Boonari]

@Presovcan Don't worry, only real Czech can know if it is rightfully played or not.

Those who marked thumb down, just don't understand.

[xiikatanga]

@Presovcan they have not ears or maybe they're retards

[Arainion]

@Presovcan They can't swim.

[JessicaChloeful]

Jak krásné.Nikdy bych na tuhle skladbu nedala dopustit.Smetana byl opravdu smetana pro naši zemi:)

[snowymusique]

Just listened to Toronto Symphony Orchestra play this, gave me chills down my spine... Absolutely amazing.

[timotreeyang]

@snowymusique So did I :)

[SnyderMarkWilliam]

@snowymusique Funny! I was just at their concert on Saturday, and just had to look this piece up afterwards. Extraordinary music. was it the concert with Lang Lang 4? funny coincidence.

[GeorgeGorge]

36 people just took the time to click dislike...

[TheViolaMaestro]

playing this in our Symphony Orchestra. Ridiculous amount of 16th notes

[Lazonya777]

Epic. Truly epic!

[dukless]

Sometimes it´s only czech classical music, what makes me proud to be Czech...

[honzik]

@dukless unfortunately, I have to concur with you :-( Honza

[jorgesadlevi]

@dukless Smetana is extremely  ligth and superfluous is not against czech music.

[honzik]

@dukless very sorry to say, but I have to concur :-(

[Subtitles00]

@dukless

Petr Cech *wink*

[Pawlit360]

@dukless Don't be so hard on your beautiful country ;)

Plenty of more things to be proud of when you're Czech.

And the women... oh my god the women.

[somalnicht]

@dukless As a German I have to say that there would actually be far more. :-)

[mairen2201]

I'm playing this for my high school symphony orchestra. It is truly an amazing and challenging piece.

[rpwmusic1]

Any Mahler????

[polarvolcano15]

hahahah im writing an essay on this for Music History right now. I have to admit, this is really an incredible piece.

[arenadri7]

Remebering wonderful Prague, wanderings, looking Vltava from Karlo's Bridge - this brilliant music - excellent video! 5.November 1882. premieres "MA VLAST" Great Czcech's Composer BEDRICH SMETANA.

[MysticalVentus]

thank you Smetana. I am crying now

[Luciephur]

Hands down most gorgeous piece ever written!

[BELIVEUNITED]

Bridge name ?:D

[EuropeIsrael]

It s look like the israel's amthem !

watch?v=biQtrQpyJGo

[fEMinko]

Majestic.. 

[kLaOyYlOeLeA]

not sure how 36 people can dislike this performance.  it's awesome in every sense of the word. wonderful composition.

[polarvolcano15]

@kLaOyYlOeLeA those guys are just bieber fans



[kLaOyYlOeLeA]

@polarvolcano15 hahaha i'm sure you're right. that would explain their lack of taste.

[sireofzelda]

This is absolutely beautiful. I love this piece.

[ZincTYC]

oh. my. god. those first violins have it so easy lololol

anyway, this was awesome.

[Ferbbie]

What a pride to be czech. Well, not all the time, but most of it :D. This masterpiece gives me chills.

[amukher1]

HaTikvah bat shnot alpayim!

[isaac1516]

chido



[Samo762]

NOBODY GIVES A DAMN ABOUT YOUR FREE TRACKS!

[vitorfior]

Thank you!

[SuperBradva]

Smetana is the best Czech composer ever. Vltava is a masterpiece of classical music.

[GinAmeDrops]

Oh, god this is just so unbelievably beautiful <3 I wanted to ask if someone knew which cartoon (I think :P) has the beginning in it? When I was little, I used to watch it, and this melody was stuck in my head, and now that I've found the melody, I'm so happy, I just can't find the cartoon (my childhood).. :P And isn't a part in Pirates of the carrebean?

I'm gonna learn how to play it on my flute! It's so beautiful, mysterious then gentle, then painful, and sooo divine!

[naruto2710]

hi Tim and Joe from yahoo

[naruto2710]

i've been looking for this song for so long. so much so that i forgot how it sounded and made an improvisation in my head. heard it on brave new world channel 4. the best part is from 1:00

[lavalevel]

Beautiful, my wonderful grandmothers favourite song.

[myheroRonPaul]

I have many favorite pieces of music and this is one of them. I first heard it as a teenager and I remember it made me cry.

[BullshiterBader]

Thank you The Tree of Life!

[SuperBoris81]

This masterpiece of music celebrates our lovely Czech homeland...

[akosigundam]

Don Hertzfeld brought me here.

[BetsysView]

@EMHClassicalMusic THANK YOU!!!

[BetsysView]

FREE DOWNLOAD TODAY??? LOVE THAT!

[kyuss]

I will admit to finding this song from Tree of Life. This is the first piece of music that has ever made me tear up. I'm a grown man. Something about this piece of music moves me, like nothing I've ever heard before. Sorry to sound sappy, but its the truth.

If anyone can recommend anything else similar to this I would appreciate it.

Thank you.

[EMHClassicalMusic]

@kyuss if you look back at the comments from the beginning, early on some people have written about some pieces that you may like. We suggest visiting all our albums at EMH Classical and listening for yourself. One of our favorites is EPIC ORCHESTRA that has ...well...epic pieces on it. :-)  Thank you for commenting!

[myheroRonPaul]

@kyuss

I would recommend Mendelssohn's the Hebrides. I think both pieces are so moving because they both describe the beauty of nature.

[foustylicious]

@kyuss Try these: Shostakovich's "Fire of Eternal Glory" (the Phantom Regiment version is VERY powerful and moving); Mahler's 1st Symphony; Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1 - brings me to tears every time; Dvorak's New World Symphony - the second movement will probably really speak to you, very lyrical just like Ma Vlast; finally, Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky - this is longer, but each movement has a story reflected in the music, just like the movement of the river/music in Ma Vlast.

[icebaby2100]

@kyuss Maybe You should try Handel's Sarabande. That is a different peace of music but I like it so much. Monumental, emotional, quite adorable.

[TrebleRose723]

@kyuss try the Hebrides Overture by Mendelssohn

[notmozart1]

@kyuss It doesn't sound Sappy at all - welcome to "Classical Music"!!!

[rnels7722]

@kyuss I totally get how you feel, we played this in band my senior of high school and I teared up as well.

[martinavizcomm]

@kyuss

Adagio for strings in Gm by Albinoni.

Also, check out Adagio in dm by John Murphy too!

Brilliant stuff! =)

[Shindashi]

@kyuss An utterly different style (to be expected given that it's several hundred years older), but a similar emotional residue: Vadam et circuibo civitatem, by Tomas Luis de Victoria.

[christianbedroom]

@kyuss One of my favourites is Nimrod, by Elgar. And now that it is Christmastime, do yourself a favour and get Sir. David Wilcocks' arrangement of the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols, sung by Kings College Choir, Cambridge University....chills. Hope that helps...happy listening!

[4dcong]

00:54 chello bridge is chillingly awsome

[stanciuSIE]

way too few views