Prague with tone poem The Moldau, a/k/a Vltava.

[elleng]

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITmzujYIdOM&feature=related

[Myrina]

1. I absolutely LOVE The Moldau ...

... and all of Ma Vlast, actually. Smetana really "hit it out of the park" ... and oddly, I've always felt a kinship to that particular 'genre' of classical music - Borodin, Smetana, Dvorak - only to find out they were from the same area and lived at the same time as my great-great-grandparents.

I guess they really put their surroundings into their music, so much that its 'vibe' travels through generations of Bohemians. :shrug:

Thanks! :hi:

[elleng]

4. We must be related, somehow!

Imagine my delight when briefly visiting Prague a few years ago, I discovered it was being played by the symphony that night! :fistbump:

[Myrina]

7. THAT would have been amazing!! Lucky You!!

Its one of my ultimate dreams to be able to take a couple weeks and wander around the Czech Republic!


:hi:

[rockymountaindem]

2. Some of that music sounds exactly like the Israeli national anthem, "Hatikva"

Do you know what piece that is?

[elleng]

3. Funny you should mention that!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=316&topic_id=1620&mesg_id=1620

[rockymountaindem]

5. According to the wikipedia page, Hatikva's melody comes from a folk tune

Although folk music was the common source for a lot of composers, so perhaps the two songs share a common ancestor of sorts.

[elleng]

6. Yes.

Didn't someones say that Smetana used folk tunes? Certainly Dvorak did.