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The Bedřich Smetana Museum is a museum which is dedicated to the life and works of famous Czech composer Bedřich Smetana. It is situated in the centre of Prague in a small block of buildings right next to Charles Bridge on the right bank of the river Vltava in the Old Town.
Peter Kuznick on the Hiroshima Bombing
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The Bomb Sends a Message to the World
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Albert Markov plays Meditation by A. Glazunov
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Bela Rudenko - Oh, don't light the moon
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Pirogov - Boris" Death
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Monolog at the Coronation, Boris Godunov
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Georgi Nelepp: Puccini, Verdi, Bizet, Wagner, Smetana & Tchaikovsky (R.1947-’55)
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Natalia Shpiller Le Temps des lilas (Chausson)
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Ljuba Kazarnovskaya: "6 romances Op. 16" (Tchaikovsky)
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Olga Borodina - Samson et Dalila
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Russian romances
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Vladimir Atlantov - Pique Dame
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDvLIhYdpEo
Yevgeny Nesterenko - Mussorgsky's Song of the flea
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Irina Arkhipova, Ave Maria
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Romances, Tchaikovsky
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Habanera
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs1Syux-9yA
Zurab Andzhaparidze, Aida 1961 Live
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Galina Vishnevskaya, Mikhail Glinka's "The Lark"
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Maria Bieshu - Norma
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Tosca
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Galina Kovaleva, Norma, 1972
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Lullaby from Sadko
Praha - Prague_Obecní dům_Municipal House_Náměstí Republiky_Republic square_Prague 1 – Old Town.
Municipal House (Czech: Obecní dům) is a civic building that houses Smetana Hall, a celebrated concert venue, in Prague. It is located on Náměstí Republiky next to the Powder Gate in the center of the city.
Smetana Museum along the banks of the Vltava River in Prague.
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"Nations crumble from within when the citizenry asks of government those things which the citizenry might better provide for itself. ... [I] hope we have once again reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts." (Ronald Reagan)
Repubblica Ceca, Praga, Ponti sulla Moldava, Inverno 2017
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz9okzlhDSk
La Moldava, nota anche con il nome tedesco Die Moldau, fu composta nel 1874 dal compositore ceco Bedřich Smetana. In questo pezzo, Smetana usa la pittura tonale per evocare i suoni di uno dei grandi fiumi della Boemia. Il pezzo contiene più famosa melodia di Smetana. La composizione descrive il corso della Moldava, a partire dalle due piccole sorgenti per poi fluire verso Praga, oltre il Vysehrad e poi maestosamente svanire in lontananza.
Vltava, also known by its German name Die Moldau, was composed in 1874 by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana.In this piece, Smetana uses tone painting to evoke the sounds of one of Bohemia's great rivers. The piece contains Smetana's most famous tune. The composition describes the course of the Vltava, starting from the two small springs then flowing toward Prague, past the Vyšehrad, and then majestically vanishing into the distance.
Hong Kong To-day
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DW News Nov., 8, 2019
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Mieczysław Horszowski plays :
Chopin Nocturne in D flat Op. 27 No. 2
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXOlYlTt8c4&list=RDlXOlYlTt8c...
Chopin - Nocturne in B major, Op. 32 No. 1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTvfO-Jveg0
Mozart Piano Concerto No 20
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDeTeUyY7PY
1984 Warsaw Philharmonic Hall
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxQ3Pyn3ShM
1989 Chopin Recital
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfUc7srN_iw
1990 Carnagie Hall Recital
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bgaj8w9yeg
1991 Japan, Mozart Piano Sonata No.12
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eBOKCAXmOA
Smetana: Vltava (The Moldau)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6kqu2mk-Kw
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, Backhaus '59
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fELeUiuwZqE
Beethoven Piano Concerto No4, Backhaus '67
Repubblica Ceca, Praga, Ponti sulla Moldava, Inverno 2017
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz9okzlhDSk
La Moldava, nota anche con il nome tedesco Die Moldau, fu composta nel 1874 dal compositore ceco Bedřich Smetana. In questo pezzo, Smetana usa la pittura tonale per evocare i suoni di uno dei grandi fiumi della Boemia. Il pezzo contiene più famosa melodia di Smetana. La composizione descrive il corso della Moldava, a partire dalle due piccole sorgenti per poi fluire verso Praga, oltre il Vysehrad e poi maestosamente svanire in lontananza.
Vltava, also known by its German name Die Moldau, was composed in 1874 by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana.In this piece, Smetana uses tone painting to evoke the sounds of one of Bohemia's great rivers. The piece contains Smetana's most famous tune. The composition describes the course of the Vltava, starting from the two small springs then flowing toward Prague, past the Vyšehrad, and then majestically vanishing into the distance.
There are not many places in this world were street art is referencing classical music composers. I would go on the limb and say Prague is the only place. Here not only likeness is presented, but also a pun on their name. Bach, Dvořák, Smetana, Hydn and Mozart were represented, but there may have been more.
I was also interested in the buildings behind the fence, alas it was a railway land, protected by barbed wire and I stopped climbing fences when I was 60.
868. Prague 2014- no.34. Taken 2014- May 02; P1210316; Upload 2021-Dec 13. Lmx -ZS5
Municipal House (Czech: Obecní dům) is a civic building that houses Smetana Hall, a celebrate concert venue, in Prague, Czech Republic. The building is of the Art Nouveau architecture style.
Frühmorgens an einem späten Herbsttag auf der Letna Höhe sitzen, staunen, wie der Nebel über der Moldau aufsteigt und die Prager Brücken in einer wundervollen Atmosphäre verschwimmen lässt - dazu Bedřich Smetanas Meisterwerk "Ma Vlast" als leise Hintergrundmusik.....ein Traum, den ich mir fast jedes Jahr erfülle und auf den ich mich das ganze Jahr freue...
Sitting on the Letna Heights early in the morning on a late autumn day, marvelling at how the fog rises over the Vltava and blurs the Prague bridges in a wonderful atmosphere - accompanied by Bedřich Smetana's masterpiece "The Vltava" as soft background music.....a dream that I fulfil almost every year and look forward to all year...
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Old Town Water Tower. Standing on one of the bridges before the Charles Bridge or sailing on the Vltava River, you’ll definitely notice Old Town Water Tower (Staromestska vodarna) on the right bank of the river on the place called Novotny Footbridge (Novetneho lavka). Old Town Water Tower used to supply the Old Town’s fountains with water, even though it had to ‘struggle for its existence’ several times during its long history.
The first records about the tower (originally made of wood) date back to the beginning of the 15th century. As the workers in the tower used to use open fire to melt frozen water in the pipes during winter, the tower has been damaged by fire many times. But fire was not the only element the tower had to fight against. The others were floods and icebergs as well as attacks by foreign intruders.
Its current look comes from 1577, or more precisely in 1878 when the tower got another floor and the tower clock. Ten years later a new neo-Gothic roof was added. The tower served its purpose until 1880.
Novotny Footbridge The neighbouring white water house used to contain a device that pumped water to the water tower. It was used from 1883 until 1913. Its facade is decorated by black-and-white sgraffitoes depicting the defence of the Old Prague against Swedish troops in 1868.
A large reconstruction of the house at the beginning of the 20th century was made for the Bedrich Smetana Museum. The museum was open on 12th May 1936, now it’s part of the National Museum
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Praha (CZ) 09-09-2014
Karlův most, Staroměstská vodárna, Novotného lávka
Karelsbrug, Staroměstská vodárna (Smetana museum) en de gebouwen aan de Novotného lávka gezien vanaf de most Legií.
Charles' Bridge, Staroměstská vodárna (museum of Smetana) and the buildings of the Novotného lávka seen from most Legií.
Karlsbrücke, Staroměstská vodárna (Smetana Museum) und die Gebäude an die Novotného lávka. Das Bild wurde abgelichtet auf der most Legií.
Pont de Charles, Staroměstská vodárna (musée de Smetana) et les édifices de la Novotného lávka, vue du most Legií.
Puente de Carlos, Staroměstská vodárna (museo de Smetana) y los edificios de la Novotného lávka, visto del most Legií.
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Listening to Smetana as we drove along the Vltava River on our way to Vyšší Brod.
South Bohemia
Czech Republic
Listening to Smetana as we drove along the Vltava River on our way to Vyšší Brod.
South Bohemia
Czech Republic
This blue hour photograph was taken from the East bank of Vltava (Moldau) River. Charles Bridge, as seen in the background, is the most important connection across Vltava River between Prague Castle and the city's Old Town. There is a timber structure with birds in the foreground, with leading lines to the statue of the composer Bedřich Smetana who wrote the symphonic poem “Vltava”). The reflections in Vltava and light trails of a boat approaching Charles Bridge are recorded in this photograph.
Repubblica Ceca, Praga, Moldava, Primavera 2015
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz9okzlhDSk
La Moldava, nota anche con il nome tedesco Die Moldau, fu composta nel 1874 dal compositore ceco Bedřich Smetana. In questo pezzo, Smetana usa la pittura tonale per evocare i suoni di uno dei grandi fiumi della Boemia. Il pezzo contiene più famosa melodia di Smetana. La composizione descrive il corso della Moldava, a partire dalle due piccole sorgenti per poi fluire verso Praga, oltre il Vysehrad e poi maestosamente svanire in lontananza.
Vltava, also known by its German name Die Moldau, was composed in 1874 by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana.In this piece, Smetana uses tone painting to evoke the sounds of one of Bohemia's great rivers. The piece contains Smetana's most famous tune. The composition describes the course of the Vltava, starting from the two small springs then flowing toward Prague, past the Vyšehrad, and then majestically vanishing into the distance.
Capture from the Manes bridge to the Charlesbridge with the Old Town Bridge Tower, the Bedrich Smetana Museum and the National Theatre on the background
The Litomyšl Castle is an outstanding example of an arcaded Renaissance country residence, a type of structure first invented in Italy and then developed in the Czech Lands to create a mature form with special architectural value. Situated at an important communications junction on the main route between Bohemia and Moravia, in the Pardubice region, Litomyšl was a fortified centre on the hill where the castle now stands.
The work on the Renaissance building began in 1568 under the supervision of Jan Baptista Avostalis (Giovanni Battista Avostalli), who was soon joined by his brother Oldřich (Ulrico). Most of the work had been completed by 1580. The castle interior underwent alterations between 1792 and 1796, based on the designs of Jan Kryštof Habich, but he was careful to preserve the fine building’s Renaissance appearance with impressive gables.
The castle is a four-winged, three-storeyed structure with an asymmetrical disposition. The western wing is the largest, whereas the southern wing is a two-storeyed arcaded gallery, closing the second square courtyard (a feature that is unique to Litomyšl). The groin-vaulted arcading continues around the western and eastern sides of the courtyard. The south-eastern corner of the eastern wing contains the castle chapel. One of the most striking features in the interior of the castle consists in the fine neoclassical theatre from 1796-97 in the western wing. The original painted decoration of the auditorium, stage decorations and stage machinery have survived intact. The house has richly decorated interiors, basically Renaissance in form and with lavish late Baroque or neoclassical ornamentation in the form of elaborate plasterwork and wall and ceiling paintings.
The buildings associated with the castle were all built or rebuilt during the course of the modifications that the castle itself underwent over time, and this is reflected in their architectural styles. Among the ancillary buildings, the most interesting is the Brewery, the birthplace of Bedřich Smetana, one of the greatest Czech composers of all time. It lies to the south of the first courtyard. Originally constructed to complement the castle, with Renaissance sgraffito decoration, it was remodelled by the well-know
n architect František Maximilián Kaňka after the 1728 fire and received what is its present appearance. The ensemble also includes the former French formal garden with its saletta (pavilion) in the Baroque style and an 18th-century English-style park. (whc.unesco.org/en/list/901/)
Or: a flower inside
Hibiscus
Bedrich Smetana, The bartered bride. Act 3, Dance
Berliner Philharmoniker Orchestra
The National Theater opened for the first time in 1881 in honor of Archduke Rodolf's visit. It was inaugurated with the opera by Smetana Libuše, composed in 1872.
There was a fire in August 1881, which was seen as a national disaster. The architect Josef Zítek gave way to his student architect Josef Schulz, who was in charge of working on reconstruction. This historical building was reopened in November 1883.
Today you can see there Opera, Drama and Ballet performances.
The tram 22 is the most used to move around the center, because it is the one that passes through most monuments and places of interest in the Czech capital, including the Prague Castle or the Malá Strana neighborhood.
The Litomyšl Castle is an outstanding example of an arcaded Renaissance country residence, a type of structure first invented in Italy and then developed in the Czech Lands to create a mature form with special architectural value. Situated at an important communications junction on the main route between Bohemia and Moravia, in the Pardubice region, Litomyšl was a fortified centre on the hill where the castle now stands.
The work on the Renaissance building began in 1568 under the supervision of Jan Baptista Avostalis (Giovanni Battista Avostalli), who was soon joined by his brother Oldřich (Ulrico). Most of the work had been completed by 1580. The castle interior underwent alterations between 1792 and 1796, based on the designs of Jan Kryštof Habich, but he was careful to preserve the fine building’s Renaissance appearance with impressive gables.
The castle is a four-winged, three-storeyed structure with an asymmetrical disposition. The western wing is the largest, whereas the southern wing is a two-storeyed arcaded gallery, closing the second square courtyard (a feature that is unique to Litomyšl). The groin-vaulted arcading continues around the western and eastern sides of the courtyard. The south-eastern corner of the eastern wing contains the castle chapel. One of the most striking features in the interior of the castle consists in the fine neoclassical theatre from 1796-97 in the western wing. The original painted decoration of the auditorium, stage decorations and stage machinery have survived intact. The house has richly decorated interiors, basically Renaissance in form and with lavish late Baroque or neoclassical ornamentation in the form of elaborate plasterwork and wall and ceiling paintings.
The buildings associated with the castle were all built or rebuilt during the course of the modifications that the castle itself underwent over time, and this is reflected in their architectural styles. Among the ancillary buildings, the most interesting is the Brewery, the birthplace of Bedřich Smetana, one of the greatest Czech composers of all time. It lies to the south of the first courtyard. Originally constructed to complement the castle, with Renaissance sgraffito decoration, it was remodelled by the well-know
n architect František Maximilián Kaňka after the 1728 fire and received what is its present appearance. The ensemble also includes the former French formal garden with its saletta (pavilion) in the Baroque style and an 18th-century English-style park. (whc.unesco.org/en/list/901/)
Listening to Smetana as we drove along the Vltava River on our way to Vyšší Brod.
South Bohemia
Czech Republic
*look please in large size*
Moldau (Vltava) river at the Prague's door
Czech republic/river Moldau at Smetana´s outlook
Výhled na Vltavu ze Smetanovy vyhlídky: na levé straně pohled na na bývalé Svatojánské proudy, uprostřed na legendární osadu "Ztracenka" (oblíbené místo Voskovce a Wericha), pravá strana končí hrází Štěchovické přehrady.
Municipal House (Obecní dům), located on Náměstí Republiky next to the Powder Gate in the centre of the city is a civic building that houses Smetana Hall, a celebrated concert venue. The building is of the Art Nouveau architecture style. The building exterior has allegorical art and stucco. Over the entrance is a mosaic called Homage to Prague by Karel Špillar. On either side are allegorical sculpture groups representing The Degradation of the People and The Resurrection of the People by Ladislav Šaloun.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sarcoscypha coccinea, commonly known as the scarlet elf cup, scarlet elf cap, or the scarlet cup, is a species of fungus in the family Sarcoscyphaceae of the order Pezizales.
The saprobic fungus grows on decaying sticks and branches in damp spots on forest floors, generally buried under leaf litter or in the soil. The cup-shaped fruit bodies are usually produced during the cooler months of winter and early spring.
In the northern part of Russia, where fruitings are more frequent, it is consumed in salads, fried with smetana, or just used as colored dressing for meals.
Maslenitsa (Russian: Мaсленица, Ukrainian: Масниця, Belarusian: Масьленіца; also known as Butter Week, Crepe week, or Cheesefare Week) is an Eastern Slavic religious and folk holiday, celebrated during the last week before Great Lent, that is, the eighth week before Eastern Orthodox Pascha (Easter). Maslenitsa corresponds to the Western Christian Carnival, except that Orthodox Lent begins on a Monday instead of a Wednesday, and the Orthodox date of Easter can differ greatly from the Western Christian date.
Bedřich Smetana, 2 March 1824 – 12 May 1884) was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style that became closely identified with his people's aspirations to a cultural and political "revival." He has been regarded in his homeland as the father of Czech music. Internationally he is best known for his 1866 opera The Bartered Bride and for the symphonic cycle Má vlast ("My Fatherland"), which portrays the history, legends and landscape of the composer's native Bohemia. It contains the famous symphonic poem "Vltava", also popularly known by its German name "Die Moldau" (in English, "The Moldau").
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sarcoscypha coccinea, commonly known as the scarlet elf cup, scarlet elf cap, or the scarlet cup, is a species of fungus in the family Sarcoscyphaceae of the order Pezizales.
The saprobic fungus grows on decaying sticks and branches in damp spots on forest floors, generally buried under leaf litter or in the soil. The cup-shaped fruit bodies are usually produced during the cooler months of winter and early spring.
In the northern part of Russia, where fruitings are more frequent, it is consumed in salads, fried with smetana, or just used as colored dressing for meals.