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Music Appreciation

elleng

(135,637 posts) Thu Aug 29, 2024, 03:35 PM Aug 29

Bedrich Smetana Ma Vlast: The Moldau

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Bedrich Smetana Ma Vlast: The Moldau (Original Post) elleng Aug 29 OP

Love it! Have you ever noticed Glorfindel Aug 29 #1

Haven't noticed 'teapot,' I think. elleng Aug 29 #2

Thanks for this. yonder Aug 29 #3

You're welcome. elleng Aug 29 #4

Glorfindel

(9,903 posts)

1. Love it! Have you ever noticed

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Thu Aug 29, 2024, 03:38 PM

Aug 29

that one section of it sounds like, "I'm a Little Teapot, Short and Stout"? Played in a minor key, of course.

elleng

(135,637 posts)

2. Haven't noticed 'teapot,' I think.

Reply to Glorfindel (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 29, 2024, 03:43 PM

Aug 29

Saw/heard it in Prague!

Close to me now, as my house is @ bank of a river!

yonder

(9,997 posts)

3. Thanks for this.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Thu Aug 29, 2024, 05:23 PM

Aug 29

I had never heard of Czech composer Bedrich Smetana till just last week when PBS aired a performance of his lovely "River Poem" by the Vienna Philharmonic at the beautiful Schönbrunn Palace Gardens in Vienna.

elleng

(135,637 posts)

4. You're welcome.

Reply to yonder (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 29, 2024, 05:38 PM

Aug 29

I've known him and it for years, and was thrlled to see and hear that PBS performance; stopped me in my tracks (as it usually does.)

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