Smetana - Overture to The Bartered Bride | Dean Whiteside | New World Symphony (2019) скачать в хорошем качестве

Smetana - Overture to The Bartered Bride | Dean Whiteside | New World Symphony (2019)

Dean Whiteside leads the NWS Fellows through Smetana's musical love letter to his homeland. Bedřich Smetana, born in a small Bohemian castle town, came into his own as a composer at a time when his country was pushing back against Austrian political and cultural dominance. He devoted himself to studying Czech (having grown up speaking and writing mainly in German), and his Czech-language operas helped bolster a new theater scene in Prague. Smetana composed his second opera, The Bartered Bride, between 1863 and 1866. In the country village where the story takes place, the young Mařenka has fallen in love with Jeník, while her parents have arranged for her to marry a wealthy stranger. Through various schemes and subterfuges (interwoven with comic relief in the form of drinking songs, dances, a traveling circus, a conniving stepmother, and a man in a bear costume), the lovers eventually receive the blessing to wed. --Copyright Aaron Grad 2019 Originally performed February 23, 2019. #czech #bohemia #orchestra #opera Subscribe for weekly instructional videos, performances and incredible orchestral content:    / @newworldsymphony   Visit https://media.nws.edu to sign up for our FREE live streaming platform NWS Inside. Follow New World Symphony: Instagram: @nwsymphony TikTok: New-World-Symphony Facebook: NewWorldSymphony X: @nwsymphony Website: https://nws.edu Powered by Knight Foundation