Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by James Judd
Chodová Planá, Czech Republic Photo: Václav Němec, CC3.0
Má Vlast (My Fatherland) by Bedřich Smetana is cycle of six symphonic poems that describe the sights and sounds of Smetana’s native Bohemia along with famous military victories in Czech history.
The fourth movment, 'From Bohemia's Meadows and Fields' is a pastoral interlude, a celebration of the splendour of Nature with the scents and breezes of a summer day.
Other works in the cycle:
Recorded by RNZ Concert, Auckland Town Hall, 12 August 2021
Engineer: Rangi Powick; Producer: Tim Dodd
