Bedrich Smetana is the father of modern Czech music. Unfortunately, fate struck him in 1874. Shortly after the premiere of his opera ’The Two Widows’ he became deaf. This misfortune did not break his resolve. Between 1874 and 1879, he composed the impressive cycle My Fatherland (Má Vlast), six symphonic poems. Part 5 of the cycle is ’Tábor’, the Hussite Castle. The piece is a fantasy based on the battle chorus "Die ihr seid die Kämpfer Gottes" (Those are the fighting gods).

 Arranged for Wind Band by Martin Koekelkoren.
Listen at Soundcloud.com (Musique Militaire Grand-Ducale Luxembourg, conductor André Reichling)

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TABOR from ’MA VLAST’ - Bedrich Smetana / arr. Martin Koekelkoren.

Jo Vliex