Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Once a decade there is a Year of Czech Music that reaches out from the Czech Republic to audiences around the ...

Bedrich Smetana is one of the most beloved Czech composers -- two others are Antonin Dvorak and Leos Janacek -- and particularly admired for the orchestral cycle "Ma Vlast" ("My Country") and the ...

The tone poem called The Moldau, from the cycle Ma Vlast, by Bedrich Smetana evokes the beautiful river that flows through the center of Prague. We hear the Eastern Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted ...

A series of six symphonic poems by Bedrich Smetana, Ma Vlast is at the core of Czech cultural identity. From September 2010. Show more At the core of Czech cultural identity Bedrich Smetana’s Ma Vlast ...

More years ago than I care to remember, I first made the acquaintance of Bedrich Smetana and his masterpiece Má Vlast. Smetana wrote much more than this, but it's become something of a signature tune.