Dvořák: "The Noon Witch", Op. 108, B 196 (with Score)

Antonín Dvořák:
Symphonic Poem "The Noon Witch (Polednice) ", Op. 108, B 196 (with Score)
Composed: 11 January - 27 February 1896
Conductor: Bohumil Gregor
Orchestra: Česká filharmonie
The Noon Witch (or The Noonday Witch; Czech: Polednice), Op. 108, B. 196, is a symphonic poem written in 1896 by Antonín Dvořák which was inspired by the Karel Jaromír Erben poem Polednice from the collection Kytice. Polednice is based on the noon demon "Lady Midday" of Slavic mythology. It is one of a set of late orchestral works inspired by national themes which were written after his return to his native Bohemia from the United States.
"Lady Midday" Synopsis
A mother warns her son that if he does not behave she will summon the Noon Witch to take him away. He does not behave, and the witch arrives at the stroke of noon. The witch, described as a horrible creature, demands the child. The mother, terrified that the witch has actually come, grabs her son, and the witch begins chasing them. Finally the mother faints, grasping her child. Later that day, the father arrives home, and finds his wife passed out with the dead body of their son in her arms. The mother had accidentally smothered their son while protecting him from the witch. The story ends with the father's lament over the terrible event.
0:03 Allegretto
1:12 Poco più animato, non tanto
2:30 Andante sostenuto
2:55 Allegretto Tempo I come prima
3:59 Poco più animato, non tanto
5:42 Andante sostenuto e molto tranquillo (come proma)
7:07 Più animato, ma non troppo
7:31 Andante sostenuto e molto tranquillo
8:54 Più animato, ma non troppo
9:18 Allegro
10:56 Meno mosso, Allegretto
11:22 Andante
13:05 Più lento
13:24 Maestoso

[@reubenlee6438]

One of the greatest pieces of music I've ever heard! Dvorak was a genius and his orchestration and writing was up there with the greats.

[@petrcizek3820]

Brutál...hlavne od casu 6:38 - motiv Polednice.

[@mikeklimczak9600]

you can visualize the witch disappearing at the end

[@shin-i-chikozima]

This Ìs a gift to Dvorak lovers This splendor of words can not arrive FromTokyo

[@user-ru8vy1uz7c]

Bravo bravo bravo

[@ulyssemarcaggi1380]

so beutiful

[@anangryjuicebox2799]

8:20 8:47 7:08 4:25 4:41 1:38 1:52

[@user-xo6fm5mg5f]

5:51

[@juls2527]

4:52 - 9:37

[@user-tl8oj4tv1g]

Which orchestra, please?

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Sounds like The Czech Philharmonic under Bohumil Gregor.

[@joshturner1934]

@@Quotenwagnerianer Ah yes, it's got that trademark the Czech Philharmonic under Bohumil Gregor sound.

[@tneveca]

It is a digitally engineered rendition. No orchestra, only a computer.

[@malleus2997]

@@tneveca howdya know? it gives names in the description

[@johnwalzer9187]

Google it. Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras conducting.

[@petrcizek3820]

Brutál...hlavne od casu 6:38 - motiv Polednice.