Suk - Towards a New Life (Last Night of the Proms 2012)

[@reneduzi]

Neskutečná síla. V Jiřím Bělohlávkovi jsme ztratili velkého Čecha.

[@juliusyoung3467]

Nazdar! -from Texas. The Sokol still flies here.

[@petamacek]

amazing, amazing how the english guys are singing czech! Bravo fellowes. Thumbs up!

[@UYvona1]

I'm from Czech Republic. Josef Suk is a wonderful Czech music composer. this composition is the anthem of Sokol, which is an old sports association in the Czech Republic. thank you to all the musicians for the musical presentation of my country.

[@msourada]

I always envy people who are able to understand most of opera or chorus singing. Even though I'm native Czech, were it not for the English subtitles I wouldn't understand half of it. And not because of the pronunciation -- the words I was able to discern had a very good one... Anyway, back to the piece -- I fell in love with it when I heard it as an opening piece in one of the concerts I attend, it was both magnificent and beautiful, just as this very rendering. Good work BBC! Greetings from Czechia.

[@subkontrabasklarinet]

Thanks for using the country's proper one-word name: Czechia. :-)

[@PavelHanych]

Thanks for all, Jiri Belohlavek. R.I.P.

[@zdenkas1029]

What an amazing performance! I have to really praise the chorus for their prononcuation. Czech language is quite hard, I'm native so I know. Breathtaking.

[@JustOdie]

Very good pronunciation. And overall good performace. Thanks for sharing.

[@bolemirnoc604]

Asi náš nejhodnotnější olympijský úspěch. :D

[@aloysiuscz4482]

for all the patriots: I wish that you took notice of the verse "May light shine out from ..... (insert a country) .... to all humanity", for that´s what true patriotism is about

[@joserutten3729]

I love this piece I played it 30 years ago with a symphonic wind Band in Germany with the conductor in charge Vlastimil Jarunek.

[@johneddy98033]

It was very fitting that the perfomance coincided with the London Olympics, as "Toward a New Life" won a silver medal for composition at the 1932 Los Angeles Games.

[@iannickCZ]

Šleh’ plamen jasný od Blaníka. Do lesa tmavého, do pole tichého kol Blaníka; do pole širého, do kraje milého kol Blaníka. ||: Šlehla vatra, zaplála dokola, probudila mladého sokola. Svěť! Svěť! Svěť, vatro svěť, jasně svěť do niv, do pole! Čas nastal teď, ruče vzleť, mladý sokole! Vleť! Vzleť! Vzleť! Vzlét sokol jasný od Blaníka… ||:Do lesů, do plání zaléhá volání sokolíka. Do kraje šiřého, do srdce každého bojovníka. :|| Slyš! Polnice zní! Nuž vzhůru dítky národa! Sem všichni v tábor náš, kdo vlasti je věrná stráž! Jen vás más, syny své, jenom vás naše máti rodná zem; ochránit matku svou synu je cti a lásky příkazem. ||: V boj, v boj, za ni v boj, hurá, hurá, v boj, vzhůru, hejno sokolí! :|| V boj, národe můj,… ať pravda Páně vítezí, ať hvězdou věků v dál z Čech plá lidstvu Ideál. Zaň zmíral mistr jan, trpěl Amos a bil se Masaryk. Plápol pravdy té znovu váš nechať zapaluje Šik! ||: V boj, v boj, za ni v boj, hurá, hurá, v boj, vzhůru, hejno sokolí! :|| Vzlét sokol jasný od Blaníka. Do lesů, do plání zaléhá volání sokolíka. Do kraje rodného, do srdce každého bojovníka. Širá pole tichá kol dokola probudil hlas mladého sokola. Leť! Leť! Nes, nes tu zvěst do všech měst, do vsí, do pole, vzbuď celou zem, dones všem, jasný sokole, všem! všem! všem! vzkaz věrné stráže od Blaníka. Do kraje rodného, do srdce každého bojovníka do kraje rodného, do srdce každého do srdce každého bojovníka. Nes, nes tu zvěst do všech měst, do vsí, do pole, vzbuď celou zem, hlásej všem, hlásej všem: Slyš, polnice zní, nuž vzhůru, všichni k nám, k nám, k nám, v tábor náš! Planou ohně, hoří vatry, hučí Šumava i Tatry: V boj! v boj! v boj! v boj! v boj! jménem Páně! V Nový život na you

[@federicozimerman8167]

Wonderful! it looks like a few hundred performers.

[@hugosmidt8370]

Amazing performance!

[@catepilarr]

BBC chorus doing very good job at singing in Czech!

[@UYvona1]

Nádhera ❤❤❤❤

[@NOSEhow2LIV]

Splendid! The RAH is just the place for orch/choral spectaculars and the Big Tune comes over with ample resonance. Nice to have a translation. Thank you.

[@andrestennus4711]

Super

[@subkontrabasklarinet]

Beautiful. :-) Except for the Czech flag waving upside down at the very end.

[@eskarinka4789]

good that someone noticed :D

[@petufo]

Originally yes. But after 1993 unfortunately no.

[@MirekMateju]

@petufo I am sorry, you are wrong. The flag of Czechoslovakia and Czechia is identical.

[@davidroman4780]

The translation was pretty good until the last sentence . "Hučí Šumava i Tatry" . It does not mean "our hills and mountians thunder" because Šumava is a national park in Czech Republic (beautiful place) and Tatry are iconic mountains of Slovakia . Thus it rather glorifies Czechs and Slovaks at the same time .

[@alaalfa8839]

Its about the end of 1 World war...so maybe it doesnt matter geographically.

[@jakubegermajer9841]

It's about Czechoslovak Legions in WW1, yes. But the geography is very important - Šumava is in Czechia (Bohemia), while the Tatras are in Slovakia. So the verse symbolizes the unity of Czechs and Slovaks

[@sebastianzietara4018]

Probably the only choral recording of this piece.

[@iannickCZ]

I really wish see if they have really czech lyrics, or some english transcription without czech diacritic marks.

[@MirekMateju]

In any case, they must have been practicing pretty much. And the result is great!

[@SUST-RWM]

Result is fine, but certainly I would like to hear the Czech version so grandly , with big orchestra and choir

[@muniflodur]

Beethoven 9, Mahler 8 etc. compressed.

[@Presidentman1054]

0:48 skip the bust part

[@55Mabee]

5:29 czech flag :)

[@vaclavkohlicek825]

Also at 6:10, unfortunately upside down

[@FILIPOSOV]

4:22 TRUMPET FAIL. xD

[@Vratva]

P

[@FILIPOSOV]

Badly

[@ikaray1775]

Super