Dvořák: "The Wild Dove", Op. 110, B 198 (with Score)

Antonín Dvořák:
Symphonic Poem "The Wild Dove (Holoubek) ", Op. 110, B. 198 (with Score)
Composed: 22 October - 18 November 1896 (revision after 27 January 1897)
The Wild Dove (also known as The Wood Dove; Czech: Holoubek), Op. 110, B. 198 (1896), is the fourth orchestral poem composed by the Czech composer, Antonín Dvořák. Composed in October and November 1896, with a revision in January 1897, the premiere was given on 20 March 1898 in Brno under the baton of Leoš Janáček. The story is taken from the poem of the same name from Kytice, a collection of ballads by Karel Jaromír Erben. The four musical scenes describe the story of a woman who poisoned her husband and married another man shortly afterwards. A dove then sits on the grave of her dead husband and sings a sad song day after day. The wife feels guilty and commits suicide at the end by jumping and drowning in a river.
0:04 I. Andante, Marcia Funebre (Funeral March).
The young widow, weeping and lamenting, follows the body of her husband to the grave.
4:41 II. Allegro, afterwards Andante.
A jovial, well-to-do peasant meets the beautiful widow, consoles her, and persuades her to forget her grief and take him for a husband.
7:17 III. Molto vivace, afterwards Allegro grazioso.
She fulfils her lover's wish. A joyous wedding.
12:20 IV. Andante.
From the branches of a freshly budding oak, overshadowing the grave of her first husband, -who had been poisoned by her the mournful cooing of the wild Dove is heard. The melancholy sounds pierce to the heart of the sinful woman who, overcome by the terrors of an evil conscience goes mad, and seeks death in the waters hard by.
14:24 V. Andante, Tempo I, afterwards Più Lento: Epilogue.

[@davemiller7633]

Very elegiac and haunting in the beginning....wow. Never heard this one before. What a masterpiece.

[@Titanandenceladus]

Such a gorgeous piece of music

[@SteffenThole]

I am so glad I just discovered this!

[@ClassicalDavid]

Lovely recording, I appreciate you taking the time to explain the programme of this music!!

[@schubertuk]

It's a tone poem in four acts.
i) a woman decides to poisons her husband she doesn't fancy any more
ii) this woman then marries another man shortly afterwards
iii) A wood dove then sits on the grave of her dead husband and sings a sad song day after day - talk about torture!!
iv) The wife feels guilty and commits suicide by jumping and drowning in a river.
Oh those Czech women!!

[@dzinypinydoroviny]

@@schubertuk It's quite similar to The Raven by E. A. Poe, right? Just more brutal.

[@hdbrot]

4:33 They have skipped the last beat in the penultimate bar before the Allegro.

[@ClassicalDavid]

Is there any chance you can do the Golden spinning wheel next? I haven't found it in your videos and would love to see the programme in there explained too!

[@trantiencaophong]

Which is the orchestra? Anh who is the conductor?

[@Wherrimy]

2:57 Beethoven reference!

[@theyoutubetroll6679]

and Mahler 5 at 1:42

[@Wherrimy]

Not sure considering it was released 6 years later.

[@FreakieFan]

Not at all. That is just a super common chord sequence orchestrated in a vaguely similar way.

[@emanuelecrepet3630]

1:15 reminds to me Tchaikovsky's 6

[@kristellgonzalez3225]

6:08