Rec.:Who Knows... on YouTube
Damn, two pieces I love in a row, this is great! Well Vítĕzslava Kaprálová died at the age of 25, so I can kind of understand why her music isn't more well known, even if it was apparently very well received during her life and shortly after her death. She studied with some of the most important modernist composers, had performances in high profile venues and was poised to be an important composer, then you know, tuberculosis.
I think I might also just have a thing for Czech composers too, cause they seem to be doing pretty well for me. This piece is a single movement symphony and is more optimistic sounding than I would've expected a symphony about the military written in the mid-30s. While the work isn't programmatic, as far as I know, it is very evocative. It seems to be depicting more a military life than a battle. The orchestration has elements you'd expect from a military themed work, a fair amount of snare drum and trumpet usage, but also has many heartfelt solo violin and woodwind lines. The end of the symphony sounds like it ends on a call to battle as the tone darkens and becomes more frantic and violent.
Anyways, this is late again and there is a lot to absorb in this 15 minutes of music. So go take a listen! Not a bad way to end woman composers week here, although this doesn't mean I'm done with the music of women symphonists by a long shot.
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