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ʻO Václav Smetacek

ʻO nā hana a Vaclav Smetacek e pili kokoke ana i ka lā o kekahi o nā mele symphony maikaʻi loa ma Czechoslovakia - ka Symphony Orchestra o ke kūlanakauhale nui o Prague, e like me ka mea i kapa inoa ʻia. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia kēia orchestra i ka makahiki 1934, a ua alakaʻi ʻo Smetachek iā ia i nā makahiki paʻakikī o ke kaua. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua ulu ka alakaʻi a me ka hui a hoʻomaikaʻi pū i kā lākou mākaukau, i ka hana hoʻoikaika i kēlā me kēia lā.

Eia naʻe, ua hele mai ʻo Smetachek i ka orchestra i kahi hoʻomaʻamaʻa koʻikoʻi a piha. Ma ka Prague Conservatory ua aʻo ʻo ia i ka haku mele, hoʻokani i ka oboe a alakaʻi pū me P. Dedechek lāua ʻo M. Dolezhal (1928-1930). Ma ka manawa like, ua hoʻolohe ʻo Smetachek i nā haʻiʻōlelo e pili ana i ka philosophy, aesthetics a me ka musicology ma ke Kulanui ʻo Charles. A laila ua hana ka mea alakaʻi i ka wā e hiki mai ana no kekahi mau makahiki ma ke ʻano he oboist ma Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, kahi āna i aʻo nui ai, e hana ana ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana a V. Talich. Eia kekahi, e hoʻomaka ana mai kāna mau lā haumāna, he lālā ʻo ia a he ʻuhane o nā hui keʻena he nui, me ka Prague Brass Quintet, a Smetacek i hoʻokumu a kuhikuhi ʻia a hiki i 1956.

Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Smetachek i kāna ʻoihana alakaʻi ʻoiai e hana ana ma ka lekiō, kahi i kākau mua ai ʻo ia i ka ʻoihana mele, a laila ke poʻo o ke keʻena hoʻopaʻa leo leo. Ma ʻaneʻi ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i nā orkestra no ka manawa mua, i hana i kāna mau mele mua ma nā moʻolelo a i ka manawa like ʻo ia ke alakaʻi hīmeni o ka papa mele kaulana ʻo Prague Verb. No laila, ʻo ka hana me ka Symphony Orchestra o ke kūlanakauhale nui o Prague, ʻaʻole ia i kumu i nā pilikia ʻenehana no Smetachek: aia nā mea e pono ai e ulu i kekahi o nā kiʻi nui loa o ka hana hoʻokani Czech ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka ʻāina.

A pela iho la. I kēia lā, ʻike a aloha ʻo Praguers iā Smetachek, ua kamaʻāina nā mea hoʻolohe o nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe o Czechoslovakia i kāna ʻoihana, ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ʻo ia ma Romania a me Italia, Farani a me Hungary, Yugoslavia a me Polani, Switzerland a me ʻEnelani. ʻAʻole wale ma ke ʻano he conductor symphony. No ka laʻana, lohe ka poʻe aloha mele ma Iceland liʻiliʻi iā Smetana's "The Bartered Bride" no ka manawa mua ma lalo o kāna alakaʻi. I ka makahiki 1961-1963, ua ho'okō 'ia ka conductor ma nā kūlanakauhale like 'ole o ka USSR. ʻO ka manawa pinepine ʻo Smetachek e huakaʻi me kāna hui, ʻo ia hoʻi, ma ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana me ka Vienna Symphony Orchestra, i ʻokoʻa i ka Prague Philharmonic, i kapa ʻia ʻo "Prague Symphonies".

Loaʻa iā Smetachek ka helu nui loa o nā moʻolelo ma waena o kāna mau hoa hana Czechoslovak - ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻekolu haneli. A ua loaʻa ka nui o lākou i nā makana honua kiʻekiʻe.

ʻAʻole wale ʻo Smetachek i hānai a lawe mai i kāna orkestra i waena o nā hui maikaʻi loa ma ʻEulopa, ua hana ʻo ia i hale hana maoli o nā mele Czechoslovak hou. I kāna hana no nā makahiki he ʻelua mau makahiki, ua kani nā mea hou a pau i hana ʻia e nā mea hoʻokani pila o Czechoslovakia; Ua alakaʻi ʻo Smetachek i nā hana mua o nā kakini o nā hana a B. Martinu, I. Krejci, J. Capra, I. Power, E. Suchon, D. Kardos, V. Summer, J. Cikker a me nā mea kākau ʻē aʻe.

Ua hoʻōla hou ʻo Václav Smetáček i nā hana he nui o nā mele Czech kahiko ma ke kahua ʻaha mele, a he mea hoʻokani maikaʻi loa ʻo ia i nā hana oratorio-cantata nui o ka lāhui a me ka honua.

L. Grigoriev, J. Platek, 1969