"Cousin Love and Tragic Hammers": Smetana & Mahler

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🗓️ 19 March 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

INAPPROPRIATE COUSIN CANOODLING! MASSIVE MYSTERY BOXES!! POP GOES THE WEASEL??! All these quite weird things [and more] await your gorgeous ears and fabulous mind-brains in this episode of That Classical Podcast. Enjoy!

Music Featured in this Episode:

"Má Vlast, JB1:112 2. Vltava" - Bedřich Smetana

"String Quartet No.1 E minor "From My Life": 3. Largo sostenuto" - Bedřich Smetana

"Das Lied von der Erde: Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde" - Gustav Mahler

"Symphony No.6 in A minor: 4. Finale (Allegro moderato)" - Gustav Mahler

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 29 of that classical podcast this time
0:04.3	Smetna and Marla.
0:05.6	Stop hammer time.
0:07.2	Hello!
0:08.2	My name's Chris Bland.
0:09.7	My name's Kelly Harlock and you're listening to episode 29 of that classical podcast.
0:14.1	Absolutely. Today we're going to be talking to you about two rather lovely composers, I think.
0:19.3	Lovely chaps. Gustav Marna and what's his first name?
0:22.4	Bedriich Smettener.
0:24.0	Great pronunciation there.
0:26.0	I'm sorry everyone.
0:27.0	Neither I speak check.
0:28.0	So, Bedrich Smetner.
0:30.0	Yeah, I think let's go with that.
0:32.0	All right, let's go with that. All right, let's go with that.
0:33.0	Okay, these guys were both running around about the same sort of time.
0:36.6	We're talking in late 1800s, early 1900s.
0:39.1	Yeah, yeah, mid to late 18s.
0:41.3	They're in the same part of the world. Marla's from Bohemia, now Austria.
0:44.8	Yeah, right, but the thing is, I don't think they ever actually crossed paths, even though they
0:48.4	sort of lived on top of each other. Discussed. They probably heard of each other, right? But for now, let's just, let's dive in to
0:55.2	Smetna. Absolutely. If you've listened to the show before, you know that it's now time for.
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