Meditation on the Old Czech Hymn "St Wenceslas" for String Orchestra op. 35a 蘇克 讚美歌 弦樂團 騎熊士版

約瑟夫-蘇克在波希米亞絃樂四重奏中擔任第二小提琴手。自 1914 年起，樂團必須在每場音樂會的開場演奏奧地利國歌。

作曲家: Suk, Josef
校訂者: Nouza, Zdenek
樂器: for String Orchestrascores 總譜
出版社: Bärenreiter 騎熊士(小熊版)
難度: 3
原文簡介:
Josef Suk played second violin in the Bohemian String Quartet. Since 1914 the ensemble was obliged to perform the Austrian national anthem at the opening of every concert.

Suk decided to supplement this obligatory piece with a work inspired by the ancient sacred Bohemian “St. Wenceslas” hymn. The hymn’s message – a plea for the well-being of the Czech people, directed at their patron saint – was immediately understood by the audience.

The Bohemian String Quartet performed this single-movement Meditation for the first time on 27 September 1914; the premiere of the version for string orchestra followed on 22 November 1914, played by the Czech Philharmonic. That same year the piece was published by Fr. A. Urbánek together with arrangements for piano and organ.

This first Urtext edition, prepared by the Suk scholar Zdenek Nouza, is published in two scorings, one for string quartet (BA 9583; study score TP 583) and another for string orchestra (BA 9584).

The orchestral version differs in some details and has an added part for double bass.

• First Urtext edition

• Informative trilingual Foreword (Cz/Eng/Ger) and Critical Commentary (Eng) by the editor

• Two versions published in two separate editions