Instrumentation: piccolo flute, flutes (2), oboes (2), clarinets (2), bassoons (2), horns (4), trumpets (2), trombones (3), tuba, timpani, triangle, cymbals, violins (2), viola, cellos (2), double bass

The first four symphonic poems from Smetana’s six-part cycle Má vlast (My Country) were written in 1874–75 and arranged for piano duet shortly after the completion of the fourth part, From Bohemia’s Woods and Fields. All six parts were issued for the first time by the publisher Urbánek, beginni...