A composer about a composer. Bedřich Smetana in Vladimír Franz’s Seventh Heaven

Litomyšl, March 2, 1824. An event happened in the family of brewer František Smetana, a son was born. Finally a son, after ten daughters! Malý Bedříšek is the center of attention. He is pampered – his father is a wealthy, respected townsman.

The brewery is flourishing, so before long Smetana’s father can buy a house on the square, that is, a spacious apartment with a living room. Brewer Smetana likes music…

Vladimír Franz has prepared a special two-part Seventh Heaven for the Smetana weekend, in which he is devoted to Smetana’s time, his life’s destinies and, above all, the compositional development from the first compositions to mature, often misunderstood works that were ahead of their time.