Miloslav Gajdos: Fantasia No.2 on themes from Smetana's Ma Vlast for double bass & piano

About the Composition Fantasia No.2 on themes from Smetana’s Má Vlast was composed in 2024 as a tribute to the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884) in the bicentenary of his birth. Based on themes from Smetana’s six symphonic poems Má Vlast (My Country), this is a magnificent tour-de-force for the advanced bassist, encompassing glorious melodies and technical challenges alongside a colourful and inventive piano accompaniment which is orchestral in both scope and design. Perfect for any occasion or audience and ideal as the final item in a concert, Fantasia No.2 is a magnificent work or great imagination and breadth. The edition includes piano accompaniments for both solo and orchestral tunings. A Note from Miloslav “One of the forms of musical expression, known since the Baroque era, is a form called the Fantasia. There are many written for the double bass by composers such as Giovanni Bottesini, Gustav Láska and others. After David Heyes commissioned me to write a composition fo