Vítězslav Novák's Májová symfonie, Op. 73 (May Symphony), also known as Jarní symfonie (Spring Symphony), was composed in 1943, during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. It is a choral symphony based on Karel H. Mácha's 1836 poem May (Máj), Novák's second contribution to the genre after his 1934 Autumn Symphony.
Dedicated to Joseph Stalin as the liberator of Czechoslovakia,May in November. The Prague Post, 03/11/10 the symphony was premiered in Prague on 5 December 1945,Work profile in klassika.info seven months after the German defeat. It quotes both the Song of the Volga Boatman and Deutschlandlied.
Structure The composition consists of three movements:18/09/12 schedule of Czech Radio's ČRo D-Dur
A typical performance takes around 60 minutes.
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