Václav Smetácek
Profile:Czech conductor, chorus master, composer, oboist, musicologist, educator.
Born September 30, 1906 in Brno (former Austro-Hungarian Empire), died February 18, 1986 in Prague (former Czechoslovakia).
Founder and member of the Prague Wind Quintet, for whom he also arranged and composed. Member of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra 1930–1933. From 1934 to 1943, he worked for the Czech Radio as conductor and editor, after 1945 as pedagogue at the Prague Conservatory and Academy of Performing Arts. Conductor and promoter of the Prague Symphony Orchestra (FOK) from the 1930s until 1972.

Mendelssohn*, Grieg*, Prague Symphony Orchestra*, Václav Smetácek – Midsummer Night’s Dream / Peer Gynt
Label: Supraphon – 11 0616-2 011
Series: Crystal Collection
Format: 
CD
Country: Czechoslovakia
Released: 1988
Genre: Classical
Style: Romantic
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 
1  Overture, Op. 21, No. 1 11:07
2  Notturno, Op. 61, No. 7 7:28
3  Scherzo, Op. 61, No. 1 4:37
4  Wedding March, Op. 61, No. 10 4:25
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 
5  Morning 4:12
6  Aase’s Death 5:25
7  Anitra’s Dance 3:53
8  In The Hall Of The Mountain King 3:04
Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55 
9  The Abduction And Ingrid’s Lament 4:09
10  Arab Dance 4:01
11  Peer Gynt’s Homecoming 2:33
12  Solveig’s Song 4:48
Composed By – Edvard Grieg (tracks: 5 to 12), Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (tracks: 1 to 4)
Conductor – Václav Smetácek
Cover – Helmut Ebnet
Directed By – Ladislav Šíp (tracks: 1 to 4), Zdenek Zahradník (tracks: 5 to 12)
Engineer – Miloslav Kulhan
Liner Notes – Leo Jehne
Orchestra – The Prague Symphony Orchestra
Recorded at the House of Artists, Prague, from 7 to 13 March 1963 (Mendelssohn) and at the Smetana Hall, Prague, from 29 to 30 Nov. 1976 (Grieg).

Joint CD release of the recordings of Edvard Grieg - The Prague Symphony Orchestra / Václav Smetácek - Peer Gynt / Sigurd Jorsalfar and Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, The Prague Symphony Orchestra • Václav Smetácek - A Midsummer Night's Dream / The Hebrides • Meeresstille Und Glückliche Fahrt.