Má vlast
In 1873 he conducted the Prague premiere of Schumann's Symphony No. 3. On 4 April 1875 he conducted the world premiere of Bedřich Smetana's "Vltava" ("The Moldau"). This was one of the six symphonic poems that made up the cycle known as "Má vlast" ("My Country"), which Čech was also the first to conduct in 1882.