Czech Music articles from April 2006

Czech Music archives from April 2006

Editorial.(Editorial)
April 1, 2006... Dear Readers the theme of this issue of Czech Music is the relationship between Czech and German musical culture. In the history of Bohemia Germans constituted a very substantial minority, and since they represented one of the most important of...

What you do is only partly the result of your will.(Interview)
April 1, 2006... "May 1, 2004 was the 100st anniversary of the death of Antonin Dvorak. Although Dvorak is considered a bright and cheerful composer, the beginning of his career was overshadowed by death. His first three children died in rapid succession in the...

The Czech Museum of Music.(museum)
April 1, 2006... When you are taking a stroll in Prague to admire its beauties, if you cross Charles Bridge but instead of making straight up the hill to Prague Castle turn left towards the Kampa Park, you will soon find yourself standing in front of the...

Prague as a European cultural metropolis of the inter-war period.(theme)
April 1, 2006... Prague's geographical position as a city in the centre of Europe has formed many of its distinctive features. One is a long tradition of cultural heterogeneity. Prague was always the meeting place of all kinds of different influences, which...

Causa Wozzeck 1926.(theme)
April 1, 2006... A great deal has already been written about the Prague premiere of Alban Berg's opera Wozzeck at the Czech National Theatre in 1926. Organised disturbances at the third night of the opera on the 16th of November meant that the performance could...

German Brno.(theme)
April 1, 2006... Until 1945 Brno was the town with the largest number of German-speaking inhabitants anywhere on the territory of what today is the Czech Republic. According to accessible sources, up to 1918 Germans constituted as much as 70% of the overall...

EuroArt International Festival.(public relations)
April 1, 2006... In the six years of its existence, the Prague EuroArt International Festival has earned itself a place of honour among Czech festivals and has gradually been making a name for itself in music-loving circles abroad. Last year it became a member...

Musica Florea.(portrait)(Interview)
April 1, 2006... Musica Florea is today one of the best ensembles in Europe specialising in the performance of earlier music on period instruments and basing its interpretation on the careful study of sources and period aesthetics. In the almost fourteen years...

Jakub Hrusa: the secret weapon of Czech music.(interview)(Interview)
April 1, 2006... In the rather staid and stiff world of Czech music, the dizzy career of conductor Jakub Hrusa (*1981) has a very clear message. Which is that for Hrusa it is more important to seek for the universal beauty in music than to specialise in one...

What did Prague mean for Mozart?(history)
April 1, 2006... The 250th anniversary of W. A. Mozart's birth is an excellent reason to look back and take stock of the whole Mozart phenomenon. Since January people have been making the attempt all over Europe, since Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on the...

Antonin Dvorak.
April 1, 2006... Antonin Dvorak Czech Suite in D Major, op. 39, Polonaise in E Flat major B 100, Waltzes op. 54 The Prague Chamber Philharmonic, Jakub Hrusa. Production: Petr Vit. Text: Eng., Ger., French, Czech. Recorded: 10/2005, Studio Domovina,...

Antonin Dvorak.
April 1, 2006... Antonin Dvorak Music for Violin (Romantic Pieces, Capriccio, Romance in F minor, Sonatina in G major, Mazurek, Ballade in D minor) Pavel Sporcl--violin, Petr Jirikovsky--piano. Production: Petr Vit. Text: Eng., Ger., French,...

Antonin Dvorak.
April 1, 2006... Antonin Dvorak Symphony nos. 8 and 9 "From the New World" Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan. Production: Michel Glotz. Text: Eng. Ger, French. Recorded: 2 - 3. 1. 1979 (no.8), 2 - 3. 1. 1977 (no.9), Philharmonie, Berlin....

Baroque music in the Czech Lands.
April 1, 2006... Baroque music in the Czech Lands (Biber, Zach, Vejvanovsky, Planicky, Benda, Brixi, Pezelius) Dusan Foltyn--oboe, Pavel Hromadka--trumpet, Tomas Thon--organ. Production: not stated. Text: Eng., Czech. Recorded: 12th and 13th of July...

Vaclav Talich--Special Edition 5.
April 1, 2006... Vaclav Talich--Special Edition 5 Antonin Dvorak: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G Minor op. 33, Concerto for Cello and Orchestra no. 2, op. 104 Frantisek Maxian--piano, Mstislav Rostropovic--cello, The Czech Philhamonic, Vaclav...

Leos Janacek.
April 1, 2006... Leos Janacek Piano Works On an Overgrown Path [Po zarostlem chodnicku], In the Mists [V mlhach], Sonata 1. X. 1905, Concertino, Capriccio) Josef Palenicek--piano, Chamber Harmony of the Czech Philharmonic, Wind Harmony of the...

Josef Suk.
April 1, 2006... Josef Suk Piano Works Pavel Stepan--piano. Production: Vit Roubicek. Text: Eng., Ger., French, Czech. Recorded: 1974-1975. Published: 2005. TT: 65:39, 74:02, 79:08. ADD. 3 CD Supraphon SU 3820-2. This set of three CDs, which was...

Johann Sebastian Bach.
April 1, 2006... Johann Sebastian Bach The Goldberg Variations BWV 988 Jaroslav Tuma--clavichord, harpsichord. Production: Jaroslav Tuma, Vitezslav Janda. Text: Czech, Eng. Recorded: 10/2004 Petrovice. Released: 2005. TT: 154 min. DDD. 2 CD Arta F...

Leos Janacek.
April 1, 2006... Leos Janacek String Quartet no. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata", String Quartet no. 2 "Intimate Letters" Erwin Schulhoff String Quartet no. 1 The Talich Quartet: Jan Talich, Petr Macecek, Vladimir Bukac, Petr Prause. Production: Jacques...