Czech Music articles from July 2004

Czech Music archives from July 2004

Editorial.
July 1, 2004... Dear Readers, It is a great honour for me to be able to introduce myself to you as the new editor of the magazine Czech Music. I am looking forward to our regular quarterly meetings on its pages. In this issue you will find an...

David Eben's passionate affair.(interview)(Cover Story)
July 1, 2004... If today Gregorian Chant is no mere empty phrase for much of the Czech public, but means a kind of music they have actually heard, then most of the credit must go to David Eben. The Schola Gregoriana Pragensis ensemble, which he founded and now...

FOK Orchestra.(history)
July 1, 2004... The Struggle for Existence Founding a new orchestra in Prague in the middle of the economic crisis was a very courageous act, and with it Rudolf Pekarek gave many unemployed musicians hope. On the other hand, the life that awaited them was...

Czech music: a life-long love story.(essay)
July 1, 2004... My relationship with Czech Music is a life long love story. It goes back to my childhood, many years before I first visited the country and the people from which it was born. The music had prepared me for that visit and for an understanding of...

Otakar Ostrcil: 25th February 1879-20th August 1935.(profiles)
July 1, 2004... "The performance was an achievement of the first rank, the singers were brilliant, and so for the most part was the orchestra. The premiere was a colossal even if not an unambiguous success. Berg had to take a bow at the end of the first...

Frantisek Ignac Tuma: 2nd October 1704-30th January 1774.(profiles)
July 1, 2004... Ever since early music found a new path to performers and listeners, we have been reassessing our view of many figures in music history, discovering previously unsuspected qualities in composers previously consigned to the category of composing...

Ivo Kahanek: "I tend to be the universal type of pianist".(interview)
July 1, 2004... This year saw the 56th year of the Prague Spring International Music Competition. It is an event that makes the Prague Spring Festival not "just" a star-studded event, but also a welcome chance for young musicians at the start of their careers...

We apologize for mistakes that were in last issue of Czech Music.(Correction Notice)
July 1, 2004... Dear readers, we apologize for mistakes that were in last issue of Czech Music. The author of article Rafael Kubelik--Homeland and World Art is Jindrich Balek. There were also missing text for photographs: p. 7 above--Kubelik with his...

The levers, pistons and wheels of my blood.(portrait)
July 1, 2004... "Dasa Andrtova is the only musician who has managed to lift herself out of the ignominious category of Czech Folk music and into the music of the world". This comment by Oldrich Janota is the shortest of the many expressions of praise...