Czech Music articles from July 2007

Czech Music archives from July 2007

Dear readers.
July 1, 2007... This issue of Czech Music Quarterly slightly deviates from the norm. As you have probably noticed, in recent years we have been quite strict about maintaining the profile of CMQ as a magazine concerned with classical music (please note that I...

It's not age that has turned my hair grey, but life ... The baritone ivan kusnjer looks back at a quarter century in the national theatre, in opera and in private life.(Interview)
July 1, 2007... You have been with the National Theatre Opera since 1982. A quarter century of your relationship with the NT invites a little retrospective "stock-taking". What changes and perhaps even crises have there been in your "marriage" with the NT?...

Folk music, song and dance in Bohemia and Moravia.(theme)
July 1, 2007... Central European folk culture in all its diversity is a product of a thousand years of history, above all the co-existence and mutual influence of Slavic and Germanic peoples, with important Jewish and Romany contributions. The character of the...

Saved from the teeth of time: folk music on historical sound recordings.(theme)
July 1, 2007... One important characteristic of the music we call folk music is its tight link to its extra-musical context. Folk song had its specific place in life, and was sung in particular places on particular occasions. If it is taken out of this...

Call of Dudy: Bohemian Bagpipes Across Borders.(Video recording review)
July 1, 2007... Call of Dudy: Bohemian Bagpipes Across Borders [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Directed by: Radim Spacek Peligroso Productions (www.callofdudy.net) Language versions: Czech, English, German The division of the Czech Republic...

Kejdas, skripkas, fanfrnochs: what people used to play on in Bohemia and Moravia.
July 1, 2007... It is basically impossible define what is a folk music instrument and what is not, because folk music and art music are spheres that have always interacted. The bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy or dulcimer have at several periods won the favour of...

Ostrava Days 2007--a backward look.(event)
July 1, 2007... The last but one Ostrava Days Institute and Festival of New Music took place in 2005 (it is a biennial event) and by all appearances meant a definite breakthrough. The Ostrava Days found (let's keep our fingers crossed!) long-term reliable...

David Doruzka: with my own band I want to play my own music.(portrait)(Interview)
July 1, 2007... Despite his young age, guitarist and composer David Doruzka is one of the leading musicians of the Czech jazz scene. In New York he recorded his first CD Hidden Paths, which was awarded the "Andel" prize in the Czech Music Academy Awards as "CD...

"Music for me is the idea of light" a view of the life and music of Bohuslav Martinu.(history)(Biography)
July 1, 2007... Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959) is one of the truly world famous "four" among Czech composers, together with Bedrich Smetana, Antonin Dvorak and Leos Janacek. He is also considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century. Over his...

Vaclav Talich Special Edition 14 (Handel, J. S. Bach).(Sound recording review)
July 1, 2007... Vaclav Talich Special Edition 14 (Handel, J. S. Bach) Frantisek Hantak -- oboe, Sviatoslav Richter -- piano, the Czech Philharmonic, the Slovak Philharmonic, Vaclav Talich. Production: Supraphon Music a.s. Text: Cz., Eng., Ger.,...

Bedrich Smetana The Two Widows.(Sound recording review)
July 1, 2007... Bedrich Smetana The Two Widows Maria Tauberova -- soprano, Drahomira Tikalova -- soprano, Ivo Zidek -- tenor, Eduard Haken -- bass, Miloslava Fidlerova -- soprano, Antonin Zlesak -- tenor, National Theatre Choir in Prague, Milan Maly --...

Vaclav Dvorak.(Sound recording review)
July 1, 2007... Vaclav Dvorak Dvorak: Romantic Pieces op. 75, Sonatina op. 100. Smetana: Z domoviny (From the Homeland). Ernst: Nocturno op. 8/1, Bolero op. 16 Vaclav Dvorak -- violin, Michal Rezek -- piano. Production: Vaclav Dvorak. Text: Cz.,...

Bedrich Smetana Czech Dances I, II, Bettina's Polka (2nd Version), Venkovanka [A Countrywoman], Andante in F minor, Romance in G minor.(Sound recording review)
July 1, 2007... Bedrich Smetana Czech Dances I, II, Bettina's Polka (2nd Version), Venkovanka [A Countrywoman], Andante in F minor, Romance in G minor Jitka Cechova -- piano. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Production: Petr Vit. Text: Cz., Eng., Ger., Fr....

Johann Sebastian Bach Orgel-Buchlein BWV 599-644.(Sound recording review)
July 1, 2007... Johann Sebastian Bach Orgel-Buchlein BWV 599-644 Jaroslav Tuma -- organ. Production: Vitezslav Janda, Jaroslav Tuma. Text: Cz., Eng., Ger. Recorded: 4/2004, Church of St. Peter, Bruchsal. Released: 2007. TT: 84:08. AAD. 1 CD...

Antonin Dvorak.(Sound recording review)
July 1, 2007... Antonin Dvorak Symphony No. 5 in F major op. 76 and No. 6 in D major op. 60, Scherzo capriccioso op. 66, Warrior's Song op. 111 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek. Production: John West, Ann McKay. Text: Eng., Ger., Fr....

Milan Slavicky.(Sound recording review)
July 1, 2007... Milan Slavicky Porta coeli. A Symphonic Vision for Large Orchestra (1991), Two Chapters from the Apocalypse for Large Orchestra (1995), Requiem per soli (mezzosoprano e baritono), coro ed orchestra (2000-01) Jana Stefackova -- mezzo...

Clara Novakova 20th-Century Music for Flute (Martinu, Kabelac, Grossmann, Macha, Havelka, Novak).(Sound recording review)
July 1, 2007... Clara Novakova 20th-Century Music for Flute (Martinu, Kabelac, Grossmann, Macha, Havelka, Novak) Clara Novakova -- flute, Jean-Bernard Marie -- piano (in Martinu, Grossmann, Macha, Novak). Production: Lukas Herink. Text: C, A. ...

Jan Peruska The Praise of Viola (Slavicky, Lukas, Hanus, Eben, Kalabis).(Sound recording review)
July 1, 2007... Jan Peruska The Praise of Viola (Slavicky, Lukas, Hanus, Eben, Kalabis) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jan Peruska -- viola, Ales Barta -- organ, members of the Czech Philharmonic, Jan Kucera. Production: ArteSmon. Text: Cz., Eng. ...

Tomas Jamnik, Ivo Kahanek.(Sound recording review)
July 1, 2007... Tomas Jamnik, Ivo Kahanek [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Martinu: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 H 286, Variations on a Theme by Rossini for Cello and Piano H 290. Janacek: Fairytale for Cello and Piano. Kabelac: Sonata for Cello and Piano...