Czech Music articles from October 2006

Czech Music archives from October 2006

Editorial.(Editorial)
October 1, 2006... Dear Readers, The theme of this issue is opera in the Czech Republic. An article by leading opera critic and journalist Helena Havlikova provides a detailed account of the Czech opera scene today and may perhaps inspire you to go to a...

Waiting for Stravinsky to go out to the pharmacy.(an interview with Antonin Matzner )(Interview)
October 1, 2006... Antonin Matzner (born in 1944 in Plzen) is the author of more than ten books on film, jazz, popular and classical music, he has been popularising jazz on the radio for many years, and for the last decade he has also been repertory director of...

Report on the condition of opera in the Czech Republic.(Cover story)(Opera review)(Video recording review)
October 1, 2006... In 1770 and 1772 the English music historian Charles Burney travelled through Europe in search of a better understanding of the musical culture of different lands on which to base his History of Music. On his journeys he visited the Bohemian...

Czech Music--a lifetime's passion.(Interview)
October 1, 2006... The British musicologist, conductor, bassoonist and music organiser Professor Graham Melville-Mason, honorary advisor to the International Prague Spring Music Festival and since 1987 President of the Britain's Dvorak Society for Czech and...

Klangspuren 2006.(Czech music festival)
October 1, 2006... It is still fairly rare to find contemporary Czech music at major festivals abroad, and so it is quite an important event when such a festival decides to present an extensive range of contemporary Czech music. The most recent festival abroad to...

Taking things from elsewhere.(an interview with Czech bassoonist Vaclav Vonasek)(Interview)
October 1, 2006... The bassoon is still often stereotyped as an accompanying instrument. Yet there are already performers able to fill an entire concert just with solo pieces for bassoon. We would like to introduce the opinions and experiences of the talented...

Janacek: a few glosses on his operas.
October 1, 2006... Today, half way through the first decade of the 21st century, what is the best way to approach the peculiar and still not fully explored phenomenon of Janacek's operas? After all, it is nearly a hundred years since the premiere of one of the...

The Smetana Quartet: Jiri Novak--1st Violin, Lubomir Kostecky--2nd Violin, Milan Skampa--viola, Antonin Kohout--Cello.(CDs)(Sound recording review)
October 1, 2006... Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, no. 12 in E flat major, no. 13 in B-major (with Grosse Fugue), no. 14 in C sharp minor, no. 15 in A minor, no. 16 in F-major [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Smetana Quartet: Jiri...

Magdalena Kozena--mezzosoprano, Jos van Immerseel--fortepiano, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Simon Rattle.(CD)(Sound recording review)
October 1, 2006... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Arias (Le nozze di Figaro, Cosi fan tutte, La clemenza di Tito, Idomeneo; concert arias: Ch'io mi scordi di te?--Non temer, amato bene K 505, Vado, ma dove? o Dei K 583, Alma grande, e nobil core! K 578) ...

Jiri Barta--cello, Hamish Milne--piano.(Sonata for Piano and Cello no. 2 in E major)(Sonata for Piano and Cello in A major)(Sound recording review)
October 1, 2006... Ignaz Moscheles Sonata for Piano and Cello no. 2 in E major op. 121, Melodic-contrapuntal Studies Op. 137 (nos. 4, 8 and 9) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Johann Nepomuk Hummel Sonata for Piano and Cello in A major op. 104 Jiri...

Hudba barokni Prahy II / The Music of Baroque Prague II.(Sound recording review)
October 1, 2006... Hudba barokni Prahy II / The Music of Baroque Prague II Jan Josef Ignac Brentner: Concerto V in F major, Concerto III in B major, Aria V in G major, Aria II in C minor. Simon Brixi: Tu es Deus. Francesco Bartolomeo Conti: O Virgo gratiosa....

Vaclav Talich--Special Edition 9.(Sound recording review)
October 1, 2006... Vaclav Talich--Special Edition 9 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Overtures from the operas Le nozze di Figaro and the Magic Flute, Symphony no. 33 in B major K 319 and no. 38 in D major "Prague" K 504 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Peter...

The Wihan Quartet: Leos Cepicky, Jan Schulmeister--violin, Jiri Zigmund--viola, Ales Kasprik--cello.(String Quartets)(Sound recording review)
October 1, 2006... Bedrich Smetana String Quartets The Wihan Quartet: Leos Cepicky, Jan Schulmeister--violin, Jiri Zigmund--viola, Ales Kasprik--cello. Production: Jiri Stilec. Text: Eng., Cz. Recorded: 2005-6, Prague. Published: 2006. TT: 48:33. DDD. 1...

Vaciav Talich--Special Edition 11.(Sound recording review)
October 1, 2006... Vaclav Talich--Special Edition 11 Antonin Dvorak: In Nature's Realm op. 91, Carnival op. 92, Othello op. 93, Waltzes for String Orchestra from op. 54, Polonaise in E flat major, Polonaise from the opera Rusalka [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...

The Smetana Trio: Jitka Cechova--piano, Jana Vonaskova--violin, Jan Palenicek--cello.(Dumkas)(Sound recording review)
October 1, 2006... Antonin Dvorak Dumkas op. 90, Piano Trio in F minor op. 65 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Smetana Trio: Jitka Cechova--piano, Jana Vonaskova--violin, Jan Palenicek--cello. Production: Petr Vit. Text: Eng., Ger., Fr., Cz. Recorded:...

The Czech Philharmonic, Sir Charles Mackerras.(Slavonic Dances)(Sound recording review)
October 1, 2006... Antonin Dvorak Slavonic Dances op. 46, op. 72 The Czech Philharmonic, Sir Charles Mackerras. Production: Petr Vit. Text: Eng., Ger., Fr., Cz. Recorded: 8.-11.4. 1999, The Dvorak Hall of the Rudolfinu, Prague. Released: 2005. TT: 71:13....

Gabriela Benackova--Jenufa, Nadezda Kniplova--Kostelnicka, Vilem Pribyl--Laca, Vladimir Krejcik--Steva, Choir and Opera of the Janacek Theatre in Brno, Josef Pancik--choir conductor, Frantisek Jilek--conductor.(Jenufa)(Sound recording review)
October 1, 2006... Leos Janacek Jenufa / Jeji pastorkyna [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gabriela Benackova--Jenufa, Nadezda Kniplova--Kostelnicka, Vilem Pribyl--Laca, Vladimir Krejcik--Steva, Choir and Opera of the Janacek Theatre in Brno, Josef...

Ludmila Cervinkova--Vendulka, Beno Blachut--Lukas, Karel Kalas--Paloucky, Premysl Koci--Tomes, Marta Krasova--Martinka, Stefa Petrova--Barse, Vladimir Jedenactik--Matous, Karel Hruska--Constable, National Theatre Choir, Jarmil Burghauser--choirmaster, Orchestra of the National Theatre, Zdenek Chalabala.(CDs)(Sound recording review)
October 1, 2006... Bedrich Smetana Hubicka / The Kiss [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ludmila Cervinkova--Vendulka, Beno Blachut--Lukas, Karel Kalas--Paloucky, Premysl Koci--Tomes, Marta Krasova--Martinka, Stefa Petrova--Barse, Vladimir Jedenactik--Matous,...