Czech Music articles from October 2008

Czech Music archives from October 2008

Vaclav Luks: I don't want to make compromises.(Interview)
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Back when historically authentic interpretation was still in its infancy in the Czech Republic, Vaclav Luks (born 1970) hitch-hiked to Switzerland to take the admission exams for the renowned Schola cantorum...

Who plays contemporary music in the Czech Republic?(theme)(Essay)
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For music to be "contemporary" it is not enough for it to have been written recently; it also has to express something of the pulsing cultural spirit of its time. At first sight of the score, or first listening, it...

Musica Nova.(event)
October 1, 2008... November 2008 saw the 17th year of the international electro-acoustic music (EA) competition MUSICA NOVA. It attracted 76 entries from 23 countries in its two categories: pure EA (Category A) and the combination of a live element with EA...

Contempuls 2008.(event)
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At last Prague has its own contemporary music festival worthy of its name! In the rather conservatively orientated cultural life of the city, an event of this kind has been conspicuous by its absence for years. But...

Marko Ivanovic: at first the operas chose me.(Interview)
October 1, 2008... A modern opera in the Czech Republic? Take a look at the programme and it's very likely that Marko Ivanovic will be the conductor. Smiling, and full of unbounded energy, he is very clear and definite in his ideas and views. This interview gives...

Sancte Wenceslae, ora pro nobis! The cult of St. Wenceslas in music.(history)(Essay)
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Wenceslas--it is a name borne by many famous men in Czech history right up, but in the case of the most famous ruler of the Premyslid dynasty (his dates are probably 907-929 or 935) it is always prefaced with two...

Jan Dismas Zelenka: Missa votiva e moll ZWV 18 (1739).(Sound recording review)
October 1, 2008... Jan Dismas Zelenka Missa votiva e moll ZWV 18 (1739) Collegium 1704 & Collegium Vocale 1704, Vaclav Luks. Text: Eng., Fr. Recorded July 2007, Church of St, Louis du Prytanee de la Fleche, La Fleche, France. Released: 2008. TF:...

Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto in C Major for Violin, Cello, Piano and Orchestra, op. 56.(Sound recording review)
October 1, 2008... Ludwig van Beethoven Concerto in C Major for Violin, Cello, Piano and Orchestra, op. 56 Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 77 Frantisek Novotny--violin, Michal Kanka--cello, Rumi Itoh--piano, Prague Philharmonia,...

Petr Eben: The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart for Organ and Reciter.(Sound recording review)
October 1, 2008... Petr Eben The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart for Organ and Reciter Irena Chribkoa--organ, Martin Stropnicky--recitation. Production: Libor Mathauser. Text: Cz., Eng., Ger. Recorded: Apr. 2008, Basilica of St....

Ensemble Moravia: Hindemith, Berg, Schumann, Brahms.(Sound recording review)
October 1, 2008... Ensemble Moravia Hindemith, Berg, Schumann, Brahms Ensemble Moravia: Igor Frantisak--clarinet, Eliska Novotna-Gazdova --piano. Production: Igor Frantisak. Text: Cz., Eng. Recorded: Oct. 2006, concert hall of the House of Culture...

Magdalena Kozena: Songs My Mother Taught Me.(Sound recording review)
October 1, 2008... Magdalena Kozena Songs My Mother Taught Me (Dvorak, Eben, Janacek, Martin, Novak, Rosler, Schulhoff) Magdalena Kozena--mezzo soprano, Dorothea Roschmann--soprano, Malcolm Martineau--piano, Michael Freimuth--guitar. Production: ...

Rafael Kubelik--Portrait.(Sound recording review)
October 1, 2008... Rafael Kubelik--Portrait (Mozart, Hindemith, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Smetana, Dvorak, Mahler, Janacek, Bartok, Schonberg) Philharmonia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Czech Philharmonic, Rafael...

Bohuslav Martinu: The Complete Music for Violin and Orchestra 2-4.(Sound recording review)
October 1, 2008... Bohuslav Martinu The Complete Music for Violin and Orchestra 2-4 (Concerto da camera H 285, Concerto for Violin and Piano H 342, Czech Rhapsody H 307A, Suite concertante H 276, H 276A, Rhapsody-Concerto H 337, Violin Concerto No. 1 H 226,...

Alfred Schnittke: Chamber Music.(Sound recording review)
October 1, 2008... Alfred Schnittke: Chamber Music (Piano Trio, A Paganini for Solo Violin, Madrigal in memoriam Oleg Kagan for Solo Cello, Sonata for The Janacek Trio (Helena Jirikovska--violin, Marek Novak--cello, Marketa Janackova--piano). ...

Antonin Rejcha: Octet op. 96, Variations for Bassoon and String Quartet, "Grand Quintetto" for French Horn and String Quartet.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Antonin Rejcha Octet op. 96, Variations for Bassoon and String Quartet, "Grand Quintetto" for French Horn and String Quartet [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Czech Nonet (Romana Zieglerova--violin Vladimir Kroupa--viola, Simona...