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Sunday Music ShowCzech music composer Karel Svoboda
This week’s Sunday Music Show is devoted to Karel Svoboda one of the
country’s most prolific composers, the author of countless hit-songs,
well-known scores for films, musicals, TV series and theatre productions.
Although the man himself was never centre stage several generations of
Czechs grew up with his music and people still hum many of his evergreens. More
Czech HistoryPetr Novák: The man who wrote the soundtrack for the Prague Spring
Petr Novák's unmistakeable, delicate tenor voice is synonymous with
Czechoslovak society of the late 1960s. This talented musician shot to
fame in this country at the time of the Prague Spring, when his gentle
love songs influenced by Western pop groups like The Beatles were hugely
popular among young Czechs. His success during this era, however, proved
to be short-lived and his career subsequently stagnated under the
influence of communist repression and his own problems with alcohol. More
Sunday Music ShowPavel Bobek - a Czech country legend
In this edition of Sunday Music Show, we listen to some of the big hits of
Pavel Bobek - one of the country's most popular country and rock'n roll
singers. More
Sunday Music ShowKarel Mareš - Czech pop-music composer
In today’s Sunday Music Show we will feature the greatest hits by the
Czech pop-music composer Karel Mareš who died last month at the age of 84.
A composer, lyricists, pianist, screenplay writer, theatre and film
director, theatre manager as well as an occasional actor, this
inconspicuous “man at the back” had a significant influence on the
development of Czech popular music of the 1960s. More
Sunday Music ShowSunday Music Show
In this edition of Sunday Music Show, Peter Smith plays hits from chart
topping Czech artists including 4Life and Kristof. There is also a chance
to hear the vocal talents of Helena Vondrackova's less famous niece, Lucie. More
Sunday Music ShowMusic by much-loved pop star Miro Žbirka
In this edition of the Sunday Music Show we profile Slovak pop star Miro
Žbirka. The Prague-based singer, widely known by his nickname Meky,
released his first album in Czechoslovakia in 1979 with the pop group
Modus, a band with which he recorded now classic hits like Dievčatá,
Drahá and others, before moving on to a successful solo career. Žbirka,
whose mother was from Great Britain, also sings in English so we’ll be
hearing a variety of material, including one song off from remastered
material recorded in English in West Germany in the 1980s. More
Sunday Music ShowLyricist Pavel Vrba - the man behind hundreds of Czech hits
This edition of Sunday Music show is dedicated to the poet and lyrics
writer Pavel Vrba who died last week at the age of 73. In a career spanning
over five decades, Mr Vrba authored lyrics to more than 2,000 songs. His
prolificacy along with a wide range of singers, musicians and bands he
worked with made his lyrics a phenomenon in the Czech pop culture. More
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