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In Mailbox this week: Hašlerky one more time, response on Facebook,
differences between sound and text in Radio Prague's programmes. Listeners
quoted: Tom Caprioli, Justyna Joanna Jot, Siegfried Rambaum, Martin Vala. More
SpotlightSummer Czech language courses in Dobruška
For many Czechs, the eastern Bohemian town of Dobruška evokes the Czech
National Revival, a time when the Czech language was on the verge of
extinction. A local merchant, immortalized in the novel F.L.Vek by the
Czech writer Alois Jirásek, worked tirelessly in and around Dobruška to
promote the Czech language and literature. Today, a different kind of Czech
revival is taking place in the town. For the last 20 years, Prague’s
Charles University has been organizing summer language courses for expats
at this particular venue.
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Current AffairsChampion of Czech classical music Sir Charles Mackerras dies aged 84
The world lost one of its leading conductors and a great patron of Czech
classical music on Wednesday with the passing of Sir Charles Mackerras, who
has died of cancer at the age of 84. In a long career of many highlights,
Sir Charles became a notable specialist on the Czech composer Leoš
Janáček and played a major role in championing the work of other Czech
classical masters, like Bohuslav Martinů and Antonín Dvořák. Christian
Falvey looks back at his life.
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PanoramaHistorian discusses key moments in 200-year existence of Prague Conservatory
The Prague Conservatory – teaching music and acting – is one of the
oldest and most remarkable secondary schools of its type in Central Europe.
Dating back roughly 200 years, the school has currently begun celebrating
the upcoming anniversary of its founding with a series of exhibitions,
publications and events to take place over the next 24 months or so.
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SpecialBedřich Smetana's "My Country" - a symphonic poem to the nation
October 28 is an important holiday in the Czech Republic as the day that
the Czechoslovak - and thereby Czech - nation was born out of the ashes of
the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918. That moment of independence was the
triumph of a hundred-year mission to rebuild a national identity out of a
dozen generations of Austrian rule. It is called the Czech National
Revival, a cultural movement that re-awoke interest in Czech history, gave
a new lease to the Czech language and pushed Czech art, and particularly
music, to the forefront of Europe. As we mark the independence of
Czechoslovakia, I’d like to take you through one of the greatest musical
manifestations of the National Revival, and that is the symphonic cycle
Má
Vlast, or My Country, by Bedřich Smetana. More
One on OneRichard Drury – English curator at home in Czech art world
Not long after moving to Prague at the start of 1991, Englishman Richard
Drury began working as a curator at the Central Bohemian Gallery,
previously known as the Czech Museum of Fine Arts, on Husová St. He has
been there ever since. Remarkably for a foreigner, he is also chairman of
one section of the venerable Czech cultural organisation Umělecká
beseda.
When we met, I asked Drury if it had been hard to find a place in
Prague’s art world. More
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