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ArtsPrague Spring underway
2004 is the Year of Czech Music and the Prague Spring International Music
Festival has taken that into account, concentrating on the world-renowned
Czech composer Antonin Dvorak. During the festival Prague audiences will
get to hear all nine of Dvorak's symphonies, including the rather
underestimated first four symphonies. The festival always concludes with
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 but this year's closing concert on June 2nd
will feature Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 "From the New
World" instead.
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ArtsArts news, Havel returns to National Theatre stage after fourteen years
In this week's Arts - former dissident and playwright Vaclav Havel makes a
comeback to Prague's most prestigious stage with his 1985 play
"Temptation" but before that we look at some of the cultural
events this week:
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Czech MusicEncore: From Saint Ludmila to a Tea Cantata: what to look forward to at the Prague Spring International Music Festival 2004
Once again it's time for the Prague Spring International Music Festival -
one of Central Europe's major musical events - now in its 59th year. The
festival always opens with Bedrich Smetana's patriotic masterpiece, My
Country, this year performed by the Prague Symphony Orchestra, under the
baton of the Czech émigré conductor, Jiri Kout. With just two days left
till the festival begins, I continue a Radio Prague tradition of recent
years, by talking to the festival director, Roman Belor about some of the
highlights of the festival.
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ArtsEvents commemorating composer Bedrich Smetana in 2004
Welcome to the Arts. 2004 has been designated as the Year of Czech Music
and will be marked with concerts, exhibitions, and festivals around the
country. The reason - this year the Czech Republic commemorates as many as
60 anniversaries of important composers, musicians and music
organisations. And some of those anniversaries fell on this week.
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Current AffairsBedrich Smetana Museum puts up special exhibition as part of Year of Czech Music
In 2004, the Czech Republic commemorates as many as 60 anniversaries of
important composers, musicians and music organisations. That's why this
year 2004 has been designated as the Year of Czech Music and will be
marked with concerts, exhibitions, and discussions around the country. One
of the many anniversaries falls on Tuesday, March 2. It is the 180th
anniversary of one of the most important Czech composers of the Romantic
era, Bedrich Smetana.
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ArtsArts news, Exhibition on Czech Musicians
In this week's Arts, Dita Asiedu looks at some of the developments on the
Czech cultural scene and talks to a Foreign Ministry representative about
a travelling exhibition that presents four of the country's finest
musicians to the world.
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ArtsSir Charles Mackerras on his love of Czech music
The 58th International Prague Spring Music Festival ended this week,
featuring many distinguished musicians from all over the world and also
the Czech Republic. As part of the festival, the Czech Philharmonic
Orchestra performed a concert featuring the works of Leos Janacek,
Bohuslav Martinu and Josef Suk, under the baton of the world-renowned
conductor Sir Charles Mackerras. The concert was dedicated to the 120th
anniversary of the birth of Czech conductor Vaclav Talich, who used to be
Sir Charles' mentor back in 1947 when the young musician first came to
Czechoslovakia to study music.
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Current AffairsFreak Out! Zappa to be performed at Prague Spring Music Festival
One of the world's most prestigious classical music festivals - the Prague
Spring - opened on Monday, with the traditional performance of "My
Country" by the Czech composer Bedrich Smetana. Over the next three
weeks, audiences will be treated to some of the finest classical music
performed by some of the most talented musicians in the world. But this
year, for the first time in the festival's 58-year history, rock music
will be included in the repertoire. Rob Cameron reports.
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