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Sunday Music ShowMoravian folk fusion band Hradišťan and Jiří Pavlica
Hradišťan is one of the country’s most respected interprets of folk
music. The band started as a folk music ensemble in the south Moravian town
of Uherské Hradiště – hence the name – in the 1950s but its rise to
popularity and critical acclaim began when Jiří Pavlica became the
band’s leader, or primáš, in the 1970s. More
Sunday Music ShowMoravian folk fusion band Hradišťan and Jiří Pavlica
Hradišťan is one of the country’s most respected performers of folk
music. The band started as a folk music ensemble in the south Moravian town
of Uherské Hradiště – hence the name – in the 1950s but its rise to
popularity and critical acclaim began when Jiří Pavlica became the
band’s leader, or primáš, in the 1970s.
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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 AffairsSmetana’s Litomyšl International Opera Festival highlights 700 year anniversary of historic event
Now in its 52nd year, Smetana’s Litomyšl International Opera Festival
transforms composer Bedřich Smetana’s home town in east Bohemia into a
paradise for music lovers. The music festival, which is the country’s
second oldest, kicked off on Friday and will run until July 5. What can
visitors expect this year?
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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
Current AffairsAnnual opera festival underway in Bedřich Smetana's hometown
The East Bohemian town of Litomyšl has a lot to boast of, from its UNESCO
World Heritage status to its lively year-round atmosphere. Nonetheless,
what this town of 10,000 most frequently boasts of is that it is the
birthplace of the composer Bedřich Smetana, and since 1949 it has been the
home of a major music festival that bears his name. Now in its 60th year,
Smetana's Litomyšl Festival continues to draw some of the biggest
personages in classical music.
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