Sunday Music Show Moravian folk fusion band Hradišťan and Jiří Pavlica
Hradišťan
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. Besides some beautiful
renderings of Moravian and Bohemian folklore, Hradišťan is also famous
for experimenting with the tunes, transforming them into a new kind of
Czech world music.
The episode featured today was first broadcast on May 8, 2011.
