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- Dvořák in New York is the title of a lecture with slides and musical examples to be given by composer Joelle Wallach at the New York Society Library, 53 East 79th Street, on Thursday 25 March 2010 at 6.30pm … more >>
• Joelle Wallach web site … more >>
[posted 12 March 2010] - Emmy Destinn and Other Great Czech Singers: a talk by Stanley Henig arranged by the Emmy Destinn Foundation at the Recorded Vocal Art Society, London, on Tuesday 27 April 2010 … more >>
• visit Emmy Destinn Foundation web site … more >>
• visit Recorded Vocal Art Society web site … more >>
[posted 10 March 2010] - REMINDER: forthcoming performances of Janáček operas in London:
• Káťa Kabanová by English National Opera conducted by Mark Wigglesworth – 6 performances in March 2010 … more >>
• The Cunning Little Vixen by Royal Opera Covent Garden conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras – 5 performances in March 2010 and one in April … more >>
[posted 7 March 2010] - Lada Valešová will give a solo piano recital of music by Dvořák, Pavel Haas, Janáček, Martinů, Smetana and Suk in aid of The UK Friends of Czech Historic Buildings, Gardens and Parks in London on Thursday 6 May 2010 … more >>
• visit Friends web site … more >>
• visit Lada Valešová’s web site … more >>
[posted 3 March 2010] - Smetana’s opera “The Bartered Bride (Prodaná nevěsta)” will be conducted by Dvořák Society Vice-President Jiří Bělohlávek with an all Czech and Slovak cast, including soprano Dana Burešová (as Mařenka) and bass Gustáv Beláček, in a “concert staging” as part of BBC Symphony Orchestra 2010–2011 season at Barbican Centre, London on Friday 20 May 2011 … more >>
• Season opens with Bělohlávek conducting Dvořák Symphony No 7 in D minor on 1 October 2010 … more >>
• Details of full BBC SO Barbican 2010–2011 season … more >>
[posted 1 March 2010] - Details of Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2010–2011 Season published — Pierre Boulez will conduct three performances of Janáček Glagolitic Mass in December 2010 with soprano Christine Brewer among soloists … more >>
• visit Gavin Plumley’s comprehensive Janáček web site for background information about this work … more >>
[posted 28 February 2010] - Czech duo Marta Vávrová (soprano) and Peter Vašíček (piano) join forces with Rivka Golani (viola) for world première of Božena Songs for Soprano, Viola & Piano by Charles Heller, Dvořák’s Biblical Songs (Biblické písně), Op 99 (B 185) and Two songs with piano & viola Op 91 by Brahms | 7.00pm, Wednesday 14 April 2010, Spiro Ark Centre, 25–26 Enford Street, London W1H 1DW … more >>
[posted 24 February 2010] - Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená will perform role of Mélisande in Debussy’s Peléas et Mélisande at Metropolitan Opera, New York, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle in 2010–2011 season | 4 performances in December 2010 and one in January 2011 … more >>
• Kožená will sing in two performances of Bach’s St Matthew Passion with City of Birmingham SO and Rattle in Symphony Hall, Birmingham on 6 & 7 March 2010 (one performance already sold out) … more >>
[posted 23 February 2010] - Third Indian Summer in Levoča Festival, Slovakia, will run from 1 – 12 October 2010 and will feature performers from Czech Republic, Slovakia, Britain, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Poland and Ukraine | artists include Stamic Quartet, pianist Ivo Kahánek, organist Monica Melcová and Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Košice … more >>
• information about historic Levoča … more >>
[posted 21 February 2010] - Two on-line reviews of Chandos CD (CHAN 10551) of Martinů chamber works performed by Schubert Ensemble and William Howard with oboist George Caird—
• Jan Smaczny for BBC Music Magazine “…The Schubert Ensemble responds superbly to the Piano Quartet and the Trio with a clear sense of involvement in Martinů’s musical language and their performances of the slow movements are particularly memorable …” more >>
• Bob Briggs for MusicWeb International “…These performances are most welcome bringing together a selection of works from Martinů’s later years …” more >>
[posted 15 February 2010] - Gustav Mahler: The Early Years study weekend at Earnley Concourse, near Chichester, West Sussex, Friday 18 to Sunday 20 June 2010 — Dvořák Society member Terry Barfoot is the course tutor at this event, which will focus on the cantata Das Klagende Lied and Symphonies 1 & 2, together with examples of the early songs … more >>
• essay Mahler and the Czechs, by Karel Janovický, in Dvořák Society Journal … more >>
• essay Mahler and Smetana: Significant Influences or Accidental Parallels?, by Donald Mitchell, in Dvořák Society Journal … more >>
[posted 8 February 2010] - Erwin Schulhoff’s Five Pieces for String Quartet will be performed by the Brodowski Quartet at The Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, Suffolk in a lunchtime concert on Friday 12 March 2010, beginning at 12.15pm … more >>
• “…The quartet members … are recipients of the Richard Carne Junior Fellowship for Chamber Ensemble at Trinity College of Music …” more >>
[posted 24 January 2010]
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