1/5. Whenever Janacek had writer's block he knew exactly how to recharge his inspiration - with the folksong of his Moravian homeland.
Biographer John Tyrrell joins Donald Macleod to reveal the local ingredients in some of Janacek's most famous music.

I Have Sown Seed - Czech Philharmonic Chorus, Brno, Brno State Orchestra, conductor Leos Svarovsky
Jenufa (Act 1: excerpt) - Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Vienna PO, conductor Charles Mackerras
Flowers with Love's Enchantment; Farewell to the Beloved; Uncertainty, The Forester (Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs, Nos 7, 44, 28 and 27) - Eva Struplova (soprano), Stanislav Predota (tenor), Adam Skoumal (piano)
True Love; I Wonder at My Beloved; A Frowned Wreath; Ah, War, War! - QVOX (male voice quartet), director Tomas Krejci
Lachian Dances - LPO, conductor Francois Huybrechts

(Repeated at 8.45pm)
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