Talking about the Enlightenment
Anthony Burton introduces new releases of Czech music.
Fucik March: The Entry of the Gladiators; Polka: The Bear with a Sore Head
7.11 Dussek Sonata in D, Op 31 No
7.25 Smetana Furiant
(Czech Dances, Set 2 No 1)
7.34 Flbich Moods, Impressions and Reminiscences (excerpts)
7.46 Nedbal Ballet: From
Tale to Tale (Act 1 excerpts)
7.58 Dvorak
Moravian Duets
8.08 Martinu Piano
Quintet No
8.40 Petr Eben Three
Chorale Preludes
8.47 Suk Sokol March:
Towards a New Life. Discs
John Tusa and Francine Stock
welcome listeners to
Radio 3's Prague Weekend.
Karel Janovicky presents a recording made in the Dvorak Hall of the Rudolfinum of Smetana's Ma Vlast , the work that traditionally opens the Prague Spring Festival. Prague SO/Neeme Jarvi
John Tusa (who was born in Zlin, now in the Czech
Republic) rides the trams and travels the metro in and out of the centre of Prague, listening to the history of the city and its people.
Music and the Prince-Bishop in 1 7th-century
Kromeriz Tim Carter explores the rich musical archives and majestic Baroque architecture of this important cultural centre in southern Moravia.
Prague's architectural glories are under threat. But can foreign developers provide the answer? John Tusa talks to historians, builders, protestors and officials about patching the cracks.
New Czech Chamber
Orchestra/Jiri Belohlavek Ivan Moravec (piano)
A concert from the Spanish Hall of Prague Castle.
Pavel Haas Study for strings Mendelssohn
String Symphony No 10 in B minor
Mozart Piano Concerto 'No 14 in E flat (K449) Schoenberg Verkldrte Nacht
Mary Hockaday learns the art of cooking dumplings.
The Rebirth of a Bohemian Castle-Theatre
Roger Savage visits the 18th-century theatre at Cesky Krumlov and explores its past, present and future.
Twenty-five years after the Russian invasion,
Max Easterman presents an archive snapshot of those dramatic days.
Karel Janovicky delves into the Czech archives and traces the Prague Spring
International Music Festival from its beginnings in the 1940s when Rafael Kubelik was the Czech Philharmonic
Orchestra's chief conductor.
As well as guests Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and David
Oistrakh, there is a movement from Dvorak's
Piano Concerto and his
Noonday Witch; Suk's Ripening and Martlnu's Piano Concerto No 2.
Julian Duplain talks to journalists and broadcasters about the expansion of the Czech media, followed by a discussion, led by John Tusa.
The Nationalist Tradition
Stephen Johnson examines the development of operatic life in Prague and the nationalist tradition exemplified by Smetana and Dvorak. With contrubtions from Pavel Eckstein , John Tyrell and Zdenek Kosier.
Smetana's stirring opera about the proud knight imprisoned by his enemies and the attempt to rescue him, in a performance from the National Theatre in Prague, is presented by John Tusa. and Prague National Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Zdenek Kosier
Act
6.50 An American in Prague To 25,000 young Americans, Prague in the 90s has the appeal of Paris in the 20s. Matt Welch investigates.
7.10 Act2
8.10 Cafe Culture
Mary Hockaday asks what happened to the dreams of the dissidents after the revolution - and who meets in cafes now?
8.30 Act 3
Max Easterman journeys through the history of Prague's former Jewish ghetto, hearing from those beginning to rediscover their faith and identity after the grim years of wartime decimation and decades of communist persecution.
Hands by llja Hurnik.
A pianist's hands struggle on in relative harmony until another set of fingers comes on the scene. Comedy duo Miles and Milner play the bickering pair.
Translated by Norah Hronkova
Guarneri Trio Praha, with Miroslav Sehnoutka (viola) Haydn Piano Trio in G (HXV25)
Shostakovich Piano Trio
No 2 in E minor, Op 67 Dvorak Piano Quartet in E flat, Op 87
Max Easterman joins the Reduta jazz club in Prague for tonight's session by the Stepan Markovic Quartet, and explores the varied nightlife of the city.
