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Paul Guinery introduces a Prague Weekend edition. Zelenka
Litaniae Lauretanae
7.30 Anonymous Fugue in F
7.35 Haydn
Symphony No 93 in D
8.05 Vanhal Fugue in B flat
8.10 Edmund Rubbra
Piano Trio No 2, Op 138
8.25 Brixi Pastorella in C
8.30 Telemann Cantata:
Du aber Daniel gehe hin

Contributors

Introduces:
Paul Guinery
Unknown:
Brixi Pastorella

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

To Mozart and his contemporaries, "II divino Boemo" was the opera composer Myslivecek, but the nickname is surely also deserved by the many other Czechs who gave Europe much of its musical daily bread. Ivan Hewett celebrates the heritage of Bohemia at the end of the 18th century.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ivan Hewett

Micky Won't Eat by Daniela Fischerova , translated by Norah Hronkova. Coming back from a night out with her new boyfriend, Anna doesn't need trouble from her daughter over the pet dog.

Contributors

Unknown:
Daniela Fischerova
Translated By:
Norah Hronkova.
Anna:
Tessa Peake-Jones
Rob:
Paul Panting
Madeleine:
Susannah Corbett
Vet:
Gavin Muir

Prague has undergone a series of shocks in the last five years, beginning with 1989's Velvet Revolution.
Max Easterman reports on how the new politics has affected the life of Prague's citizens, and John Tusa chairs a discussion.

Contributors

Unknown:
Max Easterman
Unknown:
John Tusa

from the Rudolfinum.
Berlin Symphony Orchestra, conductor Libor Pesek
Antje Weihaas (violin) Blacher Concertante
Musik, Op 10
Dvorak Violin Concerto in A minor
7.45 Dvorak's Summer Home
Julian Duplain visits Vysoka with Dvorak's grand-daughter and finds a treasure-trove of memorabilia, from the composer's piano to his pigeon-loft.
8.05 Mahler
Symphony No 1

Contributors

Violin:
Antje Weihaas
Unknown:
Julian Duplain

Audience by Vaclav Havel. First broadcast in 1977, this production stars
Harold Pinter as the writer who works in a brewery.
Peter Vaughan is the Head Maltster who tries to get him to write his own report for the authorities who have sent him there.
Translated and adapted by Vera Blackwell

Contributors

Unknown:
Vaclav Havel.
Unknown:
Harold Pinter
Unknown:
Peter Vaughan
Adapted By:
Vera Blackwell

Invited by Schoenberg to join his class in Vienna, the Moravian composer Alois Haba refused, Instead he spent his long life treading a different path to the future: microtones. Haba's music is now being revived, and Ivan Hewett meets
Czech musicians who play it and who worked with him.

Contributors

Unknown:
Alois Haba
Unknown:
Ivan Hewett

1: The Demon Barber of Prague Written in 1912 by Jaroslav Hasek , translated by Alan Menhennet , and performed by Jonathan Tafler.
2: One Man's Monologue Over Another Man 's Skull by llja Hurnik, translated by James Naughton , and performed by Jonathan Adams.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jaroslav Hasek
Translated By:
Alan Menhennet
Unknown:
Jonathan Tafler.
Translated By:
James Naughton
Unknown:
Jonathan Adams.

John Tusa and Francine Stock bid goodnight from Prague. Prague Weekend editors: Brian Barfield ,
Richard Bannerman , Tony Cheevers. Producers: Kate Bolton ,
Elizabeth Burke. Mark Burman , Claire Campbell -Smith, Tim Dee. Julian Duplain. Adam Gatehouse , Lucy Hackney, Patrick Lambert , Fiona McLean. Nicholas Morgan , David Perry

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tusa
Unknown:
Francine Stock
Editors:
Brian Barfield
Editors:
Richard Bannerman
Editors:
Tony Cheevers.
Producers:
Kate Bolton
Producers:
Elizabeth Burke.
Producers:
Mark Burman
Producers:
Claire Campbell
Unknown:
Tim Dee.
Unknown:
Julian Duplain.
Unknown:
Adam Gatehouse
Unknown:
Patrick Lambert
Unknown:
Fiona McLean.
Unknown:
Nicholas Morgan
Unknown:
David Perry

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