Leoš Janáček dnes slaví 171 let. Narodil 3. července roku 1854 v Hukvaldech, malebné vesnici na severovýchodě Moravy. Přestože pocházel z rodiny učitele a v prvních letech svého života se věnoval ...
The Takács Quartet takes a journey home to its native Czech music. The playing in Smetana’s String Quartet No. 1, “From my life”, is eagerly expressive, albeit not so drenched in late-romantic longing ...
There was nothing ordinary about Czech composer Leos Janáček. He set one opera in a barnyard and another on the moon. He fell for a married woman more than 30 years his junior, proceeding to write ...
With its military bands, dazzling fanfares, and cinematic jump-cuts, Janáček's Sinfonietta is a unique symphonic proposition, sounding as new now as it did at its premiere in 1926. The clue’s in the ...
Trust Ligeti to pen a set of pieces as bubbly as his Six Bagatelles. Light-hearted and witty, they are music that is guaranteed to put a smile on the listener’s face. This selection of 20th-century ...
“Only a cut above the amateur” was British Critic Ernest Newman’s scornful evaluation of Czech Composer Leoš Janáček in a 1924 review of the opera Jenufa. “Atrocious drama and wretched theater,” ...
Katie Mitchell’s production wittily reinvigorates Janáček’s story of an immortal woman, via toxic masculinity and dating apps. Jakub Hrůša’s conducting draws out the music’s colours and the cast are ...
Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. It has not, most certainly, penetrated the sensibility of Christopher Keene, the new general director of the New ...
Your institution does not have access to this book on JSTOR. Try searching on JSTOR for other items related to this book. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7sqn8.4 In ...
Streaming platforms for Janáček: The Makropulos Affair haven’t been announced yet. Check back soon for updates on where you can watch it online.
Music always seems to come first in the novels of Haruki Murakami. "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" begins with a pot of spaghetti boiled to the sounds of Rossini's "Thieving Magpie"; "Norwegian Wood" ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results