Home page of the Dvořák Society

  Page last updated 10 May 2008

     Welcome to our web site. We very much hope that you will enjoy your visit and will return. These pages are regularly updated with contributions from our members and our friends in the music-world, both in the United Kingdom and world-wide. Our site complies with the current international standards for web page layout. Best results will therefore be obtained using Firefox, Internet Explorer 6 (or above), Safari or other modern browsers.

Not only Dvořák but all Czech and Slovak composers and performers

Although named after the most famous Czech composer, the Society is devoted to the musical arts of all Czech and Slovak composers and performers, past and present (including, of course, performances of Czech and Slovak repertoire by non-native artists). The Society aims to encourage performances and promote interest in this respect. We publish articles and information about all aspects of Czech and Slovak musical life and give lectures. And we give direct financial and other support to worthy causes.

Dvořák, Smetana, Janáček, Fibich, Suk, Novák, Ostrčil, Biber, Zelenka, Mysliveček, Stamic, Hummel, Rejcha, Suchoň, Schulhoff, Haas, Klein, Krása, Ullmann and Martinů

No, we are not trying to squeeze as many composers’s names as possible into a heading! Our intention is to show the breadth of the subject and our interests. These names cover the centuries from the baroque, through the classical and romantic periods to modern times. It is a fact that Czech and Slovak composers have been at the forefront of musical development for centuries. Our introduction page contains more about our efforts to encourage interest in composers who are underrated such as Martinů and Fibich, as well as unduly neglected works by established figures such as Dvořák, Smetana and Janáček.

Rafael Kubelík, Lucia Popp, Magdalena Kožená, the Talich Quartet, Josef Suk, Libor Pešek and Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech and Slovak performers too have been extremely important. Great artists, such as those mentioned above, have made huge contributions to the art of interpretation of all music and continue to do so.

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