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- MAKE THE MOST OF MARTINŮ YEAR: Moravian Autumn Festival (Moravský podzim) 2009 — Dvořák Society Trip, Friday 2 October to Saturday 17 October
• Some places remain available for Dvořák Society members to join the Society’s trip to this festival in Brno on the above dates. The music of Martinů is strongly featured this year, including a performance of his 1952 opera The Marriage (H 341). The 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn’s birth is also celebrated.
• The Dvořák Society package offers exclusive use of coach, with transfers from Prague airport to Brno, excursions to places of interest, accommodation at Hotel Myslivna, tickets to all festival concerts and social events.
• For more details of the concerts, please see our October Diary page.
• Interested? Contact Shawn Pullman for further details on 0118 981 2716 (0044 118 981 2716 from outside the United Kingdom) or e-mail shawn.pullman@talk.21.com
• Booking MUST close 1 August
[posted 8 July 2009] - SOME PLACES STILL AVAILABLE: Martinů and his Pupils — Graham Melville-Mason of the Dvořák Society is the tutor at a study weekend to be held at Burton Manor in the North West of England from the evening of Friday 4 to Sunday 6 September 2009, which will cover the life and work of Bohuslav Martinů and the music of his pupils, Vítězslava Kaprálová and Jan Novák … more >>
[posted 5 July 2009] - Wirral Symphony Orchestra will perform music by Dvořák and Smetana together with Russian music in a concert entitled Slavonic Impressions, conducted by Jonathan Small with violin soloist Lesley Gwyther (both are members of Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra), in Pacific Road Arts Centre, Birkenhead on Saturday 11 July 2009 … more >>
• main work in this concert, Dvořák’s Symphonic Poem “The Water Goblin” will be introduced by guest speaker Dr Susan Reynolds, Curator of Czech and Slovak Collections at The British Library, whose new translation of Karel Jaromír Erben’s The Bouquet is due for publication shortly … more >>
• a proportion of the proceeds will be donated to the Mayor of Wirral’s Charity
[posted 1 July 2009] - Cerne Abbas Music Festival 2009 includes Martinů’s La Revue de Cuisine (H 151) on Saturday 25 July and Dvořák’s Piano Quintet No 2 in A Major Op 81 (B 162) on Sunday 26 July, both performed by The Gaudier Ensemble … more >>
• REMINDER: Martinů and his Pupils study weekend at Burton Manor, Friday 4 to Sunday 6 September 2009 … more >>
[posted 28 June 2009] - Lyric Opera of Chicago will give 7 performances of Janáček’s Káťa Kabanová in November and December 2009, conducted by Markus Stenz with Karita Mattila in the title role, Judith Forst as Kabanicha and Brandon Jovanovich as Boris … more >>
• Brandon Jovanovich sings the role of The Prince in Dvořák’s Rusalka at Glyndebourne in July and August 2009, conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek … more >>
[posted 27 June 2009] - Channel Classics release CD (SACD hybrid) recording, The Bohemian Album, of Amsterdam Sinfonietta under direction of Candida Thompson performing Dvořák Serenade for Strings Op 22 (B 52), Pavel Haas String Quartet No 2 Op 7 “From the Monkey Mountains” (version for string orchestra and percussion) and Erwin Schulhoff Five Pieces for String Quartet WV 68 (1923) (version for string orchestra) … more >>
• about Candida Thompson … more >>
[posted 26 June 2009] - London Philharmonic Orchestra are offering discounted ticket prices to Dvořák Society members for certain concerts at the Royal Festival Hall, featuring music by Dvořák, Janáček and Suk … more >>
[posted 19 June 2009] - Pinchas Steinberg will conduct eight performances of Korngold’s Die Tote Stadt at the Bastille Opera, Paris, in October 2009 with Robert Dean Smith as Paul and Ricarda Merbeth as Marietta … more >>
• related events include performances of all three Korngold String Quartets and other chamber music … more >>
[posted 12 June 2009] - Oxford Philomusica International Piano Festival and Summer Academy includes lecture/recital by Malcolm Troup on Martinů’s Piano Sonata (H 350), Marios Papdopoulos as pianist/conductor in Martinů’s Sinfonietta “La Jolla” (H 328) and Gary Graffman as pianist in Korngold’s Suite for 2 Violins, Cello & Piano (Oxford, July 2009) … more >>
[posted 5 May 2009] - Glyndebourne Autumn 2009 Tour includes Janáček’s Jenůfa conducted by Robin Ticciati with Giselle Allen in title role—
• Glyndebourne, 3 performances in October … more >>
• Woking, single performance in November … more >>
• Stoke-on-Trent, single performance in November … more >>
• Norwich, single performance in November … more >>
• Milton Keynes, single performance in November … more >>
• Plymouth, single performance in December … more >>
Glyndebourne has its own Jenůfa web page … more >>
[posted 13 April 2009]
Some older material has been moved to our News Archive page. If you are looking for an item which you have previously seen below and it is not now listed, you may find it again in the News Archive. (Not all items are archived. Details of concerts or other events will be transferred to the relevant Diary page.)
