See what’s coming up on on the BCSA’s Events Calendar.

Bedřich Smetana Má vlast (My Country)

National Museum Prague Václavské náměstí 68, Prague, Czech Republic

The Bedřich Smetana Má vlast (My Country) exhibition at the National Museum in Prague commemorates the personality of Bedřich Smetana and one of his most important compositions. Through authentic notes,... Read more »

BCSA/CBCC annual dinner

The May Fair Hotel Stratton Street, London, United Kingdom

Our traditional annual dinner will once again be held jointly with the Czech British Chamber of Commerce (CBCC) at the May Fair Hotel, Stratton Street, London (nearest underground Green Park). This... Read more »

Pavel Šporcl

Queen Elizabeth Hall Southbank Centre,

Czech violinist Pavel Šporcl creates sparks with the English Chamber Orchestra in an animated programme celebrating the Year of Czech Music 2024. Dvorak’s Violin Concerto is a marvellous example of... Read more »

“Get to know you” social evening

Bohemia House 74 West End Lane, London, United Kingdom

This is an opportunity for anyone interested in the British Czech and Slovak Association (members, supporters and friends) to meet, eat, drink, chat (maybe practise your Czech or Slovak) and... Read more »

Jenůfa

Royal Opera House

Jenůfa is keeping secret from everyone that she is pregnant by Števa, whom she loves despite his drinking and womanising. Jenůfa’s stepmother, Kostelnička, had a violent, alcoholic husband and tells... Read more »

Courier: my life as a spy in communist Czechoslovakia

Czech Embassy cinema 26 Kensington Palace Gardens, London

This talk by Professor Mark Cornwall explores the subject of secret police surveillance in communist Czechoslovakia in the 1980s. Prof. Cornwall draws on his own surveillance file, asking why, when and... Read more »

Robert Bruce Lockhart “Best Friend the Czechs Ever Had”

Czech Embassy cinema 26 Kensington Palace Gardens, London

Robert Bruce Lockhart had an extraordinary career. In 1918, he served as the British Government’s “Agent” in Bolshevik Russia and orchestrated a brazen plot to topple Vladimir Lenin’s regime. The... Read more »

Czech Philharmonic: Shostakovich

Barbican Centre Silk Street, London, United Kingdom

An orchestra blazing burnished colours, rich string tone, and boundless refinement, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Semyon Bychkov performs Dmitri Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No 1 with Sheku Kanneh-Mason followed... Read more »

Czech Philharmonic: Mozart, Mahler

Barbican Centre Silk Street, London, United Kingdom

The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Semyon Bychkov perform Mozart's Concerto for Two Pianos with Katia and Mariella Labèque followed by Mahler's Symphony No 5. Mozart wrote his concerto for... Read more »

Janáček: Excursions of Mr Brouček

Barbican Centre Silk Street, London, United Kingdom

The ‘hero’ of Janáček’s 1920 satire is the sausage- and beer-guzzling Brouček, a complacent, commitment-averse landlord. Over two acts he travels to both the moon and the fifteenth century. Thinking the... Read more »



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