See what’s coming up on on the BCSA’s Events Calendar.
For the first event in their two-concert residency at the 2022 International Festival, the Czech Philharmonic and Music Director Semyon Bychkov draw on the orchestra’s own eminent history to bring together richly flavoured music from their Czech homeland. No other ensemble can perform this music with the same power, authenticity or sheer delight. Dvořák offers... Read more »
Among the world’s most immediately distinctive and recognisable orchestras, the Czech Philharmonic is defined by its rich, individualistic playing that has shaped more than a century of unparalleled performances. Semyon Bychkov has been Chief Conductor and Music Director since 2018. In the second of their two concerts at the 2022 Edinburgh International Festival, Bychkov and... Read more »
The Czech ensemble the Pavel Haas Quartet counts among classical music’s most distinctive chamber groups. It has a particular passion for the music of central Europe, but its repertoire stretches across boundaries and times. Following the breezy wit of Haydn’s sunny G major Quartet, Op 76 No 1, the Pavel Haas players perform the 1947 Quartet No... Read more »
The long-time artistic partners explore songs of love, longing and innocence by Bartók, Mussorgsky and Brahms. Czech-born mezzo-sopranoMagdalena Koženáis one of the world’s pre-eminent vocalists, celebrated not only for the flickering colours and mercurial moods conveyed in her deeply expressive voice, but also the blistering insights she brings to her performances. Israeli-American pianistYefim Bronfmanis a... Read more »
This special screening commemorates Sir Barnett Stross and the 80th anniversary of the birth of the "Lidice Shall Live" campaign at the Victoria Hall on September 6th, 1942. The coal miners of North Staffordshire vowed to donate one day’s pay each week until the end of the War to rebuild the village destroyed by the... Read more »
Nikol Bóková Trio is one of the line-ups of pianist and composer Nikol Bóková, who just released her fourth author album within four years. Among several awards for her music is an Anděl Award in the jazz category by the Czech music academy and the best jazz album of the year in a poll of... Read more »
A welcome return to our calendar of social events, this year at a new venue and held in conjunction with the Czech British Chamber of Commerce. Come and join us at the Czech and Slovak National House and enjoy an afternoon relaxing with Czech, Slovak and British people. Bring your friends and family, all are... Read more »
Sir Michael Burton, former chairman of the BCSA, will be in discussion with Dr Jana Buresova about his diplomatic memoirs. A wide-ranging and fascinating account of his thirty-seven-year career, entitled "On Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service: From the Arab World to the Berlin Wall", the book culminates in his three-year mission as British Ambassador in Prague... Read more »
The Czech Centre (CC) and the Thames Valley Harriers (TVH) athletic club have teamed up to celebrate Zátopek’s centennial anniversary by organising the Emil Zátopek Run to raise funds for the new Zátopek Athletic Fellowship that will be awarded to promising young athletes in the disadvantaged local community. Distance: 5k, 3k, & 2k Categories: U11... Read more »
A guide to the development of the ownership of historic houses in Czech lands since 1918. From the formation of Czechoslovakia, when the first president T.G. Masaryk abolished aristocratic titles, and his land reform deprived many estates of their main source of income, the lecture will cover every stage of the turbulent events that changed... Read more »
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