See what’s coming up on on the BCSA’s Events Calendar.
Inspired by a newspaper comic strip, the Welsh National Opera’s colourful production is charming, funny and profound in equal measure. It reunites director, David Pountney with WNO music director, Tomas Hanus who conducts Janacek’s blend of folk-like music and sophisticated orchestrations, gloriously evoking the vibrancy of nature. One afternoon deep in the forest, the forester... Read more »
Our twenty eighth annual dinner will be held on Friday 29 November in the heart of Bloomsbury. This highlight in the BCSA calendar is a wonderful opportunity for Slovaks, Czechs and Britons to mingle in a convivial atmosphere, to meet old friends and make new ones. Members and non-members alike will be made welcome at... Read more »
Moshe Friedman, cello Margaret Bruce, piano with David Lewis, baritone PROGRAMME: TUCAPSKY: Cello Sonata (written for Moshe Friedman and Margaret Bruce) JANACEK: “In the Mist” for solo piano JANACEK: “Fairy Tale” for cello and piano INTERVAL TUCAPSKY: Meditation on an old folksong (written for Moshe Friedman) TUCAPSKY: Piano prelude no 19 (from the 24 Preludes... Read more »
A celebration of the 5th anniversary of the launch of the Czech National Trust (CNT) with a screening of the film “Thomas Messer - My life with Guggenheim" and an introduction of the project “Ticket to the New World”. Thomas Messer, a Czechoslovak emigré, was director and curator of the Guggenheim Museum in New York... Read more »
Join us and have a fun evening chatting to friendly people. Czech and Slovak food and drinks are available from the restaurant and bar. Anybody with Czech or Slovak connections or interests is welcome to our monthly socials to meet, chat and get to know each other a little better in a relaxed and informal... Read more »
Jitka Čechová – piano, Jan Talich – violin, Jan Páleníček – cello. Programme: Sergej Rachmaninov - Trio elegico No. 1 in G minor Bohuslav Martinů - Piano Trio in D minor č. 2, H 327 Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 Tickets for the concert £10 paid... Read more »
Representing the Embassy of Slovakia Performers Eva Bodorová Soprano Matthew Tomko Bass Jozef Janík Piano Programme Traditional Slovak Christmas Carols: Canite Jesu Infanti – Poďme spolu do Betlema (Let’s go to Bethlehem, brothers) Dnešný deň sa radujme (Let´s be jolly today) Povedzte nám pastuškovia (Tell us, shepherds) Do hory , do lesa, valasi (To the mountains, to the forest) Dobrá novina, šťastná... Read more »
Martin Hochel won second prize in the 2019 BCSA competition with his rather original essay on a little-covered aspect of 1989. He will be interviewed about his life and aspirations as a Slovak student studying in London. Brexit or no Brexit, he is aiming high. Martin is a student of contemporary Central European history and... Read more »
Michal Pěchouček, professor in computer science at the Czech Technical University (CTU) discusses the role of AI enabled cybersecurity problems and how we can increase our privacy and security online. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the way we live. We spend more time online, with more devices connected than ever before. How do we keep... Read more »
In his talk, Dr Lorman will explore how Slovak culture was initially characterised by its rural quality and alienation from the beginnings of mass industrialisation and urbanisation in Hungary (exemplified by the 1896 millennial celebrations in Budapest). He will examine how Slovak national identity was then substantially (but not entirely) transformed by similar processes of... Read more »
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