See what’s coming up on on the BCSA’s Events Calendar.
Friday 4 May at 7.30pm Prazak String Quartet, Ivan Klansky (piano) Suk - Meditation on the Old Czech Chorale 'Saint Wenceslas' Smetana - Quartet no 1 Dvorak - Piano Quintet Saturday 5 May at noon Prazak String Quartet Suk - Quartet no 1 Smetana - Quartet no 2 Dvorak - Quartet no 10 Saturday 5... Read more »
Tim Beasley-Murray, translator David Short and Slovak author Richard discuss three novels from the country that would have been 100 years old this year but disappeared 25 years ago. £8 tickets (£6 student) are available via Eventbrite (below) and in store.
The premiere of a playful new lyrical collaboration drawing separately from Czech and Lithuanian folk traditions. Iva Bittova is a Czech avant-garde violinist, singer, and composer; her music is a blend of rock and East European music. Lithuanian-American musician, composer and performer, Abraham Brody draws inspiration from rituals, roots and folklore; he combines composition, improvisation... Read more »
The British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES) Czech and Slovak Study Group is marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Czechoslovak state with a Czech and Slovak Study Day held at Cardiff University. Czech and Slovak specialists (including language experts and postgraduate students) from around the UK, together with Czech... Read more »
Born in Liberec in the Czech Republic to Roma parents; after several racially motivated attacks, the family moved to the UK and applied for asylum. He joined the Cambridgeshire Constabulary as a Police Community Support Officer in 2006 and two years later became a Police Officer. In 2010 Torak co-founded a community group COMPAS (see... Read more »
Although Dvorak is unarguably the best-known composer from the Czech lands, his fame rests largely on music from his later years. His early path to recognition, however, throws fascinating light on the friendships and support he received from the leaders of Prague’s developing cultural community. Jan Smaczny’s talk looks at how Dvorak became recognised in... Read more »
Our summer social will be held in the gardens of the Czech and Slovak Embassies. All are welcome – not just BCSA members. Bring your friends, bring your family! Enjoy an afternoon relaxing among Slovak, Czech and British people. As always, there will be barbecued spekacky (sausages), a continental buffet from the Czech and Slovak... Read more »
A fundraising concert of 18th century oboe trios composed for the Princes Schwarzenberg of Cesky Krumlov. For programme details see link below and use the Eventbrite link to buy tickets.
A one-day symposium considers the formation of modern Czech identity in the arts, politics and the media, focusing on key global events of the 20th century. In addressing the relationship between the small nation and its global identity, the programme explores three themes: the mythic portrayal of interwar Czechoslovakia as a Western oriented state and... Read more »
Fifty years since the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia quashed the Prague Spring we look at how cartoonists in the Czech and British press interpreted the politics of the time through humour. Armed with a stack of original 1968 satirical cartoon drawings under his arm, a collector walked through the Czech Centre London door and the... Read more »
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