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Janacek Day - 4 July 2004 |
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Janacek in Luhacovice A spa resort in eastern Moravia, near the Slovak border. It's still going strong, though it's not quite as popular today as it was in Janacek's time - when Czech and Slovak artists and intellectuals flocked there to plot their joint campaign for independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.   1/2The Jurkovic House on the central square in the spa of Luhacovice. Janacek himself seems to have been more attracted by what he called the "annual congress of beautiful women" in Luhacovice. He always visited without his wife, and got to know two women there who were very important to him - both called Kamila. The first, Kamila Urvalkova met Janacek in 1903, when he'd gone to Luhacovice to brood after the death of his daughter. Kamila Urvalkova inspired Janacek's opera Osud - Fate , Act 1 of which is actually set in Luhacovice. At the spa in 1917 Janacek got to know the much younger married woman who was to be his obsession until his death: Kamila Stosslova. She was never very interested in him, but he bombarded her with letters, and used his idealised mental vision of her to help inspire the masterpieces of his astonishing final decade - including the opera Katya Kabanova , his Second String Quartet Intimate letters and the Sinfonietta . These days Luhacovice is another place that holds a Janacek festival every summer. Map of Bohemia/Moravia Full schedule for Janacek day |
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Schedule Map of Bohemia/Moravia Bratislava Brno Hukvaldy Luhacovice Ostrava Pisek Prague Pribor Stramberk Strbske Pleso Velka Vienna Janacek Day: full playlist Related Links on radio 3 on bbc.co.uk on the web www.janacek.co.uk Janacek Archive & Museum Classical Music Pages Museum in Janacek's house, Hukvaldy The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites. |
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Prelude from Janacek's opera, Osud
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