4 - Leos Janacek (1854-1928), Reminiscence

Reminiscence
Leos Janacek (1854-1928) Episode 4 of 5
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Duration: 1 hour
First broadcast: Thursday 24 July 2014
Janácek's 70th birthday was celebrated with concerts in Prague and Brno, the publication of his biography and an Honorary PhD from Brno University, which pleased him most of all.

Donald Macleod introduces two remarkably youthful works Janácek composed around that time - an exuberant wind tet and a group of choral settings of nonsense rhymes he came across in the children's supplement of his local paper, as well as a rhapsodic piece for cello and piano inspired by a Russian epic poem. 
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Leos Janacek
March of the bluebirds (blue throats) [Pochod modracku] for piccolo and piano
Performer: Hendrik Heilman. Performer: Michael Hasel.
BIS: CD-1802, BIS, 13
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Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, Marion Reinhard, Manfred Preis, Leos Janacek and Hendrik Heilmann
Mladi [Youth] - suite for wind tet
PHILIPS : 442-534-2, PHILIPS, 2
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Leos Janacek
Potulny silenec [The wandering madman] for soprano and male chorus
Performer: Netherlands Chamber Choir. Singer: Barbara Borden. Conductor: Reinbert de Leeuw.
PHILIPS : 442 543-2-, PHILIPS, 10
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Leos Janacek
Pohadka [Fairy tales] for cello and piano
Performer: Olli Mustonen. Performer: Steven Isserlis.
RCA : 09026-68437-2, RCA, 1
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Leos Janacek
Rikadla [Children's rhymes] for SSAATTTBB and ensemble
Performer: Critical Band. Performer: New London Chamber Choir. Performer: James Wood.
HYPERION: CDA66893, HYPERION, 1