THE BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ FOUNDATION THE BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ INSTITUTE THE INTERNATIONAL MARTINŮ CIRCLE REMEMBERING SIR CHARLES MACKERRAS martinůSEPTEMBER—DECEMBERrevue 2010 VOL.X NO.3 THE ARCHIVES OF RADIO FRANCE THE FORGOTTEN PIANO BALLADE AN INTERVIEW WITH A PAST PUPIL OF MARTIN˙U ķ contents 2 news 3 Martinů Revisited Highlights presents 4 International Martinů Circle 6 obituary Remembering Sir Charles Mackerras PATRICK LAMBERT MARTINŮ Opening of the Wells & SUK Ten Songs RKM0112211 8 premieres Larmes de couteau in Paris LÉNA RONDÉ 9 research The Forgotten Piano Ballade TOMÁŠ VÍŠEK 10 news Dr Jan Kapusta Honoured La Revue de cuisine in New York 11 special series List of Martinů’s Works X MARTINŮ Mount of Three Lights Styltón MARTINŮ Chamber Music Studio Matouš RS05152 for Wind Instruments MK00072131 DVOŘÁK, JANÁČEK Songs 12 research The Lost Score – Part 1I GREGORY TERIAN 14 research Martinů Recordings in the Radio France Archives PATRICE CHEVY ArteS Mon Antiphona Studio Matouš 16 interview with Karlos Moser, AS7162 AA00642231 MK00452131 a Past Pupil of Martinů JUSTIN KRAWITZ ŠIROKÝ DVŮR 18 events Loretánské náměstí 4 118 00 Praha 1-Hradčany / Czech Republic 19 news Tuesday–Saturday 10–13 & 14–18 New CDs / Peephole into BM Center e-mail [email protected] Keep the Beat! www.cdmusic.cz/martinu ķ highlights IN 2010 WE ARE CELEBRATING A MOMENTOUS ANNIVERSARY – 120 years since the birth of Bohuslav Martinů (8 December 1890, Polička). Numerous ensembles and music organisations have included Martinů’s works in their 2010 repertoire. We have kept you up to date on this page with the most significant events. MORE INFORMATION > www.martinu.cz > www.czechmusic.org OPERA THE BOHUSLAV MARTINŲ DAYS 2010 8 December 2010 B 28 November 2010, 7.30 pm ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK THEATRE / OSTRAVA, CZ > Martinů Hall, HAMU, Malostranské nám. 13, Prague, www.martinu.cz ARIANE / H. 370 Concert of Prize-winners from the 2010 Martinů Foundation Competition in the Rocc (Director) Categories of Piano Trio and String Quartet Jakub Klecker, Jan Šrubař (Conductors) 9 & 10 December 2010, 7.30 pm Jurij Galatenko (Choirmaster) > Rudolfinum, Prague, CZ, 1 www.ceskafilharmonie.cz Jakub Klecker (Musical director) Rhapsody-Concerto for viola Ariane Agnieszka Bochenek-Osecka, Zuzana Marková and orchestra, H. 337 Theseus Martin Bárta, Jakub Kettner Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Tabea Zimmermann (Viola) Additional performances: Petr Altrichter (Conductor) 16 January 2011, 21 January 2011, 23 March 2011 Premiere: 22 September 2010 (OPERAS) 15+26 February, www.ndm.cz 13 March, 25 April 2011 > National Theatre, Prague, CZ www.narodni-divadlo.cz The Miracles of Mary, H. 236 Jiří Bělohlávek / David Švec (Conductor) 23 December 2010 – premiere OPERA Jiří Heřman (Director) OPERA TRIONFO / HAARLEM / NETHERLANDS 9 January 2011 > The Wrocław Opera, MIRANDOLINA / H. 346 Wrocław, Poland, www.opera.wroclaw.pl The Miracles of Mary, H. 236 Ed Spanjaard (Conductor) in co-production with National Theatre Prague Tomasz Szreder (Conductor) David Prins (Director) Jiří Heřman (Director) Bart Visman (Scene) 12 March, 23 March, 2 April 2011 Mirandolina Pamela Heuvelmans (Soprano) > Janáček Theatre, Brno, CZ Ortensia Francis van Broekhuizen (Soprano) www.ndbrno.cz Julietta, H. 253 Deianira Ekaterina Levental (Mezzo-soprano) Tomáš Hanus / Jakub Klecker (Conductor) Fabrizio Jan-Willem Schaafsma (Tenor) Il Conte d’Albafiorita Mattevz Kajdiz (Tenor) (BALLET) Marchese di Forlimpopoli Zenhua Chang (Baritone) 10, 11, 12, 19 February, 4 & 17 March 2011 Cavaliere di Ripafrata Jan Willem Baljet (Basbaritone) > Pärnu Concert Hall, Pärnu & Theatre Hall, Estonian National Opera, Talinn, Estonia Additional performances: www.opera.ee 6, 8, 24, 27 January 2011 Before Nightfall: Double Concerto for Two (Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Amstelveen) www.operatrionfo.nl String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani, H. 271 Nils Christe (Choreographer, Stage Director) Mihhail Gerts, Risto Joost (Conductors) martinůrevue32010 | 3 INTERNATIONAL incirclenews MARTINŲ CIRCLE NEWS ) EVENTS ) NEW ENGLISH-CZECH ❚ OUR MEMBER Pamela Howard has been and unjustly neglected work which is published by AND CZECH-ENGLISH enjoying a hectic period of activity. A film of her Universal Editions, Vienna, our latest corporate 2009 production of Martinů's “The Marriage” was subscriber. Some late news is that the splendid MUSIC DICTIONARY screened at the Victoria and Albert Museum in performances of the Martinů Symphonies which London on 19 September 2010 and by all accounts this conductor and orchestra gave at the Barbican, THIS DICTIONARY was a great success, as was the related exhibition London last season will be appearing on Onyx label is an update of of costumes and props. The personal appearance CDs in the Spring. the English -Czech of the lead soprano Tereza Merklová enhanced dictionary which the occasion and was enjoyed by all. Pamela had ❚ SECOND MOVEMENT Opera Company, which appeared in 1996, just returned from Washington and the American recently joined the IMC, staged selected scenes written by Dr. Jan premiere of another of her creations “The Great from Martinů's opera The Three Wishes at the Spisar of the Game”, a drama set in Afghanistan. Days later she Riverside Studios in London on 14/15 August 2010. University of Ostrava was setting out for Brno to direct a new production The show attracted an appreciative audience and and published by of Janáček's opera “The Excursions of Mr Brouček” was well received. The company hopes to stage the Montanex of Ostrava. at the National Theatre. The premiere is due to take complete opera in London next summer. It would This new edition is place on 17 November. rank as the UK premiere of this most entertaining of two-way, the Czech - Martinů's works for the theatre. We wish them well -English part having ❚ TO HIS UNMATCHED catalogue of Martinů with the project. In the meantime they were due to been prepared by IMC orchestral performances, Jiří Bělohlávek has now take their earlier 2007 production of Tears of the member Dr. Ludmila Peřinová. added a rarity in the shape of The Rock, H. 363 in Knife to the Czech Republic on 30 and 31 October It is very handsomely bound and runs to over a performance with the BBC Symphony Orchestra 2010 with performances in Prague and Brno. 230 pages. It was sponsored by our Board Member which was broadcast on 21 Octobre 2010. It is a late Gregory Terian Geoff Piper. It contains terms which a musician or music- lover might encounter. It is not limited to the specialised terminology of music theory, though ) this aspect is very well covered. RARE RECORDINGS The dictionary can be ordered through the IMC (please send your orders at e-mail: ❚ IMC MEMBER NEWTON FRIEDMAN from sound docu ments, has now located a rare com - [email protected]), price EUR 19 including Ventura, USA has kindly sent us a recording of mercial LP from the EMS label dating from 1950. postage to Europe. Persons living outside Europe a public perform ance of Martinů's Sonatina for two One side is devoted to the Martinů Flute Sonata or wishing to pay in another currency are invited violins and piano which he gave in November 1999 performed by René Le Roy who premiered the work to contact Geoff Piper, e-mail: [email protected] with the violinists Peter and Heidi Weimar. We also in New York in 1945. Side 2 contains performances much appreciate his donation of transcriptions of of Les Ritournelles and a selection of Etudes and several rare LP recordings including a Melodiya Polkas as performed by the pianist Charles Rosen disc featuring the Concertino for String Trio and who studied with Martinů at Princeton. It is hoped String Orchestra as performed by the Leningrad to include selected items on a future Martinů ) MEMBERSHIP OF THE IMC – State Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Foundation CD. Gennadi Rozhdestvensky and a Urania disc which Also from 1950, Karl has produced a transfer of OFFER TO PROFESSIONAL includes both the Sonatina and Sonata for the old Alco recording of the Sinfonietta La Jolla two violins and piano performed by Willy and performed by Nikolai Sokoloff with the Orchestra MUSICIANS Margarete Schweyda with the pianist Jan Behr. of the Musical Arts Society of La Jolla which com - THIS ISSUE of Martinů Revue carries a new These recordings will be preserved in the Martinů mis sioned the work. Made at the time of the world column CONCERTS BY OUR MEMBERS devoted Institute sound archive. premiere, the performance is remarkable for its compelling freshness and vitality. The transfer to members who are professional musicians and have a concert scheduled which includes a work ❚ KARL MILLER, our esteemed member from has been expertly done and again demonstrates of Martinů in some reasonably well-known Austin Texas, who has provided the Martinů the fine sound quality which can be obtained from concert hall anywhere in the world. There is Institute with some remarkable historic Martinů some of these early mono LPs. Gregory Terian no charge for the announce ment but musicians should note that we cannot guarantee publication if the news item is not received well in advance of our publication deadlines. ) CONCERTS BY OUR MEMBERS If interested, please send the usual information (date, location, musical programme) to e-mail: OUR GOOD FRIENDS in the Martinů Quartet will Droitwich on the following day and Helmsley [email protected] be undertaking a further tour of Britain next March. on 20 March. Geoff Piper Among the works to be featured is the Martinů Recently (on 23 November) they performed String Quartet No. 5, a