BOHUSLAV MARTINU ° The Bohuslav Martinů Foundation The Bohuslav Martinů Institute The International Martinů Circle Festival in Leamington MAY—AUGUST Martinů’s Fifth Symphony 2008 B.Martinů & The Czech / VOL. VIII Philharmonic Orchestra / NO. Martinů Revisited 2 List ofMartinů’s Works Part III NEWS & EVENTS New CDs ts– Conten VOL. VIII / NO.2 MAY— AUGUST 2008 e WelcomE i Historical Recordings — INTERNATIONAL MARTINŮ CIRCLE MARTINŮ’S FIFTH SYMPHONY — NEWS • PATRICK LAMBERT r Martinů RevisiteD o Reviews INTRODUCTORY WORD MARTINŮ AT THE LEAMINGTON • ALEŠ BŘEZINA CZECH MUSIC FESTIVAL • GRAHAM MELVILLE-MASON a Reviews HARRY HALBREICH: BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ, WERKVERZEICHNIS UND BIOGRAFIE • IVANA RENTSCH s SpeciaL Series LIST OF MARTINŮ’S WORKS III WORKS FOR LARGE ORCHESTRA t Martinů RevisiteD — UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS — MARTINŮ’S BALLET IN ROSTOCK f ResearcH • GÜNTHER THIELE BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ & THE CZECH PHILHARMONIC y News / AutographS ORCHESTRA – PART I • KAREL ŠPELINA — PRECIOUS GIFT — MINI-INTERVIEW • JANA HONZÍKOVÁ j News u Reviews IVANA RENTSCH: l Events ANKLÄNGE AN DIE AVANTGARDE • EVA VELICKÁ CARL DAHLHAUS ON MARTINŮ ; News • JUSTIN KRAWITZ — NEW CDs y Bohuslav Martinů in Prague, 1905–1906 © PBM me– b ] Welco THE BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ INCIRCLE NEWS THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER is published by the MARTINŮ CIRCLE Bohuslav Martinů Foundation in collaboration We hope you will enjoy our latest Newsletter.The majority of our members with the Bohuslav Martinů Institute in Prague have now paid their subscriptions for 2008.We would ask those members Members receive the illustrated Bohuslav EDITORS who have not yet made their 2008 payments to do so immediately to Martinů Newsletter published three times ensure that they continue to receive the Newsletter and next CD. a year plus a special limited edition CD Zoja Seyčková They should contact the appropriate board members shown below: Lucie Berná containing world premieres, historic archive Patrice Chevy (France), [email protected], +33675620321, 11 Résidence performances and recordings from the TRANSLATION FOCH, 923 80 Garches, France annual Martinů Festival not obtainable Hilda Hearne commercially. 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THE IMC CORDIALLY ISSN 1214-6234 A VIEW OF HIS LIFE & MUSIC WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS (alphabetical order) IN OCTOBER 2008 the Bohuslav Martinů Institute will be issuing a new publication • The Arthur Friedheim Library, on the life and works of Martinů.The limited edition 35-page volume will be exclusively Bozena Jedrzejczak Brown, Baltimore, in English, printed in full colour with an array of illustrations. Special thanks to Geoffrey USA Piper (MusicEnterprise, Luxembourg) for his generous sponsorship of this publication. • Emile Pierre Barbier, France Price 7 EUR/150 CZK (+postage); MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL • Walter Coussement, France MARTINŮ CIRCLE CAN PURCHASE THE MONOGRAPH FOR • Jan Dewilde, Hogeschool Antwerpen, A DISCOUNTED PRICE of 5 EUR/100 CZK (+postage). Bibliothecaris Departement dramatische Orders are accepted per e-mail at [email protected] or telefonically kunst, muziek & dans, Netherlands at +420 257 320 076. (See also page 20.) • Don Friswell, Great Britain • Luc Grethen, Luxembourg THE PREVIOUS ISSUE ERRATA • Genevieve Chaduteau, Mouvement Janáček, France ON PAGE 19 of our previous issue we stated • Geoffrey Chew, Great Britain that Mrs Doubravová was the widow • Jiří Kopecký, Czech Republic MUNICIPAL MUSEUM — of the composer Jaroslav Doubrava, from • Mannes College The New School for BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ whose probate estate we have received Music, New York, USA (Ed Scarcelle, MEMORIAL IN POLIČKA an autograph of Sonata for violin dedicated Librarian) OFFERS short-term exhibitions to Bohuslav Martinů and a CD with chamber dedicated to the life and work of compositions by Jaroslav Doubrava. We B. Martinů, a guided tour to Martinů’s apologise for the misunderstanding and > WE EXPRESS SPECIAL THANKS birthplace in the St. James church would like to rectify our error: Prof Jarmila to Justin Krawitz, IMC member, tower and for registered researchers Doubravová, musicologist and aesthetician, (University of Wisconsin-Madison), archive materials concerning Martinů. and her sister, Prof Anna Králová, are daughters of Jaroslav Doubrava.Their mother’s who participated in the editing, Further information available at name was also Jarmila Doubravová, née Vonásková, and this year 25 years have passed creation and translation of many www.muzeum.policka.net since her death.We once again apologise for our error and extend our thanks to of the texts in this issue. and www.policka-mesto.cz both of Jaroslav Doubrava’s daughters for their gifts, which are valuable additions to the stock of the Bohuslav Martinů Institute’s library. BOHUSLAVMARTINŮNEWSLETTER2)2008 e ů — artin — M ited—— Revis Martinu˚Revisited ALEŠ BŘEZINA UPCOMING IN 2009 THE CULTURAL WORLD HIGHLIGHTS will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bohuslav Martinů’s death (28 August SURVEY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS (12/2008–12/2010) 1959). In anticipation of this anniversary Important announcement: as of June 2008 the year, many organisers in the Czech role of international coordinator will be taken Republic and abroad are preparing music up by Lucie Berná of the Bohuslav Martinů productions at which the composer’s Institute (contact: [email protected]) works will be performed. Considerable attention will also be devoted to the Bohuslav Martinů Revisited 2009 artistic and cultural-political context of (8. 12. 2008–8. 12. 2010) Martinů’s œuvre. Under the auspices of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Mr. Karel Schwarzenberg Owing to the concerted efforts of the Honorary Board: Gabriela Beňačková, Bohuslav Martinů Foundation and Prof. Zuzana Růžičková, Josef Suk Institute, interest in Bohuslav Martinů’s Media partners: Czech Television and work has been growing. However, for Czech Radio the time being, the compositions of this outstanding Czech composer are not BELGIUM played as frequently as they deserve to be. Especially abroad, performances of BRUSSELS • Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Martinů’s works are only sporadic and Symphony No.1, H. 289 therefore do not present the concert- Petr Polívka, ([email protected]) goer with the opportunity to form a representative impression of the BRASIL composer’s output. Some parts of his œuvre – primarily the stage pieces – SÃO PAOLO are far less known than they should be, • São Paolo State Symphony Orchestra considering their significance both in the Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca, H. 352 context of Bohuslav Martinů’s work and 2009 in the context of European music history. www.osesp.art.br The 50th anniversary of the composer’s death is a perfect opportunity for the CZECH REPUBLIC coordinated promotion of Martinů and his globally important legacy. BRNO • National Opera House, Brno All major Czech orchestras and opera Juliette, H. 253 27 March 2009 – premiere companies are planning to programme Tomáš Hanus ([email protected]) at least one work by Bohuslav Martinů during the jubilee 2009/10 season. Some • Moravian Autumn Festival will even make Martinů the main theme various concerts 21/9-mid-October 2009 of the season, as is