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SUMMARY:Leamington Music Festival Weekend
DESCRIPTION:Friday 4 May at 7.30pm\nPrazak String Quartet\, Ivan Klansky (piano)\nSuk – Meditation on the Old Czech Chorale ‘Saint Wenceslas’\nSmetana – Quartet no 1\nDvorak – Piano Quintet \nSaturday 5 May at noon\nPrazak String Quartet\nSuk – Quartet no 1\nSmetana – Quartet no 2\nDvorak – Quartet no 10 \nSaturday 5 May at 7.30pm\nGuarneri Trio\nSmetana – Trio in G minor\nSuk – Trio in C minor\nMartinu – Bergerettes\nDvorak – Trio on B flat \nSunday 6 May at noon\nJana Vonaskova-Novakova (violin) Martin Kasik (piano)\nSmetana – From My Homeland\nSchulhoff – Suite for violin & piano\nDvorak – Mazurek\nSuk – Violin solo from Raduz & Mahulena \nSunday 6 May at 3.30pm\nDr Katya Kocourek & Patrick Lambert \nTalk on the creation of Czechoslovakia and music during the Great War. \nSunday 6 May at 19.30\nEnsemble 360\nReicha – Wind Quintet\nJanacek – Mladi\nSchulhoff – BassNachtigall\nSmetana – Polkas\nMartinu – Sextet \nMonday 7 May at 11am All Saints Church (free entry)\nOrgan recital\, Nicholas Wearne\nMartinu – Vigilia\nJanacek – Adagio and organ solo from the Glagolitic Mass\nplus works by Bach\, Parry\, Brahms and Mendelssohn \nMonday 7 May at 12.30pm\nMartin Kasik (piano)\nJanacek – In the Mist\nSmetana – Three Czech Dances\nDvorak – Humoresque no 7\nSchulhoff – Etudes de Jazz\nFiser – Sonata no 8\nSlavicky – Three pieces \nTickets available from royalspacentreandtownhall.co.uk Booking opens 29 January 2018
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/leamington-music-festival-weekend/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180417T191500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180417T203000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120329
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SUMMARY:Czech & Slovak Tech
DESCRIPTION:Following the formal AGM\, Roger Aitken\, a Forbes contributor and ex-FT staff journalist\,  delved into the extent of inventions. \nThe Czech and Slovak lands could be said to have punched above their weight when it comes to inventors and their inventions. There is even an old adage – Zlate ceske rucicky a chytre ceske hlavicky – meaning “golden Czech hands and clever Czech heads.” \nFrom the father of modern genetics\, Johann Gregor Mendel\, to the invention of the ship’s propeller (despite the nations being landlocked) and the first sugar cube sweetener back in 1843\, there are more beside.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/czech-tech/
LOCATION:Slovak Embassy\, 25 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="BCSA":MAILTO:bcsa@bcsa.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180320T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180320T203000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120329
CREATED:20171218T170106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180323T170122Z
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SUMMARY:Working with Vaclav Havel and Czech culture in New York
DESCRIPTION:Reminiscences of Edward Einhorn\, American theatre director and writer\nIn honour of Vaclav Havel’s 70th birthday\, at the time of his residency at Columbia University\, Untitled Theater Company #61 and other artists and companies from New York and around the USA came together in 2006 to present\, for the first time anywhere\, the complete plays of Vaclav Havel.\nEdward Einhorn is a playwright\, director\, translator\, librettist\, and novelist. He is the artistic director of Untitled Theater Company #61 which has been performing in New York City for over 20 years. Other Czech projects include The Velvet Oratorio\, an opera-theatre production retelling the events of The Velvet Revolution; Cabaret in Captivity\, songs and sketches from Terezin\, performed in January at Goodenough College in London; The Pig\, or Vaclav Havel’s Hunt for a Pig\, adapted from the work by Vaclav Havel and Vladimir Moravek and original plays Rudolf II and Golem Stories. He is currently working on a filmed version of Karel Svenk’s play\,The Last Cyclist\, originally written in Terezin.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/working-with-vaclav-havel-and-czech-culture-in-new-york/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
ORGANIZER;CN="BCSA":MAILTO:bcsa@bcsa.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180228T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180630T180000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120329
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SUMMARY:The Labyrinth of Czech History
DESCRIPTION:A Prague exhibition of rare Czech historical documents\, including Vladislav’s privilege of 1158\, the oldest preserved document proving the existence of the Czech state. Visitors go back in time from modern history until the very beginning of the Czech history. \nVarious media evoke the atmosphere of particular periods\, such as video recordings of television news from the communist era or contemporary documentaries from the occupation of the country by Nazi Germany. Throughout the exhibition\, authentic audio recordings are played and period images are screened on the wall.\nFrom recent history\, the countries’ accession treaties to NATO and the EU are displayed. The 20th century is represented by the draft of the declaration of independence written by Tomas Garrigue Masaryk\, the first Czechoslovak president\, and the blood-stained shirt of Franz Ferdinand d’Este\, the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne\, which he wore when he was assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914. \nThe exhibition also presents documents that are hundreds of years old\, such as the request of hangman Jan Mydlar\, in which he asked for the payment for the execution of the twenty-one Czech noblemen in Prague’s Old Town Square in 1621. Some old documents may be on display for only one month and then they will be replaced by copies. Some originals\, on the other hand\, will only be displayed later and they are currently replaced by copies.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/the-labyrinth-of-czech-history/
LOCATION:Imperial Stables\, Prague Castle\, Prazsky hrad - II. nadvori\, Prague 1 Hradcany\, 119 08\, Czech Republic
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180213T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180213T203000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120329
CREATED:20171213T185529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180423T124326Z
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SUMMARY:Gaudeamus - a Slovak novel by Richard
DESCRIPTION:This thriller/ love story reflects – and is critical – of the atmosphere and in particular people’s mindset first in normalized Czechoslovakia and then in post-1989 Slovakia. \nThe author and the translator\, David Short\, discussed the book\, read out passages in Slovak and English and answered questions. \nHere are a couple of quotes:\n“We hoped that in gratitude for the freedom we’d been given we ‘d all want to be kind and just. But so far\, that’s not how it’s looking. Freedom has stirred the worst in us.”\n“We used to joke that anyone who didn’t steal was robbing his family. We don’t make jokes like that any more. An A+ in thievery is the basic requirement for the successful businessman or politician. It won’t be long before we start consigning freaks who pay their taxes and never exceed the speed limit to the asylum.” \nThe English translation will be published by Jantar in May.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/gaudeamus-a-slovak-novel-by-richard/
LOCATION:Slovak Embassy\, 25 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="BCSA":MAILTO:bcsa@bcsa.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180125T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180125T203000
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CREATED:20171215T182542Z
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SUMMARY:Is it all about time? Gender equality in Czech law and practice
DESCRIPTION:A talk by Dr Barbara Havelkova. \nWhile EU directives on anti-discrimination law have been transposed into Czech law\, their implementation has been overwhelmingly ineffective in promoting the cause of gender equality. Dr Havelkova examines why this should be so in her recently published book Gender Equality in Law: Uncovering the Legacies of State Socialism. \nLooking back at the history of gender equality in law in the Czech Republic\, her work traces the roots of contemporary attitudes to the socialist past\, when a degree of equalisation was achieved without however the underlying intellectual grounding or understanding about inequality and its causes. It reveals the widespread belief among current Czech legislators that differences between men and women are natural\, that inequality is thus understandable and that the law should not intervene. With no follow-up to ensure that EU member states are actually enforcing the law\, it is unsurprising that very few anti-discrimination cases are being won. \nDr Barbara Havelkova teaches at Lincoln College and the Faculty of Law at Oxford University\, where she is the Shaw Foundation Fellow in Law. Former advisor to the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic on issues of gender and law\, Barbara’s research and teaching interests include gender legal studies and feminist jurisprudence\, equality and anti-discrimination law\, constitutional law\, EU law and law in post-socialist transitions. Her book\, ‘Gender Equality in Law: Uncovering the Legacies of Czech State Socialism‘\, was published by Hart/Bloomsbury in June 2017.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/is-it-all-about-time-gender-equality-in-czech-law-and-practice/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20171205T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20171205T203000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120329
CREATED:20171106T172056Z
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SUMMARY:BCSA Christmas concert
DESCRIPTION:A full house at the Slovak Embassy enjoyed an evening of  chamber music performed by Diversions. The programme included pieces by the well-known Czech composers Bohuslav Martinu and Antonin Dvorak and Gustav Mahler\, born near Jihlava on the border between Bohemia and Moravia.  It was also a rare opportunity to hear a work by Erwin Schulhoff\, born in Prague to a German-Jewish family who began his musical studies at the Prague Conservatory when he was 10 years old. \n  \nProgramme \nBohuslav Martinu                   Sonata for flute and piano \nGustav Mahler                         Wir geniessen die himmlischen Freuden \n(arranged by Arnon Zimra from the last movement of Symphony no. 4) \nAntonin Dvorak                       Sonatina for flute and piano \nErwin Schulhoff                       Susi \n  \nGenevieve Usher soprano \nChiawen Kiew flute \nEd Cooke clarinet \nChris Underhill piano \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/bcsa-christmas-concert/
LOCATION:Slovak Embassy\, 25 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="BCSA":MAILTO:bcsa@bcsa.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20171030T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20171030T203000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120329
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SUMMARY:BCSA/LSESU Bridging the generations
DESCRIPTION:Different generations\, different experiences: the BCSA staged an intergenerational event on 30 October\, in conjunction with the Czech and Slovak Society of the London School of Economics Student Union. A full house at the Slovak Embassy heard four speakers talk about their sometimes dangerous journeys from communist Czechoslovakia to Britain\, and the kind of welcome they received when they got here. This compared with the experiences of the newer arrivals\, who had largely come since the accession of the Czech and Slovak Republics to the EU in 2004.\nThe four speakers were:\nKarel Sling\, the son of Otto Sling\, who was one of the accused in the Stalinist show trials of the early 1950s and was shot in 1952. Karel signed Charter 77\, suffered for it and emigrated to Britain in the 1980s.\nProfessor Gerta Vrbova who spoke of her discovery when she came to Britain that there were different types of freedom: here she could travel where she liked\, make friends with whom she liked\, say what she liked\, but also as a woman she felt much less free than she had been in Czechoslovakia\, where women had many more opportunities. She praised the British for their tolerance\, but not for the difficulty of finding childcare so she could work.\nEduard Strouhal escaped across the Austrian border in 1948\, with the help of reusable forged ID to get past the Russians\, and of Austrian police who (literally) looked the other way. As a refugee he had to take work allocated him by the Ministry of Labour\, which included a stint clearing unexploded mines and ammunition from an Army training range on the North Yorkshire moors.\nDr Jana Buresova arrived in Britain in 1952 at the age of two\, coming from a Displaced Persons camp in Germany\, where her mother had been placed following the 1948 communist coup in her home country. As her mother expected repatriation\, Jana’s early childhood was ‘very Czech’. She had always seen herself as Czech\, though sometimes she felt that Czechs thought she was English (while the English thought she was Czech).\nA common theme was that for many\, or even most\, of those who came to Britain to escape communist Czechoslovakia\, their time here was intended to be temporary. They expected to return home once things changed for the better. But as the years wore on they realised that this was not to be. This found a kind of echo in the contributions from the younger members of the audience. They had come here as students\, or for an international experience\, or to earn money\, and they expected to return home or at least to move on elsewhere before too long.\n[Edward Peacock]\n[photograph\, speakers left to right – Karel Sling\, Professor Gerta Vrbova\, Eduard Strouhal\, Dr Jana Buresova
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/bcsalsesu-bridging-the-generations/
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ORGANIZER;CN="BCSA":MAILTO:bcsa@bcsa.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170928T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170928T203000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120329
CREATED:20170917T200716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180423T124221Z
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SUMMARY:An illustrated talk by an Anglo-Czech artist
DESCRIPTION:Jan Mladovsky presented his work in the context of contemporary visual art. He studied art at the Academy of Arts\, Architecture and Design in Prague and then at the Slade School of Art\, University College in London where he has been living since 1968. In addition to the famous Serpentine Gallery and Riverside Studios in London\, he has exhibited at venues in Japan\, Iceland\, Italy\, Germany\, France\, the Netherlands and in his native Czechoslovakia. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/an-illustrated-talk-by-jan-mladovsky-an-anglo-czech-artist/
LOCATION:Slovak Embassy\, 25 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="BCSA":MAILTO:bcsa@bcsa.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170504T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170504T210000
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SUMMARY:Roughing it in Prague: a talk by Rob Humphreys
DESCRIPTION:Rob’s introduction to things Czech and Slovak was through the children’s games his father (a lecturer in Czech and Russian at Leeds University) brought back from trips behind the Iron Curtain. He was asked in 1988 to write the Rough Guide to Czechoslovakia which was published in 1991 and then followed by the Rough Guide to Prague. Rob described the adventures\, mishaps\, strange encounters and surprises experienced during the writing of his guidebooks\, as well as commenting on the changes brought about by the Velvet Revolution and by the internet.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/roughing-it-in-prague-a-talk-by-rob-humphreys/
ORGANIZER;CN="BCSA":MAILTO:bcsa@bcsa.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170327T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170327T203000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120329
CREATED:20170308T150241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180423T124152Z
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SUMMARY:Daria Klimentova\, prima ballerina - my life and work\, an illustrated presentation
DESCRIPTION:Surprising the world of ballet with her appointment as principal dancer with the Prague National Ballet Company at the early age of 18\, Daria Klimentova went on to have a stunning international career\, including 18 years as principal ballerina with English National Ballet. Since her retirement in 2014 she has devoted herself to the education of new generations of dancers\, notably by founding and teaching the International Ballet Master classes at Prague’s Narodni divadlo. Her autobiography Daria Klimentova – Agony and Ecstasy – My Life in Dance was published in 2013.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/daria-klimentova-my-life-and-work-a-talk-by-the-czech-prima-ballerina/
ORGANIZER;CN="BCSA":MAILTO:bcsa@bcsa.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170126T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170126T203000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120329
CREATED:20170101T212009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180423T124115Z
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SUMMARY:The Renegade Count -  a talk by Milan Kocourek
DESCRIPTION:Diplomat and member of the Austrian parliament\, Count Franz/Frantisek von Luetzow (1849-1916) was that rarity\, a German-speaking Bohemian aristocrat whole-heartedly devoted to the Czech national cause. With a British mother\, he wrote prolifically in English\, attempting almost single-handedly to dispel anglophone ignorance about Bohemian history and the contemporary Czech scene. The talk covered some of Count von Luetzow’s endeavours in the years before 1914 as well as his wartime activities.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/the-renegade-count-talk-by-milan-kocourek/
ORGANIZER;CN="BCSA":MAILTO:bcsa@bcsa.co.uk
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