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History of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and itś concertmasters
Vrabcová, Monika ; Štraus, Ivan (advisor) ; Štraus, Ivan (advisor) ; Hůla, Pavel (referee) ; Matoušek, Bohuslav (referee)
4 July 1986 is considered to be the date Of Chzech Philharmonic orchestra. That day in Rudolfinum ( present Dvořák´s Hall ) Antoín Dvořák conducted a concert of the National Theatre orchestra members who created the charity Society.It made it its alm to organize four symphonic concerts every season in Prague. The Society soon came to an end because of an injudicious rebellion against a strict conductor Karel Kovařovic but Czech Philharmonic was re-established on 15 October 1902 on another basis. By the rise of a professional Czech symphonic orchestra ( after the National Muzeum anh the National Theatre) an institution which had been noticeably absent and which in fact finished process of the netional cultural emancipation was created. For several decades Czech Philharmonic was without a regular state support and so it had to rely only the profit from its own concert activity and modest donations from liberal sponsors. It struggled along in demeaning conditions. The orchestra raised money for its activity by giving concerts on long tours around Bohemia because in Prague the demand for classical music was nearly satisfied. In spite of this fact it - often in the last moment - managed to overcome all troubles by combined efforts. Among the conductors of the first period it is necessary to mention Oskar Nedbal, a former viola player of Czech Quartet and an author of many successful operettas, and Ladislav Čelanský. The first period of Czech Philharmonic existance, which can be shortly characterized as a " fight for survival", ended when Václav Talich took office of the principal conductor. Talich was an excellent musician with big experience also in chamber music. He introduced himself by producing Josef Suk ´s composition " Zrání " ( Maturation) . Then he led the orchestra with a firm hand so that it reached an excellent European standard. Although annual tours the country remained still necessary, the Czech Philharmonic orchestra noticeably won recognition abroad and gained a good international reputacion. Talich, who was also the director of the National Theatre at that time, led the orchestra until a difficult period of the Nazi occupation but in 1941 he had to give up his office not to endanger the whole institution in war conditions. Rafael Kubelík, a famous violin virtuoso´s son, replaced Talich. He led Czech Philharmonic until 1948 when he emigrated to protest against current political situation. However, the artistic standard of the orchestra rose even in the conditions of the communist dictatorship. In 1945 Czech cultural world was enriched by a musical festival Prague´s Spring, founded in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Philharmonic´s establishment. The festival gradually became a big world famous musical event. In 1950s, Czech Philharmonic became a large artistic establishment when two choir ensembles and a range of chamber ensemles and soloists joined it. Kubelík handed the reins over to Karel Ančerl. Under his baton a multitude of great gramophone recordings which won many renown international awards arose. Another artist who led Czech Philharmonic was Václav Neuman. He took office in 1968. During his activity the operational range of the orchestra´s foreign travels spread in other countries, especially American, and Czech Philharmonic kept the prestige of a world orchestra, also thanks to many excellent gramophone recordings. After Václav Neuman´s death, Jiří Bělohlávek appeared in the vanguard of Czech Philharmonic. He led orchestra for three years. On 1 1998 Bělohlávek was replaced by Vladimír Ashkenazy, a world famous piano player, who decided on a conductor career. The orchestra profited from his world fame and realized several very successful foreign tours. On 1 August 2003 Zdeněk Mácal, who had already conducted Czech Philharmonic in Prague´s Spring in 1966 and who joined the orchestra after a long emigration, was appointed Ashkenazy´s successor. It is not possible to forget three conductors who
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Eugéne Ysaye
Ambroš, Miroslav ; Štraus, Ivan (advisor) ; Štraus, Ivan (advisor) ; Tomášek, Jiří (referee) ; Pazdera, Jindřich (referee)
In my work, I am treating of life and task Belgian violinist and composer Eugéne Ysaye. My work is divided to these parts: 1) Introduction, 2) Life´and creativ way of artist, 3) Composition legacy of Eugene Ysaye, 4) Interpretation contribution of Eugéne Ysaye, 5) End, 6) List of composition Eugene Ysaye, 7) Applied literature
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Max Bruch - Violin and chamber works
Panochová, Veronika ; Štraus, Ivan (advisor) ; Štraus, Ivan (advisor) ; Hůla, Pavel (referee) ; Pazdera, Jindřich (referee)
In this Bachelor theses we can find a brief biography and a view of works of the german composer Max Bruch, with emphases on his violin and chamber works. This theses shows the circumstances and the details of compositions. It shows Bruchs´life and tries to find the strogest influences on the composerś work .Last but not least, it tries to find the reason why Max Bruch was so little accounted composer.
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Wihan Quartet
Růžková, Monika ; Štraus, Ivan (advisor) ; Štraus, Ivan (advisor) ; Hůla, Pavel (referee) ; Panocha, Jiří (referee)
This bachelor thesis has the main purpose in Wihan Quartet, one of the best
nowadays string quartet. I write about the group's rise, its successes in
competitions, wide concert, recording and pedagogical activities. The list of
repertoir and discography is included. Leos Cepicky, the quartet's first violinist,
has helped me during the formation of this work. He has been describing
everything from the ensemble's history to me personally. All the informations are
therefore more than authentic. The Wihans gave me source materials (concerts'
programms, reviews from the newspapers and magazines, photos etc.), which
are also presented. Among others I took informations from the Wihans'
documentary DVD by the director Alice Nellis, which was made on the occasion of
the complete concert performance of the Beethoven's string quartets in 2008.
DVD is attached.
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Personality of Vadim Vasilijevič Borisovský and his teaching method
Michal, Vladimír ; Pěruška, Jan (advisor) ; Pěruška, Jan (advisor) ; Malý, Lubomír (referee) ; Štraus, Ivan (referee)
In this Bachalor dissertation the autor focuses on the personality of the Russian violist Vadim Vasilejevič Borisovský. Firstly, the reader will be familiarized withthe short biography of Borisovsky. In the second chapter I write about the Beethoven Quartet, where Boriskovský played. The main part of this dissertation is in the third chapter. Here I write about Borisovký´s teaching method. This chapter has 6 sections - shaping of players in the Borisovský class, developing professional virtuosity, technical and artistic aspects of the bow technique,developing of finger virtuosity, particularities of viola fingering and viola expressiveness. At the end of the dissertation there is conclusion, list of note examples and bibliography.
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Karel Hoffmann - Violonist´s life and artistic way
Lukš, Stanislav ; Pazdera, Jindřich (advisor) ; Pazdera, Jindřich (advisor) ; Štraus, Ivan (referee) ; Čepický, Leoš (referee)
Author of this thesis to enlarge about life of Karel Hoffmann, who considerably brought fame to Czech quartet tradition and music at all. This thesis is aimed primary to personality of Karel Hoffmann, first violinist of The Czech Quartet, in contradistinction of majority of currentliterature. It enters up mainly his non-quartet activities and also his life destiny. Author pursues to put in context important Hoffmann´s life matters and major events of development of The Czech Quartet. Writer would like to offer new view of known facts in the course of time and pay a tribute to Krel Hoffmann and his founding contribution for Czech musical art as well.
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Rodion Schedrin - creation for string instruments
Aslamas, Alexey ; Pazdera, Jindřich (advisor) ; Štraus, Ivan (referee) ; Tomášek, Jiří (referee)
In the first part of my bachelor work , I have brought in the Rodion Shchedrin facts of his biography.Because it is real hard to understand his personality and especialy his composing style without it. The most characteristic trait of Shchedrins music is his ?russianhood? ? russian themes, inspirations of russion culture, coutryside, russian folk music...
In the second part of my work i have decided to analize , compare theese pieces for string instruments ? means above all ? Echo Sonata , Concerts for solo string instruments ( Sotto voce concerto for violoncello. Concerto cantabile for violin, Concerto dolce for viola).
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Giuseppe Tartini - violinist and pedagogue
Chytrová, Helena ; Tomášek, Jiří (advisor) ; Tomášek, Jiří (advisor) ; Messiereur, Petr (referee) ; Štraus, Ivan (referee)
The purpose of my diploma dissertation is Giuseppe Tartini - violinist and pedagogue. The work is divided into the five chapters. The first one is about Tartini´s life, the second chapter is about his work and the third one is anout the development of the bow and the bow technigue. The third part introduces Padovian school and famous Tartini´s pupils. The last chapter is a summary of his theoretical works.
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