Tom Manoff has a review of a new CD of piano music by Leos Janacek, a Czech composer who lived and composed in the late 1800s and early 1900s. It's called Leos Janacek, A Recollection. Janacek was ...

In May 1916 Czech composer Leos Janacek was preparing to go to a spa for some well-deserved R&R when he happened to read a group of anonymous poems published in a local newspaper. The verses told the ...

Czech Composer Leos Janacek was 40 when he started his masterpiece, the opera Jenufa. He was close to 50 when he finished the work and past 60 before he found an audience that could appreciate it. In ...

Leos Janacek shares his love of the part of Bohemia where he grew up with his Lachian Dances. We'll enjoy them during our music today, beginning at 9 a.m. on 91.1 and 107.5 FM and our music stream.

Czech composer Leos Janacek created a love duet for cello and piano and called it "Pohadka," or "Fairy Tale." And though Janacek was proud of his Czech heritage and based many of his works on folk ...

Over three nights, the Czech Philharmonic presented Dvorak’s concertos and more, including a rare performance of Janacek’s “Glagolitic Mass.” By Joshua Barone Our critics and writers have selected ...

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