NvB: Bored in Brno?: Jan Hus

Jan Hus - special edition

Old town square of Prague
Originally uploaded by decafinata.

Yes, it's Jan Hus Day. The Czech Republic celebrates its religious heroes on July 5 and 6. Cyril and Methodius have to share the 5th, but Master Hus has the 6th all to himself. And, since it seemed like a good nationalistic holiday to celebrate with music, I'll be broadcasting a special pastiche of music and words in honor of Jan Hus and Czech legends. It will feature music from Smetana's Má vlast, and text from The Little Czech and the Great Czech Nation by Ladislav Holy, Václav Havel, and my favorite eminent musicologist. Tune in for some Czech fun on American radio, broadcast live at wcbn.org at about 9:30 a.m. (CET, Brno time).*

Don't miss it!

*Yes, that's 3:30 a.m. EST.

Posted 06 July 2007 at 00:01.

The Blog

What is "Bored in Brno"? a) the best Czech movie of 2003, b) a blog about Brno (the Czech Republic's second largest city) and my adventures in and observations of south and east Moravia. I usually post about music, arts, culture, and stuff in Brno; or, I talk about whatever; or, I may bore you.

There's a Czech saying about how you are a new person for every language you learn. Here's your chance to experience Czech vicariously and to become your new self, now conveniently available in English translation. (Or at least something reasonably close to English.)

If you have questions, suggestions, like what you see, or you're just plain bored, don't hesitate to leave a comment or e-mail me.

The Blogger

A graduate student in music and anthropology writing a dissertation about music in Moravia, the eastern third of the Czech Republic. At some point, the Czech Republic's "second city" (that would be Brno) captured my attention, and I've since been blogging about events, arts, music, and other stuff—basically whatever interests me in and around the cityscape. I'm not living in Brno now, but I keep up with the cultural pulse from afar as best I can.

More about Brno, Me, Euro-Czech

Comments:

Anonymous said . . .

gosh, i am too late (and instead of jan hus there is walid tawfik playing!)... will tune in next time, i promise :)

11:30 AM, July 06, 2007

morskyjezek said . . .

ah, bohuzel! But I'll be doing the show every Friday until the end of August, so there are lots of chances still.

Let me know if you have any ideas or requests.

6:46 PM, July 06, 2007

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