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Kate Molleson explores the maverick spirit, fierce passions and phenomenal twilight years of Leo拧 Jan谩膷ek

Leo拧 Jan谩膷ek was a true Czech original. He heard music in the way people talk on the streets, loved the local and made it universal - pouring his 鈥渟peech melodies鈥� into pioneering, devastating operas, and writing some of the most intimate confessionals in instrumental music. His life also came with a major plot twist 鈥� after years of toiling away unappreciated, he suddenly found fame in his 60s. Instead of winding down, Jan谩膷ek revved up. This week, Kate Molleson explores his maverick spirit, his fierce passions, and the phenomenal flood of inspiration of his twilight years.

Music Featured:

Sinfonietta (Fanfare)
The Wild Duck
In the Mists (2nd mvt, Molto adagio)
The Fiddler鈥檚 Child
Songs of Hrad膷any (The Weeping Fountain)
Jen暖fa, Act II (Jen暖fa鈥檚 Prayer)
Moravian Folk Poetry in Song, JW V/2 (No 2, Constancy)
On the Overgrown Path (Our Evenings; A Blown Away Leaf)
Diary of One Who Disappeared (Nos 19-22)
Katya Kabanova: Act II Scene 2 "Jste to vy, Kat臎rino Petrovno?"鈥�."Cho膹 si, d铆vka, do 膷asu"
The Cunning Little Vixen Act II 鈥淔ox Goldenstripe鈥�..That鈥檚 how it is!鈥�
Quartet No 1 鈥楰reutzer Sonata鈥� (1st & 2nd mvts)
March of the Blue Birds
艠铆kadla - Nursery Rhymes (excerpt)
Lachian Dances (Nos 3-6)
惭濒谩诲铆
On the Overgrown Path (No 9, In Tears)
Poh谩dka 鈥� Fairytale
Glagolitic Mass (Intrada)
The Excursions of Mr Broucek Suite (The Moon Waltz)
1905 Sonata
Capriccio (2nd & 3rd mvt)
Glagolitic Mass (excerpt)
Moravian Love Songs (No 10 鈥楲ove鈥�)
Intimate Sketches (Waiting for You!)
From the House of the Dead Suite (3rd mvt, Holiday is Coming)
Quartet No 2 鈥業ntimate Letters鈥�
On the Overgrown Path (No 7, Good Night)

Presented by Kate Molleson
Produced by Amelia Parker for 麻豆社 Audio Wales & West

For full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Leos Janacek (1854-1928)
/programmes/m002c0h9

And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we鈥檝e featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z