David Vaughan

We start with a short poem, written by the Slovak poet Marian Hatala. Its impulse was a bomb attack at a place where elderly people traditionally play chess. Some twelve…

The other day I got a text message on my mobile phone from Czech friends, to let us know that they had become proud parents of a healthy little girl, weighing in at 3320…

In this edition of Encore we look at a classic recording of Vitezslav Novak's masterpiece "In the Tatra Mountains", and we also enjoy a few surprises on a re-release of…

The 150-member Boston Gay Men's Chorus (BGMC) is one of New England's largest and most successful choirs. It has broken ground in affirming the positive image of the gay…

The 150-member Boston Gay Men's Chorus (BGMC) is one of New England's largest and most successful choirs. It has broken ground in affirming the positive image of the gay…

Even if you have never heard of the Czech artist Alfons Mucha, you will almost certainly have seen his work. He is probably the defining artist of the Art Nouveau period…

Even if you have never heard of the Czech artist Alfons Mucha, you will almost certainly have seen his work. He is probably the defining artist of the Art Nouveau period…

Jaroslava Moserova's biography is quite extraordinary. She is one of those people who manage to have three or four careers at once. On the one hand she is a leading Czech…