A Curious Play
NE of the most original works of the Moravian composer Leos Janacek (1854-1928), The Diary of a Young Man Who Disappeared, can be heard from 2YC on Sunday, May 5, at 9.22 p.m. It is based on a curious newspaper report which the composer found. A well-to-do peasant’s son, the hope of his parents, disappears. He leaves behind 22 poems which tell how he has followed a beautiful gypsy girl. His shame over falling for her charms has driveh him into exile. This music, for soloists and chorus, contains, some fine sound effects and recreates, in a mystical way peculiar to Janacek, the natural scene. Janacek composed some fine operas and two of his best ones, Jenufa and Katya Kavanova, have recently had successful revivals.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 924, 26 April 1957, Page 31
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128A Curious Play New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 924, 26 April 1957, Page 31
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