Prague Journal

Thursday, February 17, 2005.

The University of Denver’s Daniels server was down all day yesterday, so I was relieved to be on e-mail again this morning. I had feared that there was a problem with my account again, so even though the problem this time was bigger, at least my account is functioning.
Eva and I spent most of the afternoon on manuscript revisions and laying out a schedule for the rest of our projects. We have accomplished a lot, but still have more that we want to do before I leave Prague. We’re hoping to meet with some of our interviewees next week and fill in some missing information. Scheduling is difficult right now, since classes have begun again.
Aditya is back in town after a week-long visit to India, so he joined us for an early dinner after Rick’s afternoon Czech class. After dinner, we all went to the Rudolfinum, this time for a concert by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, which regularly plays there. Tonight’s concert was conducted by Ilan Volkov, a young man from Israel who, at 28 years of age, has already performed with the Boston, New York, Israel and Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestras, and has been Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra since 2001. The concert program consisted of Britten’s Sinfonia de requiem, Strauss concerto in E flat mjor, and Debussy’s “Images.” The Strauss concerto featured French horn soloist Ondrej Vrabec. The Czech word for French horn is “hunting horn” or “forest horn.”

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