Ladislav Urban

“ Coming to the East Side this night as a willing martyr—a martyr who would listen to ambitious East Side music taught by semi-volunteers to semi-willing students at intermittent periods, we had expected some cheap, snappy music intermingled with some badly mangled good music. ”

“ He brings to his work such a warmth, such a definite training, such a system, that success could not fail him, especially in this House where he had such a wealth of material on which to expend his powers. ”

“ The gem of the evening was clearly the national anthem "Kde Domov Muj ("O Home Land Mine") , sang by a sextet of young girls who made a profound impression this past season at the Festival of Liberty when they give without accompaniment a Bohemian Chorale written in the Czech tongue in the ninth century, adding also a cycle of five folk songs both harmonized and conducted by Anna Fuka Pangrac. In this second effort Mme. Pangrac has achieved something of unusual appeal; the voices pour out like one great round voice, delicately shaded and richly colored ”