The life and music of composer Leo Jancek were profoundly shaped by the longtime enmity in Czech lands between the Germans and the Czechs. Study the history of German/Czech relations dating from the 17th century, and witness the Czech national revival of the 19th century, of which Jancek was a passionate advocate. Learn how the events of a political demonstration in 1905 inspired Jancek’s Piano Sonata 1, a highly personal expression of wonder, rage, and grief.