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In this week we hear tracks off a newer project by acclaimed singer and performer Vojtěch Dyk and B-Side Band.

Prague-born, Canada-based Lenka Lichtenberg recorded the haunting Songs from the Breathing Walls at a dozen synagogues in Bohemia and Moravia. Chiefly comprising Jewish liturgical pieces the wonderful 17-track CD, released in 2012, represents a poignant tribute to the Czech Republic’s lost Jewish communities.

In this edition of Sunday Music Show we look at a new album by the popular Czech singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Radůza, called Marathon – příběh běžce or Marathon the story of a runner. The album is a story of warfare, starting with the Battle of Marathon and ending in 1946 in the Sudetenland. Marathon was issued in May at the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

In this edition of Sunday Music we will be playing songs of Old Prague by the band Šlapeto and the Šlapeto revival band Patrola. They bring back the days of Prague at the turn of the nineteenth century with its taverns, cabarets, artists, craftsmen and prostitutes –extolling the attractions of Prague’s girls, beer and its famous Žizkov district.

This Sunday falls on July 5, a public holiday in the Czech Republic marking the legacy of Saint Cyril and Methodius, two Christian missionaries, who arrived in Moravia in 863 to spread the gospel in the Slavic language. In this edition of Sunday Music Show we will listen to the Glagolitic Mass by Czech composer Leoš Janáček, a musical homage to the two missionaries. The version you are going to hear today is performed by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras.

In this week’s Sunday Music, we talk about a wooden toy factory, board games on iOS and board games on the table, football (again) and zombie hunters (today, zombies are cute enough for kids!)

In this week’s Sunday Music, we talk about report cards, the end of the school year, the Harry Potter books, Phineas & Ferb, and the summer holidays.

Mayen, aka Lukáš Vydra, first came to attention with the excellent 2013 EP Wonder Years. Now Mayen’s wondrous jangly guitar and perfectly formed indie-pop songs are back on the six-track release Elegy, earning across the board plaudits and lots of new fans for the young Prague-based musician.

This week’s Sunday Music Show profiles one of the country’s most popular country and music bands: The Rangers. The band, which was founded 50 years ago by a group of six students, is celebrating 50 years on stage with a series of concerts and a 3-CD collection of their goldies.

With the summer holidays just around the corner, this edition of Sunday Music show turns the spotlight on the best known campfire staples, from old tramping songs to songs by famous folk musicians such as the Nedvěd brothers or Karel Kryl.