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Bohuslav Martinů děkuje za dopis. Byl včera na koncertu [kvartetu Pavla Bořkovce, na který ho Bořkovec zval v dopisu 26.3.1948, BořP 1948-03-26]. BM nechodí moc na koncerty, ještě ho to unavuje. Koncert se mu líbil a přikládá kritiku z Herald Tribune. Ve stejný večer byl koncert [Igora] Stravinského, který Stravinský sám dirigoval, tak mnoho lidí bylo tam. Bořkovcův kvartet se BM líbil, zejména 3. věta, má to vervu. Účinek byl pěkný. BM nemohl mluvit s interprety, protože odešel o pauze. Snad dají Bořkovcovi vědět z League of Composers a snad PB kvartet sám uslyší. V USA je dobře zapsán už od Koncertu pro klavír, který tam hrál [Rudolf] Firkušný. BM pochybuje, že by přijel na festival [Pražské jaro], zdá se, že tam od něj nic hrát nebudou. BM ještě není zcela v pořádku a jistě by se nemohl účastnit všech těch slavností, kterých tam, jak se mu zdá, mají nadbytek. Neví, kdy se dostane domů, ale nebude nic riskovat, dokud zdraví nedovolí.
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Bohuslav Martinů thanks you for your letter. He was yesterday at the concert [of Pavel Bořkovec's quartet, to which Bořkovec invited him in his letter of 26.3.1948, BořP 1948-03-26]. BM doesn't go to concerts much, he is still tired of it. He liked the concert and attaches a review from the Herald Tribune. On the same evening there was a concert by [Igor] Stravinsky, which Stravinsky himself conducted, so many people were there. BM liked the Borkovec Quartet, especially the 3rd movement, it has verve. The effect was nice. BM couldn't talk to the performers because he left at intermission. Hopefully the League of Composers will let Bořkovec know and perhaps PB will hear the quartet himself. It has been well recorded in the US since the Piano Concerto, which [Rudolf] Firkušný played there. BM doubts that he will come to the [Prague Spring] Festival, it seems that they will not play anything from him there. BM is not quite well yet and certainly would not be able to attend all the festivities there, which he feels they have an excess of. He does not know when he will get home, but will not risk anything until health permits.
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