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May 21st, 2015, at 20h

Robert Homen, conductor
Croatian Radio-television Symphony Orchestra

Luca Sorgo: 1st Symphony in D-major
Giulio Baiamonti: Concert arias
                      Monika Cerovčec, soprano
Juro Tkalčić: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in A-minor
                      Branimir Pustički, violoncello
Giovanni de Zaytz: Symphony in C-minor


Broadcast
HR3

May 7th, 2015, in 19:30h
Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall

Vatroslav Lisinski: Ljubav i zloba, opera in two acts (concert performance)

Evelin Novak, soprano
Domagoj Dorotić, tenore
Leon Košavić, baritono
Luciano Batinić, basso
Choir & Symphony Orchestra HRT (Croatian Radio Television)
Mladen Tarbuk, conductor


Broadcast over Croatian Radio 3rd programme
HR3


The very first performance after the composer's death that will respect every single note from his manuscript, without any smart-guy butchering it again! Played from the first ever printed edition, from 2013. Yep, you got that right, all until now the opera has been performed from the original handwriting vandalized by additions from the pen of other musicians (conductors, directors) that thought their ideas are better.


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Link to high resolution sheet music
"Ljubav i zloba" piano reduction

Music sample from "Love and Malice"
Obren's aria
Ljubav i zloba: Obren's aria

http://cleverclogs.org/2011/07/creating-interactive-sheet-music-with-youtube-and-delivr-qr-codes.html

07:05 - 08:30h

Petar Iljič Čajkovski : Three pieces for violin and piano 'Memory of the Beloved Summer', Op.42;
Dora Pejačević : Phantasy Concertante D-minor, Op.48, for piano & orchestra;
Franjo von Lučić : Symphony F-minor

Stream (Croatian Radio IIIrd programme)
http://www.hrt.hr/streamf/PROGRAM3

Croatian Jewish composer Alois Rosenberg aka Vjekoslav Ružić (1870 - 1954)

Three Dance Movements:
I.   Alegretto
II.  Moderato
III. Andante - Vivace
http://www.veljko-glodic.com/CD4_english.htm

Piano Sonata Op.10
http://www.emusic.com/album/veljko-glodic/piano-music/14032386/

I'm quite fond of this instrumental formation and, for one, perceive it a beautiful means of compeering student wth teacher, or tightening bonds among members of bourgeois household.

Some old musicians (few violinists, composers) of high social rank and reputation in their respective times, several of which aren't living no more, taught me that the chamber form of the violin duo is by far the most awkward and ungrateful instrumental formation to write for, and so never does a new such composition in the composer's output, regardless of it's ordinal number, happen to be an evolvee of a proof method stage, just a new attempt to master the form.

Anyone have particular interest, knows a work? Join the thread, contribute to the list..

Croatian Jewish composer Ignatius Fuchs aka Vatroslav Lisinski (1819 - 1854)

"Grande Polonaise" for symphony orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCZdKc702_4

P. S.
The title of the video is thought up/fictional, just to attract attention!

http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/Auvil_uncg_0154D_11419.pdf

Author/Contributor
   Richard D. Auvil (Creator)

Institution
   The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG)
   Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/

Advisor
   James Douglass

Publication
   Dissertation
   Language: English
   Date: 2014

Abstract:
Dora Pejacevic (1885-1923) is recognized as an influential figure in the musical history of her native country, Croatia. In addition to composing a number of works for solo piano, voice, and violin, her compositional output includes, among other works, a piano quartet, a piano quintet, a piano concerto, and a symphony. In recent years, within her native Croatia, a renewed interest has developed in the works of Dora Pejacevic. Coupled with this interest is a hope that increased awareness of these compositions might occur beyond the borders of this country. Dora Pejacevic wrote thirty-three art songs, with the first composed at the age of fifteen and the last composed within three years of her death. It is this component of her oeuvre that this document addresses in three ways: by providing the first comprehensive collection of translations, both word-for-word and grammatically-fluent, of the complete song texts; by guiding the reader to current literature and research for any given song; and finally, by introducing new research relevant to the songs. Simultaneously, this document increases the accessibility of these songs to English-speaking readers both through the translations of the song texts, and by summarizing and highlighting information found in foreign-language research pertaining to the composer and her songs. In addition, a brief biography of Dora Pejacevic is followed by a discussion of tangential themes intended to increase awareness of topics often found in the academic discourse concerning the composer. Although a detailed exploration of these themes is beyond the scope of this document, their prominence in research relating to Pejacevic renders a brief exploration of them essential to a thorough introduction of the composer. Finally, to assist readers with further research, an index of Pejacevic's known compositions is provided.

From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel
Length: 01:58:36

This week we feature the first of two programs of the music of Dora Pejacevic
https://www.prx.org/pieces/134689-ccf-14-34-music-of-dora-pejacevic-croatian-co

Franjo von Lučić (1889 - 1972), Croatian musician (composer, organist, musicologist), and for a while a politician.

SECULAR (profane) ORCHESTRAL:
Symphony No.1 in f-minor, 1917;
Symphony No.2 in d-minor, 1934 (unfinished);
Impromptu in g-minor, for orchestra, 1909;
Legend in a-minor, for orchestra, 1910;
Scherzo in g-minor, for orchestra, 1924;
Elegy in f-minor, for orchestra;

Concerto for organ and orchestra, 1913 (same year as Dora Pejačević's Piano Concerto, and Fran Lhotka's Violin Concerto);

- CHAMBER:
String quartet d-minor, 1926;

- ORGAN:
Prelude and fugue in g-minor, for organ, 1906;
Fughetta in a-minor, for organ, 1906;
Prelude and fugue in d-minor, for organ, 1908;
Toccata e fuga in F-major, for organ, 1909;
Sonata in a-minor, for organ, 1909;
Legend in a-minor, for organ, 1910;
Fantasy and fugue in a-minor, for organ, 1932;
Fantasy and fugue in e-minor, for organ, 1933;
Elegy in f-minor, for organ, 1934;
Chorale, for organ;
Choral prelude in f-minor, for organ, 1943;
Andante for organ, 1943;
Fugue in G-major, for organ, 1947;
Little fugue in d-minor, for organ, 1947;
Prelude in a-minor, for organ;

– PIANO:
Rondo, 1910;
Scherzo, 1920;
Three songs without words, 1927;
Prelude and fugue, 1934;
Songs of my native soil, 1934;
Romantcs, 1937;
Compositions for the youth, 1940;
Sonatina, 1943;

– VOCAL-INSTRUMENTAL and VOCAL:
–– Songs:
Na okancu, 1906;
Dođi amo, 1908;
Snešica, 1920;
Spi jalšina, 1922;
Tkeš si fletno, 1926;
Vre tičeki spiju, 1929;
Molitva Margarete;
Djevojačka tuga;
Balada;
Lepi Juro;
–– Choral:
Noć na Uni, 1917;
Himna mladosti, 1907;
More, 1907;
Spas brodara, 1907;
Čežnja, 1908;
Svuda vlada mir, 1909;
Ljubica, 1911;
Budjevice, 1912;
Turopoljska himna, 1919;
Međimurska himna, 1946;

– CHURCH (ecclesial, sacred, spiritual):
–– Great forms:
Missa solemnis in A-major, 1912;
Croatian mass in G-major, 1920;
Croatian mass in c-minor, 1924;
Missa euharistica iubilaris in E♭-major, 1940;
–– Motets and sizable/largish compositions:
Paternoster in D-major, 1906;
Paternoster in b-minor, 1906;
Holy night, 1910;
Ave Maria, 1910;
Ave maria, 1913;
Regina coeli, 1913;
Stabat mater, 1913;
Litanie lauretane, 1913;
Tantum ergo in A♭-major, 1913;
Ave Maria, 1922;
Paternoster, 1923;
To holy Cyril and Methodius, 1925;
5 motets on hebrew texts (2 are lost), 1932;
Ascendit Deus, 1936;
Paternoster G-duru, 1940.

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Elegy for orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niIbGVQUe1Q

If you are looking for published CDs or sheet music of Croatian composers, this would be a good place to start with..

Quercus database
search categories: Institutions, Persons, Works, Literature, Sheet music, Records, Events, Croatian music scene

Go to Croatian Music Informations Center's website http://www.mic.hr/home and on the menu bar select Quercus database

Selection of Lieder of Croatian composers Albe Vidaković, Josip Vrhovsky, Ferdinand Wiesner, Franz Krežma, Alois Rosenberg, Vatroslav Lisinski, Johann Padowetz
Page with audio:
http://deepmp3.ru/zaboravljeni-pjevi

I^st Symphony: Vigorosa   (1937)
Maestoso ed energico
Larghetto e mistico
Quasi maestoso
Instrumentation: 3 Fl, 3 Ob, 3 Cl, 3 Fag, 4 Cor, 3 Tbe, 2 Tbni, 1 Tuba, Batt, Cel, Arpa, archi
Duration: 30 min.
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II^nd Symphony: Cantabile   (1941)
Triste
Giocoso
Maestoso
Instumentation: 3F1, 3 Ob, 3 Cl, 3 Fag, 4 Cor, 3 Tbe, 2 Tbni, 1 Tuba, Batt, Cel, Arpa, archi
Duration: 30 min.
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III^rd Symphony: Dolorosa   (1943)
Dolente e giocoso
Meditazione lirica
Grandezza del Dolore
Instrumentation: 3 Fl, 3 Ob, 3 Cl, 3 Fag, 4 Cor, 3 Tbe, 3 Tbni, 1 Tuba, Batt, Cel, Arpa, archi
Duration: 35 min.
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IV^th Symphony: Vittoriosa   (1945)
Fervour
Jubilation
Instrumentation: 3 Fl, 3 Ob, 3 Cl, 3 Fag, 4 Cor, 3 Tbe, 3 Tbni, 1 Tuba, Batt, Camp, Cel, Arpa, Pf, archi
Duration: 35 min.
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V^th Symphony: Enfatica  (1949)
Andantino spiritoso
Moderato affettuoso
Andantino scherzoso
Maestoso enfatico
Instrumentation: 3 Fl, 3 Ob, 3 C1, 3 Fag, 4 Cor, 3 Tbe, 3 Tbni, 1 Tuba, Batt, Cel, Arpa, Pf, archi
Duration: 25 min.
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VI^th Symphony: Maestosa   (1952)
Andantino
Moderato quasi larghetto
Moderato quasi andante e deciso
Instrumentation: 3 Fl, 3 Ob, 3 CI, 3 Fag, 4 Cor, 3 Tbe, 3 Tbni, 1 Tuba, Batt, Cel, Arpa, Pf, archi
Duration: 25 min.
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VII^th Symphony: Story   (1953)
Here begins his love
The ballerina's in love too
Song
March and tin soldiers' dance
All-encompassing merriment
Instrumentation: 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Cl, 2 Fag, 3 Cor, 2 Tbe, 2 Tbni, Batt, Pf, archi, mixed choir
Duration: 20 min.
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VIII^th Symphony: Funebre e trionfale   (1954)
To the painful memory of my Jerka
Soulmates
Along with our kids
Lonely
Children go into the world
Instrumentation: 2 Fl 2 Ob, 2 Cl, 2 Fag, 3 Cor, 2 Tbe, 2 Tbni, Batt, Pf, archi
Duration: 30 min.
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Symphony with choir (without number and title)   (1945)
Allegretto
Allegretto
Andantino
Instrumentation: 3 Fl, 3 Ob, 3 C1, 3 Fag, 4 Cor, 3 Tbe, 3 Tbni, 1 Tuba, Batt, Cel, Arpa, Pf, archi, mixed choir
Duration: 25 min.
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Croatian Kings   (1944)
A whole-evening symphonic cycle on sonnets by Vladimir Nazor

King's dream
King's rejoicing
King's tillage
King's reveling
King's prayer
Instrumentation: 3 Fl, 3 Ob, 3 Cl, 3 Fag, 4 Cor, 3 Tbe, 3 Tbni, 1 Tuba, Batt, Ccl, Arpa, Pf, archi and recitor
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Yugoslav Symphonic Dances   (1933)
Cycle of 12 dances
Instrumentation: 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 CI, 2 Fag, 4 Cor, 3 Tbe, 3 Tbni, 1 Tuba, Batt, Cel, Arpa, Pf, archi
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Pjesma mjeseca maja / Poem of the Month of May (op. 6)   (1915)
Symphonic image
Prayer, children and flowers
Youth, meadow and love
Instrumentation: 4 Fl, 3 Ob, 4 Cl, 2 Fag, 4 Cor, 2 Tbe, 3 Tbni, 1 Tuba, Carillon, Pf, archi
Duration: 30 min.
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Carnival  (1913)
Portrait in tones
Burlesca
Erotica
Baccanale
Instrumentation: 3 Ft 3 Ob, 2 Cl, 3 Fag, 6 Cor, 4 Tbe, 3 Tbni, 1 Tuba, Batt, Arpa, archi
Duration: 20 min.
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'Viaggio Dantesco' in three sections:
I. Città dolente (Inferno)   (1946)
Symphonic portrait
Duration: 25 min.

II. Luoghi mesti (Purgatorio)   (1955)
Cantata 
Duration: 25 min.

III. Rosa mistica (Paradiso)   (1955)
Cantata
Instrumentation: 3 Fl, 3 Ob, 3 C1, 3 Fag, 4 Cor, 3 Tbe, 3 Tbni, 1 Tuba, Batt, Cel, Arpa, Pf, archi, choir and recitor (tenor) 
Duration: 30 min.

Idyll Op.25b
https://soundcloud.com/filippo-depario/benito-bersa-sinfonia-tragica-idillio-my-wedding-day-op25b


Sinfonia tragica - quattro ricordi dalla mia vita (Tragic symphony - four memories from my life) in C-minor:
I. Overture drammatica (Dramatic Overture), Op. 25a (1900)
II. Idillio (Idyll) 'My wedding day', Op. 25b (1902)
III. Capriccio-Scherzo, Op. 25c (1902)
IV. Finale: Vita nuova ('New Life'), Op. 25d (1902. Unfinished; piano sketch)

HR3 (Croatian Radio 3)
Jutarnji koncert (Morning Concert)
20.10.2014, 07:05h

Sonata for piano by Luka Sorkočević,
Country suite for violin and piano by Josip Stolcer Slavenski,
Sonata for cello & piano by Dora Pejačević,
Concerto for horn & orchestra by Krešimir Baranović,
Rapsodia Croatica for trumpet & orchestra by Petar Obradović,
Sonata for clarinet & piano by Bruno Bjelinski.

Performers: cellist Monika Leskovar, pianist Radovan Vlatković, and other excellent musicians.

Radio stream
http://www.hrt.hr/streamf/PROGRAM3

The article
http://mic.hr/news/violinski-koncert-frana-lhotke-u-majstorskom-ciklusu-simfonicara


(quick and easy with Google Translator)

Fran Lhotka's Violin Concerto in the Master Cycle of the Symphonists
Published on: 2014-10-17
The second concert of the season Master Cycle, will be held on Thursday, October 23rd at 19:30 in the Lisinski Concert Hall. The Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by Maestro John Repušić, and as soloist will be performing violinist Marin Maras, in the first modern performance of the Concerto for Violin and Orchestra by Fran(tišek) Lhotka.

Mussorgsky: Night on a Desolate Mountain, symphonic poem
Fran Lhotka : Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor
Tchaikovsky : 1st Symphony in G minor , Op. 13

In the shadow of successful ballets such as 'The Devil in the Village' remained other works by Croatian composer of Czech origin, Dvořák's student who after his first year of professional activity in the Ukrainian Dnipropetrovsk sought and found livelihood in Zagreb, first as cornist and accompanist at the Opera, later professor at the Music Academy. Among Lhotka's works which with total unjust remained forgotten is too the Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. Though Lhotka composed it as thirty-year-old, at daybreak of World War I, 1913, nothing of the historical avant-garde and expressionist anticipation of global cataclysm ain't contained in it. The concerto overflows from flood of melodic abundance of a dvořákovian momentum; openly admits role models, classifying itself alongside similar works written by Tchaikovsky or Brahms. Revitalization of the work, a return to regular concert life it undoubtly deserves, is entrusted to the best: violinistic flagship in the younger generation Marin Maras and currently most propulsive Croatian conductor Ivan Repušić who with great success builds a career in European opera theaters.

Tickets: 40 and 60 kn

Direct broadcast of the concert on HR3 (Croatian Radio, third channel).
http://www.hrt.hr/streamf/PROGRAM3

1)
Ivan pl. Zajc (Giovanni de Zaytz)
Requiem u spomen Verdiju (Requiem in Memory of Verdi)

2)
Ferdo Livadić (Ferdinand von Wiesner Samoborski)
Mass in C-major, for orchestra, vocal soloists & mixed choir
(published on the CD "Zdravo, o moj anđele" from y. 1998)

Franjo Ksaver Kuhač (germ. Franz Xaver Koch), Croatian scientist, founder of musicology, composer, ethnomusicologist, comparative musicologist, music critic, aesthetician of music, musical didact, historiograph, lexicograph, and so on..

Souvenir d'une belle journée
http://kuhac.net/digiarchive/music/26%20Track%2019.mp3

Main word
http://kuhac.net/english/index.html

List of compositions (numerous compositions for guitar excluded)
http://kuhac.net/english/bibliografija2.html

Musical recordings
http://kuhac.net/english/sound.html

From my 120 sheet music uploads (contributions) on www.free-scores.com
http://www.free-scores.com/free-sheet-music.php?ordrepar=&compositeur=vladimir-kocakov&statut=contributeur


Josip Ipavec (1873 - 1921)
Scherzo G-moll
Page with preview sheet music and listen
http://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=58542
MP3 download
http://www.free-scores.com/MP3T/ipavec-josip-scherzo-en-sol-mineur-58542.mp3

Anton Lajovic (1878 - 1960)
Daydream
Page with preview sheet music and listen
http://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=58408
MP3 download
http://www.free-scores.com/MP3T/lajovic-anton-la-reverie-58408.mp3

Benjamin Ipavec (1829 - 1908)
Waltz
Page with preview sheet music and listen
http://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=58380
MP3 download
http://www.free-scores.com/MP3T/ipavec-benjamin-valse-58380.mp3

Benjamin Ipavec
Polonaise
Page with preview sheet music and listen
http://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=58389
MP3 download
http://www.free-scores.com/MP3T/ipavec-benjamin-polonaise-58389.mp3

Risto Savin (pseudonym for general Friderik von Širca. 1858 - 1948)
If I See You Smiling... (Romance)
Page with preview sheet music and listen
http://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=58439
MP3 download
http://www.free-scores.com/MP3T/savin-risto-si-je-te-vois-sourire-romance-58439.mp3