HR3 - Morning Concert, 20.10.2014

[eternalorphea]

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

[eschiss1]

By the way, Facebook has a group for Lesser-Known (mostly) Eastern-European Composers (focus mostly on 20th-century - mostly - but often composers like Stjepan Sulek et al. who we've discussed a few years ago who are neither Romantic strictly-exactly nor Modernist or post-Modernist etc. I've seen some of these links there- and for interesting programs from radio stations for other countries (Latvian radio, e.g.) - which is what reminded me of this at this point. Anyhow-- thank you. Sorkocevic (1734-89) -  a Classical-era composer- I seem to recall was brought to attention again in part -because- of Sulek's work, if I read right (Šulek released a 1965 edition of Sorkočević's symphonies.) I'll see about catching the Pejačević cello sonata (hrm, though it'll be 1:05 a.m. for me- well, I'll see ! ... - though it's on YouTube too I think) - I quite like her music, what I know of it; first heard her piano quintet (from that Croatian Radio recording that was broadcast over ECN/BBC...)

[eschiss1]

Hrm, interesting - I see that Slavenski (1896-1955) is the subject of sufficient attention that there is a complete works edition (don't know if it's completed or in progress, though the one volume I've located just in the one search I've very quickly done was published in 1986; will do more soon. It is his violin "Slavic" sonata, published as or in (I think as) "Sabrana djela = Collected works / Josip Štolcer Slavenski ; sv. 3 ." (from a quick search of a particular library catalog- not yet Worldcat - for Slavenski's music.) (OCLC 19968715.) Hrm. Will look more into that; I am guessing there are more volumes, including one with the suite you mention...

Ah, I see, the library in question received part one of  a 2-part volume, as a gift -see OCLC 23386754 - which has both parts of volume 3 or something - the sonata, and the other works for violin and piano by Slavenski (including the folk suite).

... Hrm. I did not know this, ... according to the catalogs- Cornell library- up the road from me has 15 volumes (all together, a few - quintets, quartets- separately) from this very edition (OCLC 17478167). I've looked through some of the collected editions in their collection (back when I was a much, much more frequent visitor to the lovely library up the hill there ) but often when I did not know the composer, especially if I also did not know the language- unless it was really, really compelling stuff (as happened a time or two or three - iirc, I think the items they had by Aleksandrov intrigued that way, and some others...) - I took a quick look and went on to something else. Still, usually, when there are string quartets I tend to notice. Maybe I'll have another look...

[eschiss1]

Ah, found the work Snook was referring to, I think (remember, in that thing about Gotovac etc.)

"Balkanofonija" by Slavenski (published in his collected edition). (Then again, the man's other orchestral works are a Nocturne and Haos (Chaos). I bring these up because of a recent claim that nothing more should be expected from the Balkans under Communist rule than basically folkloristic potpourris (I exaggerate what was actually said, of course)...)

[Balapoel]

This is what I've been able to collate for Slavenski's orchestral work, and 6 of these are available in various quality on youtube.

Orchestral
   Piano Concerto (incomplete)   1951
   Violin Concerto   1927
10   Balkanophonia, symphonic suite   1927
1   Notturno   1916
   Chaos   1932
   Symphony Oriental 'Religiophonia'   1934
   Muzika za orkestar   1936
   4 Balkan Dances   1938
   Muzika, chbr orch   1938
   Simfonijski epos   1946
   Mladost (Youth), 4 songs for strings   

[Alan Howe]

What's the idiom? Please be mindful of the forum's remit...

[eschiss1]

I'm guessing the overture "Chaos" sounds like Haydn. (Not a very creative joke, ok. Anyhow, yes, the description at Wikipedia suggests he is outside-of-forum. Will take him over to Facebook group instead, then, I suppose... well, so it goes