Television Symphony Orchestra play Matz, Saint
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A concert of music by a Croatian composer and two French.
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A concert that opens with the work of the orchestra's compatriot, Rudolf Matz (1901-1988).

An important figure in the musical life of Zagreb in the 20th century, Rudolf Matz composed around 500 instrumental and vocal works. He lived in the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia: born in Zagreb in 1901, he died there in 1988. Aside from composing, he was a cellist, teacher, conductor and choirmaster. Hear his music in a concert with works by Frenchmen, Bizet and Saint-Saëns.

Established in 1929, three years after Radio Zagreb (as it was then called) started broadcasting, the Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra was one of the first European radio orchestras to have been formed, alongside those of the BBC, Radio Berlin, Prague and Brno.

Live concert recording courtesy of Euroradio.

Program

Matz: Passacaglia for violin and strings

Saint-Saëns: Havanaise For Violin and Orchestra in F

Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo capriccioso in A minor

Bizet: Symphony No. 1 in C

Artists