Organist and Composer
Internationally
renowned organist and composer of symphonic, chamber, electronic and film music
Josip Magdić,
Zagreb, Croatia plays the organ cycle Dominus Conterens Bella /The Lord
Who Crushest Wars/. The cycle was composed during the war in Sarajevo, Bosnia
and Croatia between 1992 & 1995 as
a cry against the aggression of war and to express courage and hope.
Dominus Conterens Bella
was recorded in 1994 in Sarajevo and published by Sony and again recorded in
2000 in Zagreb and published by Musica Sacra. Magdić, who is
currently a professor of music at the Music Academy of the Zagreb University,
has performed the cycle throughout Europe, in the USA and recently in
Canada.
