CROATIAN ORGANIST MAGDIC HOLDS CONCERT IN OSLO CATHEDRAL

ZAGREB, Aug 17 (Hina) - Croatian composer and organist Josip Magdic recently played in the Oslo cathedral, at the invitation of a board appointed for marking the cathedral's 300th anniversary, the Croatian Composers' Association said in a statement. Magdic, a regular professor at the Music Academy in Zagreb, on that occasion played "Oluja" (Storm), a composition the Norwegian audience and music critics found very impressive, the statement said. Magdic's tour of Norway, at which he performed his compositions written between 1992 and 1995, included concerts in the St. Cross Church in Bergen, the votive church in Vereide on the Nordfjord, and the church in Lesjaskog. Of the compositions, well-received by audiences and the Norwegian media, "Sarajevske ratne razglednice" (War Postcards From Sarajevo) and "Oluja" aroused special attention. The latter was written shortly after the liberation of the largest part of Croatia's until then Serb-occupied territory, and its title comes from the liberation operation's name. As Norwegian soprano Lilleba Lund said after the concert in Oslo, Magdic's music speaks more eloquently about the war days in Croatia than media or television reports. (hina) ha jn 171211 MET aug 97