DESCRIPTION:
Rudolf Tobias (29 May 1873 Käina Parish, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire -- 29 October 1918 Berlin) was the first Estonian professional composer, as well as a professional organist. He studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. His compositions include among others piano works, string quartets and an oratorio, Des Jona Sendung (Jonah's Mission) (1908, revised and premiered 1909, later reconstructed by Vardo Rumessen).

Rudolf Tobias was born in Käina Parish on the island of Hiiumaa. He was the son of a parish clerk. Tobias received his first musical by training from his father. Under his father's tutelage, he began musical training at an early age and composing his first composition exercises from 1882 when he was 9 years old.[2] In 1885 he entered the Haapsalu school and studied piano under Catharina von Gernet, a local pianist. After he graduated, Tobias moved with his parents to Kullamaa, where his father had become the village's parish clerk. In 1889 Tobias entered Tallinn Nicolai High School, where he passed the tutor's exam and studied both organ and music theory with Ernst Reinicke, the Tallinn Cathedral organist.(Ref: Wikipedia)


Composition: Pathetic Overture: Julius Caesar (1896)


Performers: Symphony Orchestra of the Estonian Radio and Television with Neeve Jarvi, conducting.

Cover Art:
Composition: Pathetic Overture: Julius Caesar (1896)
1. Statue of Julius Caesar
2. "The Ides of March" by Vincenzo Camuccini (1800)