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Commissioning program
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The links on the left will take you to an individual composer's AFCM page, where you can listen to our complete premiere performances, review program notes, and find out how our commissions have fared, and learn more about the composers. Unless otherwise noted, audio is from the premiere. |
FAZIL SAY
1) Sonata for Violin and Piano
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Premiered by Fazil Say, Mark Peskanow. February 1997. Commissioned by AFCM. Sponsored by: Jean-Paul and Chris Bierny |
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Fazil Say on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faz%C4%B1l_Say
More info at Käch Artists: here
Performances: "the violin sonata you commissioned is a hit now, played by so many artists".
Published: Schott-Music.
CD: Naïve. With Fazil Say, Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin). (Audio is from this CD)
Also, "Ozcan and Birsen Ulucan recorded the sonata for a German CD company".
“The five movements of the sonata are arranged in an arch form: movements 1 and 5 (Melancholy) are identical, and the three inner movements each convey a different aspect of Turkey’s rich musical folklore as it is heard in Istanbul, the Black Sea region, and Anatolia. At times the piano will be prepared so that it can effectively evoke the traditional folkloric instruments. The violin evokes the exotic colors of the various regions’ music through effects such as sul ponticello (playing on the bridge), col legno (hitting the strings with the wood of the bow), and harmonics.”
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2) Sonata for Piano Premiered by Fazil Say. November 1998. Commissioned by AFCM. Sponsored by: Jean-Paul Bierny and Fred Chaffee |
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