100th Anniversary March
Picc. · 3 · 3 · 3 · 3 - 6 · 2 · 3 · 1 -...
1914
In his piece 1914, commissioned by the Orchestre National de Belgique, Fazıl Say calls the atrocities of the First...
2 Pieces, Ida Ballade · Mount Ida March
I Ida Ballad II Mount Ida March https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dpysWN9d8A
3 Ballads
Fazıl Say's Ballads are romantic, meditative piano pieces with cryptic literary and biographical associations. The first ballad "Nazim", played...
7000 Years Flying Carpet
Under the title "7000 Yillik Uçan Hali" (7000 Years Flying Carpet), the Turkish composer and pianist Fazıl Say composed...
A 100 Year Old Child, Symphony No. 6
I named the work ‘A 100 year-old child’. I told the good and bad periods of the Turkish republic,...
Adagio
Adagio Opus 86 for both orchestra and solo piano composed by world-renowned composer and pianist Fazıl Say. The work...
Alevi Fathers at the Raki Table
for Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon In four short movements following each other 'attacca', the Turkish composer and...
Alla Turca Jazz
The final movement of the Sonata in A major KV 331 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Rondo Alla Turca,...
Art of Piano
I In Memoriam “10.10.2015 Ankara Gar” II Sarı Gelin III Winter Morning in Istanbul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h71LzmqQf7g
Ballad for Alto saxophone and Orchestra
I composed Ballad for alto saxophone and orchestra in 2016 for the legendary Japanese saxophone player Nobuya Sugawa. I...
Ballad of Gratitude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dskaj6hBWhk
Black Earth
Black Earth was inspired by Kara Toprak, a popular song in Turkey. The composer of the song, Aşık Veysel...
Black Earth for two pianos
Black Earth was inspired by Kara Toprak, a popular song in Turkey. The composer of the song, Aşık Veysel...
Bodrum
The last movement Bodrum from the sonata Dört Şehir (Four Cities) is a fast, swinging walk through the popular...
Bu Bizimki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaOI_Z1XfDA
Cadenza
for the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 c minor op. 37, 1. movement by Ludwig van Beethoven...
Cadenzas “Mozart Kv 467”
After his spectacular cadenza of Beethoven's Concerto in C minor (contained in ED 20140), the well-known Turkish pianist and...
Chamber Symphony
"I composed the Chamber Symphony in 2015 and it is entirely inspired by Turkish music. This 20 minute-long composition...
China Rhapsody
Commissioned by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, the first performance of Fazıl Say’s China Rhapsody took place on 15 July...
Cleopatra
In 2011, the International Violin Competition 'Henri Marteau' for the first time commissioned a composer to write the compulsory...
Concerto for 2 trumpets and orchestra
The solo instruments in Fazıl Say’s virtuoso Concerto for 2 trumpets and orchestra dazzle with their consummate display of technical and...
Concerto for Flute (doubling bass flute) and Orchestra
I Introduction II Nostalghia III Bass Flute 0 · 0 · 1 · 2 · Kfg. - 2...
Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra
Following Martin Grubinger’s performances in the world premieres of Fazıl Say’s Variations for two pianos and percussion (2013) and...
Divorce
In December 2015 we, the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet, performed the world premiere of Fazıl Say's Prèludes for saxophone quartet,...
Ey Kör
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bMuP_kPi-4
Fantasia and Fugue G minor
The Turkish pianist and composer Fazıl Say has from the age of six begun each day with the performance...
Fantasy Pieces
An evocative cycle from the early years of the Turkish pianist and composer which appears again and again in...
Fenerbahçe Symphony
I Fenerbahçe II Akılla Bir Konuşmam Oldu III Anılar IV Coşku Picc. · 2 · 2 · 2...
First Songs
Singer Serenad Bağcan and Fazıl Say recorded ten songs on texts by the most famous Turkish poets for the...
First Songs
Singer Serenad Bağcan and Fazıl Say recorded ten songs on texts by the most famous Turkish poets for the...
Flute World
The collection of pieces for one (or two) flutes with their contemplative titles offers the opportunity to musically describe...
Four Cities
Fazıl Say’s “Four Cities” Sonata can be considered as a journey through four cities of Anatolia. This work has...
Four Dances of Nasreddin Hodja
An evocative cycle from the early years of the Turkish pianist and composer which appears again and again in...
Four Songs
I Masalların Masalı (Nâzım Hikmet) II Die große Fracht (Ingeborg Bachmann) III Göğe bakma durağı (Turgut Uyar) IV...
Gezi Park 1
Preliminary note: Fazıl Say relates the Gezi Park incidents in 3 separate works: - Concerto for 2 Pianos and...
Gezi Park 2
The four-movement piano sonata is the second part of a three-part cycle: a compositional reflection of the civil war-like...
Gezi Park 3
Fazıl Say, to whom the International Beethoven Prize for Human Rights was awarded in 2016, reflects on the events...
Gezi Park 3
for Mezzo-soprano, piano and string orchestra Fazıl Say, to whom the International Beethoven Prize for Human Rights was awarded in...
Goethe-Lieder
In his set of five lieder with finale, Fazıl Say sets a selection of contrasting poems from Goethe’s cycle...
Göğe Bakma Durağı
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfalmSbA3hU
Goldberg in Istanbul
for Harpsichord (or piano) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ_8GgF8uNE
Grand Bazaar
Grand Bazaar depicts a variety of scenes from within the Bazaar, with sections of the score titled "walking in...
Güz Şarkıları (Autumn Songs)
I Güz II Yeşilmişik III Usulcana IV Akrep Gibisin V Zambaklı Padişah VI Rüzgar Rüzgarla Konuşur VII Hasreti Uykularda...
Hermiyas-The Boy on the Dolphin
for Narrator, mezzo soprano, children's voice, piano and orchestra I Hermiyas - II Deniz'in çocukları (Children of the Sea)...
Hezarfen
Fazıl Say has composed a thoroughly 'Turkish' work for Mannheim: he has not only chosen to inclued the solo...
Hope Symphony, Symphony No. 4
I Largo esspressivo II Allegro energico III Andante tranquillo IV Adagio, drammatico Picc. · 2 (2. auch Altfl.)...
In Memoriam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h71LzmqQf7g
In memoriam Ruşen Güneş
I Largo espressivo II Allegro assai, molto energico
In memoriam Ruşen Güneş
I Largo espressivo II Allegro assai, molto energico
In memoriam Ruşen Güneş
I Largo espressivo II Allegro assai, molto energico
İnsan İnsan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEzpsVi1Qd0
Istanbul Symphony, Symphony No. 1 for Large orchestra & Turkish Instruments
Two of the European Cultural Capitals in 2010 - Istanbul and the Ruhr area - were united in the personality...
İstanbul’da Bir Kış Sabahı
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx4UDFNhPDU
İzmir Suite
Embedded within atmospheric descriptions of the bustling Aegean metropolis, one finds portraits enriched with Turkish hues of Chopin, Brahms,...
Kadın Şairler – Dünya Anne
for Piano, contrabass, percussion and soloist I Kuş Sadece Bir Kuştu - Furuğ Ferruhzad II Suçlu Var -...
Khayyam
In the wake of concertos for violin and trumpet, Fazıl Say has now composed his first solo concerto for...
Kumru
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH3ZohGnjcg
Masalların Masalı
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPOLHUJo-2Y
May 2020
I Allegro ma non troppo, appassionata II Adagietto III Allegro assai, molto energico
May 2020
I Allegro ma non troppo, appassionata II Adagietto III Allegro assai, molto energico
May 2020
I Allegro ma non troppo, appassionata II Adagietto III Allegro assai, molto energico
May 2020
I Allegro ma non troppo, appassionata II Adagietto III Allegro assai, molto energico
Mesopotamia Symphony, Symphony No. 2
The country is reflected in the composition: the rivers Euphrates and Tigris have shaped the land of Mesopotamia between...
Metin Altıok Ağıtı
I Düşerim II Yıkıcılar Geldi III Rüzgar IV Yalnızlık V Konyak, Kitap ve Kahve VI Bir Gün Ölürüm VII...
Mother Earth
I Prelude II Earth III Forest IV Interlude V Sea VI River VII Postlude
Mother Goddess
Picc. · 2 · 2 · 2 · Kfg. - 4 · 2 · 2 · 0 - P....
Mount Ida Sonata, Violin Sonata No. 2
I Doğa Katliamı (Decimation of Nature) II Yaralı Kuş (Wounded Bird) III Umut Ayini (Rite of Hope) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2z_CT_eo6M
Nazım
https://youtu.be/n9XevxHRNGM?feature=shared
Nazım Oratorio
Nâzim Hikmet has been one of Fazil Say’s greatest influences as an artist and personality since his youth. The...
Never Give Up
As he did in his Gezi Park series, Fazıl Say makes reference to current political events in his new...
New Life
I Introduction & Allegro II Pesante III Finale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7D1YE4mhNo
Nietzsche and Wagner
I devote one movement of this work to each of the two figures. I have interpreted Nietzsche’s character as...
Night
This effective encore piece was written for the piano duo Lucas & Arthur Jussen. Virtuoso scales and percussive inside-piano...
Nightwalk
I Allegro assai II Adagio espressivo III Presto
Nightwalk
I Allegro assai II Adagio espressivo III Presto
Nirvana Burning
The concert piece 'Nirvana Burning' was commissioned by the Salzburg Festival and premiered by Fazıl Say and the Borusan...
November Nocturnes
Less than two years after the premiere of Never give up, Fazıl Say has composed a new work for...
Paganini Jazz
The concert piece Paganini Jazz by Fazıl Say, which was inspired by classical, modern and jazz styles, is reminiscent...
Passacaglia
The Turkish pianist and composer Fazıl Say has from the age of sic begun each day with the performance of...
Patara-Hommage à Mozart (KV 331)
Quartet for Soprano (or Violin/Viola), Ney Flute (or Alto Flute/Recorder), Piano and Percussion (Bar Chimes, Gran Cassa, Kudüm) ...
Phoenix
In his concerto for piano 4 hands, Fazıl Say takes up the ancient Persian saga of Simurgh, which shares...
Pianist the Wolfy
Short Animation Film Music
Platonic Suite
10 pieces for guitar I Bir Anadolu Gecesiydi (It was an Anatolian night) II Köy Anısı (Village memories)...
Portreler, Op.101
I Fikret Otyam II Babam Ahmet Say III Nejat Eczacıbaşı IV Yıldız Kenter V Yaşar Kemal VI Şarık...
Preludes
The titles of the individual sentences bear the names of well-known literary works. It is a composer's gratitude to...
Princess of Lykia
As in his ballet music Patara, Fazıl Say awakens only vague memories of the Lycian princesses mentioned in the...
Roots
I Fearlessness II Endless Memories III Rite of Peace IV Perpetuum Mobile V Roots Balade
Sait Faik
With this stage work, Fazıl Say commemorates the 60th anniversary of the death of the popular Turkish author Sait...
Sarı Gelin
https://youtu.be/xVfO4W4XDpI
Ses
Ses, the last part of the semi-staged work of the same name, is based on the moving poem Sivas Acısı...
Ses
I Bir bahar dalıyla (Behçet Aysan) II Odasında bir evin (Metin Altıok) III Sivas acısı (Aziz Nesin)
Sevenlere Dair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm335LGePJY
Şey şey şey ve şeylerden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI89xIzAPqY
Shahmaran
I Şahmeran Cennet Bahçesi (Paradise Garden of Shahmaran / Shamarans Paradiesgarten) II İhanet (Betrayal / Verrat) Picc. ·...
Silence of Anatolia, Piano Concerto No. 3
Picc. · 2 · 3 · 3 · 3 - 4 · 3 · 2 · 0 -...
Silk Road, Piano Concerto No. 2
At the age of 24, Fazil Say composed this concert in Berlin, depicting the fascinating story of the Silk...
Sonata
The Sonata (2012) – like the Sonata for Violoncello and Piano from the same year – tells of travels...
Sonata for 2 Pianos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-dj8SYFYhE
Sonata for Violin and piano
In his Violin Sonata, the internationally renowned Turkish pianist Fazıl Say combines the classical western form with folk music...
Space Jump
What do Fazıl Say and the extreme sportsman Felix Baumgartner have in common? Space Jump: the spectacular jump from...
Spring mornings in the days of quarantine, Violin Concerto No. 2
Fazıl Say's Violin Concerto No. 2 was composed in April 2020 from his home in the Turkish town of...
String Quartet “Divorce”
In the composition of this string quartet, I have permitted myself to be led by my personality and experiences and...
Şu Dünyanın Sırrı
for Piano, violoncello, bendir I Ayna - Ömer Hayyam II Sen Derviş Olamazsın - Yûnus Emre III Ruhumun Dalgaları...
Suite
Suite, consisting of six short pieces for alto saxophone and piano, is a virtuoso work for this duo. I...
Summertime Variations
"Summertime Variations is the third arrangement I have made of Gershwin's Summertime - and the first for solo piano. It...
Symphonic Dances
His Symphonic Dances are strongly influenced by Turkish music, with Say using a typical alternating 8/8–7/8 meter in the...
Symphony No. 5
In contrast with his four previous symphonies (Istanbul, Mesopotamia, Universe and Hope), Fazıl Say’s Symphony No. 5 has no...
The Bells
Fazıl Say drew inspiration for his singlemovement cantata The Bells from the lyrical cycle of the same name by...
The Moving Mansion (Hommage à Atatürk),
Yürüyen Köşk (The Moving Mansion) Art of Piano No. 4 | Hommage à Atatürk Concert rhapsody for piano Yürüyen...
The Trumpet and Organ Concerto
The Trumpet and Organ Concerto is a piece I composed in the last days of 2020, during the pandemic...
Thinking Einstein
I Universum II Rhythm and Relativity III Thinking Einstein 1 · 2 · 1 · 2 - 2...
Tree of Life
Tree of Life, with its irregular rhythms and sharp contrasts, mirrors the highs and lows of life in homage...
Troy Sonata
The Troy Sonata, the main work of the new Warner CD Fazıl Say plays Say, will shape the world...
Trumpet Concerto
Fazıl Say wrote his Trumpet Concerto for Gábor Boldoczki on commission of the Festival of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Written in...
Universe, Symphony No. 3 for orchestra
After the Istanbul Symphony, premiered in 2010, and the Mesopotamia Symphony, composed in 2012, Universe represents Fazıl Say’s third excursion...
Uzun İnce Bir Yoldayım
for Piano, soprano and strings
Variations
for Two pianos and percussion The distinctive, motor-like rhythm and echoes of Arabian folk music characterise the three variations, rich...
Violin Concerto ‘1001 Nights in the Harem, Violin Concerto No. 1
My Violin Concerto consists of four movements whose inspiration is loosely connected with Scheherazade’s One Thousand and One Nights....
Water
As the titles of the movements of the work already suggest, the first part Blue Water is on the...
Watercolor
for Piano, violin, violincello, soprano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGGjqn_-qYQ
Winter Morning in Istanbul
for Piano four hands Not many encore pieces exist for piano duet. These two, by Fazil Say, are in his...
Winter Morning in Istanbul, Art of Piano No. 3
After the frequently performed version for four hands (ED 22708), this atmospheric and very romantic piece from the Art...
Yine Bir Gülnihal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vav30c9sJOk