The four-movement piano sonata is the second part of a three-part cycle: a compositional reflection of the civil war-like events in Istanbul's Gezi Park in the spring of 2013, of the slogans filling the air and of the spirit of these days. I İstanbul Sokaklarında Direniş...
I Allegro ma non troppo, appassionata II Adagietto III Allegro assai, molto energico...
I Allegro ma non troppo, appassionata II Adagietto III Allegro assai, molto energico...
I Allegro ma non troppo, appassionata II Adagietto III Allegro assai, molto energico...
I Allegro ma non troppo, appassionata II Adagietto III Allegro assai, molto energico...
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...
The Sonata (2012) – like the Sonata for Violoncello and Piano from the same year – tells of travels through Turkey: Pamukkale, Istanbul Nocturne, Cappadocia. Musically characterized in the style of Say by the combination of Turkish maquams and jazz elements. I Pamukkale II Istanbul Nocturne III Cappadocia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cIF1KGpSMY...
In his Violin Sonata, the internationally renowned Turkish pianist Fazıl Say combines the classical western form with folk music elements of his home country, spiced with jazz-like intensified rhythms. Comparable to Piazzolla's popular pieces, this is world music in the truest sense of the word...