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 – worthwhile and rewarding for concerts and competitions.
I Introduction: Melancholy. Andante misterioso
II Grotesque. Moderato scherzando
III Perpetuum mobile. Presto
IV Anonymous. Andante
V Epilogue: Melancholy. Andante misterioso