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« Reply #405 on: January 28, 2014, 07:21:15 pm »

Currently struggling with,and losing to, some very intemperate weather on holiday in Turkey, so, an evening of uplifting music + a good book : Turkish music though, I think !

Fazil Say - 1001 Nights violin concerto
Ulvi Kemal Erkin - Symphony no. 1
Necil Kazim Akses - The Citadel of Ankara
Cengiz Tanc - Lyric concerto for flute, oboe & strings
Ahmed Adnan Saygun - 5 Songs for Mezzo-soprano & orchestra (lovely way to finish !)

Happy, warm, listening to all !
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« Reply #406 on: January 28, 2014, 07:34:42 pm »

Currently struggling with,and losing to, some very intemperate weather on holiday in Turkey, so, an evening of uplifting music + a good book : Turkish music though, I think !

Fazil Say - 1001 Nights violin concerto
Ulvi Kemal Erkin - Symphony no. 1
Necil Kazim Akses - The Citadel of Ankara
Cengiz Tanc - Lyric concerto for flute, oboe & strings
Ahmed Adnan Saygun - 5 Songs for Mezzo-soprano & orchestra (lovely way to finish !)

Happy, warm, listening to all !

Great to know that you love to listen to Turkish composers while in Turkey too. Not that they are that well known or honoured locally (the Opera house in Istanbul at Taxim Square, named after Rey, had even disappeared when I went there last year). ??? I think I know them all, except for the citadel piece by Akses. Where did you find that?
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« Reply #407 on: January 28, 2014, 11:36:44 pm »

Here is the piece you're talking about. I found it a minute ago

AKSES: The Citadel of Ankara

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« Reply #408 on: January 29, 2014, 10:32:46 pm »

Right now listening to a Violin Concerto by the Japenese composer Ichikawa.
The violinist is Masafumi Hori, unknown to me until now, and the orchestr, one of favourites is The Czech Philharmonic, under Zdenek Kosler. Very old fashion qua timin, just under 40 minutes, keeps me occupied until the end.

The work can be found on the Classical podcast, that was lately mentioned at the forum.
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« Reply #409 on: January 30, 2014, 06:28:47 am »

I'm listening to some Wallingford Reigger.  My first encounter with his work...and likely my last.  Not my cup of tea, I'm afraid.

I did listen to this earlier:   Never thought I'd get the chance to tick "Bahamas" off of my composers list...
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« Reply #410 on: January 30, 2014, 11:58:41 am »

Don't give up on Riegger just yet! His Third Symphony utilitizes dodecaphony but is a powerful and accessible work. The catchy Dance Rhythms for orchestra show Riegger in tonal, lighter mode. Both works can be found on a still-in-print CRI CD.
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« Reply #411 on: January 31, 2014, 04:57:47 am »

Kreek's Love song from the 13th Century and Ludig's Midsummer night sym poem.... ERSO Volmer conducting
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« Reply #412 on: February 01, 2014, 04:35:49 pm »

Inspired by Mr. Dhibbard, an Estonian evening :

Eduard Tubin - Balalaika concerto
Heino Eller - Dawn/Twilight
Lydia Auster - Violin concertino
Peeter Vahi - A Chant of Bamboo
Cyrillus Kreek - Requiem
(can't finish without my choral piece!)
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« Reply #413 on: February 02, 2014, 12:15:33 pm »

Synchronicity - I was also listening to the Kreek Requiem yesterday, and his Setu Symphony as well (which I think is the better piece).
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« Reply #414 on: February 02, 2014, 03:28:49 pm »

Synchronicity - I was also listening to the Kreek Requiem yesterday, and his Setu Symphony as well (which I think is the better piece).

Yup, you're right about Setu - I'm just biased.  Right, which country shall we honour with our interest next ?!
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« Reply #415 on: February 04, 2014, 08:24:54 pm »

Inspired by Mr. Dhibbard, an Estonian evening :

Eduard Tubin - Balalaika concerto
Heino Eller - Dawn/Twilight
Lydia Auster - Violin concertino
Peeter Vahi - A Chant of Bamboo
Cyrillus Kreek - Requiem
(can't finish without my choral piece!)

Tallinn just reeks with history..
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« Reply #416 on: February 05, 2014, 11:05:59 am »



Tallinn just reeks with history..

Oh, I know - spent too short a time there, off a cruise ship; + it was a Sunday, so record shops largely shut - did hear a lovely mass/liturgy...whatever the right word is....in the (?) cathedral.
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« Reply #417 on: February 05, 2014, 03:07:34 pm »

The last few nights I have been working my way through the organ music of Oskar Sigmund ( http://www.classicsonline.com/composerbio/Oskar_Sigmund/ )

but needed a break from that and switched to "Le Zodiaque" for piano by Georges Migot last night.

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« Reply #418 on: February 05, 2014, 06:35:38 pm »

Well, always welcome inspiration, so following new friend Mr Giwro, let's try a few German pieces.

Max Butting - Der Lugengeschichte vom Schwartzen Pferd
Ernst Meyer - Harp Concerto
York Holler - Spharen
Paul Hindemith - Requiem for those we love.

Mmm.....lovely evening !
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« Reply #419 on: February 05, 2014, 06:56:43 pm »

Synchronicity - I was also listening to the Kreek Requiem yesterday, and his Setu Symphony as well (which I think is the better piece).

I know the Alba recording of the Requiem (on my first visit to Tallinn, back in 1993, I remember somebody told me it had never been performed since the 1930s, as 'religious' pieces were forbidden in Soviet times). But where can we find a recording of the Setu Symphony?  ::)
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