Donald Macleod delves into the lives and music of The Turkish
Five
In 1923 the Turkish Republic came into being. On the agenda for
the founding father and first president, Mustafa Kemal Atatȗrk,
was the aim to develop a new Turkish musical language, and to
disassociate culturally with the Ottoman past. This new musical
culture would be a blend of traditional Turkish music, in
combination with Western classical music.
A group of composers known as the Turkish Five were pioneers in
this movement to form a synthesis between East and West. They
included Cemal Reşit Rey (1904-1985), Ulvi Cemal Erkin
(1906-1972), Hasan Ferit Alnar (1906-1978), Ahmet Adnan Saygun
(1907-1991) and Necil Kâzim Akses (1908-1999). The Turkish Five
became hugely influential in their home country as composers,
teachers, conductors and artistic directors, and also became well
known abroad, receiving many honours.
This week, Donald Macleod is joined by Prof. Mine Doğantan-Dack
and Dr. Emre Araci to delve into the impact these composers had
on the music in the Turkish Republic.
Music featured:
Ulvi Cemal Erkin: Camdan sakiz akiyor (Seven Folk Songs) Piano
Concerto (excerpt) Duyuşlar (excerpt) Piano Quintet (Ritmico e
enérgico) Seven Folk Songs (excerpt)
Ahmet Adnan Saygun: Meseli, Op 25 (Anadolu’dan) Piano Concerto No
1, Op 34 (excerpt) Theme and Variations, Op 2 String Quartet No
1, Op 27 (excerpt) Yunus Emre, Op 26 (excerpt) Halay, Op 25
(Anadolu’dan) String Quartet No 2, Op 35 (Grave) Köröğlu, Op 41
(Ten Turkish Folk Songs) Piano Concerto No 2, Op 71 (excerpt)
Necil Kâzim Akses: Concerto for Orchestra (excerpt) Five Turkish
Piano Pieces (excerpt) Violin Concerto (Adagio – Allegro) Andante
(Ten Piano Pieces) Five Pieces for Piano (excerpt)
Cemal Reşit Rey: Three Turkish Folks Songs (Twelve Anatolish Folk
Songs) Nomad Zeybek Air (Turkish Scenes) Feast (Instantanés)
Fatih Sultan Mehmet “Le Conquerant” Andante and Allegro
Hasan Ferit Alnar: Piano Trio (excerpt) Şu Yamaçta (8 Piano
Pieces) Uyuşuk Dans (8 Piano Pieces) Concerto for Qānūn and
String Orchestra (Allegro poco moderato) Piano Trio (excerpt)
Presented by Donald Macleod Produced by Luke Whitlock for BBC
Audio Wales & West
For full track listings, including artist and recording details,
and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after
broadcast) head to the series page for The Turkish Five
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002822p And you can delve into
the A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on Composer of the
Week here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z
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