Piano Duet (Piano For 2
Players)
SKU:
HL.49046797
Fantasia on the Rondo
from the Piano Sonata in
A Major, K. 331 Ve.
Composed by Fazil Say.
Edited by Selin
Sekeranber and Yudum
Centiner. Piano Duet.
Classical. Softcover. 12
pages. Duration 90
seconds. Schott Music
#ED23518. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49046797).
UPC:
842819115670.
9.0x12.0x0.099
inches.
The final
movement of the Sonata in
A major KV 331 by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
the Rondo Alla Turca, is
one of the most famous
pianopieces of all time.
Once only familiar to
musical experts, later a
universal piece for all
piano pupils, its opening
melody is now even
omnipresent as an
alienated sinus tone-like
mobile phone ring tone.
Fazil Say's arrangement,
originally created as an
effective encore, follows
on from this popularity.
After the first eight
bars havebeen presented
in original form, typical
elements of jazz
superimposed on the still
recognisable classical
foundations can be
discovered, such as
syncopation of the top
notes and ornamentation
through chromatic blue
notes, embedded in the at
times frenzied chains of
semiquavers. In the
spirit of the work's
improvisatory character,
Say likes to perfom his
Alla Turca Jazz in
different combinations,
for example accompanied
by jazz singers of with
orchestra. It may appear
strange that Fazil Say,
who was born in Turkey
and - when not on tour -
is still resident in that
country, does not bring
back Mozart's
interpretation of genuine
Turkish music closer to
its own roots,
particularly as many of
his compositions such as
Black Earth or the Violin
Sonata are characterised
by a subtle amalgamation
of the Classical-Romantic
tradition, Turkish folk
music and elements of
jazz. In a further Mozart
arrangement, the ballet
music Patara premiered in
Vienna in 2006, composed
on the basis of the
Rococo-like theme from
the first movement of the
same A-major Sonata (wich
enjoys almost as great
popularity as the Alla
Turca theme), Say
utilised the connection
which was absent in Alla
Turca, albeit in the
opposite direction. In
the ballet music, the
piano symbolises Western
culture and the Ney flute
Oriental culture,
communcated
atmosperically by austere
percussion
instrumentation and
soprano vocalisation.