Under the Turkish Influence
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
The European fascination with Turkish music, costume, coffee, and culture was at its peak during Mozart’s time, influencing both the great master and his pupil, Franz Xaver Sussmayr.
Sussmayr’s “Sinfonia turchesca” is replete with references to the janissary music of Turkish military bands, including the use of Turkish percussion (the triangle, cymbals, and bass drum). The aptly named ensemble Sarband joins the Concerto Koln in a performance of this exotically charged sampling from the man best known for completing Mozart’s Requiem.
Maurice Ravel’s fiendishly difficult “Gaspard de la nuit” will be performed at Carnegie Hall by Pierre-Larent Aimard on Thursday, October 20th. If you can’t wait, or if there aren’t any good tickets left, listen to it here this evening instead. Or do both; listen here and go there!
Sussmayr’s “Sinfonia turchesca” is replete with references to the janissary music of Turkish military bands, including the use of Turkish percussion (the triangle, cymbals, and bass drum). The aptly named ensemble Sarband joins the Concerto Koln in a performance of this exotically charged sampling from the man best known for completing Mozart’s Requiem.
Maurice Ravel’s fiendishly difficult “Gaspard de la nuit” will be performed at Carnegie Hall by Pierre-Larent Aimard on Thursday, October 20th. If you can’t wait, or if there aren’t any good tickets left, listen to it here this evening instead. Or do both; listen here and go there!
