Alla Turca
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Eighteenth-century composer Franz Xaver Sussmayr is perhaps best known for completing Mozart's "Requiem" and other works as Mozart's student and copyist. However, Sussmayr was a gifted composer in his own right, as his "Sinfonia Turchesa" attests. The exotic work, written during a vogue for all things Turkish, sparkles with pastiche and Eastern-influenced percussion.
Later this evening, to contextualize Sussmayr's symphony, we will hear two traditional Turkish songs as well as two less familiar works by Mozart. We will follow with contemporary American composer Michael Nyman's "In Re Don Giovanni," and pieces by Chopin and Faure.
Later this evening, to contextualize Sussmayr's symphony, we will hear two traditional Turkish songs as well as two less familiar works by Mozart. We will follow with contemporary American composer Michael Nyman's "In Re Don Giovanni," and pieces by Chopin and Faure.
