There’s music with echoes of the near east, with a Balkan, Turkish, or Arab cast to it from The Silk Road Ensemble, Turkish clarinetist Cüneyt Sepetçi, and by Kamran Ince.
The Silk Road Ensemble and Yo-Yo Ma play music by Lebanese-American composer Rabih Abou-Khalil, and a by Argentine-Israeli-American eclecticist Osvaldo Golijov, which, ends “in a fast gallop boasting a theme that I stole from my friends of the wild gypsy band Taraf de Haïdouks.” (-OsvaldoGolijov.com) Also, listen to music from that same Romanian band, Taraf de Haïdouks, called “Turceasca” or “Turkish”.
Then, listen to music by Turkish-American composer Kamran Ince for Milwaukee ensemble Present Music, which harnesses the energy and rawness of Turkish and Balkan folk music in ”2-Step Passion”, a relentless Turkish danse macabre. Plus, there's also Turkish wedding and party music by virtuoso clarinetist Cüneyt Sepetçi, music from the a self-dubbed “gypsy punk band from New York City", Luminescent Orchestrii, and work by Spanish-based master of Turkish instruments Efren Lopez. - Caryn Havlik
Program #4652, Balkans/Turkey/Arab world (first aired 8/22/22)
ARTIST: Yo-Yo Ma, Silk Road Ensemble, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
WORK: Golijov: Night of the Flying Horses Suite [1:10]
RECORDING: New Impossibilities
SOURCE: CBS/Sony 88697
INFO: silkroad.org/listen
ARTIST: Jon Lord
WORK: Jon Lord: Bouree [6:42]
RECORDING: Sarabande
SOURCE: Eagle Rock Entertainment
INFO: jonlord.org
ARTIST: Present Music
WORK: Kamran Ince: 2-Step Passion [3:46]
RECORDING: Kamran İnce: Passion & Dreams
SOURCE: Innova 931
INFO: innova.mu
ARTIST: Yo-Yo Ma, Silk Road Ensemble, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
WORK: Rabih Abou-Khalil: Arabian Waltz [7:35]
RECORDING: New Impossibilities
SOURCE: CBS/Sony 88697
INFO: silkroad.org/listen
ARTIST: Luminescent Orchestrii
WORK: Dreaming in Turkish (Fand) – [4:53]
RECORDING: Neptune's Daughter
SOURCE: Nine Mile Records 0190
INFO: ninemilerecords.com
ARTIST: Yo-Yo Ma, Silk Road Ensemble, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
WORK: Golijov: Night of the Flying Horses Suite [6:49]
RECORDING: New Impossibilities
SOURCE: CBS/Sony 88697
INFO: silkroad.org/listen
ARTIST: Taraf de Haidouks
WORK: Turceasca [6:09]
RECORDING: Taraf de Haidouks
SOURCE: Nonesuch 79554
INFO: nonesuch.com
ARTIST: Cüneyt Sepetçi
]WORK: Agir Roman [5:00]
RECORDING: Bulgar Gaydasi
SOURCE: Living Music Duplication LM 016
INFO: lmduplication.com
ARTIST: Efren Lopez
WORK: Bourrées de la carrasca de la vaca [4:05]
RECORDING: El Fill del Llop
SOURCE: Buda Musique
INFO: budamusique.com