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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 Atat葪rk, 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 Re艧it Rey (1904-1985), Ulvi Cemal Erkin (1906-1972), Hasan Ferit Alnar (1906-1978), Ahmet Adnan Saygun (1907-1991) and Necil K芒zim 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 Do臒antan-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)
Duyu艧lar (excerpt)
Piano Quintet (Ritmico e en茅rgico)
Seven Folk Songs (excerpt)

Ahmet Adnan Saygun:
Meseli, Op 25 (Anadolu鈥檇an)
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鈥檇an)
String Quartet No 2, Op 35 (Grave)
K枚r枚臒lu, Op 41 (Ten Turkish Folk Songs)
Piano Concerto No 2, Op 71 (excerpt)

Necil K芒zim Akses:
Concerto for Orchestra (excerpt)
Five Turkish Piano Pieces (excerpt)
Violin Concerto (Adagio 鈥� Allegro)
Andante (Ten Piano Pieces)
Five Pieces for Piano (excerpt)

Cemal Re艧it Rey:
Three Turkish Folks Songs (Twelve Anatolish Folk Songs)
Nomad Zeybek Air (Turkish Scenes)
Feast (Instantan茅s)
Fatih Sultan Mehmet 鈥淟e Conquerant鈥�
Andante and Allegro

Hasan Ferit Alnar:
Piano Trio (excerpt)
艦u Yama莽ta (8 Piano Pieces)
Uyu艧uk Dans (8 Piano Pieces)
Concerto for Q膩n奴n and String Orchestra (Allegro poco moderato)
Piano Trio (excerpt)

Presented by Donald Macleod
Produced by Luke Whitlock for 大象传媒 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 /programmes/m002822p

And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we鈥檝e featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z

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