Fazl Say and the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra – the most prominent orchestra from his home city of Istanbul – bring his Artist Portrait 2025 at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival to a close with a brilliant double finale. In Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, Say will perform Ravel’s virtuoso and light-footed Piano Concerto in G major and Gershwin’s rousing »Rhapsody in Blue«, which will be juxtaposed with his Symphony No. 6. Say composed it in 2022 under the title »A 100-Year-Old Child« to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey. The title symbolises Turkey itself, which despite its 100-year existence is still a »child« in the eyes of the composer – young, learning and full of potential for development.
PERFORMERS
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra orchestra
Fazl Say piano
Carlo Tenan conductor
PROGRAM
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue (version for piano and orchestra)
Maurice Ravel
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G major
- Interval -
Ferit Tüzün
Humoresque
Fazl Say
Sinfonie Nr. 6 op. 107 »Ein 100-jähriges Kind«
