SAY - ALLA TURCA JAZZ OP 5B FOR PIANO

The final movement of the Sonata in A major K. 331 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Rondo Alla Turca, is one of the best-known piano pieces of all. Once reserved for all music connoisseurs, later played by every piano student, its opening melody, alienated like a sinus tone, is now even available as a mobile phone Ringtone omnipresent.

The arrangement by Fazil Say, created as an effective encore, builds on this popularity. Mounted on the still recognizable classic basic level, typical jazz elements such as syncopation of the top tones and embellishment with chromatic blue notes, embedded in sometimes frenzied chains of sixteenth notes, are found - after the first eight bars have been presented originally. In accordance with the improvisational character, Say himself likes to perform his Alla Turca Jazz in other combinations, for example with the accompaniment of jazz singers or with an orchestra.

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