Category: Contemporary Classical

كن (KÛN): 7 Vignettes Portraying the Creation According to Islam [violin & piano]

Commissioned by Yarlung Records, composed by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol

A GENTLEMAN OF ISTANBUL: Symphony for Strings, Percussion, Piano, Oud, Ney, and Tenor [string orchestra with soloist]

• I. Clocks and Bells of Vienna – Allegro
• II. Death of Kaya Sultan – Jazz Ballad
• III. Vegetarian Dervishes – Semai
• IV. Alexander the Great – Devr-i Kebir and Vivace

Commissioned by A Far Cry, composed by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol,
Performed by A Far Cry, Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol and George Lernis

HARABAT/THE INTOXICATED [full orchestra with soloist]

Composed by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol
Text: Edip Harabi (1853-1917)

Commissioned by Carnegie Hall / ACO
Performed by American Composers Orchestra
George Manahan, Music Director and Conductor
Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, Vocals and Ud

Recorded by American Composers Orchestra live on April 1, 2016 at Zankel Hall in the program Orchestra Underground: Eastern Wind – www.americancomposersorchestra.org

VECD [String Orchestra]

Commissioned by A Far Cry string orchestra. Composed by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol in 2012.

BYZANTIUM [Chamber Ensemble]

Composed for A Story of the City: Constantinople, Istanbul production (2008).

THE BLUE TYPHOON [Cello Quartet]

Commissioned by The Boston Cello Quartet. Composed in 2014.

Recorded at Futura Productions in Roslindale, MA by The Boston Cello Quartet.

DEVRAN [Choir]

I. “Ey gönül neylersin sen bu cihanı”
II. “Mevlan senin aşıkların devran iderler Hu ile”

ŞU YALAN DÜNYA [Choir with soloist]

Dedicated to the loving memory of Dr. Hüseyin Parkan Sanlıkol

Composed by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol
Text by Karacaoğlan
Commissioned by Dünya Müziği Derneği
Performed by NEC Chamber Singers on Monday, April 25, 2016 at NEC’s Jordan hall

MISTERIOSO [Clarinet & Piano]

A PRINCESS WHO IS IN LOVE WITH THE COLOR PURPLE [Flute & Piano]

An impressionist composition (1998) in two movements.