İSTANBUL STATE
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Concert

İstanbul State Symphony Orchestra

Concert


Conductor: Naci Özgüç
Soloists: Veronika Lemishenko (Harp), Sezai Kocabıyık (Oboe)

Program:
B. Martinu, Oboe Concerto H.353
A. Ginastera, Harp Concerto Op. 25
Intermezzo
J. Haydn, Farewell Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp Minor
(In Memory of Those We Lost in the Earthquake of February 6, 2023)

From a composer's perspective, writing concertos for instruments they don't play themselves has been a significant challenge, requiring perhaps double the effort, courage, and collaboration to produce works that would find a place in the repertoire of even the masters. As a result of these efforts, these pieces have become leading examples in their literature, as we will hear in our concert. This week, our orchestra's esteemed member Sezai Kocabıyık will perform B. Martinů's Oboe Concerto, a piece the composer initially hesitated to undertake. Following this, we will listen to A. Ginastera's Harp Concerto, described by the composer as "the most difficult piece I have ever written," completed over nine years and interpreted by Ukrainian harpist Veronika Lemishenko.

In the second part of our concert, we will dedicate a piece to those we lost in one of the most tragic days in the history of the Republic of Türkiye, the earthquake that occurred on February 6. We commemorate this great disaster, which we hope never to experience again, with deep sorrow through J. Haydn's Farewell Symphony, a piece that reminds us of our unforgettable losses.

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