Turkish Delights

When the renowned Turkish pianist Fazil Say began a second career as a composer, the world began to listen. Fazil Say composed his first violin concerto with the allusive title 1001 Nights in the Harem in 2008. The title is an allusion to the collection of oriental fairy tales, the “Arabian Nights”. The solo violin undertakes the role of the seductive, untiring storyteller, Scheherazade. The composer is adventurous in his atmospheric orchestral texture and the use of Turkish percussion instruments in bridging the gap between the music of his native country, elements of jazz and European art music.

Friedemann Eichhorn, violin professor at the Hochschule Franz Liszt in Weimar, is the soloist for this exciting new work slowly entering the violin repertory as a classic.

Following the intermission, visiting Maestro Johannes Klumpp leads the Thailand Phil in the propulsive rhythmic power of Prokofiev’s monumental Fifth Symphony.  Once heard, it’s never forgotten – Prokofiev’s masterpiece is at the heart of the 20th century’s symphonic repertoire.

Turkish Delights

Concerts:

• 16 August 2019 / 7.00 p.m. / PMH (Pre-Concert Talk 6.15 p.m.)
• 17 August 2019 / 4.00 p.m. / PMH (Pre-Concert Talk 3.15 p.m.)

Conductor: Johannes Klumpp

Soloist: Friedemann Eichhorn, violin

Programs:

• Thai Traditional Music Abu Hassan
• Fazil SAY 1001 Nights in the Harem
• Sergei PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100

Tickets Price: 1500, 1000, 800, 600, 400 Baht

50% discount for Children and Students

below the age of 25 (or currently studying in an undergraduate program)

Ticket Reservations: 

Thai Ticket Major (TTM)

www.thaiticketmajor.com / TTM Call Center 02-262-3456

PMH/MACM Box Office

E-mail: mshall@mahidol.ac.th

Tel. 02-849- 6565/6 Ext. 6603, 6604, 6609

(Monday – Friday at 9.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m.)

Tel. 02-849- 6565/6 Ext. 6624, 6626

(Concert day Friday up to 5.00 p.m./ Saturday up to 2.00 p.m.)

Salaya Link shuttle Bus schedule (Bangwa – Salaya) 

www.music.mahidol.ac.th/salayalink

Contact

Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra

E-mail: Thailandphil@gmail.com

Tel: 02-800-2525-34 Ext. 3106, 3117

Fax: 02-800-2530

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