Rondo alla Turca

David Amram

General Info

Year: 1971
Duration: c. 10:30
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: CF Peters
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental | Score Only - $35.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Jazz Trio Soloists

Flute
Electric Bass
Jazz Drums

Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Alto Clarinet
Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Bassoon I-II
Horn I-II-III-IV
Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Euphonium
Tuba
Celesta
Timpani
Percussion (7 players required)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The orchestral premiere of Rondo alla Turca was performed on January 10, 1971 by the American Symphony Orchestra, Kazuyoshi Akiyama conductor, as the third movement of Amram's Triple Concerto. The wind version of Rondo alla Turca was premiered by the Cherry Hill Wind Symphony. The composer while working on the third movement went to the Olive Tree Café in Greenwich Village late one night and was so inspired by the performance of Armenian and Arabic music by musicians in the restaurant he worked on the slow section of the Rondo alla Turca for the next few hours before he left. Amram (1978) states “The whole concerto is a summing up of a lifetime spent where there are no more walls in music and where playing, singing, improvising, and conducting all flow back into composing.”

-Program Note by Jason S. Ladd

Commercial Discography

MP3 Download of Orchestral Version: Rochester Philharmonic (David Zinman, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

Cajun, from American Dance Suite (1986)
En Memoria de Chano Pazo (1977)
Giants of the Night - Concerto for Flute (2002)
Horn Concerto (1967)
King Lear Variations (1965)
Ode to Lord Buckley (1980)
Rondo alla Turca from Triple Concerto (1971)

Resources

Amram, D.W. (1978). Triple Concerto. [Recorded by David Amram Jazz Quintet and the Rochester Philharmonic, David Zinman conductor]. On Amram Triple Concerto [LP Record]. Chicago: Flying Fish Records, Inc.
CF Peters Website