O. Ağır - Mesra per violoncello solo
Violoncello: Marlies Muijzers
O. Ağır - Duo Concertante per due bağlama
Rehearsing my new “Duo Concertante per due bağlama” together with Barış Kadem. An excerpt from the second movement titled "Vivace, poco scherzando”
F. Say - First Songs: IV. Bu Kekre Dünyada
Rehearsing this beautiful song of Fazıl Say for the first time together with violist Michelle Pritchard.
The song is composed on a poem of Metin Altıok who fell victim to the Sivas massacre on this day (2nd of July) in 1993 and died several days later.
F. Say - First Songs: I. Düşerim
Warming up with Fazıl Say's first songs at Muziekgebouw Eindhoven.
Oorwarmers Podcast (NL) - 40. Orkun Ağır
Six songs on poems of Anatolian poets - II. Dertli Dolap
by Orkun Ağır and Rianne Wilbers
"Yunus’ words have never been set to music in a better way. Orkun’s work is pure and confronting."
- Ataol Behramoğlu
"Ağır is not an ordinary composer nor an ordinary bağlama-player. This is outstanding music that is superbly performed by both musicians." - Jonas Meyer
This is a video we made back in 2016 of the second song (on a poem of Yunus Emre)
of my song cycle for soprano and bağlama
Preludio di Quintetto per viola solo
by Michelle Pritchard
Bağlama Quintet: Vivace
by Orkun Ağır and Antarja Quartet
Septetto - Quasi Una Fantasia
by Neue Musik Ensemble Aachen
Early release on BandCamp, click on the link!
Michelle Pritchard - Ağır: Preludio di Quintetto per viola solo
“I am really taken by Orkun Ağır’s music.
It is emotionally authentic” - Christopher Bowen (OAM)
“Ağır’s Preludio is a lonely work imbued with passion.
I hear echoes of Bartók, Ligeti and Penderecki” - David Hush
Ağır & Penderecki - Chamber Works
(Excerpt)
POM Good Virus Sessions