Ulvi Cemal Erkin
Köçekce
Short instrumentation: 3 3 3 3 - 4 3 3 1 - timp, perc(3), hp, cel, str
Duration: 8'
Instrumentation details:
piccolo
1st flute
2nd flute
1st oboe
2nd oboe
cor anglais
1st clarinet in Bb
2nd clarinet in Bb
3rd clarinet in Bb
1st bassoon
2nd bassoon
3rd bassoon (+cbsn)
1st horn in F
2nd horn in F
3rd horn in F
4th horn in F
1st trumpet in C
2nd trumpet in C
3rd trumpet in C
1st trombone
2nd trombone
3rd trombone
tuba
timpani
1st percussion
2nd percussion
3rd percussion
harp
celesta
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
contrabass
Erkin - Köçekce for orchestra
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Work introduction
The Turkish composer Ulvi Cemâl Erkin was one of The Turkish Five, the first professional composers to want to reform Turkish music in the early 20th century in line with western role models. The suite for orchestra, Köçekce, a dance rhapsody composed in 1943, is one of his best-known works. It refers to the music accompanying a traditional men’s dance and reflects the characteristic harmonies, melodies and rhythms of Turkish music.