About the Composer

About the Composer

  

Ali R+ SARAL has studied double majors and has two Master’s degrees,

MSc and BSC from Istanbul Technical University and MM from Illinois State University.

 He was accepted to the Istanbul State Conservatoir Composition and Theory Department and

studied harmony, counterpoint and others with Erçivan SAYDAM,  

composition with İlhan USMANBAŞ. 

He was a student of Roque CORDERO and Arthur CORRA at USA.

 He has attended courses at Stanford University CCRMA lab and Darmstad 1996. 

He has written 62 works of music longer than 15 hours long.

You can find his compositions at Petrucci Library: http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Saral,_Ali_Riza

He has served EUROCONTROL and German airspace as an air traffic control engineer 1992-1997.

He has specialized in LARGESYSTEMS and Java-J2EE.

 His areas of interest include Systems Psychology, ANN and parsers.

He writes blogs at:

http://largesystems-atc.blogspot.com/

http://largesystems-atc-en.blogspot.com/

http://alirizasaral.blogspot.com/

You can reach him at:

Addr: Barbaros Mah Sedef Sk Onur Sit. Akasya Apt. 13/3G Uskudar ISTANBUL TÜRKİYE 34662

Tel: 90 537 493 3968

e-mail: Arsaral(aatt)yahoo.com

Catalogue of

Ali Riza SARAL’s

Music Composition Works

As of 2019 Sep

CONTENTS

1   1 -   The Number of compositions per minutes length

2   2 -   List of names

3   3 -   Alphabetic List of details

4   4 -   Performance Type and Date Based  List of details

Ali Riza SARAL has written 47 music compositions 9 hours and 14 minutes long between 1987 and 2019.  The duration frequencies of these works are shown as follows.

The Number of compositions per minutes length

 (For ex:The count of Compositions of length 1 minute is 3.)

1, 1, 1,

2,

4, 4,

5, 5, 5,

6, 6, 6, 6, 6,

7,

9, 9,

10, 10,

11, 11, 11, 11,

12, 12, 12, 12,

13,

14, 14,

15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15,

18,

19,

20, 20, 20,

25,

30,

80

List of names

A

Anatolia

Ani's Papyrus

Ars Guitarra

At the Edge

B

The Bottle of Tears

Brass Quintet

The Broken Olive Branch

E

Eskisehir Ballads

Etude for the Left Hand

G

Guitar Sonata

H

Horn Trio

M

Missing Spaces

The Music of Words

The Musical Riddle

My Mom's Prayer

O

Oh my God where are You

P

Parody of Words

Passacaglia

Paths

Patterns

Peace

Penelope's Feast

Les Perdus

Piano Sonata No.1

Piece for Computer and 4 Trombones

12 Poises

Prelude and Fugue for Piano

R

Requiem

Rumi Cantata

Rumi's Warning

S

The Secret at the Light House

5 Senses

Sonata for 2 Cellos

Songs of Liberty

Steps on Guitar

Steps

Stood Her in Pain

String Quartet No.1

String Quartet No.2

Symphony No.1

T

The Temple at Divrigi

ThaLaasSaaa They Shouted

Tribute to the Wise One

Trio for Oboe, Cello and Piano

V

41 Variations on a Hymn

Viola Sonata

W

Wind Quintet

Wind Trio

Alphabetic List of details

A

Anatolia

Alternative Title      Etudes for Voice Nach Darmstadt

Movements/Sections         7

Year/Date of Composition           1998

Language      English, German, Turkish

Average Duration   5 minutes but flexible

Instrumentation       Voice

Ani's Papyrus

Alternative Title      Opera Oratorio after the Book of Dead

Year/Date of Composition           2002

Librettist       Composer, after a translation of ancient Egyptian texts by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge (1857–1934)

Language      English

Dedication    To the victims of September 11th events in New York

Average Duration   19 minutes

Instrumentation       Voices: Speaker (mezzo-soprano), Osiris Ani (bass-baritone) + mixed chorus (SATB)

Orchestra: 3 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets (B?), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon + 4 horns (F), 4 trumpets (C), 3 trombones, tuba + 4 timpani, triangle, tambourine, cymbals, bass drum, gong, chimes, xylophone + harpsichord, harp, strings

Ars Guitarra

Alternative Title      Scale Etudes on Turkish Makams

Year/Date of Composition           2018

Instrumentation       guitar

At the Edge

Alternative Title      Suite for Cello

Movements/Sections         3 movements

Year/Date of Composition           2017

Dedication    Daria B.

Average Duration   12 minutes

Instrumentation       cello

B

The Bottle of Tears

Alternative Title      Wind Quintet 2

Movements/Sections         3 movements:

Spaces

Volumes

Seeing Through

Dedication    To the tears of an archeolog

Year/Date of Composition           2019

Average Duration   6 minutes

Instrumentation       flute, oboe, clarinet (B?), bassoon, horn (F)

Brass Quintet

Alternative Title      Anatolian Mountains

Movements/Sections         5 movements

Year/Date of Composition           2019

Average Duration   11 minutes

Instrumentation       2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba

The Broken Olive Branch

Alternative Title      Violoncello and Classical Guitar Sonata

Year/Date of Composition           2016-08

Dedication    To Francesco Diodovich and Giovanna Buccarella

Average Duration   15 minutes

Instrumentation       classical guitar, cello

E

Eskisehir Ballads

Alternative Title      Who Ever the Heart Loves (Gönül Kimi Severse)

Movements/Sections         5 sections

Koca Öküz

Entarisi Kırmızı

Çeşmeler Yaptırdım

Elindeki Mendili

Yoğurdum Var

Year/Date of Composition           1985

First Performance    1985

Librettist       Traditional

Language      Turkish

Dedication    Who ever my heart loved

Average Duration   10 minutes

Piece Style    Traditional

Instrumentation       Chorus (male + female voices), flute, wooden spoons, lute (sop, alto), guitar

Etude for the Left Hand

Movements/Sections         1 study

Year/Date of Composition           2019

Average Duration   2 minutes

Instrumentation       guitar

G

Guitar Sonata

Movements/Sections         4 movements

Moderato con disinvoltura

Andante ghiribizzoso

Andante con serenita

Allegro a piacere ma con osservanzo

Year/Date of Composition           2003

Dedication    Mr. Ahmet Kanneci

Average Duration   15 minutes

Instrumentation       Classical Guitar

H

Horn Trio

Alternative Title      The Fisherman's Hope (Balıkçının Umudu)

Movements/Sections         1

Year/Date of Composition           2017

Average Duration   5-6 minutes

Instrumentation       3 horns (F)

M

Missing Spaces

Alternative Title      Piece for Chamber Orchestra

Movements/Sections         3

Year/Date of Composition           1999

Average Duration   6 minutes

Instrumentation       String orchestra (7 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, double bass)

The Music of Words

Movements/Sections         4 movements:

I. Moderato giusto

II. Andante con tenerezza

III. Presto con brio

IV. Allegro riposo

Year/Date of Composition           2013

First Publication      2013

Librettist       Composer

Language      English

Dedication    To the idea of Europe

Average Duration   15 minutes

Instrumentation       soprano, Pierrot quintet (flute/piccolo, clarinet, violin, cello, piano)

The Musical Riddle

Dedication    Mr. Arthur Corra

Year/Date of Composition           1998

Average Duration   7 minutes

Instrumentation       solo cello

My Mom's Prayer

Key     D Huseyni

Movements/Sections         1

Year/Date of Composition           2017

Librettist       Composer

Language      English, Turkish

Average Duration   1 minute

Instrumentation       tenor

O

Oh my God where are You

Alternative Title      Cantata

Movements/Sections         6 movements

Year/Date of Composition           2016-11

Librettist       composer

Language      Hittite, English, German, Turkish

Dedication    to Dr. Arthur CORRA of Illinois State University

Average Duration   20 minutes

Instrumentation       soprano, tenor, flute, horn, percussion, harp, viola

P

Parody of Words

Movements/Sections         7

Year/Date of Composition           2016

Language      English

Average Duration   6 minutes

Instrumentation       mezzo soprano, bass-baritone

Passacaglia

Movements/Sections         1

Year/Date of Composition           1988

First Performance    1998

Dedication    My teacher Ercivan Saydam

Average Duration   1 minute

Piece Style    Classical

Instrumentation       4 instruments

Paths

Alternative Title      Prep exercises for piano

Year/Date of Composition           2018

Instrumentation       piano

Patterns

Alternative Title      Wind Trio

Movements/Sections         3

Year/Date of Composition           2015

Average Duration   12 minutes

Instrumentation       flute, clarinet, bassoon

Peace

Movements/Sections         4 movements

Year/Date of Composition           2019

Average Duration   11 minutes

Instrumentation       strings

Penelope's Feast

Alternative Title      Dance Suite

Dedication    To the memory of my cousin, ballerina Yüksel AND

Year/Date of Composition           2018

Average Duration   12 minutes

Instrumentation       horn, violoncello, piano

Les Perdus

Alternative Title      The Missing Ones

Movements/Sections         1 piece

Year/Date of Composition           2017

Average Duration   4 minutes

Instrumentation       bassoon

Piano Sonata No.1

Movements/Sections         3 movements

I. Allegro pietosamente

II. Moderato con chiarezza

III. Allegro scorrendo

Year/Date of Composition           2001

Average Duration   15 minutes

Instrumentation       Solo Piano

Piece for Computer and 4 Trombones

Work Title    Piece for Computer and 4 Trombones

Alternative Title      Death on the Border

Movements/Sections         7

Year/Date of Composition           1990 - 1992

Dedication    Mr. Charles Stokes

Average Duration   11 minutes

Instrumentation       Computer generated tape part and 4 tromboni

12 Poises

Work Title    12 Poises

Year/Date of Composition           2018

Average Duration   1 minute per piece

Instrumentation       piano

Prelude and Fugue for Piano

Movements/Sections         2 movements:

1. Prelude

2. Fugue

Year/Date of Composition           2019

Average Duration   5 minutes

Instrumentation       piano

R

Requiem

Alternative Title      Requiem for the Dead Anatolia

Movements/Sections         22

Introit

Kyrie Eleison

Dies irae, dies illa

Quantus tremor

Tuba mirum

Mors stupebit

Liber scriptus proferetour

Judex ergo

Dies irae, dies illa

Quid sum miser

Rex tramendae majestatus

Recordero Jesu pie

Juste judex

Ingemisco

Qui Mariam absolvisti

Preces meae non sunt digne

Inter oves locum praesta

Confutatis

Dies irae, dies illa

Lacrimosa, dies illa

Offertorium

Domine Jesu

Hostias

Sanctus

Benedictus

Agnus dei

Lux aeternum

Libera Me

Year/Date of Composition           2019

Librettist       Composer

Language      English, Turkish

Dedication    to the souls lost in the Kadesh War (1275 bc) and after

Average Duration   1 hour 20 minutes

Instrumentation       4 voices (SATB), mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra

Rumi Cantata

Movements/Sections         6

Year/Date of Composition           2015-2016

Librettist       Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (1207–1273)

Talât Sait Halman (1931–2014), Turkish translation (used by permission)

Ali Rıza Saral, English translation

Language      English and Turkish

Average Duration   14 minutes

Instrumentation       Voices: soprano, alto, tenor, bass; mixed choir (SATB)

Orchestra: flute, oboes, string orchestra, basso continuo/guitar

Rumi's Warning

Alternative Title      Prelude for Two Harps

Year/Date of Composition           2016

Average Duration   4 minutes

Instrumentation       2 harps

Related Works         Adapted from the 1st movement of the Rumi Cantata

S

The Secret at the Light House

Movements/Sections         1

Year/Date of Composition           2014

First Publication      2014

Dedication    To 'Veritas'

Average Duration   10 minutes

Instrumentation       String Orchestra - 12 players (4, 3, 2, 2, 1)

5 Senses

Alternative Title      Five Pieces for Large Orchestra

Movements/Sections         5 pieces

Year/Date of Composition           2018

Average Duration   13 minutes

Instrumentation       orchestra

Sonata for 2 Cellos

Alternative Title      Double Headed

Movements/Sections         4 movements:

1. Double Headed

2. Coaching

3. Dominance

4. Intersubjectivity

Year/Date of Composition           2019

Average Duration   12 minutes

Instrumentation       2 cellos

Songs of Liberty

Movements/Sections         7 movements:

I. Gorgeous Freedom

II. Freedom

III. Liberty

IV. Fire of Xanthos

V. Never is the night completely dark

VI. No Man is an Island

VII. Do not worry

Year/Date of Composition           2019

Librettist       see below

I. Aleksandr Blok (1880-1921), translation Ali Riza SARAL

II. George William Russell (1867-1935), translation Ali Riza SARAL

III. Paul Eluard (1895-1952), translation Ali Riza SARAL

IV. Xanthos Lycian Anonym (6th? cty BC), adoptated by Ali Riza SARAL

V. Paul Eluard (1895-1952), translation Ali Riza SARAL

VI. John Donne (1572-1631), translation Ali Riza SARAL

VII. Lycian Anonym (6th? cty BC), adopted by Ali Riza SARAL

Language      English, Turkish

Average Duration   18 minutes

Instrumentation       mezzo-soprano, clarinet (B?), piano

Steps on Guitar

Alternative Title      Intro to Serialism on Guitar

Year/Date of Composition           2018

Instrumentation       guitar

Steps

Alternative Title      Introduction to Serialism on Piano

Year/Date of Composition           2018

Instrumentation       piano

Stood Her in Pain

Alternative Title      Aci İcinde Durdu

Movements/Sections         1

Year/Date of Composition           2017

Librettist       Composer

Language      English and Turkish

Dedication    Saadet İkesus Altan

Average Duration   15 minutes

Instrumentation       Voices: mixed chorus (SATB)

Orchestra: piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet (B?), bassoon

horn (F), trumpet (B?), tenor trombone

timpani, cymbals, strings

String Quartet No.1

Movements/Sections         4 movements

I. Allegro

II. Andante serenita

III. Scherzo

IV. Allegro penserioso

Year/Date of Composition           2001

Average Duration   20 minutes

Instrumentation       2 Violins, viola, cello

String Quartet No.2

Work Title    String Quartet No.2

Alternative Title      Ottoman Suite

Year/Date of Composition           2015

Dedication    Sarper ÖZSAN

Average Duration   20 minutes

Instrumentation       2 violins, viola, cello

Symphony No.1

Alternative Title      Farewell My Son - Elveda Yavrum

Movements/Sections         3 movements:

I. Allegro (?= 120)

II. Moderato (?= 108)

III.1. Andante con moto (?= 120)

III.2. Andante careazza (?= 80)

III.3. Moderato (?= 112)

Year/Date of Composition           2017

Librettist       Composer

Language      English

Average Duration   30 minutes

Instrumentation       Voice: soprano

Orchestra: piccolo, flute, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (B?), 2 bassoons

2 horns (F), 2 trumpets (B?), 2 trombones, tuba

timpani, triangle, cymbal, snare drum, glockenspiel, xylophone, harp, strings (8,8,4,4,2)

T

The Temple at Divrigi

Alternative Title      The Temple

Movements/Sections         1

Year/Date of Composition           2017

Average Duration   11 minutes

Instrumentation       Orchestra: piccolo, flute, oboe, 2 clarinets (B?), 2 bassoons

2 horns (F), 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba

timpani, 2 bass drums, cymbal, tam-tam, strings (8,8,4,4,2)

ThaLaasSaaa They Shouted

Alternative Title      Percussion Ensemble

Movements/Sections         1

Year/Date of Composition           2016

Average Duration   6 minutes

Instrumentation       Percussion Ensemble: xylophone, triangle, tambourine, snare drum, cymbal, tenor drum, bass drum

Tribute to the Wise One

Alternative Title      Sonata for Double Choir

Movements/Sections         4

Year/Date of Composition           1994

Language      English

Dedication    Mr. Erçivan SAYDAM

Average Duration   14 minutes

Instrumentation       Double choir

Trio for Oboe, Cello and Piano

Movements/Sections         3 sections

1. Toccata

2. Legato, moderato espressivo

3. Andante

Year/Date of Composition           1988, 2012

Dedication    Mr. İlhan Usmanbaş

Average Duration   9 minutes

Instrumentation       Oboe, Cello, Piano

V

41 Variations on a Hymn

Alternative Title      Guitar Variations

Movements/Sections         41 variations

Year/Date of Composition           2015

Dedication    To Cakir Hafizlar

Average Duration   25 minutes

Instrumentation       classical guitar

Viola Sonata

Alternative Title      Sonata for Viola and Piano

Movements/Sections         3 movements

Year/Date of Composition           2000

First Performance    2001

Dedication    Mr. Ruşen Güneş

Average Duration   15 minutes

Instrumentation       Viola and Piano

W

Wind Quintet

Alternative Title      Mutation of Variations Towards Sonata

Movements/Sections         1

Year/Date of Composition           1989

Average Duration   9 minutes

Instrumentation       Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn

Wind Trio

Alternative Title      Calls from the Past

Movements/Sections         1 section

Non energico e senza espressione

Year/Date of Composition           1998

Average Duration   5 minutes

Instrumentation       flute, oboe, bassoon

Performance Type and Date Based  List of details

Chant and Orchestra

Ani's Papyrus

Alternative Title      Opera Oratorio after the Book of Dead

Year/Date of Composition           2002

Librettist       Composer, after a translation of ancient Egyptian texts by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge (1857–1934)

Language      English

Dedication    To the victims of September 11th events in New York

Average Duration   19 minutes

Instrumentation       Voices: Speaker (mezzo-soprano), Osiris Ani (bass-baritone) + mixed chorus (SATB)

Orchestra: 3 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets (B?), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon + 4 horns (F), 4 trumpets (C), 3 trombones, tuba + 4 timpani, triangle, tambourine, cymbals, bass drum, gong, chimes, xylophone + harpsichord, harp, strings

Rumi Cantata

Movements/Sections         6

Year/Date of Composition           2015-2016

Librettist       Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (1207–1273)

Talât Sait Halman (1931–2014), Turkish translation (used by permission)

Ali Rıza Saral, English translation

Language      English and Turkish

Average Duration   14 minutes

Instrumentation       Voices: soprano, alto, tenor, bass; mixed choir (SATB)

Orchestra: flute, oboes, string orchestra, basso continuo/guitar

Stood Her in Pain

Alternative Title      Aci İcinde Durdu

Movements/Sections         1

Year/Date of Composition           2017

Librettist       Composer

Language      English and Turkish

Dedication    Saadet İkesus Altan

Average Duration   15 minutes

Instrumentation       Voices: mixed chorus (SATB)

Orchestra: piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet (B?), bassoon

horn (F), trumpet (B?), tenor trombone

timpani, cymbals, strings

Requiem

Alternative Title      Requiem for the Dead Anatolia

Movements/Sections         22

Introit

Kyrie Eleison

Dies irae, dies illa

Quantus tremor

Tuba mirum

Mors stupebit

Liber scriptus proferetour

Judex ergo

Dies irae, dies illa

Quid sum miser

Rex tramendae majestatus

Recordero Jesu pie

Juste judex

Ingemisco

Qui Mariam absolvisti

Preces meae non sunt digne

Inter oves locum praesta

Confutatis

Dies irae, dies illa

Lacrimosa, dies illa

Offertorium

Domine Jesu

Hostias

Sanctus

Benedictus

Agnus dei

Lux aeternum

Libera Me

Year/Date of Composition           2019

Librettist       Composer

Language      English, Turkish

Dedication    to the souls lost in the Kadesh War (1275 bc) and after

Average Duration   1 hour 20 minutes

Instrumentation       4 voices (SATB), mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra

Orchestra

Missing Spaces

Alternative Title      Piece for Chamber Orchestra

Movements/Sections         3

Year/Date of Composition           1999

Average Duration   6 minutes

Instrumentation       String orchestra (7 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, double bass)

The Secret at the Light House

Movements/Sections         1

Year/Date of Composition           2014

Dedication    To 'Veritas'

Average Duration   10 minutes

Instrumentation       String Orchestra - 12 players (4, 3, 2, 2, 1)

The Temple at Divrigi

Alternative Title      The Temple

Movements/Sections         1

Year/Date of Composition           2017

Average Duration   11 minutes

Instrumentation       Orchestra: piccolo, flute, oboe, 2 clarinets (B?), 2 bassoons

2 horns (F), 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba

timpani, 2 bass drums, cymbal, tam-tam, strings (8,8,4,4,2)

Symphony No.1

Alternative Title      Farewell My Son - Elveda Yavrum

Movements/Sections         3 movements:

I. Allegro (?= 120)

II. Moderato (?= 108)

III.1. Andante con moto (?= 120)

III.2. Andante careazza (?= 80)

III.3. Moderato (?= 112)

Year/Date of Composition           2017

Librettist       Composer

Language      English

Average Duration   30 minutes

Instrumentation       Voice: soprano

Orchestra: piccolo, flute, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (B?), 2 bassoons

2 horns (F), 2 trumpets (B?), 2 trombones, tuba

timpani, triangle, cymbal, snare drum, glockenspiel, xylophone, harp, strings (8,8,4,4,2)

5 Senses

Alternative Title      Five Pieces for Large Orchestra

Movements/Sections         5 pieces

Year/Date of Composition           2018

Average Duration   13 minutes

Instrumentation       orchestra

Peace

Movements/Sections         4 movements

Year/Date of Composition           2019

Average Duration   11 minutes

Instrumentation       strings

Chamber Music

Obua ve Piyano İçin Üç Parça, 1988 (9’)

Passacaglia

Movements/Sections         1

Year/Date of Composition           1988

Dedication    My teacher Ercivan Saydam

Average Duration   1 minute

Piece Style    Classical

Instrumentation       4 instruments

Wind Quintet

Alternative Title      Mutation of Variations Towards Sonata

Movements/Sections         1

Year/Date of Composition           1989

Average Duration   9 minutes

Instrumentation       Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn

Improvisation (viyola, piyano), 1990 (6’)

Wind Trio

Alternative Title      Calls from the Past

Movements/Sections         1 section

Non energico e senza espressione

Year/Date of Composition           1998

Average Duration   5 minutes

Instrumentation       flute, oboe, bassoon

Viola Sonata

Alternative Title      Sonata for Viola and Piano

Movements/Sections         3 movements

Year/Date of Composition           2000

First Performance    2001

Dedication    Mr. Ruşen Güneş

Average Duration   15 minutes

Instrumentation       Viola and Piano

String Quartet No.1

Movements/Sections         4 movements

I. Allegro

II. Andante serenita

III. Scherzo

IV. Allegro penserioso

Year/Date of Composition           2001

Average Duration   20 minutes

Instrumentation       2 Violins, viola, cello

Trio for Oboe, Cello and Piano

Movements/Sections         3 sections

1. Toccata

2. Legato, moderato espressivo

3. Andante

Year/Date of Composition           1988, 2012

Dedication    Mr. İlhan Usmanbaş

Average Duration   9 minutes

Instrumentation       Oboe, Cello, Piano

String Quartet No.2

Work Title    String Quartet No.2

Alternative Title      Ottoman Suite

Year/Date of Composition           2015

Dedication    Sarper ÖZSAN

Average Duration   20 minutes

Instrumentation       2 violins, viola, cello

Patterns

Alternative Title      Wind Trio

Movements/Sections         3

Year/Date of Composition           2015

Average Duration   12 minutes

Instrumentation       flute, clarinet, bassoon

Rumi's Warning

Alternative Title      Prelude for Two Harps

Year/Date of Composition           2016

Average Duration   4 minutes

Instrumentation       2 harps

Related Works         Adapted from the 1st movement of the Rumi Cantata

ThaLaasSaaa They Shouted

Alternative Title      Percussion Ensemble

Movements/Sections         1

Year/Date of Composition           2016

Average Duration   6 minutes

Instrumentation       Percussion Ensemble: xylophone, triangle, tambourine, snare drum, cymbal, tenor drum, bass drum

The Broken Olive Branch

Alternative Title      Violoncello and Classical Guitar Sonata

Year/Date of Composition           2016-08

Dedication    To Francesco Diodovich and Giovanna Buccarella

Average Duration   15 minutes

Instrumentation       classical guitar, cello

Horn Trio

Alternative Title      The Fisherman's Hope (Balıkçının Umudu)

Movements/Sections         1

Year/Date of Composition           2017

Average Duration   5-6 minutes

Instrumentation       3 horns (F)

Penelope's Feast

Alternative Title      Dance Suite

Year/Date of Composition           2018

Dedication    To the memory of my cousin, ballerina Yüksel AND

Average Duration   12 minutes

Instrumentation       horn, violoncello, piano

The Bottle of Tears

Alternative Title      Wind Quintet 2

Movements/Sections         3 movements:

Spaces

Volumes

Seeing Through

Year/Date of Composition           2019

Dedication    To the tears of an archeolog

Average Duration   6 minutes

Instrumentation       flute, oboe, clarinet (B?), bassoon, horn (F)

Brass Quintet

Alternative Title      Anatolian Mountains

Movements/Sections         5 movements

Year/Date of Composition           2019

Average Duration   11 minutes

Instrumentation       2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba

Sonata for 2 Cellos

Alternative Title      Double Headed

Movements/Sections         4 movements:

1. Double Headed

2. Coaching

3. Dominance

4. Intersubjectivity

Year/Date of Composition           2019

Average Duration   12 minutes

Instrumentation       2 cellos

Solo Instrument 

The Musical Riddle

Dedication    Mr. Arthur Corra

Year/Date of Composition           1998

Average Duration   7 minutes

Instrumentation       solo cello

Piano Sonata No.1

Movements/Sections         3 movements

I. Allegro pietosamente

II. Moderato con chiarezza

III. Allegro scorrendo

Year/Date of Composition           2001

Average Duration   15 minutes

Instrumentation       Solo Piano

Guitar Sonata

Alternative Title      Aural Poem

Movements/Sections         4 movements

Moderato con disinvoltura

Andante ghiribizzoso

Andante con serenita

Allegro a piacere ma con osservanzo

Year/Date of Composition           2003

Dedication    Mr. Ahmet Kanneci

Average Duration   15 minutes

Instrumentation       Classical Guitar

41 Variations on a Hymn

Alternative Title      Guitar Variations

Movements/Sections         41 variations

Year/Date of Composition           2015

Dedication    To Cakir Hafizlar

Average Duration   25 minutes

Instrumentation       classical guitar

At the Edge

Alternative Title      Suite for Cello

Movements/Sections         3 movements

Year/Date of Composition           2017

Dedication    Daria B.

Average Duration   12 minutes

Instrumentation       cello

Les Perdus

Alternative Title      The Missing Ones

Movements/Sections         1 piece

Year/Date of Composition           2017

Average Duration   4 minutes

Instrumentation       bassoon

Ars Guitarra

Alternative Title      Scale Etudes on Turkish Makams

Year/Date of Composition           2018

Instrumentation       guitar

Paths

Alternative Title      Prep exercises for piano

Year/Date of Composition           2018

Instrumentation       piano

12 Poises

Work Title    12 Poises

Year/Date of Composition           2018

Average Duration   1 minute per piece

Instrumentation       piano

Steps on Guitar

Alternative Title      Intro to Serialism on Guitar

Year/Date of Composition           2018

Instrumentation       guitar

Steps

Alternative Title      Introduction to Serialism on Piano

Year/Date of Composition           2018

Instrumentation       piano

Etude for the Left Hand

Movements/Sections         1 study

Year/Date of Composition           2019

Average Duration   2 minutes

Instrumentation       guitar

Prelude and Fugue for Piano

Movements/Sections         2 movements:

Year/Date of Composition           2019

1. Prelude

2. Fugue

Average Duration   5 minutes

Instrumentation       piano

Chant/Choir

Eskisehir Ballads

Alternative Title      Who Ever the Heart Loves (Gönül Kimi Severse)

Movements/Sections         5 sections

Koca Öküz

Entarisi Kırmızı

Çeşmeler Yaptırdım

Elindeki Mendili

Yoğurdum Var

Year/Date of Composition           1985

Librettist       Traditional

Language      Turkish

Dedication    Who ever my heart loved

Average Duration   10 minutes

Piece Style    Traditional

Instrumentation       Chorus (male + female voices), flute, wooden spoons, lute (sop, alto), guitar

Tribute to the Wise One

Alternative Title      Sonata for Double Choir

Movements/Sections         4

Year/Date of Composition           1994

Language      English

Dedication    Mr. Erçivan SAYDAM

Average Duration   14 minutes

Instrumentation       Double choir

Anatolia

Alternative Title      Etudes for Voice Nach Darmstadt

Movements/Sections         7

Year/Date of Composition           1998

Language      English, German, Turkish

Average Duration   5 minutes but flexible

Instrumentation       Voice

Parody of Words

Movements/Sections         7

Year/Date of Composition           2016

Language      English

Average Duration   6 minutes

Instrumentation       mezzo soprano, bass-baritone

My Mom's Prayer

Key     D Huseyni

Movements/Sections         1

Year/Date of Composition           2017

Librettist       Composer

Language      English, Turkish

Average Duration   1 minute

Instrumentation       tenor

Chant and Accompany

The Music of Words

Movements/Sections         4 movements:

I. Moderato giusto

II. Andante con tenerezza

III. Presto con brio

IV. Allegro riposo

Year/Date of Composition           2013

Librettist       Composer

Language      English

Dedication    To the idea of Europe

Average Duration   15 minutes

Instrumentation       soprano, Pierrot quintet (flute/piccolo, clarinet, violin, cello, piano) Oh

Oh my God where are You

Alternative Title      Cantata

Movements/Sections         6 movements

Year/Date of Composition           2016-11

Librettist       composer

Language      Hittite, English, German, Turkish

Dedication    to Dr. Arthur CORRA of Illinois State University

Average Duration   20 minutes

Instrumentation       soprano, tenor, flute, horn, percussion, harp, viola

Songs of Liberty

Movements/Sections         7 movements:

I. Gorgeous Freedom

II. Freedom

III. Liberty

IV. Fire of Xanthos

V. Never is the night completely dark

VI. No Man is an Island

VII. Do not worry

Year/Date of Composition           2019

Librettist       see below

I. Aleksandr Blok (1880-1921), translation Ali Riza SARAL

II. George William Russell (1867-1935), translation Ali Riza SARAL

III. Paul Eluard (1895-1952), translation Ali Riza SARAL

IV. Xanthos Lycian Anonym (6th? cty BC), adoptated by Ali Riza SARAL

V. Paul Eluard (1895-1952), translation Ali Riza SARAL

VI. John Donne (1572-1631), translation Ali Riza SARAL

VII. Lycian Anonym (6th? cty BC), adopted by Ali Riza SARAL

Language      English, Turkish

Average Duration   18 minutes

Instrumentation       mezzo-soprano, clarinet (B?), piano

Electroacoustic

Piece for Computer and 4 Trombones

Work Title    Piece for Computer and 4 Trombones

Alternative Title      Death on the Border

Movements/Sections         7

Year/Date of Composition           1990 - 1992

Dedication    Mr. Charles Stokes

Average Duration   11 minutes

Instrumentation       Computer generated tape part and 4 tromboni

Managing Transcendence in the Music Composition Process

In the beginning, maybe, music transcends the composer.  There is a piece of which score is not written black on white.  There is a piece which is not heard literally by anybody as sound.

In the beginning, the composer has a few ideas that charms him/herself or even a lucky piece order from somebody else which may dictate a form or a group of instruments to use.

The music to be, transcends the remembering ability and perceptions by any means of the composer.  He tries to catch something that he partially imagines and tries to reach the whole of it.

The transcendence of the composer by music is similar to the situation of a two year old child trying to speak his first words, phrases...  The two year old child tries to express himself and speak but he is not able to do so.  He/she solves the speech difficulty by percieving the difference between the external world and him/herself.  The development of ‘self’ helps him/her to overcome the transcendence of speech.  During this process he also develops a somewhat ’ language’ which helps him to express himself.

Similarly,  the composer begins to develop a ‘self’ for his music, beginning with the initial ideas.  As the music progresses with its first page the material used establishes a ‘self’, which tells the composer what belongs to this piece or not.

As the composition process progresses, this ‘self’, the identity of the piece gets stronger and the piece gets a personality seperate from the composer.  The composer becomes the servant of the new born music to write down what is necessary, what is beautiful.

The materials used in the first movement sets a ‘language’ which dictates many elements for the other movements and even for the other pieces that the composer will dream...

At the end, may be, music transcends the composer again.  The composer has written  a music which may set an example for other composers to pursue...

Maybe, Penderecki, Serocki and Ligeti have done this.

Ali R+ SARAL

The Secret Hidden at the Light House - intro

The Secret Hidden at the Light House, my last work  has passed the full sketching phase.

 I am now working  on the notation and began to do retouches.  You can have a look at the first 8 bars attached to this note.

The notation is Polish (Penderecki, Serocki inter alia) mixed with classical notation.  In fact, although my work is strongly affected by the polish  and 20th cty modern school it uses classical elements in contrast.  I believe this is a post-modern approach where all style elements are used as a mixture and a new unity is formed.  A classical 3-5 chord may well stand together with a totally dissonant chord.

It all depends on the context and that is a post-modern context.

The Secret Hidden at the Light House, as a matter of navigation, is the absolute location information.

As a veteran (German) air traffic control engineer, I have always been amazed at the beacons that show the way to airplanes.  It is the same with ships and light houses.  I remember as a child, passing from one

Continent to the other in Istanbul by ship, and gazing at the light houses.  It was so embazzling.  Since  then, I wondered for many years what the secret at the light house is.

The captains of the ships and the pilots know what is hidden at the light house.  Their maps display the absolute location of the light house.  So, when the captain sees the light of the light house he understands that he is at the right track.

So, once again, what is the’ Secret  at the Light House’?  It is the ‘veritas’, the truth, the reality...

Isn’t it the truth, the reality that guides our way and helps us reach the safety of an harbor when we are faced with immense difficulties?

Ali R+ SARAL

Saadet Hoca'yı Ararken...

SAADET HOCA’YI ÖZLERKEN

Saadet İkesus Altan, Saadet Hoca Türkiye Cumhuriyetinin ilk opera sanatçılarından.  Türkiye’yi 30’lu yıllarda Almanya’da ve Avrupa’da başarı ile temsil etmiş.  Daha sonra davet üzerine Türkiye’ye geri dönmüş.  Opera sanatçısı solist olarak bir çok eserde rol almış.  Daha ileri yaşlarında Istanbul’da Opera’da hoca ve ses eğitimcisi7doktoru olarak çalışmış, opera yönetmeni olarak eserler sahneye koymuş.

Saadet Hoca ile öğrencisi sevgili Müjgan Abla, sayın Müjgan ÖZÇAY eli ile tanıştım. Hocanın daveti üzerine Moda’ya yolum düştüğünde bir çok defalar kendisini ziyaret edip çayını içtim.  Kendisini ve hoş sohbetini giderek daha çok aradığım şu sıralar bana söylemiş olduğu  bir kaç sözü sizlerle paylaşmayı uygun buluyorum.

-    Saadet Hoca’nın Almanya döneminden sanıyorum Ekrem Akurgal ile tanışıklığı vardı.  Tanıştığımız ilk sıralar arkeolojinin önemine dikkatimi çekerek “Müzik literatürünün büyük bir kısmı ‘aşk’ ‘gönül eğlencesi’ üzerinedir.  Sen de aynı şeyi yapmaktan sakın.” demiş şu kitabı hediye etmişti.

-    Estetik ile ilgili olarak: ara tonlar kullanmanın önemini belirtmişti.  Tonların katışıksız olarak ayrı ayrı ama yan yana durmasından doğan -bir çeşit Amerikan zevki denebilir- etki yerine tonların dönüşerek ve iç içe geçerek etkileşmesini tercih ettiğini söylemişti.

-    Boşluk bırakmanın önemini vurgulamıştı bir kez.  Sınırlı alanları ‘çok doldurma’ demişti.

-    Hoca, beni insanlarla ilişkilerimde mesafeli olmak konusunda uyarmıştı.  Kızdığım/kırıldığım zaman normalde ‘sen’ diye hitap ettiğim kişiye ‘siz’ ile hitap edebileceğimi söylemişti.

-    Hoca, alçak gönüllülük konusunda örnek bir kişiydi.  Çok hoştu hem alçak gönüllü hem de yeri gelince mesafeli olma becerisi ile.

-    Hoca’nın bir dersi de ‘iyilik ettiğinde kendini belli etme, saklı tut oğlum’.

-    Hoca’nın babası İstiklal savaşında şehit düşmüştü.  Şehit kızıydı.

Hoca belirli bir muhalefet çizgisine abone olmamakla birlikte gördüğü haksızlıklara da karşı çıkmaktan geri durmazdı.  Bir keresinde Cumhuriyetin ilk yıllarında, çocukluğunda Üsküdar’da bir törende bir Paşa’ya şehit kızı olarak takdim edilir.  O sırada Paşa’ya bir pasta ikram edilir.  Yokluk zamanı olduğu için yalnız Paşa’ya verilir.  Saadet Hoca Paşa’nın nasıl onca kişi önünde, ve çocuklara karşı ‘hapır hupur’ o pastayı yediğini anlatırken sanki bugün’müş gibi kızmıştı...

-    ‘Oğlum hayat kısa, başkaları senin eline yağlı boya fırçasını verip senin kendi sanatın için harcaman gereken zamanı ziyan ederler dikkatli ol’.

-    ‘Hiç bir şey seni yıldırmasın, sen çalışmana bak. Takdir ne kadar geç gelirse, o kadar çoğalır ve güçlü olur.’