Folk music from Turkey by the orchestra of the folk dance group Turk Folklor Kurumu from Istanbul.
Turkey is a country with a very rich history, which had some highly developed forms of civilization since the early days. This includes also the music of the country, which was brought to large parts of Europe by the many conquests of the Turkish people during the fourteenth century.
The student dance society Turk Folklor Kurumu has set a goal to collect the dances of different areas of their country and to interpret that in a most authentic way. You will be hearing this on the LP Folk music from Turkey (1972), Negram ELS 945.
After this, you will be hearing music from the CD Turkey. The Violin of the Yayla from 1998. "Airs de danse rapides" is a suite of dances and is executed by Mehmet Sakir on violin and Hayri Dev on ücteli
Ocora C 560116 During the programme, the music will be explained extensively
