The Prague Symphony Orchestra, featured on this recording, was founded in 1934 by Rudolf Pekárek, who defined its activities with the words Film-Opera-Koncert, which became its abbreviation FOK.
Composer Biography
Kamran Ince, the composer of the symphonies on this album, was born in Montana to American/Turkish parents and grew up in Turkey before returning to America for his higher education.
Composition History
Kamran Ince's Symphony No. 4 'Sardis' was commissioned by Crawford H Greenewalt Jr, Director of Excavations at the ancient Sardis site, which is depicted in the symphony.
Composition History
Kamran Ince's Symphony No. 3 'Siege of Vienna' was commissioned by the Albany Symphony Orchestra and uses material that is a 'synthesis of West and East'.
Compositional Technique
Kamran Ince's Symphony No. 3 'Siege of Vienna' features a notably substantial orchestra, including an extensive percussion battery, piano, synthesizer, electric bass guitar, and passages for a quartet of Wagner tubas.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Kamran Ince's music is described as a 'fantastical jumble of mountains, deserts, plains and ocean,' reflecting the topography of Turkey, combined with a quality that is 'very American,' like the wild spaces of Montana.
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