Featuring Grammy-nominated composer and New England Conservatory faculty member Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, our first Spotlight Session is an introduction to the Turkish modes (makam), how makam compares to the modes of Western European music, and how makam may be used in polyphonic composition.
Sanlıkol is the composer of Devran, a two-movement work for voices setting 16th-century Sufi texts using the techniques of Renaissance-style polyphony combined with aspects of traditional Turkish music. Blue Heron would have performed Devran in its concert Many Voices on March 28, 2020. The program will be rescheduled for the 2021-22 season.
