Irish Chamber Orchestra: Orient & Occident.

Cancellation Notice
“Due to current circumstances related to Covid-19, the Irish Chamber Orchestra is forced to cancel our upcoming performances with Fazil Say on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 March. We will organise refunds as soon as possible. Please stay tuned for updates which will be posted here and on our social media sites. We hope to reschedule the concert in due course.” – Irish Chamber Orchestra.

Fazil Say has a passion for Mozart. His Silk Road is an exotic and extraordinary musical journey across the fabled trade route. In a world of Turkish pirates and Christian slaves, Anna Devin sings one of Zaide's most beautiful arias, Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben to her would-be-lover. In Black Earth, Say's music digs deep into soil and history. Mozart's Ch'io mi scordi di te is one of his finest concert arias. The ICO provides the colourful framework for Say's dramatic and passionate Goethe Songs, settings of poems from the cycle West-Eastern Divan – a showcase for Anna Devin's brilliant vocals. Finally, Mozart's playful Concerto in A major brims with lyricism and texture emulating his idol, JC Bach.

Fazil Say: Director, Piano.
Katherine Hunka: Director, Violin.
Anna Devin: Soprano.

Fazil Say Silk Road.
Mozart Ruhe sanft mein holdes Leben from Zaide.
Fazil Say Black Earth.
Mozart Ch'io mi scordi di te, KV 505.
Fazil Say Four Arias from Goethe Lieder (West-Eastern Divan).
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 12, KV 414.

“He is not only a brilliant pianist, but will without doubt also become one of the great artists of the 21^st century”. – Le Figaro.