Program.

"I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music"

Sonata for Organ in e moll, Adagio

J.S.Bach/August Sstradal

 "Twas grace hath brought Us safe thus far, And grace will lead us home"

Amazing Grace [hymn]

Mark Piano arrangement

"But till that mornin', there's a nothin' can harm you, With Daddy an' Mammy standin by."

Summertime [ aria from “Porgy and Bess"]

Gershwin/ Mercuzio arrangement

"... I confess, I lied when I said, "I'm leaving and not coming back"

One number away [country song]

Luke Combs/ Sammy Mitchel/Plevendovsky

"You have to go a little deeper, and you can see that what I do is very elaborate. If I do a fugue in the manner of Bach, it will always be “tanguificated”.

Milonga del Angel [Argentinean slow tango]

Astor Piazzolla

" ..a love she's lying about,  burns in a blaze all my love."

Por Una Cabeza [ Sense of a Woman]

Carlos Gardel

Gankino Horo/Ganka’s Dance

[authentic Bulgarian folk dance melody in 11/8 rhythm]

‘Song ‘ from “ Bulgarian Sketches” [ song "Have Supper, Rado "used as a main theme]

“..have Supper, Rado, go outside...I want to ask you, haven't you heard...Someone talking about me, around the village...,That I've been going and I've been knocking…on people's doors...on people's doors, Rada, and on your door.

Christopher Norton

"Chardaz means emotions, not sounds. A true artist should always be able to make the audience understand that a technical difficulty looks like the easiest thing on earth. ..."

“Chardaz in d minor”, Vitoria Monti Piano transcription-Tzvi Erez

“Black Earth” was inspired by Kara Toprak, a popular song in Turkey. Fazil Say imitates the sound of the Saz ( Turkish lute) through his selection of a muted effect of the strings in the Epilogue and the very end. All that remains is the Black Earth..”

“ Black Earth” Fazil Say