Hezârfen The history of flight is popularly known to have started with the Montgolfier brothers, in 1783. However, 17th century writings report that, almost one and a half centuries before, the Turkish scientist Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi flew across the Bosphorus from the Galata Tower: First he practiced by flying over the pulpit of Okmeydani eight or nine times with eaglewings, using the force of the wind. Then, as Sultan Murad Khan (Murad IV) was watching from the Sinan Pasha mansion at Sarayburnu, he flew from the very top of the Galata Tower and landed in the Doğancılar square in Üsküdar, with the help of the south-west wind. Then Murad Khan granted him a sack of golden coins, and said: This is a scary man. He is capable of doing anything he wishes. It is not right to keep such people, and thus sent him to Algeria on exile. He died there. This legendary figure, who crossed the place where East and West meet, inspired the Turkish pianist and composer Fazıl Say (1970-) to write his Hezarfen Concerto for Ney-Flute and Orchestra (Op. 39). Say divided the concerto into four sections: 05:24 I. Istanbul, Spring 1632 11:20 II. Galata Tower 16:25 III. The Flight 23:17 IV. Algerian Exile FAZIL SAY - Hezarfen concerto (concerto begins at 5th minute) hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Burcu Karadağ ∙ Howard Griffiths 2012 youtube/watch?v=eir1bXDWF34
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 23:38:30 +0000
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