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Repertoire

Oorkaan wants to enrich as many small and large ears as possible with the infinite world of music. On this page you can read which compositions the Oorkaan Ensemble has in their repertoire. 

Committees

  • Ivo van Emmerik (1961) – You Are Here (2024)
  • Iwan Gunawan (1973) – Gembyangan (arr. Iwan Gunawan) (2011–2022)
  • Frieda Gustavs (1996) – 3 Mornings – Kantjil Theme
  • Emre Sihan Kaleli (1987) – Four (2021)
  • Steven Kamperman (1970) – Four Colours (2021)
  • Steven Kamperman (1970) – Black Sea Suite (2021)
  • Anna-Maartje Lemereis (1989) – On(e) Track (2024)
  • Arjan Linker – Kafi Tappa (2026)
  • Michele Mazzini (1995) – Due Nasi (2022)
    I. Primo Naso
    II. Secondo Naso
  • Michele Mazzini (1995) – Aìr (2025)
  • Martijn Padding (1956) – Hurricane Tempi (2023)
  • Jordy Sanger (1990) – Melati Mekar (2025)
  • Sinta Wullur (1958) – Si Empat (2022)

Repertoire 

  • Arno Babajanyan (1921–1983) – Prelude and Vagharshapat Dance (arr. Oorkaan Ensemble)
  • Béla Bartók (1881–1945) – Allegro barbaro (arr. Michele Mazzini)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) – 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119, Nos. 2 and 9 (arr. Michele Mazzini), No. 10 (arr. Oorkaan Ensemble)
  • Margaret Bonds (1913–1972) – "Troubled Water" (Arr. Robbrecht Van Cauwenberghe)
  • Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) – Piano Quartet No. 1, Op. 25, Movement IV: Rondo alla Zingarese (arr. Robbrecht Van Cauwenberghe) (1861)
  • Claude Debussy (1862–1918) – Estampes, L.100, I. Pagodes (1903) (arr. Robbrecht Van Cauwenberghe)
  • Leoš Janáček (1854–1928) – On an Overgrown Path:
    I – Our Evenings (1900) (arr. Robbrecht Van Cauwenberghe)
    VII – Good Night (1900) (arr. Robbrecht Van Cauwenberghe)
    IX – In Tears (1908) (arr. Robbrecht Van Cauwenberghe)
  • Elena Kats-Chernin (1957) – Eliza’s Aria (The Wild Swans Ballet)
  • Witold Lutosławski, *A River Flows From Sieratz* (1945)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) – Rondo (a bit more) alla Turca (1783/2021), arr. Steven Kamperman (1970)
  • Maurice Ravel (1875–1937) – Bolero (1928)
  • Fazıl Say (1970) – Dört Şehir, III. Ankara (2012), arr. Oorkaan Ensemble (copyrighted arrangement by Oorkaan Ensemble, granted by Schott Music, Mainz, Germany, which grants this arrangement only in connection with the project “Whoop whoop(s).” With the kind permission of Schott Music, Mainz, Germany)
  • Arnold Schönberg (1874–1951) – Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19, No. 6 (1913) (arr. Michele Mazzini)
  • Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975), Prelude No. 8, Op. 87 (1950–51)
  • Ayuo Takahashi (1960) – Eurasian Tangos No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 (Arr. Oorkaan Ensemble)
  • Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) – Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate,” Movement II: Presto (1723), arr. by Hugo Bouma.
  • Isidora Žebeljan (1967–2020) – Girotondo (2003), arr. Michele Mazzini

Folk Repertoire

  • Ajde Jano, Serbian Traditional
  • (Gesang Martohartono (1917–2010) – Bengawan Solo (1940) (arr. Filipus Wisnumurti Pranoto)
  • Bublitchki, (author: Yakov Yadov), Traditional Yiddish
  • Tanburi Cemil Bey (1873–1916) – Çeçen Kızı, Traditional Turkish
  • Ena Nero Kyra Vaggelio, Greek Traditional
  • Jovano Jovanke, Macedonian Traditional
  • Kolemeya, Ukrainian Traditional
  • Nihavent Longa, Turkish Traditional
  • Oy Tate, Traditional Yiddish
  • Shenaz Longa, Turkish Traditional
  • Ki Nartosabdo (1925–1985) – Swara Suling (arr. Lars van der Meer / Oorkaan Ensemble)
  • On the Way to Üsküdar, Turkish Traditional