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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. 

Commissies

  • Ivo van Emmerik (1961) – U Bent Hier (2024)
  • Iwan Gunawan (1973) – Gembyangan (arr. Iwan Gunawan) (2011 –  2022)
  • Frieda Gustavs (1996) – 3 Mornings – Kantjil theme
  • Emre Sihan Kaleli (1987) – Vier (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) – Oorkaan 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, nr. 2 en 9 (arr. Michele Mazzini), nr. 10 (arr. Oorkaan Ensemble)
  • Margaret Bonds (1913 – 1972) – Troubled Water (Arr. Robbrecht Van Cauwenberghe)
  • Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) – Pianokwartet nr. 1 op. 25, deel 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 (Wild Swans Ballet)
  • Witold Lutoslawski, 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 Șehir, III. Ankara (2012), arr. Oorkaan Ensemble (copyrighted arrangement Oorkaan Ensemble, granted by Schott Music, Mainz – Germany grants this arrangement only in connection with the project “Whoop whoop(s).” With friendly permission of Schott Music, Mainz, Germany)
  • Arnold Schönberg (1874 – 1951) – Sechs kleine Klavierstücke op. 19, nr. 6 (1913) (arr. Michele Mazzini)
  • Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975), preludio 8. op 87 (1950-51)
  • Ayuo Takahashi (1960) – Eurasian Tangos nr.1, nr.2, nr.3 (Arr. Oorkaan Ensemble)
  • Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741) – Concerto nr. 2 in g-klein op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” deel 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), Yiddish Traditional
  • 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, Yiddish traditional
  • Shenaz Longa, Turkish Traditional
  • Ki Nartosabdo (1925 – 1985) – Swara Suling (arr. Lars van der Meer / Oorkaan Ensemble)
  • Üsküdar’a Giden Iken, Turkish Traditional