1992 Night Passage Hot, Red, Cold, Vibrant 1991 Lipstick (ballet) 1990 Hammer Music 1989 Fantasie of a Sudden Turtle Symphony No.1 Castles in the Air 1988 An Unavoidable Obsession Waves of Talya 1987 My Friend Mozart Ebullient Shadows Deep Flight 1986 Cross Scintillations Before Infrared < later   > earlier Nihavent Longa (2007) First Performance February 27, 2007 Netherlands Blazers Ensemble Bilkent Concert Hall Ankara, Turkey Instrumentation fl., 2 ob., 2 Bb cl., bass cl., bssthrn., 2 bsn., al. sax., 4 hrn., 2 trpt., 2 trbn., perc/ el/ bass, d. bass Duration 4' Listen Nihavent Longa Program Notes Nihavent Longa is a very popular, fast Turkish instrumental dance song in the nihavent scale (maqam). Longas are of Thracian origin (the portion of Turkey that is in Europe) and generally in a simple meter (2/4). It is anonymous, and occasionally Kemani Kevser Hanim is sited as being the source. Kamran Ince’s version of Nihavent Longa is scored for wind ensemble. It was commissioned and premiered by Netherlands Blazers Ensemble on the occasion of Queen Beatrix’s state visit to Ankara, Turkey in February 2007. Press Quote