A stylistically unique movement that attempts to translate the haunting, melodic quality of the Islamic call to prayer into a symphonic idiom.
The suite is typically performed as a four-movement orchestral work that captures the atmospheric and dramatic essence of its Istanbul setting: peter_erasmus_lange_muller_am_bosporus
Lange-Müller and Holger Drachmann were frequent collaborators; their most famous work is the fairy-tale play Der var engang ( Once Upon a Time ). Am Bosporus shares that same talent for melody and evocative scene-painting. A stylistically unique movement that attempts to translate