JHC, gonebaroque, glad you liked the music.
encouraged by the response, here are two more links tocomplete my mini-presentation of choral turkish folk music.
the first,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIoVSk-uCYo&feature=related
is a folk songarrangement by another if lesser- member of the vanguard mentioned in myprevious post, hayri akay: a largely self-taught musician, a celebratedteacher, an idealist pioneer in founding the first school for the education ofmusic teachers; performed by another ensemble of the choir in the previouspost.
the second,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMGxbiZhROw&feature=related
is another folk song arr. by erdal tugcular, a youngacademic/composer and performed by a university choir in a contest in graz.
greetings, all