AST 259

DESERTERS (LIPOTAKTES)

Choral

Poems by Yannis Theodorakis

Arrangement for choir

4 parts

Vrachati, Athens, 1983

[See AST 74, AST 138 and AST 242]

First performance: Thessaloniki, 1983

AST 260

EPIPHANIA (EPIPHANY)

Choral

Poems by George Seferis

Arrangement for mixed choir

4 parts

Athens, Vrachati, 1983

[See AST 137]

First performance: Thessaloniki, 1983

AST 261

LOVE AND DEATH (EROS KE THANATOS)

Choral

Poems by Mikis Theodorakis

Arrangement for four-voiced choir

2 parts

Athens, 1983

[See AST 31 and AST 94]

AST 262

OF LOVE (TIS AGAPIS) [sketches]

Choral

Poem by Mikis Theodorakis

For 8-voiced mixed choir

Athens, 1983

[from the cycle LOVE AND DEATH , see AST 31 and AST 92]

AST 263

SIX ELUARD

Choral

Poem by Paul Eluard

Arrangement for choir

3 parts

Athens, 1983

[See AST 111]

100
AST 264

BITTER SATURDAYS (PIKROSAVVATA)

Song Cycle

Poems by Lefteris Papadopoulos

12 songs

Athens, 1983

First recording: PHILIPS, 1984

101
AST 265

THE MEETING (I SYNANTISI)

Song Cycle

Poems by Lefteris Papadopoulos

5 songs

Athens, 1983

First recording: MINOS, 1985

102
AST 266

REQUIEM (AKOLOUTHIA IS KEKIMIMENOUS)

Choral-Ecclesiastical

"Dedicated to the memory of those killed in the war-time slaughter of the inhabitants of Kalavryta"

For soprano, contralto, tenor, bass, mixed choir and children’s choir

[Arrangement with the addition of symphony orchestra by Nikos Platyrarcho, 1993]

[New orchestration of No. 73: Paris, 1995]

8 parts - 73 numbers

Athens, 1983-4

First performance: Athens, 1985

First recording: IOULIANOS, 1989

103
AST 267

POEM (KARYOTAKIS)

Song Cycle

Poems by Kostas Karyotakis

For voice, 2 bouzoukis, flute, oboe, electric guitar acoustic guitar, classical guitar, 2 cellos, double bass and percussion

12 songs

[See AST 310]

Athens, 1983

First recording: MINOS, 1984

104

AST 268

[LEFTERIS PAPADOPOULOS I]

Songs

Poems by Lefteris Papadopoulos

39 songs

Athens, 1983-4

(Song no. 3 appears in the opera KOSTAS KARYIOTAKIS with other words. Some songs with new texts by Michailis Ganas appear on the CD GALLANT LITTLE BIRD )

First recording: MINOS-EMI, 1998 (some songs on the CD SERENADES )

105
AST 269

THE GALLANT SONGS (TA ASIKIKA)

Songs

Poems by Lefteris Papadopoulos & Mikis Theodorakis

A selection of songs arranged for piano, electric guitar acoustic guitar, flute, cello, bass and drums

"The ‘Gallant’ is a dance-rhythm of my own imagination. I gave it a strict form, though, based on the rhythmic permutations and development of 3 + 2 and 8 + 16. So we have the first section with 8 or 16 bars of 3/8, a second section, where the 3/6 alternate with 2/8, and a third (climactic section) where meters of 3/16 are interspersed between 3/8 and 2/8, a device that gives a sudden jolt to the rhythm, which is the reason I called it Asikiko , i.e. dance for Gallant Lads. This rhythm, combined with the modes I have used, takes us straight to the coast of Asia Minor, where Greek civilisation once flourished in lovely Ionia, my mother’s birthplace."

22 songs

Athens & Vrachati, 1984

First performance: Selected songs used for a performance of Büchner’s WOYZECK , Larnaca, 1987

Songs from the record GALLANT LITTLE BIRD (ASIKIKO POULAKI), Athens, 1996

First recording: SIRIOS, 1985 (6 songs with verses by Theodorakis)

SONY, 1996 (Selected songs to verses by Michalis Ganas on the record GALLANT LITTLE BIRD (ASIKIKO POULAKI)

106
AST 270

DIONYSOS

Songs

Religious musical drama

Lyrics by Mikis Theodorakis

For baritone, electric guitar, classical guitar, 12-string guitar, electric bass, flute, oboe, 2 cellos, percussion for 2 players and 2 bouzoukis

Parts I - IX.

[See AST 308]

Athens, 1984

First performance: Athens, 1985

First recording: SIRIOS, 1985

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