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Greek composer (1925–2021)
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2022-06-18 05:32:00
Classical Music News of the Week, June 18, 2022
[…] Karathanos. Performing alongside the GNO Orchestra and Chorus is a cast of Greek opera singers including four soloists aged 65 and over. Two of the GNO’s amateur ensembles, its Intercultural Orchestra and its 65+ Choir, also perform, bringing the GNO professional and amateur ensembles together for the first time. Additionally, two éntekhno (Greek art song) specialists, Savina Yannatou and Elli Paspala, make their GNO debuts, marking the first time éntekhno--frequently part of the late Mikis Theodorakis’ compositions--is part of a GNO production.For details, visit https://www.nationalopera.gr/en/--Constance Shuman, Shuman AssociatesThe Crossing Presents “The Month of Moderns 2022”Grammy Award-winning choir The Crossing, led by Donald Nally, continues its annual summer festival of new music, “The Month of Moderns 2022,” with two concerts on June 25, and July 8, 2022 at The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia. The Crossing will present the world premiere of Tawnie Olson’s Beloved of the Sky and the […]
2021-09-30 20:00:25
Amid the busy world news scene last month, the announcement of the passing of the Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis on 2 September at the age of 96 escaped my attention. This blog offers a short introduction to his widely admired music. The political turmoil that frequently stamped the other side of his coin is easy
2021-09-13 18:21:00
Great musicians deserve more than twenty-four hours of fame
We live in a Snapchat culture where the medium is the message, and the message deletes after twenty-four hours. This Snapchat culture has permeated through classical music. A great symphonic composer of the stature of Malcolm Arnold receives his twenty-four hours of fame with a BBC Proms performance of his Fifth Symphony. But with that anniversary box neatly ticked will we have to wait another twenty-seven years to hear one of his symphonies at the Proms? Snapchat culture also means dead composers are only click bait for twenty-four hours after their passing, So the death of the great multi-faceted Mikis Theodorakis was marked by clips from Zorba the Greek and quickly forgotten. But that sentence should read "not quite forgotten". Because reader David had added this thoughtful comment to one of my tributes to Mikis Theodorakis: 'I have always been attracted to composers and musicians who declare a strong Left Wing […]
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