Holy Week
PART A
“CRUCIIFIXUS: 6 Heartbreaks for the Darkness of the Passion and the Hope of Light”
Women’s vocal ensemble VOCI CONTRA TEMPO
Choir Address-Artistic direction: Sofia Gioldasi
Antonis Aspridis, piano
Oscar Kachurin, , percussion
Valentina Paraskevaidou, directing
PROGRAMME:
- Media vita (In the midst of life we are in death), Michael McGlynn (born 1964, Ireland), based on a Gregorian melody, Solo: Eleni Dimopoulou, Elena Tzika
- Kyrie eleison, Henk Badings (1907-1987, Indonesia / Netherlands)
- Crucifixus (Corried in ours), , Giuseppe De Rosa (born 1973, Italy), for women’s choir and piano, (2022, 1 οthe Prize in 1 the οInternational Composition Competition of the International Choral Festival of Preveza)
- Lux Aeterna (Eternal Light), , Michelle Rouech é (b.1964, U.S.A.), Solo: Eleni Manta
- Hemlig stod jazz jag(I am secret), Swedish Funeral Psalm of 17th ουcentury, choroid.: Susanne Rosenberg (born 1957, Sweden)
- Mother, mother, traditional Lebanese Hymn for M. Paraskevi, music adaptation: Christodoulos Chalaris, performance in Greek: Nikos Gatsos, chorus: Sofia Gioldasi, Solo: Ria Karamatsouki
We warmly thank the National Theatre of Northern Greece for the kind concession of the theatrical costumes to Voci Contra TempoTempo.
PART B
Requiem by Simos Papana
The work is based on the historical tradition of the Requiem species, using precisely the traditional Latin verses, but with small upheavals and musical expressive means, it attempts to deal anthropocentically with anxiety, fear, sadness, rage, humiliation, the hopeless desire for knowledge and the other emotions that accompany the inevitable truth of the coming death. A central role is played by the child’s voice, which represents the pure and unprotected childlike soul that is endemic hidden in every person and who is ultimately confronted with the unanswered question of existence. Compositionally, I tried to treat with respect the history of the genre of Requiem, starting from the Middle Ages but also to use a musical language familiar and understandable for the modern listener.
Simos Papanas
Parts:
- Requiem aeternam – Kyrie
- Dies irae
- Tuba mirum
- Sanctus
- Benedictus
- Agnus Dei
- Libera me
Symphony Orchestra of the Municipality of Thessaloniki
Soloist:
Vasilis Kavagias- tenor
Chrysa Maliamani-soprano
Christoforos Stamboglis-unprestand
Music direction: Haris Eliades, Musician
Mixed Choir of Cyril & Methodius
Choir Address: Maria – Emma Meligopoulou, Assistant Professor TMETT
