DESCRIPTION
Cornelios Selamsis, in PNOÍ (Breath, 2016), draws inspiration from the English Renaissance, reimagining five refined madrigals for female voice, woodwinds, brass, and double bass. The sixth movement is based on the timeless lament aria “When I Am Laid in Earth” by Henry Purcell, interwoven with modernist poetic fragments by Ezra Pound.
At the conclusion of PNOÍ, the space is suddenly transformed into a Prespa village celebration, with the participation of the traditional brass ensemble TOPIKI PARADOSI.
Composer’s note
PNOÍ is an attempt at coexistence, the creation of an alloy, bringing together works from the past with a work written in our own time. Five Elizabethan madrigals and one slightly later aria are enclosed within a six-movement composition that seeks not to erode their form, but to follow it, to understand it, to forget it, and perhaps, in the end, to reshape it.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Saturday, 30 August, 20:00
Bean Packaging Facility of the Pelekanos Cooperative
Free admission
CREDITS
Soprano: Dimitra Kotidou
Ensemble:
Zacharias Tarpagkos (flute), Kostas Giovanis (English horn & oboe), Dimitris Dakovanis (bassoon), Kostas Tzekos (clarinet I & bass clarinet), Spyros Tzekos (clarinet II), Giannis Gounaris (horn I), Grigoris Assonitis (horn II), Sofia Siora (trumpet I), Katja Lasser (trumpet II), Andreas-Roland Theodorou (trombone), Nikos Tsoukalas (double bass)
With the participation of the traditional ensemble TOPIKI PARADOSI
The orchestra is conducted by the festival’s Artistic Director Yorgos Ziavras.
The participation of trumpeter Katja Lasser is supported by the Consulate General of Germany in Thessaloniki.
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