Filippos Tsalahouris – Student Choir Of Athens Conservatoire – Sofia Sinfonietta

…Pain of War, Grief, and Escape
A work of Filippos Tsalahouris

Composer Filippos Tsalahouris will present three of his works in collaboration with the Students’ Choir of Athens Conservatoire and the illustrious symphonic orchestra of Sofia, Sofia Sinfonietta. Aleksinac 1999, op. 31, for strings, was first performed by the Pazardjik Symphony Orchestra and deals with the 1999 accidental Nato bombing of the Serbian town Aleksinac. The Seven Words of Jesus on the Cross op. 65, no 1, was commissioned by and performed at the Athens Concert Hall in 2009, under Theodoros Antonious’ conduction, with narration by Michael Marmarinos who will again serve as narrator in this new production. Tsalahouris' 2014 piece, Symphony no. 5, op. 87, Of long, long roads, will have its world premiere at the Festival. The title refers to the long roads people are often forced to take. The performance is comprised of four thematic sections: despair, contemplation, nostalgia, and the determination to escape.

Olympia Theatre

  • 05/07/2017 at 21:00

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