2023 03 06 Conte Fantastique

Mon. 06 March 2023 20:30

Technopolis City of Athens

Charming and fantastic tales about passion, death, love and dance inspired great composers to write wonderful pages of symphonic and operatic music, which are performed here in fascinating transcriptions for string quartet and harp, performed by the Athens String Quartet and the harpist Gogo Xagara.

Event Programme

PIETRO MASCAGNI

(1863–1945)

Intermezzo from the opera «Cavalleria Rusticana»

GUSTAV MAHLER

(1860–1911)

Adagietto from Symphony No. 5

RICHARD WAGNER

(1813–1883)

Death of Isolde from the music drama Tristan and Isolde

ANDRE CAPLET

(1878-1925)

Conte Fantastique for harp and string quartet

Event Programme

Featuring

PARTICIPATIONS

Athens string quartet

Apollon Grammatikopoulos, violin
Panagiotis Tziotis, violin
Paris Anastasiadis, viola
Isidoros Sideris, cello

 

Gogo Xagara, harp

Featuring

PARTICIPATIONS

Athens string quartet

Apollon Grammatikopoulos, violin
Panagiotis Tziotis, violin
Paris Anastasiadis, viola
Isidoros Sideris, cello

 

Gogo Xagara, harp

Upcoming Concerts

Symphonic Concerts

Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 2 – Ivo Pogorelich

Fri. 21 November 2025, 20:30

Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall
Christos Lambrakis Hall

Chamber Music Concerts

Aenaon ensemble and friends

Mon. 24 November 2025, 20:30

B & M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music

Symphonic Concerts

Beethoven’s Triple Concerto: Vengerov, Isserlis, Dokou

Fri. 05 December 2025, 20:30

Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall
Christos Lambrakis Hall

Chamber Music Concerts

From Austria to a New World

Mon. 08 December 2025, 20:30

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