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

Echoes of war: Mahler and Korngold

Fri. 31 October 2025, 20:30

Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall
Christos Lambrakis Hall

Chamber Music Concerts

Tribute to Panagiotis Stefos

Mon. 03 November 2025, 20:30

Parnassos Literary Society

Symphonic Concerts

Late night with the Athens State Orchestra

Fri. 07 November 2025, 22:00

Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall
Christos Lambrakis Hall

Chamber Music Concerts

From Poetry to Music…

Mon. 10 November 2025, 19:00

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF GREECE
Book Castle, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center