Tribute to Nino Rota
"Metallon", the prolific brass and percussion ensemble, performs some of Nino Rota's best-loved melodies from movies that have gone down in film history –including The Godfather, The Clowns, Eight and a Half ,and La Strada– conducted by Nikos Haliassas.
Bass Trip
The concert is entitled “Bass Trip” after the work of that name by Pēteris Vasks, and is indeed a journey, not only in the geographical sense of the word, but also through the compositional idioms of significant composers of the 20th and 21st century who were inspired by the unique timbre of the double bass.
Children's songs by Mikis Theodorakis
Miki Theodorakis' songs for children were the first the composer wrote, between 1937 and 1945. As he says, most of them were written "in the freezing chill of History—the ordeal of the 1940s—in my early teens". Triantafyllos Batargias has selected a number of these songs, transcribing and arranging them for the Chronos Ensemble, classical guitar, two female voices and a children's choir.
Literature and Music
Pierre Beaumarchais' theatrical play "the Barber of Seville" or "the Useless Precaution", Nikos Kazantzaki's novel "Alexis Zorbas" and William Shakespeare's "Midnight Summer Dream" are masterpieces of the world's literature that had inspired equally astonishing music to great composers. These musical pages, full of vivacity, humor, lyrism, passion and dancing ambience, are brought to the audience of Piraeus by Lisa Xanthopoulou, conductor and by Stathis Karapanos, flutist.
Opera soiree
As the celebration of the New Year ends, we insist on extending a bit more the ambiance. And the best way to do so is to visit some of the immortal, popular melodies of opera and operetta, as they are interpreted by three active opera singers under the baton of the rising conductor, Romanos Papazoglou.
Schubert Trio
Schubert's second trio, one of the composer's last and most mature works, somehow manages to elongate time both musically and experientially. The music unfolds as a long stroll down paths both expected and unexpected in what is a transformational and ever-changing journey.
Festival Promusica
The Athens State Orchestra, under the direction of the Rhodian conductor, Aléxandros Velonis, together with the internationally acclaimed soloist Nadine Weissmann, participates in a moving program inspired by courtly love, the history and the spirit of the island of Rhodos.
Festival Promusica
The Athens State Orchestra, under the direction of the Rhodian conductor, Aléxandros Velonis, together with the internationally acclaimed soloist Nadine Weissmann, participates in a moving program inspired by courtly love, the history and the spirit of the island of Rhodos.
Festival «MusiKos» 2022 - Rhodes - Small Orchestra
The Athens State Orchestra is staging its sixth "MusiKoS" Festival, in collaboration with “Next Day”, the not-for-profit International Intervention for Sustainable Development and Quality of Life, and "P-art of the solution".
The Festival has been created in order to provide high-quality artistic events, to promote wide-ranging collaborations between local authorities and musical and educational institutions, to aid development in the Greek provinces, to reach out to socially sensitive groups, and to make culture available to society as a whole. In all, 9 concerts will take place this year, all with free admission for the public. There will be two concerts on Kos and three on Rhodes, with the rest taking place on the islands of Karpathos, Kasos, Nisyros and Halki. Educational activities will be held in parallel for school children on the islands. The repertoire performed is extremely wide-ranging, extending from classical music to operetta and film music, and will be performed by prominent ensembles of the Athens State Orchestra.
The Festival could not have happened without the full support and patronage of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, the General Secretariat of the Aegean and Island Policy, the South Aegean Region, the Greek National Tourism Organization, the Dodecanese Chamber of Commerce, the Municipal Organization for Culture and Sports of Rhodes, the Municipality Organization for Culture, Sports and Crèches of Kos, the Municipality of Nisyros, the Municipality of Halki, the Municipal Organization for Culture, Sports and Education of Karpathos, and the Public Benefit Enterprise of the Municipality of Kasos. We would also like to thank VAKOUF, Kos, for its help.
Our especial thanks, too, to the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese for its cooperation, which was excellent as always.
Bruch: violin concerto No. 1, Opus 26
Vivaldi: “Sposa son disprezzata”, aria from Bajazet
Giordani: “Caro mio ben”
Puccini: “Oh mio babbino caro”, aria from Gianni Schicchi
Lehar: “Es lebte ein Vilja” aria from Die lustige Witwe
Th. Sakellaridis: Rikas, aria from "The daughter of the storm"
Th. Sakellaridis: "I am the mad countess", aria from "The daughter of the storm"
Festival «MusiKos» 2022 - Rhodes - Small Orchestra
The Athens State Orchestra is staging its sixth "MusiKoS" Festival, in collaboration with “Next Day”, the not-for-profit International Intervention for Sustainable Development and Quality of Life, and "P-art of the solution".
The Festival has been created in order to provide high-quality artistic events, to promote wide-ranging collaborations between local authorities and musical and educational institutions, to aid development in the Greek provinces, to reach out to socially sensitive groups, and to make culture available to society as a whole. In all, 9 concerts will take place this year, all with free admission for the public. There will be two concerts on Kos and three on Rhodes, with the rest taking place on the islands of Karpathos, Kasos, Nisyros and Halki. Educational activities will be held in parallel for school children on the islands. The repertoire performed is extremely wide-ranging, extending from classical music to operetta and film music, and will be performed by prominent ensembles of the Athens State Orchestra.
The Festival could not have happened without the full support and patronage of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, the General Secretariat of the Aegean and Island Policy, the South Aegean Region, the Greek National Tourism Organization, the Dodecanese Chamber of Commerce, the Municipal Organization for Culture and Sports of Rhodes, the Municipality Organization for Culture, Sports and Crèches of Kos, the Municipality of Nisyros, the Municipality of Halki, the Municipal Organization for Culture, Sports and Education of Karpathos, and the Public Benefit Enterprise of the Municipality of Kasos. We would also like to thank VAKOUF, Kos, for its help.
Our especial thanks, too, to the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese for its cooperation, which was excellent as always.
J. Haydn: piano concerto No. 11 in D major, Hob. XVIII:11
A. Vivaldi: Four seasons