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

(1904–1949)

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

On Tour

Year dedicated to Mikis Theodorakis

Thu. 18 September 2025 21:00

Venetian Harbour of Chania

On Tour

Year dedicated to Mikis Theodorakis

Fri. 19 September 2025 21:00

Port of Heraklion

Symphonic Concerts

Municipal Theatre of Piraeus – a 130 year old story

Mon. 22 September 2025 20:30

Municipal Theatre of Piraeus

Classic Rock IX

Sat. 27 September 2025 21:00

Odeon of Herodes Atticus