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Adagio and Vivace, Op. 8A
Work Information

Adagio and Vivace

for String Orchestra

Adagio και Vivace για ορχήστρα εγχόρδων Op. 8A

Catalogue No.: YSC42

Status: Completed

Opus: 8A

Key: C Minor

Genre: Orchestral

Creative Timeline: First Period

Number of Movements: 2

Movement Titles:

  1. Adagio
  2. Vivace

Instrumentation:

Strings (Violins, Violas, Cellos, and Double Basses)

Written in: Athens & Rome

Date: July 1, 1953

Sicilianos Archive Files
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Cello Part

Digital scan of the Cello part.

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PDF
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Double Bass Part

Digital scan of the Double Bass part.

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PDF
3
Full Score

Digital scan of the full score.

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PDF
4
Viola Part

Digital scan of the Viola part.

10
PDF
5
Violin I Part

Digital scan of the Violin I part.

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PDF
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Violin II Part

Digital scan of the Violin II part.

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PDF
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YSC-42-Cover-Op-8A-Adagio-and-Vivace-Score
Full Score

Scan of the composer's full score for "Adagio and Vivace".

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PDF
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YSC_42_OP_08_A _Adagio_and_Vivace_Double_Bass
Double Bass Part

Scan of the composer's handwritten second double bass parts for "Adagio and Vivace".

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PDF
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YSC_42_OP_08_A_Adagio_and_Vivace_Cello
Cello Part

Scan of the composer's handwritten second cello parts for "Adagio and Vivace".

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PDF
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YSC_42_OP_08_A_Adagio_and_Vivace_Violin_II
Violin IΙ Part

Scan of the composer's handwritten second violin parts for "Adagio and Vivace".

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PDF
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YSC_42_OP_08_A_Adagio_and_Vivace_Violin_I
Violin I Part

Scan of the composer's handwritten first violin parts for "Adagio and Vivace".

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PDF
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YSC 42 Cover Op 8A Adagio and Vivace - Viola
Viola Part

Scan of the composer's handwritten viola parts for "Adagio and Vivace".

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PDF
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Adagio and Vivace, Op. 8A
Final Score (incomplete file)

Incomplete scan of the final score.

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PDF
Intertextuality
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Work Page
1
Byzantine Chant
Music
2
Greek Folk Songs
Music
Performances
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1
July 2, 1953
Athens Radio Station
Athens
Greece
N/A
National Radio Foundation (EIR)
Philoktetes Economides (conductor)
National Radio Foundation Orchestra (EIR)
Adagio and Vivace, Op. 8a
2
February 20, 1981
Rialto Theatre
Athens
Greece
Ekphrasis '80-'81
Ministry of Culture and Science
Spyros Tombras (conductor)
Athens String Ensemble
Adagio and Vivace
3
February 9, 2024
Teatro Politeama Garibaldi
Palermo
Italy
Novecento e modernismo italiano
Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana
Georgios Balatsinos (conductor)
Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana
Adagio and Vivace Op. 8a
4
February 10, 2024
Teatro Politeama Garibaldi
Palermo
Italy
Novecento e modernismo italiano
Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana
Georgios Balatsinos (conductor)
Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana
Adagio and Vivace Op. 8a
Performers
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Profile
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Athens String Ensemble
String Orchestra
2
Georgios Balatsinos
Conductor, Composer
Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana
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National Radio Foundation Orchestra (EIR)
Orchestra
National Radio Foundation (EIR) - (1945 - 1970)
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Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana
Orchestra
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Philoktetes Economides
Conductor
Athens State Orchestra
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Spyros Tombras
Violinist
Athens String Ensemble Contemporary Music Quartet
References
  1. Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 37-38
  2. Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020), 265
  3. Kostas Chardas, Giorgos Demertzis, Charis Dimaras, Nikos Maliaras, Giorgos Sakallieros, Nikos B. Tsouchlos, Markos Tsetsos, and Panos Vlagopoulos. Yorgos Sicilianos 1920-2005 - Anniversary Tribute [Γιωργος Σισιλιανος 1920-2005 Επετειακο αφιερωμα]. Edited by Stephania Merakos and Valia Vraka. (Athens: Friends of Music Association, 2016), 115