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A Small Escape

Six Songs On Poems by Alexis Zakythinos.

Η Μικρή Φυγή έξι τραγούδια πάνω σε ποίηση Αλέξη Ζακυθηνού έργο 49

Catalogue No.: YSC92

Status: Completed

Opus: 49

Genre: Voice

Creative Timeline: Third Period

Dedication:

"To Alexis Zakythinos."

Number of Movements: 6

Movement Titles:

Soiree Musicale
The Complex
The Sleepwalker
A Party
Sensation Of A Memory
The Dim Window Panes

Instrumentation:

Tenor and Piano

Written in: Athens

Date: May 11, 1984

Duration: 00:13:16

Sicilianos Archive Files

#	Cover/First Page	Archive Title	Description	Number of Pages	Digital Format	Linked File
1		Draft Score & Sketch Material	Scan of the draft score and sketch material.	15	PDF	View or Download
2		Full Score	Scan of the full score.	15	PDF	View or Download

Intertextuality

#	Image	Title	Creator	Type	Remarks	Work Page
1		A Small Escape	Alexis Zakythinos	Poem	Soiree Musicale The Complex The Sleepwalker A Party Sensation Of A Memory The Dim Window Panes	View

Discography

#	Album Cover	Title	Artist(s)	Work(s) by Sicilianos	Format	Label	Release Date	Album Page
1		Greek Songs	Alexandra Papastefanou, Antonis Kontogeorgiou	A Small Escape Six Songs On Poems by Alexis Zakythinos Op. 49	LP - Vinyl	Nova Copacabana	1986	View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	May 14, 2022	"Aris Garoufalis" Hall, Athens Conservatoire	Athens	Greece	Tribute to Yorgos Sicilianos	Athens Conservatoire	Dionisios Melogiannidis (tenor) [Op. 49], Konstantinos Destounis (piano) [Op. 37, Op. 49], Angelica Cathariou (mezzo-soprano) [Op. 37], Argyro Sira (violin) [Op. 46, Op. 61], Alexander Botinis (cello) [Op. 46, Op. 61], Marilena Souri (piano) [Op. 46], Babis Karasavvidis (violin II) [Op. 61], Ilias Sdoukos (viola) [Op. 61], Sophia Tamvakopoulou (piano) [Op. 61]	N/A	Six Songs Op. 37, Pantoum Op. 46, A Small Escape Op. 49, Piano Quintet Op. 61

Performers

#	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Profile
1	Alexandra Papastefanou	Pianist		View
2	Antonis Kontogeorgiou	Baritone, Chorusmaster	ERT Choir (Hellenic Radio and Television)	View
3	Dionisios Melogiannidis	Tenor	Greek National Opera	View
4	Konstantinos Destounis	Pianist	Athens Conservatoire University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Greece	View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 128-129
Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020), 9, 276
Greek Songs, performed by Antonis Kontogeorgiou, Alexandra Papastefanou, Misa Ikeuchi, Alexandra Kambouropoulou, Stathis Kiossoglou, Nina Patrikidou, Byron Fidetzis, and Diana Vranoussi. Nova Copacabana, 1986, LP, 45:49. Catalogue No.: 86 1509.
Dimitris Agrafiotis, Theodore Antoniou, Tatsis Apostolidis, Valia Christopoulou, Giorgos Demertzis, Popi Eustratiadi, Byron Fidetzis, Gianni Ioannides, Apostolos Kostios, Giorgos Kouroupos, Katy Romanou, Yorgos Sicilianos, Michalis Stathopoulos, Nikos Synodinos, and Nikos B. Tsouchlos. Yorgos Sicilianos: In the Avant-Garde of Contemporary Music [Γιώργος Σισιλιανός - Ο συνθέτης στην πρωτοπορία της σύγχρονης μουσικής]. Edited by Valentini Tselika. (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2007), 186
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), 118

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