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Antiphona

for Brass, Timpani and Strings

Αντίφωνα για χάλκινα, τύμπανα και έγχορδα έργ. 40

Catalogue No.: YSC82

Status: Completed

Opus: 40

Genre: Orchestral

Creative Timeline: Second Period

Dedication:

"To Choo Hoey"

Number of Movements: 3

Movement Titles:

I.
II.
III.

Instrumentation:

4 Horns in F, 4 Trumpets in C, Trumpet in D, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani I and II (28′ & 25′), Strings

Written in: Athens

Date: June 2, 1976

Duration: 00:18:00

Sicilianos Archive Files

#	Archive Title	Description	Number of Pages	Digital Format	Linked File
1	Sketch Material	Scan of the sketch material.	71	PDF	View or Download
2	Draft Score	Scan of the draft score.	49	PDF	View or Download
3	Full Score	Scan of the full score.	44	PDF	View or Download
4	Composer's Programme Notes	Scan of the composer's programme notes in Greek (printed).	1	PDF	View or Download
5	Printed Bio	Scan of the composer's biography (print).	1	PDF	View or Download
6	Composer's Notes	Scan of the composer's notes.	1	PDF	View or Download
7	Composer's Programme Notes (French)	Scan of the composer's programme notes in French.	2	PDF	View or Download

Discography

#	Album Cover	Title	Artist(s)	Work(s) by Sicilianos	Format	Label	Release Date	Album Page
1		20th Century Greek Avant-Garde Music: A Cross Section	Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO), Péter Eötvös	Antiphona for Brass Timpani and Strings Op. 40	Compact Disc	ETEBA (National Bank of Greece)	1997	View

Texts

#	Title	Type	Authorship Year	Language	Text Page
1	Interview in Ta Nea Newspaper	Interview	1976	Greek	View
2	Modern Music in Greece Today	Lecture	1991	Greek	View
3	Interview with Michel Fais	Interview	1992	Greek	View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	July 26, 1976	Odeon of Herodes Atticus	Athens	Greece	Athens Festival	Athens Festival	Choo Hoey (conductor)	Athens State Orchestra	Antiphona, Op. 40
2	February 3, 1979	Großer Sendesaal, Haus des Rundfunks	Berlin	Germany	Viertägige Griechische Musik	Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg - RBB (Sender Freies Berlin - Radio Free Berlin) & Goethe-Institut Athen	Péter Eötvös (conductor)	Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO)	Antiphona, Op. 40
3	November 1, 1982	Pallas Theatre	Athens	Greece	N/A	Athens State Orchestra	Adrian Sunshine (conductor)	Athens State Orchestra	Antiphona, Op. 40
4	August 28, 1984	Odeon of Herodes Atticus	Athens	Greece	Athens Festival	Athens Festival	Kurt Masur (conductor)	Gewandhaus Orchestra (Gewandhausorchester)	Antiphona, Op. 40

Performers

#	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Profile
1	Adrian Sunshine	Conductor	London Chamber Players	View
2	Athens State Orchestra	Orchestra		View
3	Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra	Orchestra	Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg - RBB (Sender Freies Berlin - Radio Free Berlin)	View
4	Choo Hoey	Conductor	Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Greek National Opera	View
5	Gewandhaus Orchestra	Orchestra		View
6	Kurt Masur	Conductor	Gewandhaus Orchestra (Gewandhausorchester), New York Philharmonic	View
7	Péter Eötvös	Conductor, Composer	Ensemble intercontemporain BBC Symphony Orchestra	View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 105-106
Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020), 99, 249, 274
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 150, 151, 181, 346
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), 22, 64, 65, 67, 186, 203, 204, 213, 246
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), 65, 112, 117

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