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Apocalypse of the 5th Seal

Overture

Η Αποκάλυψη της Πέμπτης Σφραγίδας - Εισαγωγή

Catalogue No.: YSC40

Status: Completed

Opus: 7

Genre: Orchestral

Creative Timeline: First Period

Dedication:

"To F. L."

Number of Movements: 1

Movement Titles:

Lento

Instrumentation:

3332-4331, Timpani, Cymbals, Bass Drum, Strings

Written in: Athens

Date: August 3, 1951

Duration: 00:18:00

Sicilianos Archive Files

#	Archive Title	Description	Number of Pages	Digital Format	Linked File
1	Bass Clarinet Part	A scan of the Bass Clarinet part for Yorgos Sicilianos’s Apocalypse of the Fifth Seal (Op. 7A).	2	PDF	View or Download
2	Cello Part	A scan of the Cello part for the Apocalypse of the 5th Seal.	7	PDF	View or Download
3	Violin II Part	A scan of the Violin II part for the Apocalypse of the 5th Seal.	6	PDF	View or Download
4	Violin I (Desk II) Part	A scan of the Violin I (Desk II) part for the Apocalypse of the 5th Seal.	6	PDF	View or Download
5	Violin I (Desk I) Part	A scan of the Violin I (Desk I) part for the Apocalypse of the 5th Seal.	6	PDF	View or Download
6	Viola Part	A scan of the Viola part for the Apocalypse of the 5th Seal.	6	PDF	View or Download
7	Cor Anglais Part	A scan of the Cor Anglais part for the Apocalypse of the 5th Seal.	3	PDF	View or Download
8	Final Score	Scan of the final score.	30	PDF	View or Download
9	Manuscript Score	Scan of the score manuscript.	28	PDF	View or Download

Intertextuality

#	Image	Title	Creator	Type	Remarks	Work Page
1		Opening of the Fifth Seal	Doménikos Theotokópoulos - El Greco	Painting		View

Texts

#	Title	Type	Authorship Year	Language	Text Page
1	Apocalypse of the 5th Seal, Op. 7 (1951)	Programme Notes	1951	Greek	View
2	My Music of the Last Fifteen Years (1952-1967)	Lecture	1967	Greek	View
3	Modern Music in Greece Today	Lecture	1991	Greek	View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	May 11, 1952	Orpheus Theater			N/A	Athens State Orchestra	Philoktetes Economides (conductor)	Athens State Orchestra	Apocalypse of the 5th Seal, Op. 7
2	February 19, 1962	Thessaloniki Royal Theatre	Thessaloniki	Greece	N/A	Thessaloniki Royal Theatre	Solon Michaelides (conductor)	Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra (Symphony Orchestra of Northern Greece)	Apocalypse of the 5th Seal, Op. 7

Performers

#	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Profile
1	Athens State Orchestra	Orchestra		View
2	Philoktetes Economides	Conductor	Athens State Orchestra	View
3	Solon Michaelides	Conductor	Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra (North Greece Symphony Orchestra)	View
4	Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra (Symphony Orchestra of Northern Greece)	Orchestra		View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 33-35
Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020), 247, 264, 265
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 318, 320, 321, 345
Yorgos Sicilianos, “Apocalypse of the 5th Seal, Op. 7 (1951),” in On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (unpublished manuscript, 2010), original manuscript for the book, copy provided to Anastasios R. A. Mavroudis.
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), 14, 19, 20, 21, 99, 185, 192, 241
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

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