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Ballade, Op. 56
Work Information

Ballade

Simphonic Fantasy for Large Orchestra

Μπαλλάντα για μεγάλη ορχήστρα έργο 56

Catalogue No.: YSC99

Status: Completed

Opus: 56

Genre: Orchestral

Creative Timeline: Third Period

Number of Movements: 1

Instrumentation:

4334-4331, Harp, Timpani, Percussion (Xylophone, Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Triangle, Tam-Tam, Cymbals, Clapper), Strings

Written in: Athens

Date: May 11, 1994

Duration: 00:15:00

Sicilianos Archive Files
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Viola Part

Digital scan of the Viola part.

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PDF
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Violin I Part

Digital scan of the Violin I part.

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PDF
3
Violin II Part

Digital scan of the Violin II part.

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PDF
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Horn in F I Part

Digital scan of the Horn in F I part.

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PDF
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Horn in F II Part

Digital scan of the Horn in F II part.

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PDF
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Horn in F III Part

Digital scan of the Horn in F III part.

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Horn in F IV Part

Digital scan of the Horn in F IV part.

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PDF
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Oboe I Part

Digital scan of the Oboe I part.

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Oboe II Part

Digital scan of the Oboe II part.

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Oboe III and Cor Anglais Part

Digital scan of the Oboe III and Cor Anglais part.

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Percussion Part

Digital scan of the Percussion part.

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PDF
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Timpani Part

Digital scan of the Timpani part.

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PDF
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Trombone I Part

Digital scan of the Trombone I part.

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Trombone II Part

Digital scan of the Trombone II part.

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Trombone III Part

Digital scan of the Trombone III part.

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Trumpet I Part

Digital scan of the Trumpet I part.

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Trumpet II Part

Digital scan of the Trumpet II part.

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Trumpet III Part

Digital scan of the Trumpet III part.

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Tuba Part

Digital scan of the Tuba part.

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Bass Clarinet Part

Digital scan of the Bass Clarinet part.

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Bassoon I Part

Digital scan of the Bassoon I part.

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Bassoon II Part

Digital scan of the Bassoon II part.

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Bassoon III and Contrabassoon Part

Digital scan of the Bassoon III and Contrabassoon part.

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Cello Part

Digital scan of the Cello part.

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Clarinet I Part

Digital scan of the Clarinet I part.

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Clarinet II Part

Digital scan of the Clarinet II part.

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Composer's Note

Digital scan of the composer's note.

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Contrabassoon Part

Digital scan of the Contrabassoon part.

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Double Bass Part

Digital scan of the Double Bass part.

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Flute I Part

Digital scan of the Flute I part.

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Flute II Part

Digital scan of the Flute II part.

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Flute III Part

Digital scan of the Flute III part.

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Flute II and Piccolo Part

Digital scan of the Flute II and Piccolo part.

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Full Score

Digital scan of the full score.

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Harp Part

Digital scan of the Harp part.

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Ballade, Op. 56
Full Score

Scan of the full score.

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Sketch Material

Scan of the sketch material.

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Draft Score

Scan of the draft score.

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Poem with Note's by the Composer

Scan of the poem (The Dead Brother's Song) with the composer's annotations.

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Composer's Note (Typewritten)

Scan of the typewritten composer's note.

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Composer's Note

Scan of the composer's note.

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Intertextuality
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Work Page
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The Dead Brother’s Song
Traditional
Poem
Discography
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Album Page
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Yorgo Sicilianos - Concerto, Ballade, Mellichomeide
Alkis Panayotopoulos, Anna Todorova, Symphony Orchestra of Bulgaria
Ballade Simphonic Fantasy for Large Orchestra Op. 56, Concerto for Orchestra Op. 12, Mellichomeide for Soprano and eleven instruments. Text in poems by Sappho and a dedication to Sappho by Alcaeus Op. 44
Compact Disc
Agorá Musica
1999
Texts
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Text Page
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Ballade, Op. 56 (1994)
Programme Notes
1998
Greek
Performances
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1
June 2, 1998
Friends of Music Hall (Christos Lambrakis Hall)
Athens
Greece
Concert in memory of Miltiadis Caridis
N/A
Miltos Logiadis (conductor)
ERT- National Symphony Orchestra
Ballade, Op. 56
Performers
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Profile
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Alkis Panayotopoulos
Conductor
Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra
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ERT- National Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra
Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation
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Miltos Logiadis
Conductor
Orchestra of Colours (Ορχήστρα των Χρωμάτων)
ERT- National Symphony Orchestra
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Symphony Orchestra of Bulgaria
Orchestra
References
  1. Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 139-141
  2. Francis Guy, Yorgos Sicilianos - diapason a dialogue with Francis Guy [Γιωργος Σισιλιανος - διαπασων ενας διαλογος με τον Φρανσις Γκαϋ] (Cyprus: Cyprus Wine Museum, 2009), 144, 145, 147
  3. Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020), 277, 280
  4. Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 433
  5. 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, 248
  6. 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), 92, 119