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Sonata

for Cello and Piano

Σονάτα για Βιολοντσέλο και Πιάνο έργο 59

Catalogue No.: YSC102

Status: Completed

Related Work: Sonata for Orchestra

Opus: 59

Genre: Chamber Music

Creative Timeline: Third Period

Dedication:

"To Charis Dimaras and Roman Mekinulov."

Number of Movements: 3

Movement Titles:

Largamente – Doppio movimento – Io Tempo – Lento senza misura – Maestoso – Io Tempo – Andante
Passacaglia. Lento nom troppo
Allegro moderato – Lento – Allegro moderato – Lento – Io Tempo

Instrumentation:

Cello and Piano

Written in: Athens

Date: April 26, 1998

Duration: 00:18:00

Sicilianos Archive Files

#	Archive Title	Description	Number of Pages	Digital Format	Linked File
1	Ulysses's Letter	Scan of Makis Lahanas's novel. Contains Sicilianos's annotations.	5	PDF	View or Download
2	Full Score (Annotated)	Scan of the full score with annotations for the adaptation of the work into the Sonata for Orchestra, Op. 60.	22	PDF	View or Download
3	Sketch Material	Scan of the sketch material.	7	PDF	View or Download
4	Draft Score	Scan of the draft score.	22	PDF	View or Download
5	Full Score	Scan of the full score.	23	PDF	View or Download
6	Composer's Note & Analysis	Scan of the composer's note and analysis.	3	PDF	View or Download
7	Composer's Note & Analysis (Draft)	Scan of the composer's note and analysis (draft).	4	PDF	View or Download

Intertextuality

#	Image	Title	Creator	Type	Remarks	Work Page
1		On Nausicaa's Island	Makis Lachanas	Novel	On Nausicaa’s Island – Odysseus’s Letter to Nausicaa of Scheria	View

Discography

#	Album Cover	Title	Artist(s)	Work(s) by Sicilianos	Format	Label	Release Date	Album Page
1		Yorgo Sicilianos 1920-2005: Anniversary edition for the ten years after his passing	Apostolos Palios, Ivi Papathanasiou, Kostas Chardas, Marinos Tranoudakis, Stefanos Nasos	Contrastes for Two Pianos on a Chromatique Theme by Orlande de Lassus Op. 48, Sonata for Cello and Piano Op. 59, Tanagraea Ballet Suite for two Pianos and Percussion Op. 17a	Digital	Irida Classical	2016	View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	March 10, 2002	Larissa Municipal Conservatory	Larissa	Greece	N/A	N/A	Ivi Papathanasiou (cello), Kostas Hardas (pianist)	N/A	Cello Sonata, Op. 59
2	April 15, 2005	Dimitri Mitropoulos Hall	Athens	Greece	N/A	Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music	Kostis Theos (cello), Dionyssis Mallouhos (piano)	N/A	Cello Sonata, Op. 59
3	February 6, 2006	Philippos Nakas Conservatoire Hall	Athens	Greece	Humour and melancholy in the music of the twentieth century [Χιούμορ και μελαγχολία στη μουσική του εικοστού αιώνα]	Philippos Nakas Conservatoire	Ivi Papathanasiou (cello), Kostas Chardas (piano)	N/A	Cello Sonata Op. 49
4	February 2, 2015	Philippos Nakas Conservatoire Hall	Athens	Greece	N/A	Philippos Nakas Conservatoire	Stefanos Nasos (piano) [Op. 17a, 48], Apostolos Palios (piano) [Op. 17a, 48], Marinos Tranoudakis (percussion) [Op. 17a], Ivi Papathanasiou (cello) [Op. 59], Kostas Chardas (piano) [Op. 59]	N/A	Tanagraea Op. 17a, Contrastes Op. 48, Cellos Sonata Op. 59
5	April 2, 2016	Aris Garoufalis Hall, Athens Conservatoire	Athens	Greece	1st Composition Competition “Yorgos Sicilianos”	Athens Conservatoire & Greek Composer's Union	Ellie Filippou (cello) (Op. 59), Maria Eustratiadi (piano)	N/A	Eight Children's Miniatures Op. 23, Cello Sonata Op. 59
6	February 18, 2019	Aris Garoufalis Hall, Athens Conservatory - Live Broadcast on Hellenic Parliament TV	Athens	Greece	Persons Worthy of Honour (Πρόσωπα Άξια Τιμής)	Hellenic Parliament Foundation for Parliamentarism and Democracy, Athens Conservatory	Anastasios Mavroudis (violin), Lysianne Chen (piano) [Op. 45] - Ellie Filippou (cello), Maria Eustratiadi (piano) [Op. 59]	N/A	Violin Sonata, Op. 45 - Cello Sonata, Op. 59

Performers

#	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Profile
1	Dionyssis Mallouhos	Pianist		View
2	Ellie Filippou	Cellist	Athens Conservatory	View
3	Ivi Papathanasiou	Cellist	Athens State Orchestra	View
4	Kostas Chardas	Pianist	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)	View
5	Kostis Theos	Cellist	Athens Municipal Symphony Orchestra	View
6	Maria Eustratiadi	Pianist	Athens Conservatory	View

Conferences & Events

#	Image	Name	Type	Location	Year	Event Page
1		Event Series: People Worthy of Honour - An event dedicated to the memory of Yorgos Sicilianos	Commemorative	Athens Conservatoire	2019	View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 144
Makis Lachanas, On Nausicaa's Island [Στο νησί της Ναυσικάς](Piraeus: Plous, 1996)
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, 278
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), 144, 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), 48, 49, 68, 92, 93, 101, 119, 121

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