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Concerto for Orchestra

Concerto pour orchestre

Catalogue No.: YSC46

Status: Completed

Opus: 12

Genre: Orchestral

Creative Timeline: Second Period

Number of Movements: 4

Movement Titles:

Adagio e sostenuto – Allegro
Allegro vivo
Adagio
Allegro molto

Instrumentation:

2222-4331, Timpani, Bass Drum, Cymbals, Triangle, Strings

Written in: Athens

Date: August 1, 1954

Duration: 00:24:00

Sicilianos Archive Files

#	Archive Title	Description	Number of Pages	Digital Format	Linked File
1	Violin I Part	Scan of the Violin I Part. Copyist’s signature on the final page partially illegible; most likely ‘M. Minos’.	18	PDF	View or Download
2	Violin II Part	Scan of the Violin II Part	19	PDF	View or Download
3	Viola Part	Scan of the Viola Part	15	PDF	View or Download
4	Tuba Part	Scan of the Tuba Part	7	PDF	View or Download
5	Trumpet III Part	Scan of the Trumpet III Part	7	PDF	View or Download
6	Trumpet II Part	Scan of the Trumpet II Part	7	PDF	View or Download
7	Trumpet I	Scan of the Trumpet I Part	9	PDF	View or Download
8	Trombone III Part	Scan of the Trombone III Part	7	PDF	View or Download
9	Trombone I Part	Scan of the Trombone I Part	7	PDF	View or Download
10	Trombone II Part	Scan of the Trombone II Part	7	PDF	View or Download
11	Triangle Part	Scan of the Triangle Part.	4	PDF	View or Download
12	Timpani Part	Scan of the Timpani Part. Date on first page 24 June 1957.	7	PDF	View or Download
13	Oboe II Part	Scan of the Oboe II Part	11	PDF	View or Download
14	Oboe I Part	Scan of the Oboe I Part	11	PDF	View or Download
15	Horn in F IV Part	Scan of the Horn in F IV Part. Incomplete.	7	PDF	View or Download
16	Horn in F III Part	Scan of the Horn in F III part. Signed and dated 8 May 1992 by Vassilis Vradelis [Β. Βραδέλης], horn player with the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra. Signature also includes: Thessaloniki [Θεσσαλονίκη], and the conductor's name: Byron Fidetzis [Β. Φιδετζής].	9	PDF	View or Download
17	Horn in F II Part	Scan of the Horn in F II Part	8	PDF	View or Download
18	Horn in F I Part	Scan of the Horn in F I Part	9	PDF	View or Download
19	Flute I Part	Scan of the Flute I Part	14	PDF	View or Download
20	Flute II and Piccolo Part	Scan of the Flute II and Piccolo part. Signed on the final page.	11	PDF	View or Download
21	Double Bass Part	Scan of the Double Bass Part. Signed by the copyist; signature partially illegible—likely ‘M. Minos’.	8	PDF	View or Download
22	Cymbals Part	Scan of the Cymbals Part	5	PDF	View or Download
23	Clarinet II Part	Scan of the Clarinet II part. Signed and dated 14 February 1992 by Spyros Nikolouzos [Σπ. Νικολούζος] (surname partially illegible), written below. An earlier signature appears above, adjacent to the final bar.	9	PDF	View or Download
24	Clarinet I Part	Scan of the Clarinet I part. Signed and dated 14 February 1992 by Elias Kolovos [Ηλίας Κολοβός], clarinettist with the Greek National Opera.	11	PDF	View or Download
25	Cello Part	Scan of the Cello Part. Copyist’s signature on the final page partially illegible; most likely ‘M. Minos’.	11	PDF	View or Download
26	Bassoon II Part	Scan of the Bassoon II part. Signed and dated 10 April 1975; signature illegible. Signed and dated 14 February 1992; signature illegible.	10	PDF	View or Download
27	Bassoon I Part	Scan of the Bassoon I part. Signed and dated 19 April 1985, Athens State Orchestra (Κ. Ο. Α.); signature illegible. Signed and dated 14 February 1992, Greek National Opera – Athens Concert Hall (Ε. Λ. Σ. – Μέγαρο Μουσικής); signature illegible.	11	PDF	View or Download
28	Bass Drum Part	Scan of the Bass Drum Part	4	PDF	View or Download
29	Sketch Material	Scan of the sketch material.	53	PDF	View or Download
30	Draft Score	Scan of the draft score.	119	PDF	View or Download
31	Final Score	Scan of the final score.	105	PDF	View or Download
32	Composer's Note	Scan of the composer's note.	2	PDF	View or Download

Discography

#	Album Cover	Title	Artist(s)	Work(s) by Sicilianos	Format	Label	Release Date	Album Page
1		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	View

Texts

#	Title	Type	Authorship Year	Language	Text Page
1	Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 12 (1954)	Programme Notes	1954	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
4	Interview with Michel Fais	Interview	1992	Greek	View
5	A Conversation with Kornilios Diamantopoulos and Konstantinos Lygnos	Interview	2004	Greek	View

Books

#	Cover	Title	Author(s)	Publisher	Publication Year	Type	Category	Language	Pages	Item Page
1		Perspectives on Greek Musical Modernism	Kostas Chardas, Valia Christopoulou, Dimitris Exarchos, Theodore Karathodoros, Eva Mantzourani, Giorgos Sakallieros, Yorgos Sicilianos, Makis Solomos, Danae Stefanou, Ioannis Tsagkarakis, Costas Tsougras, Panos Vlagopoulos, Petros Vouvaris	Routledge	2025	Musicology	Edited Volume	English		View

Articles & Papers

#	Cover	Title	Author(s)	Affiliation	Publication Year	Language	Remarks	Item Page
1		A selective appropriation: Yorgos Sicilianos between modernism and postmodernism	Valia (Stavroula) Christopoulou	University of Athens	2025	English		View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	November 28, 1954	Orpheus Theatre	Athens	Greece	N/A	Athens State Orchestra	Andreas Paridis (conductor)	Athens State Orchestra	Concerto for Orchestra
2	September 1, 1957		Brussels	Belgium	N/A	Brussels Philharmonic (BRT Philharmonic Orchestra)	Daniël Sternefeld (conductor)	Brussels Philharmonic (BRT Philharmonic Orchestra)	Concerto for Orchestra
3	December 4, 1960	Kentrikon Theatre	Athens	Greece	N/A	National Radio Foundation Orchestra (EIR)	Franz Litschauer (conductor)	National Radio Foundation Orchestra (EIR)	Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 12
4	January 10, 1962		Geneva	Switzerland	N/A	Orchestre de la Suisse Romande	Samuel Baud-Bovy (conductor)	Orchestre de la Suisse Romande	Concerto for Orchestra Op. 12
5	July 22, 1967	Odeon of Herodes Atticus	Athens	Greece	Athens Festival	Athens Festival	Byron Kolasis (conductor)	Piraeus Municipal Symphony Orchestra	Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 12
6	April 7, 1975	Kotopouli - Rex Theatre	Athens	Greece	N/A	Athens State Orchestra	Dionysis Chalkiopoulos (conductor)	Athens State Orchestra	Concerto for Orchestra
7	April 22, 1985	Pallas Theatre	Athens	Greece	N/A	Athens State Orchestra	Byron Kolasis (conductor)	Athens State Orchestra	Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 12
8	February 14, 1992	Christos Lambrakis Hall	Athens	Greece	N/A	Athens Concert Hall	Elias Voudouris (conductor)	Greek National Opera Orchestra	Concerto for Orchestra
9	May 7, 1992	Thessaloniki	Thessaloniki	Greece	N/A	Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra	Byron Fidetzis (conductor)	Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra	Concerto for Orchestra Op. 12
10	March 21, 1998	Bulgaria Concert Hall	Sofia	Bulgaria	N/A	Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra	Alkis Panayotopoulos (conductor)	Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra	Concerto for Orchestra
11	April 20, 2007	Athens Concert Hall	Athens	Greece	Event Cycle "Hellenic Music Festivals" [Ελληνικές Μουσικές Γιορτές]	Athens State Orchestra	Dimitris Agrafiotis (conductor)	Athens State Orchestra	Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 12

Performers

#	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Profile
1	Alkis Panayotopoulos	Conductor	Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra	View
2	Andreas Paridis	Conductor		View
3	Athens State Orchestra	Orchestra		View
4	Brussels Philharmonic (BRT Philharmonic Orchestra)	Orchestra	Brussels Philharmonic (BRT Philharmonic Orchestra)	View
5	Byron Kolasis	Violinist, Conductor, Composer	Athens State Orchestra Piraeus Municipal Symphony Orchestra	View
6	Daniël Sternefeld	Conductor Composer	Brussels Philharmonic (BRT Philharmonic Orchestra)	View
7	Dimitris Agrafiotis	Conductor, Violinist, Composer	Schwäbisches Sinfonie-Orchester (Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen - WPR)	View
8	Dionysis Chalkiopoulos	Conductor	Athens State Orchestra	View
9	Elias Voudouris	Conductor	Greek National Opera Orchestra	View
10	Franz Litschauer	Conductor	National Radio Foundation (EIR) - (1945 - 1970)	View
11	Greek National Opera Orchestra	Orchestra	Greek National Opera	View
12	National Radio Foundation Orchestra (EIR)	Orchestra	National Radio Foundation (EIR) - (1945 - 1970)	View
13	Orchestre de la Suisse Romande	Orchestra		View
14	Piraeus Municipal Symphony Orchestra	Orchestra	Piraeus Municipal Symphony Orchestra	View
15	Samuel Baud-Bovy	Conductor	Orchestre de la Suisse Romande	View
16	Symphony Orchestra of Bulgaria	Orchestra		View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 40-42
Francis Guy, Yorgos Sicilianos - diapason a dialogue with Francis Guy [Γιωργος Σισιλιανος - διαπασων ενας διαλογος με τον Φρανσις Γκαϋ] (Cyprus: Cyprus Wine Museum, 2009), 117, 145
Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020), 7, 8, 11, 12, 45, 46, 47, 49, 246, 247, 265, 266, 267, 280
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 170, 180, 181, 203, 283, 319, 345, 348, 415
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), 15, 16, 30, 31, 32, 36, 141, 144, 185, 189, 194, 242
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), 57, 58, 61, 67, 68, 69, 112, 116, 122

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