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Contrastes

for Two Pianos and Orchestra, on a Chromatique Theme by Orlande de Lassus.

Catalogue No.: YSC91

Status: Completed

Related Work: Contrastes

Opus: 48A

Genre: Solo with Orchestra

Creative Timeline: Third Period

Dedication:

"à mes amis Julia et Constantin Ganevi."

Number of Movements: 3

Movement Titles:

Alterations
Dialogue
Finale (Fuga)

Instrumentation:

2222 – 2110, Timpani, Strings, Two Pianos

Written in: Athens

Date: October 24, 1985

Duration: 00:15:00

Sicilianos Archive Files

#	Archive Title	Description	Number of Pages	Digital Format	Linked File
1	Prophetiae Sibyllarum	Scan of "Prophetiae Sibyllarum" by Orlando di Lasso with annotations by Sicilianos.	14	PDF	View or Download
2	Draft Score	Scan of the draft score.	63	PDF	View or Download
3	Full Score	Scan of the full score.	56	PDF	View or Download

Intertextuality

#	Image	Title	Creator	Type	Remarks	Work Page
1		Prophetiae Sibyllarum	Orlando di Lasso	Music		View

Texts

#	Cover	Title	Type	Authorship Year	Language	Remarks	Text Page
1		Interview with Nikos A. Dontas	Interview	2000	Greek		View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	November 27, 1990	Pallas Theatre	Athens	Greece	N/A	Orchestra of Colours	Manos Hadjidakis (conductor), Elisabeth Kounalaki (piano), Meropi Kollarou (piano)	Orchestra of Colours (Ορχήστρα των Χρωμάτων)	Contrastes, Op. 48a
2	December 3, 2000	Athens Concert Hall - Christos Lambrakis Hall (Friends of Music Hall)	Athens	Greece	A Tribute to Composer Yorgo Sicilianos	Athens Concert Hall	Byron Fidetzis (conductor), Stefanos Nasos (piano) [Op. 48a], Theodore Tzovanakis (piano) [Op. 48a]	ERT- National Symphony Orchestra	Tanagraea, Op. 17b - Eight Children's Miniatures, Op. 23a - Contrastes, Op. 48a - Sonata for Orchestra, Op. 60

Performers

#	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Profile
1	Elisabeth Kounalaki	Pianist		View
2	Manos Hadjidakis	Conductor, Composer	Athens Experimental Orchestra, Orchestra of Colours	View
3	Meropi Kollarou	Pianist		View
4	Orchestra of Colours	Orchestra	Hellenic Ministry of Culture	View
5	Stefanos Nasos	Pianist		View
6	Theodore Tzovanakis	Pianist	Athens Conservatoire	View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 127-128
Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020), 276, 279, 280
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 191, 207
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
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, 118

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