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Eight Children's Miniatures

for Orchestra

Οκτώ Παιδικές Μινιατούρες για ορχήστρα έργ. 23Α

Catalogue No.: YSC62

Status: Completed

Opus: 23A

Genre: Orchestral

Creative Timeline: Second Period

Dedication:

"To my son, Linos."

Number of Movements: 8

Movement Titles:

Prelude
March
Rattles
Little song out of tune
Riding the little wooden horse
The wolf and the Red Riding Hood
Mr. Tinky…
Lullaby

Instrumentation:

2222-4231, Timpani, Percussion (2 Performers: Cymbals, Triangle, Snare Drum, Bass Snare Drum without Snares, Bass Drum, Tamtam, Ratchet, Glockenspiel, Tubular Bells in C, E and F#), Harp, Celesta, Piano, Strings

Written in: Athens

Date: December 7, 1965

Duration: 00:11:00

Sicilianos Archive Files

#	Cover/First Page	Archive Title	Description	Number of Pages	Digital Format	Linked File
1		Full Score	Scan of the full score.	25	PDF	View or Download

Intertextuality

#	Image	Title	Creator	Type	Remarks	Work Page
1		Frère Jacques		Nursery Rhyme	4. Little song out of tune	View
2		Little Red Riding Hood		Fairy Tale	6. The wolf and the Red Riding Hood	View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	January 26, 1970	Kotopouli -Rex Theatre	Athens	Greece	N/A	Athens State Orchestra	Byron Kolasis (conductor)	Athens State Orchestra	Eight Children's Miniatures, Op. 23a
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
3	December 13, 2020	Christos Lambrakis Hall	Athens	Greece	Beethoven: 250 Years – 100 Years Since the Birth of Yorgos Sicilianos (Μπετόβεν 250 χρόνια - 100 χρόνια από τη γέννηση του Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου)	Athens State Orchestra	Lukas Karytinos (conductor)	Athens State Orchestra	Eight Children's Miniatures Op. 23a

Performers

#	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Profile
1	Athens State Orchestra	Orchestra		View
2	Byron Fidetzis	Conductor, Cellist, Author	Athens State Orchestra Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra Athens Philharmonia Orchestra	View
3	Byron Kolasis	Violinist, Conductor, Composer	Athens State Orchestra Piraeus Municipal Symphony Orchestra	View
4	ERT- National Symphony Orchestra	Orchestra	Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation	View
5	Lukas Karytinos	Conductor	Athens State Orchestra	View

Broadcasts

#	Image	Title	Format	Channel/Station	Date	Broadcast Page
1		Yorgos Sicilianos - 100 Years	Stream	YouTube	December 13, 2020	View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 70-71
Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020), 12, 270, 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), 180, 181, 198, 199, 205, 324, 325, 425
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), 116, 117, 118, 127, 185, 198, 199, 232, 233, 243
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, 109, 116

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