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Etudes Compositionnelles

for Piano and Orchestra

Σπουδές για πιάνο και ορχήστρα έργ. 38

Catalogue No.: YSC80

Status: Completed

Opus: 38

Genre: Solo with Orchestra

Creative Timeline: Second Period

Number of Movements: 6

Movement Titles:

I.
II.
III.
IV. (Theme and Variations) – VAR. I – VAR. II – VAR. III
V.
VI.

Instrumentation:

2223 – 4231, Timpani, Percussion (2 Performers: Triangle, 2 Suspended Cymbals – Large and Small, Cymbals, Tam-Tam – Large Size – 90cm, Gong – Large Size – 90cm, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Tubular Bells in D, Marimba, Xylophone, Bass Drum), Celesta, Harp, Strings, Piano

Written in: Athens

Date: August 1, 1975

Duration: 00:22:00

Sicilianos Archive Files

#	Archive Title	Description	Number of Pages	Digital Format	Linked File
1	Full Score	Scan of the full score.	49	PDF	View or Download
2	Piano Reduction Score	Scan of the piano reduction score.	43	PDF	View or Download
3	Composer's Note	Scan of the composer's note.	2	PDF	View or Download

Intertextuality

#	Title	Creator	Type	Remarks	Work Page
1	Petrushka	Igor Stravinsky	Music (Ballet)	Material quoted from Petrushka	View
2	Les Corps glorieux	Olivier Messiaen	Music	3. L’ange aux parfums	View
3	Swift Little Evzon	Theofrastos Sakellaridis	Music		View

Texts

#	Cover	Title	Type	Authorship Year	Language	Remarks	Text Page
1		Etudes Compositionnelles, Op. 38 (1975)	Programme Notes	1991	Greek		View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	January 30, 1977	ERT - Third Program (Radio Broadcast)	Athens	Greece	N/A	ERT - Third Program - Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation	Popi Eustratiadi (piano), Choo Hoey (conductor)	ERT- National Symphony Orchestra	Etudes Compositionnelles for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 38
2	February 11, 1991	Pallas Theatre	Athens	Greece	N/A	Athens State Orchestra	Elisabeth Kounalaki (piano), Miltiades Caridis (conductor)	Athens State Orchestra	Etudes Compositionnelles for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 38

Performers

#	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Profile
1	Athens State Orchestra	Orchestra		View
2	Choo Hoey	Conductor	Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Greek National Opera	View
3	Elisabeth Kounalaki	Pianist		View
4	ERT- National Symphony Orchestra	Orchestra	Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation	View
5	Miltiades Caridis	Conductor	Danmarks Radio Symfoniorkestret Oslo-Filharmonien Duisburger Philharmoniker Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich ERT- National Symphony Orchestra	View
6	Popi Eustratiadi	Pianist, Author		View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 101-103
Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020), 11, 274, 279
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 181, 189, 347, 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), 21, 115, 119-122, 164, 186, 232, 233
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, 117

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