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Mellichomeide

for Soprano and eleven instruments. Text in poems by Sappho and a dedication to Sappho by Alcaeus.

Μελλιχόμειδη για soprano και έντεκα όργανα πάνω σε κείμενο με αποσπάσματα από ποίηση της Σαπφώς και ένα αφιέρωμα του Αλκαίου στη Σαπφώ έργο 44

Catalogue No.: YSC86

Status: Completed

Opus: 44

Genre: Voice

Creative Timeline: Third Period

Dedication:

"In memory of Kostas Sfakianakis."

Commission:

"Commissioned by the Third Program."

Number of Movements: 1

Movement Titles:

Δεῦρ ἂππαι δή χαρίεν μὲν ἂλσος μαλίαν
“Venite nel bosco sacro dei meleti…”

Instrumentation:

Piccolo, Alto Flute in G, Oboe, Cor Anglais, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Mandolin, Guitar, Harp, Violin, Cello, Soprano.

Written in: Athens

Date: April 30, 1980

Duration: 00:15:00

Sicilianos Archive Files

#	Archive Title	Description	Number of Pages	Digital Format	Linked File
1	Draft Score	Scan of the draft score.	18	PDF	View or Download
2	Sketch Material 2	Scan of the sketch material.	8	PDF	View or Download
3	Sketch Material 1	Scan of the sketch material.	19	PDF	View or Download
4	Full Score	Scan of the full score.	26	PDF	View or Download
5	Sketch Material - Titles & Instrumentation	Scan of the sketch material containing titles and instrumentation.	5	PDF	View or Download
6	Text (Greek & German)	Scan of the text in Greek and German.	6	PDF	View or Download
7	Text	Scan of the text.	2	PDF	View or Download
8	Text (English Translation)	Scan of the text's translation into English by Edwin Marion Cox and John Addington Symonds.	5	PDF	View or Download
9	Composer's Note	Scan of the composer's note.	1	PDF	View or Download
10	Composer's Note (English)	Scan of the composer's note written in English.	1	PDF	View or Download

Intertextuality

#	Image	Title	Creator	Type	Remarks	Work Page
1		Sapphic poetry	Sappho	Poem		View

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	Mellichomeide, Op. 44 (1980)	Programme Notes	1985	Greek	View
2	Modern Music in Greece Today	Lecture	1991	Greek	View
3	Interview with Michel Fais	Interview	1992	Greek	View
4	Interview with Valia Christopoulou	Interview	1998	Greek	View
5	A Conversation with Kornilios Diamantopoulos and Konstantinos Lygnos	Interview	2004	Greek	View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	November 19, 1982	Studio 4 - Institut national de radiodiffusion (INR) - Maison de la Radio	Flagey - Brussels	Belgium	Europalia Arts Festival 1982	Europalia Arts Festival 1982	Spiros Argiris (conductor), Despina Kalafati-Petraki (soprano)	Nouvel Orchestre symphonique de la RTBF	Mellichomeide, Op. 44
2	November 20, 1983	National Gallery	Athens	Greece	N/A	Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT)	Alkis Baltas (conductor), Despina Kalafati-Petraki (soprano)	ERT- National Symphony Orchestra	Mellichomeide, Op. 44
3	February 25, 1984	The Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music, Bard College	Cambridge, MA	USA	N/A	N/A	Theodore Antoniou (conductor), Judith Kellock (soprano)	Alea III	Mellichomeide, Op. 44
4	June 22, 1985	Roman Agora (Roman Forum)	Athens	Greece	Athens - European Capital of Culture	Athens - European Capital of Culture	Theodore Antoniou (conductor), Judith Kellock (soprano)	Alea III	Mellichomeide, Op. 44
5	April 6, 1993	French Institute	Athens	Greece	N/A	French Institute, Greek Composers' Union	Maria Neophytidou (piano)[Op. 23], Nikos Tsouchlos (conductor)[Op. 41, Op. 44], Maria Marketou-Voudouri (mezzo-soprano)[Op. 41], Thanos Mikroutsikos (narrator) [Op. 41], Spyros Mourikis (clarinet) [Op. 41, Op. 44], Paris Anastasiadis (viola) [Op. 41], Evangelos Boudounis (guitar) [Op. 41, Op. 44], Irini Karaianni (soprano)[Op. 44], Evangelia Neoudaki (piccolo) [Op. 44], Ilias Barmpas (alto flute) [Op. 44], Vangelis Christopoulos (oboe) [Op. 44], Ioannis Papagiannis (cor anglais) [Op. 44], Christos Gkinos (bass clarinet) [Op. 44], Haris Hatzigeorgiou (violin) [Op. 44], Dana Hatzigeorgiou (cello) [Op. 44], Maria Bildea (harp) [Op. 44], Vivi Geka (mandolin) [Op. 44]	N/A	Eight Children's Miniatures, Op. 23 - The Lady in the Moonlight, Op. 41 - Mellichomeide, Op. 44
6	October 17, 1999	Dimitri Mitropoulos Hall	Athens	Greece	N/A	N/A	Nikos Tsouchlos (conductor), Mata Katsouli (soprano)	Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music	Mellichomeide, Op. 44
7	June 7, 2006	Odeon of Herodes Atticus	Athens	Greece	Athens Festival	Athens Festival	Miltos Logiadis (conductor), Christina Yannakopoulou (soprano)	Orchestra of Colours	Mellichomeide, Op. 44
8	September 23, 2006		Patras	Greece	Event Title: Music and Poetry [Μουσική και Ποίηση]		Miltos Logiadis (conductor), Christina Yannakopoulou (soprano)	Orchestra of Colours	Mellichomeide, Op. 44
9	September 30, 2006	Benaki Museum	Athens	Greece	In future time (Voices) - Σε μέλλοντα χρόνο (Φωνές)	Benaki Museum	Miltos Logiadis (conductor), Christina Yannakopoulou (soprano)	Orchestra of Colours	Mellichomeide, Op. 44

Performers

#	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Profile
1	Alea III	Ensemble	Boston University	View
2	Alkis Panayotopoulos	Conductor	Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra	View
3	Anna Ivanova Todorova	Soprano	Czech National Theatre	View
4	Christina Yannakopoulou	Soprano	Greek National Opera, Athenaeum Conservatory	View
5	Christos Gkinos	Clarinetist	ERT- National Symphony Orchestra	View
6	Dana Hatzigeorgiou	Cellist	Athens Trio	View
7	Despina Kalafati-Petraki	Soprano	Greek National Opera	View
8	Evangelia Neoudaki	Flutist, Piccoloist	Greek National Opera	View
9	Haris Hatzigeorgiou	Violinist	Greek National Opera, Athens Trio	View
10	Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music	Ensemble		View
11	Ilias Barmpas	Flutist, Piccoloist	Greek National Opera	View
12	Ioannis Papagiannis	Oboist	Greek National Opera	View
13	Irini Karaianni	Soprano	Greek National Opera	View
14	Judith Kellock	Soprano	Cornell University	View
15	Maria Bildea	Harpist	ERT- National Symphony Orchestra Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra	View
16	Mata Katsouli	Soprano, Conductor	Greek National Opera	View
17	Miltos Logiadis	Conductor	Orchestra of Colours (Ορχήστρα των Χρωμάτων) ERT- National Symphony Orchestra	View
18	Nikos Tsouchlos	Conductor, Pianist	Athens Conservatoire Ionian University Athens Concert Hall	View
19	Nouvel Orchestre symphonique - Belgian Radio-television of the French Community	Orchestra	Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française / Belgian Radio-television of the French Community	View
20	Orchestra of Colours	Orchestra	Hellenic Ministry of Culture	View
21	Spiros Argiris	Conductor	Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi	View
22	Spyros Mourikis	Clarinetist	Athens State Orchestra	View
23	Symphony Orchestra of Bulgaria	Orchestra		View
24	Theodore Antoniou	Composer, Conductor	Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music Alea III Boston University	View
25	Vangelis Christopoulos	Oboist	Athens State Orchestra	View
26	Vivi Geka	Mandolinist	Ensemble "Manos Hadjidakis"	View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 116-117
Francis Guy, Yorgos Sicilianos - diapason a dialogue with Francis Guy [Γιωργος Σισιλιανος - διαπασων ενας διαλογος με τον Φρανσις Γκαϋ] (Cyprus: Cyprus Wine Museum, 2009), 69, 93, 123, 144, 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), 158, 249, 275, 276
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 181, 183, 188, 206, 334, 347, 348, 428
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), 23, 63, 66, 145, 164, 186, 189, 207, 230, 231
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), 45, 118, 121

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