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Metamorphoses

for String Orchestra

Μεταμορφώσεις για ορχήστρα εγχόρδων έργο 55

Catalogue No.: YSC98

Status: Completed

Opus: 55

Genre: Orchestral

Creative Timeline: Third Period

Dedication:

"To the Camerata of the Friends of Music."

Number of Movements: 10

Movement Titles:

TEMA, Andante
MET. I. Presto
MET. II. Allegretto
MET. III. Allegretto scherzando
MET. IV. Allegro appasionato
MET. V. Allegro non troppo
MET. VI. Andantino comodo
MET. VII. Allegretto tempestoso
MET. VIII. Tempo di valzer moderato
FINALE MET. IX. Lento non troppo ma pesante.

Instrumentation:

String Orchestra (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass)

Written in: Athens

Date: January 1, 1993

Duration: 00:12:00

Sicilianos Archive Files

#	Archive Title	Description	Number of Pages	Digital Format	Linked File
1	Draft Score	Scan of the draft score.	14	PDF	View or Download
2	Sketch Material	Scan of the sketch material showing the composer's intention to write a concerto grosso for strings (1991).	3	PDF	View or Download
3	Full Score	Scan of the final score.	36	PDF	View or Download

Discography

#	Album Cover	Title	Artist(s)	Work(s) by Sicilianos	Format	Label	Release Date	Album Page
1		Nikos Skalkottas & Yorgos Sicilianos	Alexandros Myrat, Camerata – Friends of Music Orchestra, Danae Kara	Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Op. 52, Metamorphoses for String Orchestra Op. 55	Compact Disc	Agorá Musica	1998	View

Texts

#	Cover	Title	Type	Authorship Year	Language	Remarks	Text Page
1		Interview with Valia Christopoulou	Interview	1998	Greek		View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	December 14, 1994	Friends of Music Hall (Christos Lambrakis Hall)	Athens	Greece	N/A	N/A	Alexandros Myrat (conductor)	Camerata – Friends of Music Orchestra	Metamorphoses, Op. 55
2	December 15, 1994	Friends of Music Hall (Christos Lambrakis Hall)	Athens	Greece	N/A	N/A	Alexandros Myrat (conductor)	Camerata – Friends of Music Orchestra	Metamorphoses, Op. 55
3	March 30, 2007	Benaki Museum Piraeus Ave	Athens	Greece	Exhibition - Yorgos Sicilianos 1920-2005, the composer in the avant-garde of contemporary music,	Benaki Museum	Miltos Logiadis, Angelica Cathariou (mezzo-soprano) Op. 41, Ermis Theodorakis (piano) Op. 52, Petros Ioannou (narrator) Op. 41	Orchestra of Colours (Ορχήστρα των Χρωμάτων)	The Lady in the Moonlight Op. 41, Piano Concerto Op. 52, Metamorphoses Op. 55
4	May 4, 2007	Athens Concert Hall	Athens	Greece	N/A	Friends of Music Society		Camerata – Friends of Music Orchestra	Metamorphoses, Op. 55

Performers

#	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Profile
1	Alexandros Myrat	Conductor	Camerata – Friends of Music Orchestra	View
2	Camerata – Friends of Music Orchestra	Chamber Orchestra	Friends of Music Society	View
3	Miltos Logiadis	Conductor	Orchestra of Colours (Ορχήστρα των Χρωμάτων) ERT- National Symphony Orchestra	View
4	Orchestra of Colours	Orchestra	Hellenic Ministry of Culture	View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 138-139
Francis Guy, Yorgos Sicilianos - diapason a dialogue with Francis Guy [Γιωργος Σισιλιανος - διαπασων ενας διαλογος με τον Φρανσις Γκαϋ] (Cyprus: Cyprus Wine Museum, 2009), 52
Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020), 277
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 189
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), 119, 122

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