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Parable

Ballet

Παραβολή Χορόδραμα έργο 34Α (1990)

Catalogue No.: YSC76

Status: Completed

Opus: 34A

Genre: Ballet

Creative Timeline: Second Period

Number of Movements: 6

Movement Titles:

Scene I – Hymn to the Sun
Scene II – The Oath
Scene III – Invocation of the Underground Gods
Scene IV – Dance of Initiation
Scene V – Nightmares and Disappearance of the Woman
Scene VI – Catharsis

Instrumentation:

4443-4331, Timpani, Percussion (Celesta, Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Crotales, Tubular Bells, Snare Drum, Tambourine, Bass Drum, Claves, 5 Temple Blocks, 2 Woodblocks, Triangle, Maracas, Cymbals, Tam-Tam, Gong), Harp, Strings (16, 14, 12, 10, 8), Choir

Written in: Athens

Date: December 3, 1990

Duration: 00:20:00

Sicilianos Archive Files

#	Archive Title	Description	Number of Pages	Digital Format	Linked File
1	Biographical Note (print)	Scan of composer's bio with image and a short statement about "Parable", op. 34A.	1	PDF	View or Download
2	Sketch Material	Scan of the sketch material.	4	PDF	View or Download
3	Draft Score	Scan of the draft score.	27	PDF	View or Download
4	Full Score	Scan of the full score.	47	PDF	View or Download
5	Composer's Note	Scan of the composer's note.	1	PDF	View or Download

Texts

#	Cover	Title	Type	Authorship Year	Language	Remarks	Text Page
1		Modern Music in Greece Today	Lecture	1991	Greek		View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	January 11, 1992	Dimitri Mitropoulos Hall	Athens	Greece	N/A	Athens Concert Hall	Theodore Antoniou (conductor), Jan Wojtacha (chorusmaster)	ERT- National Symphony Orchestra, Silesian Philharmonic Choir (Chór Filharmonii Śląskiej)	Parable, Op. 34a (suite)
2	September 13, 1992	Odeon of Herodes Atticus	Athens	Greece	Athens Festival	Athens Festival	Alexander Vedernikov (conductor)	Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow (BSO), St. Petersburg State Academic Capella (Государственная Академическая Капелла)	Parable, Op. 34a (suite)

Performers

#	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Profile
1	Alexander Vedernikov	Conductor	Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra	View
2	ERT- National Symphony Orchestra	Orchestra	Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation	View
3	Jan Wojtacha	Chorusmaster	Silesian Philharmonic Choir (Chór Filharmonii Śląskiej)	View
4	Silesian Philharmonic Choir	Choir	Silesian Philharmonic (Filharmonii Śląskiej)	View
5	St. Petersburg State Academic Capella	Choir	St. Petersburg State Academic Capella	View
6	Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow (BSO)	Orchestra		View
7	Theodore Antoniou	Composer, Conductor	Hellenic Group of Contemporary Music Alea III Boston University	View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 95-96
Francis Guy, Yorgos Sicilianos - diapason a dialogue with Francis Guy [Γιωργος Σισιλιανος - διαπασων ενας διαλογος με τον Φρανσις Γκαϋ] (Cyprus: Cyprus Wine Museum, 2009), 49
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, 99, 273, 274
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 17, 159, 346, 347, 423
Yorgos Sicilianos, "Interview with Kaiti Romanou," in , On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (unpublished manuscript, 2010), original manuscript for the book, copy provided to Anastasios R. A. Mavroudis.
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, 95, 186, 205, 245
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), 47, 67, 117

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