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Perspectives

Προοπτικές έργ. 26

Catalogue No.: YSC66

Status: Completed

Opus: 26

Genre: Orchestral

Creative Timeline: Second Period

Number of Movements: 1

Instrumentation:

3344-6341, Timpani, Celesta, 2 Harps, Percussion (4 Performers: Xylophone, Vibraphone, Keyboard Glockenspiel, Metallophone, Tubular Bells in Bb, G, Db and D, 3 Suspended Cymbals: large, medium and small, Suspended Cymbal, Cymbals, Snare Drum, Bass Snare Drum without Snares, Tambourine, Bass Drum, Triangle, Clapper, Gong, 3 Toms, 2 Congas, Woodblock, 5 Temple Blocks, Claves), Strings (14, 12, 10, 8, 8)

Written in: Athens

Date: September 12, 1966

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.	61	PDF	View or Download
2	Full Score	Scan of the full score.	56	PDF	View or Download
3	Sketch Material	Scan of sketch material. [Unavailable]		PDF

Texts

#	Title	Type	Authorship Year	Language	Text Page
1	My Music of the Last Fifteen Years (1952-1967)	Lecture	1967	Greek	View
2	Perspectives, Op. 26 (1966)	Programme Notes	1967	Greek	View
3	Modern Music in Greece Today	Lecture	1991	Greek	View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	October 4, 1967	Dům Umělců	Prague	Czech Republic	International Society for Contemporary Music Festival	International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM)	Václav Smetáček (conductor)	Prague Symphony Orchestra (Symfonický orchestr hlavního města Prahy FOK)	Perspectives, Op. 26

Performers

#	Photo	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Profile
1		Prague Symphony Orchestra	Orchestra		View
2		Václav Smetáček	Conductor, Oboist, Chorus master, and Musicologist	Prague Symphony Orchestra	View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 76-77
Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020), 99, 248, 249, 271, 272
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 181, 284, 326, 346, 419, 420
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), 20, 54, 55, 56, 185, 203, 204, 244
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, 112, 117

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