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Quintet

for Piano and Strings

Κουϊντέτο για Πιάνο και Έγχορδα έργο 61

Catalogue No.: YSC104

Status: Completed

Opus: 61

Genre: Chamber Music

Creative Timeline: Third Period

Commission:

"Comissioned by the Athens Concert Hall Organization."

Number of Movements: 2

Movement Titles:

Allegro moderato – Andante – Piu mosso – Doppio movimento agitato – Lento ma non troppo – Piu mosso – Assai meno mosso – Piu mosso
Adagio – Piu vivo – Agitato – Io tempo (Adagio) – Agitato – Adagio – Largo

Instrumentation:

Piano and String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Cello)

Written in: Athens

Date: February 18, 2001

Duration: 00:19:23

Sicilianos Archive Files

#	Archive Title	Description	Number of Pages	Digital Format	Linked File
1	Draft Score	Scan of the draft score.	31	PDF	View or Download
2	Full Score	Scan of the full score.	29	PDF	View or Download
3	Sketch Material	Scan of the sketch material.	10	PDF	View or Download
4	Book - Grand Inquisitor (2)	Scan of Dostoevsky's "Grand Inquisitor" with the composer's annotations.	24	PDF	View or Download
5	Book - Grand Inquisitor (1)	Scan of Dostoevsky's "Grand Inquisitor". [Unavailable]		PDF
6	Composer's Markings - Grand Inquisitor	Scan of the composer's markings on Dostoevsky's "Grand Inquisitor".	6	PDF	View or Download

Intertextuality

#	Image	Title	Creator	Type	Remarks	Work Page
1		The Grand Inquisitor	Fyodor Dostoevsky	Novel		View

Editions

#	Cover	Title	Publisher	Publication Year	Edition Page
1		Quintet for piano and strings, Op. 61	Hellenic Music Centre	2008	View

Discography

#	Album Cover	Title	Artist(s)	Work(s) by Sicilianos	Format	Label	Release Date	Album Page
1		Yorgos Sicilianos: Chamber Music II	Apostolos Chandrakis, Chara Sira, Dimitrios Chandrakis, Georgios Demertzis, Maria Asteriadou, New Hellenic Quartet	Quintet for Piano and Strings Op. 61, Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 45, String Quartet No. 4 Op. 28, String Quartet No. 5 Op. 53	Compact Disc	Leskhi tou diskou - Poikile Stoa	2006	View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	October 15, 2002	Dimitri Mitropoulos Hall	Athens	Greece	N/A	Athens Concert Hall	Maria Asteriadou (piano), Georgios Demertzis (violin I), Dimitrios Chandrakis (violin II), Chara Sira (viola), Apostolos Chandrakis (cello)	New Hellenic Quartet	Piano Quintet, Op. 61
2	May 19, 2011	Pinakothek der Moderne Ernst von Siemens Auditorium	Munich	Germany	MIK–Musik im Kunstareal - Werke von Yorgo Sicilianos, Stephanos Gazouleas, Anna Korsun, Hans Werner Henze, Henrik Ajax	Ensemble Oktopus	Unknown	Ensemble Oktopus	Piano Quintet Op. 61
3	May 14, 2022	"Aris Garoufalis" Hall, Athens Conservatoire	Athens	Greece	Tribute to Yorgos Sicilianos	Athens Conservatoire	Dionisios Melogiannidis (tenor) [Op. 49], Konstantinos Destounis (piano) [Op. 37, Op. 49], Angelica Cathariou (mezzo-soprano) [Op. 37], Argyro Sira (violin) [Op. 46, Op. 61], Alexander Botinis (cello) [Op. 46, Op. 61], Marilena Souri (piano) [Op. 46], Babis Karasavvidis (violin II) [Op. 61], Ilias Sdoukos (viola) [Op. 61], Sophia Tamvakopoulou (piano) [Op. 61]	N/A	Six Songs Op. 37, Pantoum Op. 46, A Small Escape Op. 49, Piano Quintet Op. 61

Performers

#	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Profile
1	Alexander Botinis	Cellist		View
2	Apostolos Chandrakis	Cellist	New Hellenic Quartet	View
3	Argyro Sira	Violinist	Greek National Opera	View
4	Babis Karasavvidis	Violinist	Greek National Opera	View
5	Chara Sira	Violist	New Hellenic Quartet, Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of Colours (Ορχήστρα των Χρωμάτων), ERT- National Symphony Orchestra, University of Macedonia	View
6	Dimitrios Chandrakis	Violinist	New Hellenic Quartet	View
7	Ensemble Oktopus	Ensemble	Hochschule für Musik und Theater München	View
8	Georgios Demertzis	Violinist	New Hellenic Quartet	View
9	Ilias Sdoukos	Violist	Greek National Opera	View
10	Maria Asteriadou	Pianist	Manhattan School of Music Kutztown University	View
11	New Hellenic Quartet	String Quartet		View
12	Sophia Tamvakopoulou	Pianist	Greek National Opera	View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 145-146
Francis Guy, Yorgos Sicilianos - diapason a dialogue with Francis Guy [Γιωργος Σισιλιανος - διαπασων ενας διαλογος με τον Φρανσις Γκαϋ] (Cyprus: Cyprus Wine Museum, 2009), 106, 107
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, 278, 280
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 207
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), 23-24, 130, 137, 186, 210, 211, 249
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), 68, 92, 100, 101, 119, 123, 130

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